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- - In memoriam: Robert M. Grant, applications analyst, Information Technology
    Robert M. Grant, 42, an applications analyst within Information Technology, died unexpectedly on December 30, 2013.
- - Broadband analysis and planning projects garner two Governor's Technology Awards
    Two Virginia Tech groups, the Center for Geospatial Information Technology and the Institute for Policy and Governance, received Governor's Technology Awards for their work to improve the quality and availability of broadband Internet service in the Commonwealth.
- - Virginia Tech and corporate partner expand fiber optic Internet connections in region
    Residents and businesses in Montgomery, Giles, Craig, Botetourt, Roanoke, and Bedford counties will benefit from the new fiber optic ring, a joint project between Virginia Tech, the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation, and the VT Foundation.
- - Virginia Tech brings digital version of Marshall Plan online
    Painstaking work by VT digital imaging specialists has resulted in a fully-searchable, visually optimized, original online version of the Marshall Plan.
- - Faculty members preserve local history through art and technology
    Thomas Tucker, an associate professor in Virginia Tech's School of Visual Arts, is using technology to capture the architecture and stories of the historic St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall and its surrounding community in Blacksburg, Va.
- - Computer science team wins challenge to improve reading process of reviews
    Social media allows every one of its users to become a critic. So how can a reader discern the good from the bad or the key words found in a long diatribe or a perfume-laden endorsement?
- - James McClure honored by National Science Foundation program for supercomputing work
    James McClure, a computational scientist with Advanced Research Computing, a unit within Information Technology, has been selected as a Campus Champion by a National Science Foundation program dedicated to facilitating national-scale supercomputing.
- - Jennifer Sparrow wins EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award
    Jennifer Sparrow, senior director of networked knowledge ventures and emerging technologies within Information Technology (IT) at Virginia Tech has been named a 2013 recipient of the EDUCAUSE Rising Star award.
- - Technology initiatives enhance campus safety
    Twelve technology projects that assist Virginia Tech’s police department, emergency planners, and facility managers to make campus a safer and more secure place were showcased at a recent meeting.
- - Virginia Tech researchers and Blacksburg firm, FitNet, to develop advanced cyber fitness tool
    Virginia Tech networking researchers and local technology entrepreneurs are working on broadband-enabled health and fitness course delivery in a project called FitGENI that will explore the advantages of high capacity, low latency, and deeply programmable networks on the reliable delivery of quality virtual fitness training.
- - Grant to boost data transfer speed more than 10 times for Virginia public research universities
    A National Science Foundation award is making it possible for Virginia's research universities to raise their maximum data transfer speed at the National Capital Aggregation Facility from 10Gbps to 100Gbps.
- - New organization charts future course for technology-enhanced and online learning
    A new organization, Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies, is taking shape at Virginia Tech.
- - Interactive Virginia Tech map offers customization, rich data layers, ease of use
    new interactive campus map, located at maps.vt.edu
- - Enterprise Geographic Information Systems provides community access to statewide aerial imagery
    Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) launches a new local source for detailed aerial imagery of Virginia.
- - Blacksburg and Virginia Tech join US Ignite to help bring forth Internet’s future
    Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg are the first community in Virginia to join the White House US Ignite initiative, which will help develop a national high-speed broadband test bed.
- - Introducing VTGemini, an emergency preparedness iOS mobile application for the Blacksburg campus
    The Office of Emergency Management and the Virginia Tech Police Department in partnership with Virginia Tech’s Mobile Software Engineering Lab in the Department of Computer Science and Communications Network Services recently released the VTGemini application (app) for use on the iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, and iPod Touch.
- - In memoriam: Kenneth Wade Williams, technical writer, Enterprise Systems
- - National Science Foundation partnership grant expands geospatial education through Virginia's community colleges
    The partnership effort continues to support community colleges as they help meet the demand for skilled geospatial technicians.
- - Tyler Walters appointed to board of directors of digital archival firm
    University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters is one of the main proponents and innovators of software to store digital information lasting and easily accessible.
- - Progress on unified communications continues as several campus buildings are completed
    A year-end update on progress in the unified communications switchover on campus.

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