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- - Virginia Tech designates Labor Day as university-wide holiday
    Beginning this fall, classes will not be held and campus offices will be closed on the September holiday.
- - School of Performing Arts presents David Mamet's 'Glengarry Glen Ross'
    This production is running for 10 performances and features an all-female cast, bringing a fresh dynamic to the 20th-century classic. The play opens April 18.
- - Virginia Tech researchers: As rain and temperatures increase, so will costs to mitigate pollution
    A multi-institutional study led by the university was part of a broader National Science Foundation grant-funded project designed to examine pollution from both urban and agricultural sources.
- - To help map their environment, bats wiggle their noses and ears
    Virginia Tech researchers have discovered that these tiny movements are one of the secrets behind bats' remarkable ability to navigate by echolocation.
- - Graduate School recognizes award winners for scholarship, teaching, and service
    The award recipients were recognized at a special dinner during Graduate Education Week.
- - Nine graduate students will be inducted into the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
    Established in 2005 by Yale and Howard universities, the society is named for the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in the United States. Edward Bouchet graduated from Yale College in 1874 and earned his doctoral degree in physics from Yale University in 1876.
- - Kevin Edgar and doctoral student receive American Chemical Society awards
    Kevin Edgar, professor of biomaterials and bioprocessing, and Yifan Dong, a doctoral student in polymer chemistry, were honored by the American Chemical Society’s Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division.
- - Virginia Tech researchers are exploring new treatments for the flu
    Researchers at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech’s Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory recently looked at a new therapeutic target to treat flu infection. Their work was published in Frontiers in Immunology.
- - Virginia Tech scientists: Cattle-associated antibiotics disturb soil ecosystems
    Manure from cattle administered antibiotics drastically changes the bacterial and fungal make-up of surrounding soil, leading to ecosystem dysfunction, according to a Virginia Tech research team.
- - New exhibit tells the story of alumni who fought in World War I
    “Stories from the Great War: VPI Men in the Service of Their Country, 1917–1918,” will capture the stories of nine Virginia Polytechnic Institute alumni who fought during World War I.
- - In Save Our Towns season finale, Harrisonburg embraces immigrants
    Blowback against anti-immigrant sentiment and a boost for manufacturing in Southwest Virginia are among the subjects closing out the season on the award-winning web-episode series.
- - Virginia Tech researchers find special bacteria in Claytor Lake that can freeze water
    In addition to the bacteria's ability to freeze water, its presence adds to growing evidence that using creek, lake, and pond water for irrigation can increase the risk of crop disease outbreaks.
- - Virginia Tech celebrates Graduate Education Week March 27-31
    The Graduate School will celebrate 2017 Graduate Education Week with five days of events and activities focusing on students, faculty, programs, and initiatives at Virginia Tech.
- - In memoriam: Taylor Albert Rydahl, graduate student in computer science
    Rydhal was pursuing his Ph.D. in computer science at Virginia Tech. Funeral services honoring his life will be held Saturday in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- - Virginia Tech team demonstrates state-of-the-art technology at global robotics competition
    Virginia Tech was one of four American teams to compete, and one of two American teams to participate in all four challenges, which required the use of both aerial and ground vehicles.
- - Community Voices events March 23 focus on democracy and autocracy
    Turkish journalist Mahir Zeynalov will discuss his experiences with dwindling press and media freedoms.
- - Virginia Tech to hold first powwow April 1
    The powwow follows the recent Virginia Tribal Summit hosted by the Virginia Tech President’s Office for the purpose of reinvigorating partnerships between the university and the commonwealth’s 11 recognized tribes.
- - Global Change Center researchers help water authority create ‘best water possible,’ prepare for warmer temperatures
    A Virginia Tech team has installed oxygenation systems in three reservoirs that serve Roanoke and surrounding county residents and are monitoring them to see how increased oxygen levels affect the amount of metals in the water.
- - Virginia Tech graduate programs garner top spots in U.S. News & World Report's latest rankings
    Virginia Tech’s Evening master of business administration (MBA) program and three College of Engineering graduate programs were among the best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 2018 survey of graduate programs released today.
- - Doctoral Fellow studies impact of climate change, deforestation in Namibia
    A Virginia Tech graduate student is living in one of the hottest and driest countries in the world this semester so that he can study how climate change, land management, and other human-caused phenomena impact a community of animals known as the cavity guild.

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