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- - Award-winning journalist to give Aims of Education address
    Nikole Hannah-Jones, an investigative reporter who covers racial injustice for the New York Times Magazine, will give the Aims of Education address on Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg.
- - Virginia Tech partners with Turnitin to provide plagiarism detection software
    This educational tool promotes academic integrity while also enhancing student learning and improving the student writing experience.
- - Summer Institute facilitates group thinking, innovative ideas for undergraduate teaching
    More than 180 Virginia Tech faculty and staff gathered recently for the Summer Institute: Professional Development for Undergraduate Education 2018, sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and an Inclusive Excellence Grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
- - Industry partnerships fuel packaging lab improvements that enhance student learning
    Recent donations to Virginia Tech’s Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design will give students hands-on experience with some of the latest developments in the industry.
- - New approach to super slippery packaging aims to cut down on food waste
    Not only will the technique help sticky foods release from their packaging much more easily, but for the first time, it can also be applied to inexpensive and readily available plastics, such as polyethylene and polypropylene. These hydrocarbon-based polymers make up 55 percent of the total demand for plastics in the world today.
- - Study abroad in China offers students new perspectives on culture and business
    "The trip opened me up to new styles of thinking, which greatly challenged my Western outlook on the world and how I viewed Eastern cultures,” said one student.
- - Virginia Tech receives Department of Defense instrumentation awards
    The awards will enable the university to support research and education in autonomous underwater vehicle, submarine, and ship hydrodynamics.
- - Virginia Tech's sesquicentennial class is a diverse group
    The class of 2022 comes to campus with a higher academic profile and includes more underrepresented and underserved students than last year’s first-year class.
- - Wildlife conservation student receives 2018 Udall Scholarship
    Deirdre Conroy is one of 50 students from 42 colleges and universities, and the only one from Virginia Tech, to receive this honor.
- - A student’s passion for skateboarding sparks a passion for research
    Sophomore Dylan Willard conducted research — and co-authored a published paper — on the potential for recycling wooden skateboard decks.
- - Block.one, Virginia Tech team up to build skills in blockchain
    As part of the collaboration, Dan Larimer, Block.one chief technology officer, a blockchain pioneer, and a Virginia Tech alumnus, will advise the university on curricula development, including participation in live classroom sessions, seminars, and symposia.
- - Destination Area courses, student experiences continue to move Virginia Tech forward
    Destination Area and Strategic Growth Area faculty are developing innovative courses and student experiences through the lens of transdisciplinary engagement.
- - Meet these members of the Class of 2018
    Congratulations to these graduates and all members of the Class of 2018.
- - Despite bumps in the road, engineering team places third in North American autonomous vehicle competition
    Virginia Tech’s AutoDrive team faced challenges at home before ever stepping foot in Yuma, Arizona, to compete against seven other universities from the U.S. and Canada.
- - Undergraduate Honor System presents students, faculty with Honor Council awards
    The Undergraduate Honor System recognizes Honor Council members who continue to encourage and promote a culture of academic honesty at Virginia Tech.
- - Class of 2018: Neuroscience graduate Dallece Curley is headed for year-long fellowship at Mayo Clinic
    When the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience first launched four years ago, incoming first-year student Curley was one of the first students to jump at the chance to be part of the new, one-of-a-kind program within the College of Science.
- - Class of 2018: Budding 'rockhound' journeys forward by looking back
    Alex Bradley loved picking up rocks as a kid growing up in Alaska. But his passion for natural treasures didn't stop then.
- - Class of 2018: Daniel Surinach shapes the future of men’s reproductive health
    During his time at Virginia Tech, Surinach has grown into an essential member of his lab’s team by conducting preliminary research for a condition known as Peyronie’s Disease.
- - Class of 2018: Graduating senior Genevieve Gural spent undergrad career learning beyond her major
    Gural began her undergraduate career as a member of Hypatia, the College of Engineering's living-learning community for women.
- - Congratulations to the 2018 Outstanding Student Award recipients
    Coordinated by the Division of Student Affairs, the Outstanding Senior Awards recognize exceptional academic achievement, leadership, and service by a student from each of the university’s eight colleges, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and awards for undergraduate and graduate student of the year.

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