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- - University Libraries group study rooms to be named in recognition of gift for library renovations
    Tom and Ann Clark had the opportunity to experience first-hand how well the university prepared their daughters Erin Clark Henry ’01, Ph.D. and Lisa Clark LeCocq ’04 and son-in-law Travis Henry ’01, M.D., for success. As a result, the Clarks gave a generous donation for Newman Library renovations.
- - Virginia Tech voted silver overall ‘Best Place to Work’ in annual readers' poll
    Virginia Tech was voted silver overall “Best Place to Work” by SWVA Living magazine for 2018.
- - The Moss Arts Center’s free Summer Chamber Music Series brings inspiring performances from acclaimed musicians
    The series of free public concerts offers a diverse and inspiring range of chamber music, including pieces from Mozart, Brahms, and Dvořák, performed by musicians who have shared the stage with some of the world’s greatest orchestras and ensembles.
- - Virginia Tech agBOT autonomous watermelon harvester takes top prize
    The Virginia Tech agBOT team clinched first place in the third annual agBOT Challenge at Gerrish Farms in Rockville, Indiana.
- - Mechanical engineer creates 3D-printed multimaterial with programmed stiffness
    A new method of microscale 3D printing features in-situ resin mixing, delivery and exchange, and a robotic material cleansing system to allow switching between materials of different modulus without cross contamination between properties.
- - Reminder: Social Security 101 sessions this week
    Human Resources is hosting free Social Security 101 workshops this week on June 21.
- - Transportation Institute seeks volunteers for research study
    The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is seeking healthy individuals who have valid U.S. driver’s licenses to participate in a research study during nighttime hours. Volunteers must be between 18-30 years of age and must not need to wear corrective eyewear.
- - Physics researchers bring in federal funding to boost quantum science and technology research
    Faculty researchers in the Virginia Tech Department of Physics are building a major program in quantum information sciences thanks in part to multiple federal grants that have brought $3.7 million directly to the university.
- - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team powers way to fourth place
    Virginia Tech's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team placed fourth overall in the EcoCAR 3 competition's fourth and final year - after turning a stock Chevy Camaro into a fuel sipping hybrid.
- - Artists, sculptors, and artisans re-envision the chair for Moss Arts Center summer exhibition
    “Sitting Pretty: The Chair Re-Envisioned” features the inventive work of artists from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Also on view is an exhibition of photographs by the renowned artist William Wegman.
- - Virginia Tech-led study finds oldest footprints of bug dating back 540-plus million years
    Found in a small chunk of sediment rock in a shallow sea bottom in China, the tiny tracks – millimeters in width – were made by an unknown bug-like creature no bigger than a thumb.
- - Chemistry’s Richard Turner honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors
    Turner, research professor of chemistry and former director of Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of director emeritus of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute and research professor by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - College of Science’s Gary Long receives Sally Bohland Excellence in Access and Inclusion Award
    The Sally Bohland award was established in 2011 to recognize a faculty member who is a model for others and whose leadership fosters a culture of access and inclusion.
- - Virginia Tech student and agricultural advocate to serve in the Virginia Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry
    Virginia Tech student and agricultural advocate Chandler Vaughan will serve under the Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry through the Governor's Fellows Program this summer.
- - Eileen Van Aken named department head of industrial and systems engineering
    An educator and leader in the industrial and systems engineering field, Van Aken has been appointed head of Virginia Tech’s Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering, effective June 10, 2018.
- - Apex Center for Entrepreneurs announces preliminary winner of Global Challenge
    Team FeetBack won the preliminary for its training device for Parkinson's patients, which seeks to help them reintegrate correct walking patterns into their daily life and receive customized training suggestions.
- - David Crane honored with emeritus status
    Crane, a professor of fine art in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, is known for his creative work and innovation in ceramics and an outstanding legacy as an arts educator.
- - Special school bus delivered outside Lane Stadium
    The event also included presentations of scholarships at Virginia Tech to two local students whose parents or grandparents worked in Virginia’s pupil transportation community, including as bus drivers and technicians.
- - Photos: Corporate Research Center honors Ray Smoot by naming road after him
    The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center hosted a dedication ceremony to officially name Smoot Drive, honoring Raymond J. Smoot Jr. for his vision and leadership.
- - Virginia Tech team tops in cyber capture-the-flag
    Seven computer engineering students took first place in MITRE’s Embedded Capture-the-Flag contest, which tasked them with designing a secure ATM banking system and then attacking the designs of 10 other universities.

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