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- - Faculty academies recognize new inductees for outstanding leadership, service
    Academies of Faculty Leadership and Faculty Service honor the exemplary contributions of faculty members of all classifications in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.
- - Study provides the first data on concussion risk in youth football
    The data, which showed that youth football players sustain concussions at lower levels of head acceleration than older athletes, will help guide helmet design and testing.
- - Preserving history through modern paleontology
    Virginia Tech paleontologist Sterling Nesbitt and University Libraries’ 3D Design Studio Manager Max Ofsa are scanning, digitizing, and replicating prehistoric bones using a modern form of paleontology.=https://video.vt.edu/media/Preserving+history+through+modern+paleontology/1_1x6w7kgi/
- - X-ray images help reveal insects’ physiological responses to gravity
    A new study by Jake Socha, professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science journal shows that insects experience physiological effects of gravity similar to that of humans.
- - Making prehistoric discoveries globally available one bone at a time
    Virginia Tech paleontologists partner with University Libraries' 3D Design Studio to scan, print, and provide access to previously unavailable dinosaur fossils.
- - Virginia Tech awarded Nuclear Regulatory Commission Integrated University Program grants
    The nuclear engineering program in Virginia Tech’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded two grants totaling $850,000 for faculty development and graduate student fellowships.
- - Neuroscience’s Mike Bowers seeks cause, cure for stuttering with help from Virginia Tech alumnus
    Neuroscientists think they’ve identified four mutant genes behind stuttering and stammering, but they don’t yet know the connection, the why – a misfire, a miscommunication, a 1 where there needs to be a 0 – between those genes and difficulty in speaking.
- - Tweet led student to a project untangling the genomes of large viruses
    Alaina Weinheimer, an ICTAS Doctoral Scholar, loved coding and working with marine microbes. She found a way to combine them.
- - Miss America shines the spotlight on science; Virginia Tech alum inspires kids with STEM education
    Virginia Tech alum Camille Schrier’s victory in the Miss America 2020 not only shined the spotlight on science but it will inspire many other young girls to explore STEM opportunities.
- - Corps of Cadets’ color guard to participate in the Belk Bowl
    Six members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets’ color guard will participate in the pregame ceremonies at the Belk Bowl Dec. 31 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- - Graduate Commencement student speaker Najla Mouchrek focuses on empowering others
    Mouchrek is the first Virginia Tech graduate student to earn an Individualized Interdisciplinary Ph.D., called an IPhD. She also will be the student speaker at the Fall Graduate School Commencement Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 20 at Cassell Coliseum.
- - 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.
- - Class of 2019: Graduate student Samantha Fenn combines laboratory background with public policy studies in cyberbiosecurity
    Fenn, who graduates this December from the master's of public administration program in Arlington, says her studies have helped her see how biological data becomes vulnerable currency in the struggle for public safety.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal neural basis of confirmation bias
    An international research team comprising neuroscientists at Virginia Tech and the University of London revealed brain mechanisms and functional regions that underlie confirmation bias — a phenomenon where people strongly favor information that reinforces their existing opinions over contradictory ones.
- - Class of 2019: Geosciences major Jordyn Del Rosario set to join U.S. Navy
    Del Rosario, a senior graduating from the Department of Geosciences, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science, came to Blacksburg more than four years ago from Nebraska.
- - Class of 2019: Virginia Tech Rescue Squad member Rachael Ward has heart for service
    If you’ve ever seen an Automated External Defibrillator on campus — or had to use one — you have the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad and the efforts of Ward and her team to thank.
- - 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.
- - Class of 2019: International student Kehong Lu brings visual communication to life
    During his time at Virginia Tech, graduating senior Kehong Lu has built up an impressive graphic design portfolio through internships with major companies as well as local organizations. Through his art, he hopes to share himself with the world.
- - 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.

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