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- - 2018 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign in full swing
    The 2018 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) is a workplace giving program where state employees can designate financial gifts to one or more of the 1,000-plus participating charities.
- - Message from Frank Beamer on the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC)
    The 2018 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign has kicked off and will run until Friday, Dec. 14. Since 2010, Virginia Tech employees have donated more than $2 million to local charities in the New River Valley and across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- - President Tim Sands highlights research accomplishments, outlines work ahead in State of the University
    Sands encouraged the audience to consider what Virginia Tech will look like in four years, when its sesquicentennial class graduates, and how the university can best serve Virginia in the future.
- - Meeting of executive committee marks important step in Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
    The state asked Virginia Tech to lead the initiative because of the university’s strengths in science and engineering, existing expertise in cybersecurity research and education, and its significant research presence in Northern Virginia.
- - Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research hosting symposium in Northern Virginia
    The Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research will host its fourth annual Northern Virginia Autism Research Symposium Sept. 21 in Falls Church, Virginia, bringing experts in autism together with individuals with autism and/or their family members for a day of presentations and discussion.
- - Board of Visitors discusses parent leave benefits, future facility projects at Roanoke meeting
    During the three-day meeting, board members visited and toured Virginia Tech facilities and programs located in the greater Roanoke Valley.
- - Virginia Tech professor receives Carnegie grant to study conflict resolution in the Middle East
    Ariel Ahram, associate professor at Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs, and Ranj Alaaldin, visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution Doha Center, were recently awarded a $400,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to improve knowledge of outside interventions in the civil wars in the Middle East.
- - Virginia Tech partners with startup DeepSig to protect wireless devices
    The new technology can be applied to everything from personal cellphones and Bluetooth devices to vehicular communications, radars, and sensing systems.
- - Large-scale simulations could shed light on the 'dark' elements that make up most of our cosmos
    These simulations could help researchers understand more about the evolution of the universe.
- - Employer expectations on off-hours email: new study shows adverse health effects on workers and families
    “Our research exposes the reality: ‘flexible work boundaries’ often turn into ‘work without boundaries,’ compromising an employee’s and their family’s health and well-being,” says William Becker, associate professor of management.
- - Virginia Tech President Tim Sands will deliver State of the University address on Sept. 7
    Doors will open at 3 p.m. in the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre, located within the Moss Arts Center’s Street and Davis Performance Hall at 190 Alumni Mall.
- - Marriott Foundation grants $2.1 million to Virginia Tech Global Business and Analytics project
    The HOKIE Lab will be located in what will be the high-traffic, high-visibility commons area of the first academic building in the project.
- - 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.
- - 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.

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