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- - Destination Areas milestone reached; faculty to lead next phase of development
    The second design phase, which will take place over the next 18 months, will be driven by deep faculty engagement and stakeholder leadership to develop curriculum, build research proposals, and engage partners.
- - Student investor group generated $2.5 million for Virginia Tech Foundation in past decade
    BASIS, the student group that manages $5 million of Virginia Tech’s endowment by investing in bonds and other fixed-income securities, also provides a valuable experiential learning program for its members.
- - Three finalists for College of Engineering dean selected for campus interviews
    University and community members are invited to attend each candidate’s open forum presentation on “The Future of Engineering and Technology: Visionary Opportunities for the Virginia Tech College of Engineering.” The first session is Wednesday, Nov. 2.
- - Aras Memisyazici appointed network architect for the Virginia Cyber Range
    In his new position, Memisyazici will define needs and develop technical strategy for the Virginia Cyber Range, a newly formed virtual center aimed at creating a state-of-the-art platform for cybersecurity education in Virginia.
- - Fellowship gives undergraduate students science policy experience thanks to partnership
    As part of a new collaboration, the Global Change Center has established an Undergraduate Science Policy Fellowship program for students who are specifically interested in science policy. The application period is currently underway, and the deadline to apply is Dec. 10.
- - New internship program creates experience in higher education administration
    The 12-week summer program allows participants to rotate through three finance departments.
- - Hokies who hack
    As coding assumes a more central role in the digital world around us, Virginia Tech exists both as a destination for talented hackers and as a guiding force to harness that ability for the greater good.
- - Virginia Tech to build FutureHAUS Dubai for 2018 international solar competition
    Virginia Tech is the only U.S.-based team and one of 22 universities chosen through a competitive process for the global competition.
- - Faculty design teams add imprint to Destination Areas
    More than 400 faculty members with insight into the five named Destination Areas and five Strategic Growth Areas at the university have been working in design teams this summer to layer new ideas onto existing areas of excellence in teaching and research.
- - National Capital Region serves as focal point for Virginia Tech’s goal to become a top 100 global university
    The region will play a key role for Destination Areas focused on cybersecurity, data analytics, and intelligent infrastructure.
- - Research and multicultural partnership uncover climate change in trees
    Virginia Tech Associate Professor Carolyn Copenheaver studied the effects of climate change on sugar maples with a faculty member and student from the University of West Alabama.
- - Virginia Tech's honors program transforms into Honors College
    Virginia Tech is elevating its University Honors program to a full-fledged Honors College that will attract students of the highest caliber and provide them more chances to explore their passions and change the world in a meaningful way.
- - James Earl Orr Jr. appointed to International Center for Academic Integrity board
    The center selected him for his broad-based experience in academic integrity related to four key criteria: assessment, influence, practical/theoretical experience in implanting organizational change, and commitment to fostering student success.
- - Virginia Cyber Range to enhance cybersecurity education across the commonwealth
    The initiative will provide advanced cybersecurity training exercises for high school and college students, positioning Virginia to become a leading source of critical cybersecurity expertise for the nation.
- - Andrew MacKinlay appointed assistant professor of finance
    MacKinlay’s research focuses on topics in empirical corporate finance, including corporate capital structure decisions and the effects of financial intermediation on corporate activity.
- - The Campus Kitchen at Virginia Tech addresses food insecurity with new support
    This fall, the Campus Kitchen begins its second year of operation with an opportunity to expand its assistance to local hunger-relief agencies and increase its impact on student learning, thanks to a donation from the Smithfield Foundation.
- - Virginia Tech’s natural resources program ranked No. 1 in nation for second straight year
    USA Today ranked the nation's 49 universities that offer a comprehensive program in natural resources and conservation.
- - Virginia Tech among U.S. News & World Report’s best universities
    The annual rankings evaluate schools’ overall academic performance, as well as how they fare when it comes to specific programs of study and academic offerings. Overall, Virginia Tech ranks No. 27 among public institutions and No. 74 among all national universities.
- - Annual Student Engineers' Council career fair attracts record-high student and company attendance
    Roughly 291 companies and government agencies, 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and 300 volunteers have signed on for the 2016 Engineering Expo, which is set for Sept. 13-14.
- - Undergraduate researcher leads study naming a new species of reptile from 212 million years ago
    College of Science undergraduate researcher Emily Lessner has named a new subspecies of archosaur, to be called Vivaron haydeni, in a scientific paper published this week.

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