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- - Drones take off in agriculture industry
    Virginia Tech researchers are exploring practical applications for drones, which can help farmers manage livestock.
- - Graduate School seeks nominations for outstanding faculty mentor awards
    The nominee must be a full-time faculty member who has successfully mentored students at the master’s degree and Ph.D. level.
- - Nominate outstanding graduate students for annual awards
- - Workshop series to teach the art of connecting with audiences
    The weekly sessions will offer a range of creative techniques to help Virginia Tech faculty, students, and staff communicate ideas and forge collaborations.
- - Scientists find heightened attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD
    A new study found that people with PTSD have an increased learning response to surprising events compared to people without PTSD.
- - Virginia Tech supports efforts to preserve Mongolian nomadic traditions
    For millennia, Mongolia’s pastoral herders grazed their livestock on lush grasslands. Today, due to ongoing drought, harsh winters, and chronic overgrazing, the once verdant steppes are disappearing.
- - Two Virginia Tech online graduate programs among top in nation
    The university’s online graduate information technology program is the nation’s second best, according to the 2018 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs ranking. The online graduate engineering program is No. 20.
- - Scientists discover how parasite hacks into its host’s genes in plant-to-plant warfare
    Dodder, a parasitic plant that damages millions of dollars' worth of crops each year, is a stealthy invader with the ability to wage war on the genes of its host plants. Scientists have discovered that through an exchange of microRNAs, dodder is able to hack into its host’s information system much like a computer virus.
- - Molecular and cellular biology doctoral program to kick off in fall 2018
    The student’s official degree will be in the department or college of the faculty member with whom they choose to work, which include animal and poultry science; biochemistry; biological sciences; biomedical and veterinary sciences; human nutrition, foods, and exercise; and the School of Neuroscience.
- - TBMH graduate students land elusive National Institutes of Health fellowships
    Doctoral students Tristan Raisch and Carissa James have won National Institutes of Health research fellowships aimed at protecting people with heart problems.
- - Save Our Towns pays a call on the storytelling capital of the world
    Residents of Jonesborough, Tennessee, disagreed over what its most marketable claim to fame would be and, in the end, hired a consultant to point out the obvious.
- - Graduate Commencement speaker Liselle Joseph believes in Virginia Tech's motto
    Joseph moved to the United States from Grenada in 2008 to study aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech, a first among her family and acquaintances. She earned her Ph.D. in December.
- - Empathy and a passion for teaching drive Mary Tackett
    For her scholarship and dedication, Tackett is the 2017 Outstanding Recent Alumna of the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
- - More than 2,400 Hokies to graduate Thursday
    The University Commencement Ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m., and the Graduate School Commencement starts at 2:30 p.m.
- - Class of 2017: Marc Fialkoff informs the future of critical infrastructure, disaster recovery, and nuclear security
    A 2017 Ph.D. graduate in planning, governance, and globalization, Fialkoff combines aptitudes as a lawyer and planner to guide critical infrastructure and nuclear security and thrive in the lab or the classroom.
- - College of Science awards scholarships to students for academics, research work, and community service
    The scholarships were awarded at the 8th annual College of Science Celebration of Excellence, where students, faculty, and alumni were recognized for excellence in work and service.
- - $2.3 million NIH grant helps Virginia Tech students achieve dreams in biomedical research
    The Initiative for Maximizing Student Development program, now in its third cycle at Virginia Tech, is designed to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups who wish to pursue careers in biomedical science.
- - Hospitality students plan festival, gain event experience
    “The students planned and conducted the event as a practical experience in hospitality and tourism management studies,” said Professor Mahmood Khan, who is the department’s graduate program director in Northern Virginia.
- - Five-star hockey helmet changes the game for consumers
    Two years after the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab published its first set of ratings for hockey helmets, a new release has just earned top marks.
- - Invasive plants have surprising ability to pioneer new continents and climates, Virginia Tech researchers discover
    Invasive plant species are essentially able to change in order to thrive on new continents and in different types of climates. The results have major implications for assessing the risk of invasive species and for predicting species’ responses to climate change.

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