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- - Matthew Holt named head of Virginia Tech Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
    Holt was drawn to Virginia Tech because of its Beyond Boundaries initiative, which he sees as the vehicle through which the university will position itself as a leading, global 21st-century land-grant institution.
- - Rosemary Blieszner named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
    Blieszner, who is currently serving as interim dean, will continue to lead the college through June 2019.
- - Inaugural College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund provides support for faculty research
    The first alumni-endowed Virginia Tech College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund, started by Sally C. Morton, supports vital research advances ranging from cancer treatment to a neutrino detector.
- - Virginia Tech Beyond Boundaries Scholars initiative to help at least 90 incoming students
    Dozens of donors have created scholarships through the program, in which Virginia Tech is matching up to 165 qualifying gifts made through at least the end of 2017, doubling their impact. Additional gifts made through June 30, the end of the university’s fiscal year, can benefit incoming students this fall, so the number to benefit is likely to grow beyond 90.
- - University of Nottingham’s Sir David Greenaway speaks at Beyond Boundaries Presidential Lecture
    Virginia Tech President Tim Sands and Greenaway talked Tuesday about the partnership between their institutions and the future of higher education.
- - University of Nottingham’s vice chancellor Sir David Greenaway to deliver Beyond Boundaries Lecture on April 18
    Greenaway and President Tim Sands will discuss how a top-100 global university can stimulate meaningful interdisciplinary and cross-sector partnerships and prepare students for an increasingly interconnected world.
- - Neuroscience class takes learning into operating room at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
    The School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech’s Clinical Neuroscience in Practice course offers undergraduate students the opportunity to experience the world of a neurosurgeon, both in the classroom and the operating room.
- - A message from President Tim Sands in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
    Our Beyond Boundaries initiative asks us to imagine the university we could become a generation into the future. We cannot make that leap without thinking boldly about whom we will serve and how we will prepare our students for a dynamic, diverse and interconnected world.
- - A letter from President Tim Sands on the Beyond Boundaries final report
    As noted in a letter to the university community last spring, the Beyond Boundaries work will not sit on a shelf.
- - Virginia Tech launches Beyond Boundaries Scholars program to match scholarship gifts
    The university will match up to 165 qualifying gifts over the next four years. Only current-use gifts will be matched.
- - Virginia Tech awarded grant to help fortify coastal cities against natural disasters
    Virginia Tech engineers, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Miami, received a two-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to design new computational, mathematical, and simulation frameworks to protect the critical infrastructure of coastal cities against natural disasters.
- - Destination Areas milestone reached; faculty to lead next phase of development
    The second design phase, which will take place over the next 18 months, will be driven by deep faculty engagement and stakeholder leadership to develop curriculum, build research proposals, and engage partners.
- - President Sands delivers the State of the University
    In his first State of the University address, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands challenged the university community to advance as a national and global leader.
- - Biocomplexity Institute gives students a start in research science
    Students learn by doing through a variety of programs hosted by the institute. Last year, students contributed to projects that helped predict the spread of the Zika virus and established an information network capable of simulating worldwide disaster scenarios in a matter of seconds.
- - University Presidents Tim Sands and Kent Fuchs discuss challenges of higher education
    The two presidents, who are longtime friends and former colleagues, spoke on the need for public research universities to communicate their impact.
- - Virginia Tech hosts Beyond Boundaries Presidential Conversation
    Kent Fuchs, the president of the University of Florida, will join Virginia Tech President Tim Sands on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss opportunities and challenges each has faced at their institutions.
- - Alumna and Facebook executive Regina Dugan stresses importance of rapid innovation
    The leader of Facebook’s new advanced research group, known as “Building 8,” returned to Blacksburg as part of the university’s Beyond Boundaries Presidential Lecture series.
- - Facebook's Regina Dugan to deliver first Beyond Boundaries Presidential Lecture
    Dugan, a Virginia Tech alumna, is the leader of Facebook’s new advanced research group, known as “Building 8.” The event will be held on Aug. 31 at 5:30 p.m. in the Moss Arts Center.
- - Global Perspectives Program scholars cap study abroad with presentations at Swiss Embassy
    Scholars visited and studied programs at universities in Switzerland, Italy, and France for 13 days earlier this summer.
- - Graduate School hosts training institute for Ecuador university faculty
    The weeklong 21st Century Faculty Initiative is a joint venture between the Graduate School and Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

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