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- - Trailblazing alumna is on a mission to change the face of her field
    Rianka Dorsainvil is considered one of the top financial planning experts in the country and a strong voice advocating for diversity in the field.
- - Executive education courses offer insights and tools for business leaders, other professionals
    The programs are Cybersecurity Risk Series; Professional Certificate in Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Technology Security; and Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Mindset.
- - Department of History becomes co-publisher of The Smithfield Review
    A longtime advocacy of the beloved history journal recently evolved into a new role for Virginia Tech.
- - Deloitte Virginia Tech alumni and Deloitte Foundation to give $3 million to Global Business and Analytics project
    “Virginia Tech represents a strategically important relationship for Deloitte, and our people are proud to support this initiative,” said Kevin Lane, an accounting alumnus and a principal in the advisory practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
- - Disaster aid: new research uses analytics to improve placement of supplies
    In a recent research project, business information technology professor Chris Zobel used analytics to develop a new approach to help the Red Cross address the challenges of more effectively pre-positioning resources needed for emergency shelters.
- - Corps of Cadets alumnus Capt. Jim Brooks named William & Mary game Hokie Hero
    Capt. Jim Brooks is deployed to Afghanistan as a member of the Special Operations Joint Task Force-NATO Special Operations Component Command.
- - Student teams from Chile and Germany are big winners in Global Entrepreneur Challenge
    “This competition brings together enterprising teams from all over the world to network with one another, experience different cultures, and celebrate the global importance of business and entrepreneurship,” said Derick Maggard, executive director of the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs, which hosted the challenge.
- - Lockheed Martin on campus Sept. 4 and 5, job offers and virtual reality demos
    Lockheed Martin, developing critical technologies to solve global security issues, will be at the Inn at Virginia Tech, to recruit a variety of engineering disciplines, including computer science, aerospace engineering, computer programming, software development, finance, and accounting.
- - The science of swiping; study provides insight on how to get more right swipes on Tinder
    Tinder, a dating app, requires users to swipe right or left to indicate they like someone (right) or not (left). New research designed with Tinder in mind finds the direction and orientation of profile pictures may influence how users swipe.
- - Donations to Virginia Tech top $150 million for a second straight year
    The year’s strong fundraising results continue an important trend. Virginia Tech has raised $100 million or more per year since fiscal 2016.
- - Employer expectations on off-hours email: new study shows adverse health effects on workers and families
    “Our research exposes the reality: ‘flexible work boundaries’ often turn into ‘work without boundaries,’ compromising an employee’s and their family’s health and well-being,” says William Becker, associate professor of management.
- - Hospitality and tourism management professor will perform guitar concerto in RSO season opener
    Juan Luis Nicolau will perform his own work on Sept. 29, as the guitar soloist for “In the Mariola Mountains,” inspired by the highlands around his hometown of Muro de Alcoy, Spain.
- - Study abroad in China offers students new perspectives on culture and business
    "The trip opened me up to new styles of thinking, which greatly challenged my Western outlook on the world and how I viewed Eastern cultures,” said one student.
- - 13 universities, 10 days, 1 Global Challenge
    The challenge allows student teams to pitch their business ideas to compete for a $30,000 grand prize and faculty attendees to discuss best practices in entrepreneurship education.
- - Vitali Mindel joins business information technology faculty
    His research examines the sustainability and governance of decentralized online information systems and the role of technology in improving both clinical and administrative healthcare operations.
- - Roger Edelen joins finance faculty
    His research interest is institutional investing, where he has made both empirical and theoretical contributions.
- - Marriott Foundation grants $2.1 million to Virginia Tech Global Business and Analytics project
    The HOKIE Lab will be located in what will be the high-traffic, high-visibility commons area of the first academic building in the project.
- - Pankaj Kumar joins management faculty
    Kumar’s research interests lie at the intersection of strategy and organization theory, with a focus on innovation, interfirm relationships, strategic alliances, and geography.
- - Idris Adjerid joins business information technology faculty
    Adjerid was hired as part of the effort to strengthen Virginia Tech's faculty expertise in integrated security. His research interests are privacy and security, health information technology and health information exchanges, and health care analytics.
- - Hyderabad meets Hokies as young entrepreneurs square off in global competition
    Can a heat wave spark ideas? One did for a team of student entrepreneurs from India who competed recently at the Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington.

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