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- - Virginia Tech employees recognized for commitment to personal development
    Virginia Tech faculty and staff were recognized at the Employee Development Certificate Program ceremony on July 18.
- - Hyderabad meets Hokies as young entrepreneurs square off in global competition
    Can a heat wave spark ideas? One did for a team of student entrepreneurs from India who competed recently at the Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington.
- - Expert available to comment on Trump meeting with Putin and U.S.-Russia relations
    The summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcome because U.S.-Russian relations are in a terrible state, however the prospect for achieving meaningful substantive improvement is low because suspicions run deep on all sides, says Virginia Tech expert.
- - Virginia Tech awarded the Pro Patria award for support of national defense
    Virginia Tech recently received the public sector Pro Patria award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Virginia Committee.
- - New 2018-19 benefits deductions effective with July 16 pay date
    Insurance premium deduction changes and FSA elections for the 2018-2019 plan year will be reflected on the July 16 pay check.
- - In memoriam: Lesley “Sue” Ratcliff, dining services
    Ratcliff, a service leader in Virginia Tech's dining services, passed away on Friday, July 6, 2018.
- - Executive MBA students learn about business innovation from local entrepreneurs
    The entrepreneurs freely shared their personal insights, citing the challenges they faced as they developed a business model, and ultimately, created a profitable company.
- - Virginia Tech and Amazon Business collaborate on new procurement initiative
    Procurement recently launched a new Amazon Business platform in HokieMart that is one of the first of its kind in American higher education institutions.
- - Faculty-Staff Planning Calendar discontinued effective 2018-19 academic year
    In order to streamline information sources, the Faculty-Staff Planning Calendar will no longer be published, effective with the 2018-19 academic year.
- - FutureHAUS Dubai takes shape at Virginia Tech’s Research + Demonstration Facility
    Led by the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, students from five Virginia Tech colleges will compete as the only U.S. collegiate team in the Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai, November 2018. The team now has three months to complete the world’s smartest modular solar home – a prototype they hope will become a global model for housing sustainability.
- - Virginia Tech voted silver overall ‘Best Place to Work’ in annual readers' poll
    Virginia Tech was voted silver overall “Best Place to Work” by SWVA Living magazine for 2018.
- - Virginia state budget includes $25 million for Virginia Tech-led Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
    As the lead organization of this initiative, Virginia Tech will issue a report to the General Assembly by December 1 to outline how the program will work and what the next steps will be.
- - Virginia Tech hosts first national APLU Faculty Success and Development Meeting
    Faculty leaders and administrators from across the country gathered at the Virginia Tech Research Center - Arlington last week to share ideas and perspectives on topics impacting each institution's academic enterprise.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2018 promotions, tenure, continued appointments
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved these promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 4 meeting.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors unanimously approves contract extension for President Tim Sands
    During his first four years as president, Sands has championed the development of Destination Areas and Strategic Growth Areas, thematic focus areas that leverage the university’s strengths to attract both faculty and student talent and generate creative energy that extends across all disciplines.
- - New partnership benefits veterinary students at Virginia Tech and shelter animals in Washington, D.C.
    The partnership between the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech and the Humane Rescue Alliance of Washington, D.C., will provide expanded educational opportunities for veterinary students and an increased capacity for quality veterinary services to the Washington, D.C., region.
- - A letter from President Tim Sands at the end of the academic year
- - B. Aditya Prakash on IEEE magazine's list of 10 young stars to watch in artificial intelligence
    The assistant professor of computer science and faculty member at the Discovery Analytics Center made the list for his contributions to understanding, reasoning, and mining the phenomenon of propagation over networks in diverse real-world systems.
- - Wireless technology expert available to discuss national security risks surrounding telecommunications
    As U.S. lawmakers question cybersecurity risks associated with Chinese telecom maker ZTE, Virginia Tech’s wireless security expert Charles Clancy says that national security threats surrounding supply chains for telecommunications are critical.
- - Clancy offers Capitol Hill testimony on telecommunications supply chain operations
    Charles Clancy, director of Virginia Tech’s Hume Center for National Security and Technology, gave expert testimony in Washington, D.C., before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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