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- - Students’ summer research experience focuses on forest ecological assessment
    The students gained valuable experience while collecting a range of data in a patch of forest on the edge of the Blacksburg campus.
- - Virginia Tech welcomes new and returning students with Welcome Week 2019
    A packed schedule of Welcome Week events and activities will help students get to know campus and find friends.
- - Brett Shadle named chair of history at Virginia Tech
    With an initiative to make the Department of History more diverse and inclusive, Shadle steps into a new administrative leadership role.
- - Industrial designers and biomedical engineers team up to address unmet needs of wounded veterans
    Thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health, students will soon be able to enroll in a course that combines the unique skillsets of both disciplines to identify health care needs of wounded veterans in clinical settings.
- - New collaborations set to boost real-world learning opportunities for College of Architecture and Urban Studies students
    The Research + Demonstration Facility is a dedicated space where students can gain practical, hands-on architecture, design, and construction experience alongside expert faculty and industry professionals. It's also representative of a larger initiative to involve Virginia Tech students in construction and renovation projects on the Blacksburg campus.
- - Virginia Cyber Range to host annual cybersecurity education conference
    The 2nd annual Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference will take place Aug. 13-14 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
- - Timothy Luke returns as chair of Department of Political Science
    Thirty-eight years ago, Luke joined Virginia Tech as an assistant professor of political science. Since then, his legacy has included university accolades in service, leadership, and program creation. And now, for the fourth time, he has been chosen for a familiar role.
- - Student-built satellites deployed into orbit from the International Space Station
    The data and measurements will give researchers a better, more accurate modeling of atmospheric conditions in low orbit, as well as provide opportunities for students to gain experience in networking, cloud computing, and network storage.
- - Aerospace engineering team earns second place honors with lunar transportation vehicle design
    The competition is considered a “win-win” for all parties as the students bring excitement and energy, and provide NASA a fresh perspective in solving existing engineering challenges.
- - Virginia Tech launches U.S. Cyber Range to support cybersecurity education nationwide
    After three years of providing infrastructure and courseware for cybersecurity students and faculty in Virginia's high schools and colleges through the Virginia Cyber Range, Virginia Tech is launching the U.S. Cyber Range to provide this service nationwide.
- - Students use undergraduate research to explore disabilities in new Pathways minor
    Laura Beaudet, a junior psychology major, has aspirations for a career in special education. Through her pursuit of a Pathways minor in disabilities studies, she has learned a great deal about herself and the people around her.
- - Study on fraternity, sorority culture offers opportunities for enhancing student experience
    The report from the Commission on Fraternity and Sorority Life Culture outlines findings of a year-long study and presents recommendations for improving and enhancing Virginia Tech's fraternity and sorority programs.
- - Wildlife conservation students take on real-world projects in capstone course
    Students in Professor Sarah Karpanty’s senior capstone course synthesize what they’ve learned and apply it to field projects with local agencies and organizations.
- - Summer Institute 2019 encourages faculty and staff to strive for 'inclusive excellence'
    The annual institute is a two-day professional development event for faculty, advisors, and other administrators working with Virginia Tech’s First-Year Experience courses, Pathways to General Education, or the HHMI Inclusive Excellence Grant.
- - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team places second in first year of EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
    The team will receive a 2019 Chevy Blazer in August 2019, which they will modify to incorporate their designs from year one.
- - Undergraduate research faculty grants create opportunities
    From a pool of 30 creative and diverse proposals, five grants were awarded last spring to fund individual faculty, teams of faculty, and departments to facilitate the development of novel programs.
- - Students selected to present undergraduate research at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference
    The group of Virginia Tech students was selected from a variety of disciplines to represent the university and share diverse research topics with their peers.
- - Virginia Cyber Range challenges hackers for good
    The Virginia Cyber Range contributed to the 2nd Annual AWS Hackathon for Good by sponsoring a challenge during the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C.
- - Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
    The SURF program is designed to give students hands-on research experiences during a 10-week curriculum that mimics graduate training.
- - High-achieving inaugural cohort set for Calhoun Discovery Program
    The incoming class of Calhoun Discovery Program students, which resulted from thousands of applications and hundreds of hours of interviews, represents the first successful outcome for the pilot; out of the 47 students offered, 41 have selected to join the program this fall.

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