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- - University officials monitoring 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
    University leadership is proactively monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus.
- - Media invite: Roanoke event to focus on future of AI and what it means for humans
    Virginia Tech humanities scholar Sylvester Johnson will deliver a talk on the future of artificial intelligence and what it means for humans.
- - Virginia Tech helps launch first African Drone and Data Academy
    Nearly 150 African youth will be trained in making, testing, and flying drones, helping fill the need for drone operators in Africa.
- - Mapping With Drones workshops offered across Virginia
    The goal of this series of two introductory-level workshops is to provide participants with the knowledge to operate a drone legally, safely, and effectively.
- - Small farmer with big ideas helps build regional ‘food hub’
    Save Our Towns tells the story of a town and a woman banding together to bring a million-dollar project to fruition.
- - Wet weather contributes to decline in Virginia’s oak tree population
    For years, Adam Downing, a forestry and natural resources agent with Virginia Cooperative Extension, has passed a big, healthy white oak tree on his drive to work. This summer, he noticed as two-thirds of the tree’s foliage turned brown in just a few days, and the tree looked like it was dying. Within a month, the tree had been removed.
- - Class of 2019: Maddie McQuade sees the big picture of national security and foreign affairs
    McQuade, a national security and foreign affairs major, discovered a passion for seeing how many small ideas form into the entirety of global politics and relationships.
- - Student’s big data skills may lead to cleaner air
    An environmental engineer working on a commercial solution to smog in India boosts her skills with Virginia Tech’s new India-based certificate program in business analytics.
- - Faculty-led study abroad programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences take students around the world
    Dozens of faculty-led study abroad programs will be available to Virginia Tech students in the summer of 2020. In the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences alone, faculty members will be leading trips on three continents.
- - Virginia Tech community crowns first Latinx Homecoming Queen
    Desiree Velez is the first Latinx Homecoming Queen in the history of Virginia Tech.
- - Tackling the challenges of wildlife field work and breaking trail for an expanded Virginia Tech footprint in Africa
    Professor Kathleen Alexander’s new immersive overseas study course in Botswana focuses on training undergraduate students on the many facets of wildlife work.
- - Town uses sordid event from past to help save elephants
    A century after Big Mary’s execution, Save Our Towns shows how leaders in Erwin, Tennessee, found a way to change the narrative.
- - Global Education Scholarships awarded to 27 students
    Students from every Virginia Tech college were awarded scholarships to support their plans to study in countries around the world.
- - Virginia Tech College of Engineering launches Academy for Global Engineering
    The academy is a community of research and practice to improve experiential learning on a global scale.
- - Virginia Tech’s global impact grows with expansion of Chile center
    Student internships, grants for faculty projects, and convenient access to Chilean Patagonia for research are among new opportunities.
- - Call for applications for Alumni Awards for Outreach Excellence (Individual and Team)
- - Industry advisers see promising ways to expand IT sector in rural Virginia
    President Tim Sands hears ideas for replicating Northern Virginia’s success in smaller towns.
- - Study on food security and access seeks to build awareness, support students in need
    According to the study, 29 percent of undergraduates and 35 percent of graduate students at Virginia Tech are classified as having low or very low food security.
- - Save Our Towns reveals Tazewell’s fire-breathing growth strategy
    The town capitalizes on a new idea for an old road.
- - Global Education Office names new assistant director for partnerships and affiliations
    Maureen Deisinger takes on a new role in the Global Education Office working with students interested in semester exchange programs.

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