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- - Weijun Xie named assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering in College of Engineering
    Xie joined the industrial and systems engineering department as an assistant professor in fall 2017.
- - Work by visual artist and advocate Saba Taj featured at Moss Arts Center
    Part of the center’s Salaam: Exploring Muslim Cultures project, the exhibition, which includes mixed-media works by the Pakistani-American artist, will be on display from April 5-21.
- - Michael Madigan named professor of industrial and systems engineering in College of Engineering
    Madigan's research interests include occupational biomechanics and ergonomics, slip/trips/falls, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and understanding the biomechanical and functional consequences of aging and obesity.
- - Zhiting Tian receives Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award
    Tian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, received the award to study enhancing thermal transport at solid-solid interfaces.
- - Researchers investigate riverbank erosion, human adaptation, and resilience in coastal Bangladesh
    Researchers want to better understand how riverbank erosion affects residents and develop early-warning measures to help mitigate the effects of the changing shoreline.
- - Piercing the veil: engaging spaceflight through the Michael Collins papers
    English faculty member Jared Gibbs’ Reading and Writing Across English Studies class created creative and critical works in response to studying the Michael Collins papers in the University Libraries Special Collections.
- - Ray Smoot honored with emeritus status
    Smoot, former vice president for administration and treasurer at Virginia Tech and former chief executive officer of the Virginia Tech Foundation, has been conferred the title of vice president for finance and treasurer emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Update: Creators of hit podcasts ‘Serial’ and ‘S-town’ talk binge-worthy journalism on May 5
    The award-winning podcast “Serial” became an internet sensation, downloaded more than 300 million times since it launched. The podcast’s co-creators, Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, visit the Moss Arts Center on May 5 at 7:30 p.m.
- - Tech ideas are big winners at Entrepreneur Challenge
    The $25,000 grand prize went to Andrew Bolkhovitinov and Jacob Tyree for ChairJak, a portable chair jack for wheelchairs.
- - Clothesline Project raises awareness of gender-based violence
    Virginia Tech’s Clothesline project displays the shattering effects of gender-based violence and the impact it has on society.
- - Veterinary college's annual Open House set for April 7
    The event will take place on the veterinary college’s Blacksburg campus, located at 245 Duck Pond Drive, and will feature guided tours of its 270,000-square-foot complex, including the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
- - Emergency Management brings ‘Stop the Bleed’ Program to Blacksburg campus
    Virginia Tech Emergency Management is rolling out the program to prepare faculty, staff, and students to treat bleeding emergencies with strategically placed bleeding control kits throughout the Blacksburg campus.
- - Powwow is back at Virginia Tech for second year
    The Spring 2018 Powwow will be held March 31 on the lawn of the Graduate Life Center from noon to 6 p.m. It is sponsored by Native at VT.
- - Increasing enrollment and hands-on, minds-on opportunities drive sustainable biomaterials faculty hires
    The addition of new faculty members will help the department continue serving students in new and innovative ways that will set them up for future success.
- - Mock stadium emergency drill gives first responders opportunity to train
    Members of the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad and several local first-responder agencies will put their training to the test in a full-scale drill that will simulate a stadium emergency at 10 a.m. on March 31.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees; approves funding to renovate Commonwealth Ballroom
    The Squires Student Center Commonwealth Ballroom was constructed in 1969 and hosts approximately 160 events each year by student organizations and university departments.
- - Peer educators make health education accessible and relatable
    Peer educators facilitate interactive workshops and outreach events to encourage healthy behaviors and to raise awareness of resources available to students seeking support.
- - Exhibits and events hosted by University Libraries part of 2018 Day of Remembrance
    "In the Third Person: Community Photographs after April 16, 2007," an exhibit in Newman Library's second floor commons, will be on display April 12 through April 17.
- - Veterinary students to offer Community Dog Wash on March 31
    Presented by students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, the dog wash is always a popular community event.
- - In Memoriam: Col. Thomas Owen “T.O.” Williams III, chairman emeritus of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Alumni board
    Williams’ efforts to raise money for Emerging Leader Scholarships starting in the early 1990s were critical to the survival of the corps when enrollment had dipped to a few hundred cadets.

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