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- - Field trip brings high school students face to face with Virginia Tech experts on European affairs
    A bus full of 75 Blacksburg High School students will roll onto campus in March for the first Essential Europe Symposium at Virginia Tech, a daylong program connecting them with faculty and college students.
- - More than 300 Virginia Tech authors will be celebrated during VT Authors Recognition Event
    The University Libraries will host the VT Authors Recognition Event from 5 - 7 p.m. March 21 in the fourth floor, Newman Library. This 14th annual event will honor Virginia Tech authors from colleges, programs, and offices across the university.
- - Tech products and services win top prizes at Entrepreneur Challenge
    All 10 finalist teams received a $1,000 prize to get their new business off the ground. Through the event, they were also offered such resources as mentoring, legal assistance, and funding opportunities.
- - A place where equity for women can flourish - Women's Center celebrates 25 years
    The center, which offers everything from counseling and support services to professional programs and events that advocate for and empower women, will host a series of special anniversary activities through May.
- - Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis
    Examples of invasive species threatening Virginia include a sap-sucking invasive insect called the hemlock woolly adelgid, which has decimated the hemlock tree population, and the spotted lanternfly, which attacks grapes, peaches, hops, and many tree species.
- - High-performance computing boosts art and design students’ creative power
    Students taking the university’s advanced animation course will now be able to create complex projects more quickly and efficiently, thanks to a collaboration between the School of Visual Arts, Advanced Research Computing, and the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology.
- - Vibrant Virginia project boosts graduate students’ work in distressed communities
    A team of Virginia Tech graduate students working in two Appalachian communities is underwritten by a new university-wide program.
- - Renowned economic theorist shares vision for smart, renewable world
    Jeremy Rifkin’s principles, which he believes would provide for long-term economic security and development, are being implemented across parts of Europe and in China.
- - New liaison office brings Germany closer to Virginia Tech
    A new office in Blacksburg is a sign of the growing close relationship with the Technical University of Darmstadt.
- - Exhibition brings African-American music legends to life
    Wornie Reed, a Virginia Tech professor, will speak at the Sweet Soul Music exhibition on Feb. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Armory Gallery. The exhibit documents in Reed's photos and audio clips the black music culture in Boston and New York from 1971 to 1974.
- - Marcelo Stamm joins Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies
    Stamm’s first major project is the development of a multidisciplinary, practice-based Ph.D. program.
- - Jeremy Rifkin to discuss strategic regional planning and the next industrial age at Virginia Tech Feb. 6-7
    Rifkin, an economic and social theorist and the author of 20 books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the global economy and the environment, will give a public lecture Feb. 6 on the global economic crisis, energy security, and climate change, and how the Roanoke and New River Valley region could navigate those challenges.
- - Best-laid graduate plans go wonderfully awry for Fulbright winner
    Initially selected as an alternate for a Fulbright grant, Alex Bala made other plans after he graduated last spring. One email changed all that .
- - Acclaimed architect-activist Enric Ruiz-Geli joins Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies
    Ruiz-Geli says his new job at Virginia Tech is the logical next step in his career, allowing him to work with future generations of architects, designers, engineers, construction managers, and policymakers to reduce one of the planet’s most significant threats.
- - Two years after its resurrection, online graduate journal going strong
    The journal, which is set to publish again this spring, covers democratic issues, including public policy, collective action, and physical or social infrastructure.
- - More than 2,700 students enrolled in largest winter session to date
    Now in its sixth year, winter session offers classes online, on-campus, and through an abroad experience at both the international and domestic levels.
- - Students spark innovation through global design program
    Connor Mulligan, Timothy Cosby, Sydney Grace Miller, and Shafe Ahmed are the 2018-2019 University Innovation Fellows. The program, run by Stanford University's d.school, involves students globally who strive to make changes on their campuses and in their communities.
- - Alumni networking event in Dubai proves strength of Hokie connections
    More than 85 alumni, students, and friends came together in the United Arab Emirates to meet fellow Hokies living in the Middle East and cheer on Virginia Tech's FutureHAUS team.
- - Class of 2018: Stefnie Cerny combines her love of painting with theatre design
    The double major has joined art with technology to make her vision come to life on stage.
- - Transportation professor says Amazon made good choice for location
    Ralph Buehler, associate professor in urban affairs and planning, talks about how transportation played a key role in Amazon choosing Northern Virginia as a place for its headquarters.

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