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- - 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.
- - Wellness initiatives at veterinary college care for students, clients, and practitioners
    Responding to a growing body of research and a culturally evolving willingness to acknowledge the need to care for one’s physical and mental health, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a veterinary social work program to support students, pet owners, clinicians, and caregivers.
- - Videos: Solutions to help the environment
    Virginia Tech strives to address the world’s most difficult problems. Hear from six researchers on their work to solve environment and climate change issues.
- - Virginia Tech faculty honored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
    Wing Ng, an Alumni Distinguished Professor and the Christoper C. Kraft Endowed Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering, and Timothy Long, a professor of chemistry in the College of Science and director of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute, received 2020 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
- - Class of 2019: Virginia Tech Rescue Squad member Alyssa Case always ready to serve
    Case has served in a number of roles within the squad, including as an attendant, assisting with patient care on emergency calls; as the former director of special projects; and currently as an ambulance driver.
- - Virginia Tech, Indivior announce new collaboration to study long-term recovery pathways in people with opioid use disorder
    The study will be carried out by a team of researchers led by Warren Bickel, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, the Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Health Research Professor, and a professor of psychology in the College of Science at Virginia Tech.
- - Honors College Senior Andrew Pregnall awarded Marshall Scholarship
    Pregnall, driven by his passion to remodel the health care system to improve the health outcomes of the LGBTQ community, is a double-major in microbiology and history. As a Marshall Scholar, Pregnall will continue to pursue his ambition by studying health data science at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
- - Department of Statistics’ William Woodall honored with emeritus status
    A two-time alumnus of Virginia Tech and a member of the faculty since 2000, Woodall made significant contributions to the field of industrial statistics.
- - Hokie BugFest strives to make science more accessible for individuals with special needs
    To engage the whole community in science, Hokie BugFest makes it a priority to accommodate children with autism and other special needs.
- - Global Change Center partners with Hollins University to promote undergraduate research opportunities
    The partnership, continuing into its third year, pairs distinguished undergraduate students with Virginia Tech professors for a summer of unique research opportunities.
- - 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.
- - 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 introduces new visual arts minor
    Not just for artists – Virginia Tech’s visual arts and society minor makes artistic and creative exploration easily attainable for students of any major. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors are some of its biggest fans.
- - Virginia Tech faculty receive top honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Elected by their peers and representing a broad range of AAAS “sections,” including statistics, neuroscience, engineering, psychology, and geology/geography, the Virginia Tech professors are among 443 newly elected scholars.
- - Registration open for Kids’ Tech University, which connects researchers with students
    Hosted by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute in partnership with Virginia 4-H, Kids’ Tech University bridges the gap between scientists and kids to make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics more hands-on while investigating a variety of topics.
- - Researcher receives NSF grant to study the fate of terrestrial carbon in freshwater ecosystems
    Erin Hotchkiss, an ecosystem ecologist and assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science, and her collaborators received the grant to study how carbon moves across land-water boundaries and the multi-scale consequences of terrestrial carbon losses for freshwater ecosystems and global carbon budgets.
- - Scientists using collaborative NSF grant to understand hydrologic controls on carbon processes in wetlands
    Scientists will research the links between hydrological and carbon dynamics taking place in forested wetlands to better understand the role that these ecosystems play in the export, storage, and emission of carbon.
- - Cadets chosen to highlight the colors at the Pittsburgh game
    First-year cadets Allisen Haynes, Alex Jennings, and Christine Jung were chosen for this special duty for their performance in the Corps of Cadets.
- - Students reap early benefits of Calhoun Discovery Program
    Just more than two months after they began, a handful of students shared how the Calhoun Discovery Program is already positively affecting their lives.
- - New scholarships celebrate experiential learning through undergraduate research
    The Office of Undergraduate Research has announced three students who are recipients of experiential learning scholarships this fall: Stephanie Flear for the Jacklyn W. and William R. Jones Jr. Experiential Learning Scholarship, as well as Amber Abbott and Kyle Rega for the Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research Scholarship.

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