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- - NSF grant provides new research opportunities for underserved students
    David Schmale and Shane Ross plan to launch an NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution: Data Science Corps program at Virginia Tech, which will offer opportunities to underserved biology and engineering undergraduate students.
- - More than 2,500 Hokies to graduate at 2019 fall commencement ceremonies on Dec. 20
    The University Commencement Ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m., and the Graduate School Commencement starts at 2:30 p.m. Both ceremonies will be held in Cassell Coliseum.
- - A message from President Tim Sands at the end of the 2019 fall semester
- - Committee to review and update Virginia Tech Climate Action Commitment launched
    The group will produce a summary of the university’s progress on sustainability since Virginia Tech’s first Climate Action Commitment was put in place in 2009. Additionally, it will also develop any proposed updates to the Climate Action Commitment that was last revised in 2013.
- - Forum series seeks to end sexual violence
    The forum series will feature focused topical discussions on aspects of university culture, policies, systems, and services.
- - Search committee for vice president for research and innovation announced
    The vice president will lead Virginia Tech’s academic research enterprise and further advance the university’s entrepreneurial and innovative culture.
- - Virginia Tech faculty chosen to deliver commencement keynote speeches
    John Seiler and Patricia Raun will be the featured speakers at Virginia Tech's 2019 fall University and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 20.
- - Senior management areas give back through CVC
    Halfway into the 2019 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, three senior management areas have gone above and beyond and already reached their fundraising goals.
- - Projects holistically illuminate university’s past
    Beginning with its charge in 2017, the Council on Virginia Tech History has sought to give voice to the untold stories of those within the community.
- - Virginia Tech announces search committee for vice president for student affairs
    The position provides leadership and oversight to a variety of service and support units at Virginia Tech, including the Cook Counseling Center, Dining Services, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Housing and Residence Life, and Schiffert Health Center.
- - Key university initiatives, programs discussed at fall Board of Visitors meeting
    During its quarterly meeting held in Blacksburg, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors received numerous reports and presentations on key university priorities, such as the Innovation Campus, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and Apex Center for Entrepreneurs.
- - Growth in partnerships and startups fueled by Link, License, Launch
    In 2019, Link, License, Launch has seen 20 new intellectual property licenses, six tech start-ups, and 148 invention disclosures from the Virginia Tech community.
- - Children’s National Hospital, Virginia Tech announce partnership for new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus
    The campus is an expansion of Children’s National that is located on a nearly 12-acre portion of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and is set to open its first phase in December 2020.
- - A statement from President Tim Sands on the Climate Action Commitment
    Sustainability is part of the fabric of this university as we pursue environmental quality and stewardship, economic stability and affordability, diversity and inclusion, expansion of knowledge, and the education of future leaders.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors to meet Nov. 17-18
    During the two-day meeting, board members will receive updates, reports, or presentations on the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, the Innovation Campus, the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs, and other priorities.
- - Luiz DaSilva named inaugural executive director for Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
    DaSilva, professor of telecommunications at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and director of CONNECT, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Future Communications and Networks, will join CCI in March 2020 as its inaugural executive director.
- - Virginia Tech leveraging strengths of personnel in Northern Virginia to advance strategic goals
    Stronger alignment in program, research, and personnel expertise will enable Virginia Tech to connect thematic focus areas of its locations in Northern Virginia.
- - Workshop to guide adaptive lifelong learning for inclusive knowledge economy
    Virginia Tech is hosting the Adaptive Lifelong Learning for an Inclusive Knowledge Economy workshop from Oct. 25-27 in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
- - Drone delivery launches in Southwest Virginia
    After three years of collaboration between Wing and the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, the first drone delivery service available to the public launched in Christiansburg.
- - New report says accelerating global agricultural productivity growth is critical
    The 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, released today by Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, examines the pivotal role of agricultural productivity in achieving global goals for environmental sustainability, economic development, and improved nutrition.

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