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"Internal Medicine by Rosemary Feit Covey" exhibit honors Virginia Tech alumnus

The Perspective Gallery in Squires Student Center on the Virginia Tech campus is exhibiting "Internal Medicine by Rosemary Feit Covey" Oct. 13 through Nov. 14.

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Northrop Grumman opens office at Corporate Research Center

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding of Newport News hired its first Virginia Tech engineering graduate in 1898. Today, with some 348 Virginia Tech alums working at the facility, Northrop Grumman has decided...

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Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus Timothy Dillera named Hokie Hero

Corps of Cadets alumnus Capt. Timothy Dillera, United States Air Force, who received a degree in chemistry from the College of Science in 2003 has been selected as the Hokie Hero for the Virginia Tech...

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New phase of high school-university research partnership funded by National...

A five-year-old Virginia Tech outreach program, which has more than 12,000 high school students doing research and providing results that scientists can use, has received a $1.3 million Science...

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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute receives $27 million award from National...

Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA 9th District) joined senior Virginia Tech officials to announce the award of approximately $27 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Virginia...

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Former engineering dean and Virginia Tech president Paul Torgersen to deliver...

Paul Torgersen, former president of Virginia Tech and dean of the College of Engineering from 1970 until 1990, will deliver the Vecellio Distinguished Lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 16 at the campus building...

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Musician Jeff Miller to perform at Deet's Place Oct. 16

Folk-pop artist Jeff Miller will be returning to Deet's Place coffee shop and café at Virginia Tech on Friday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. for a live performance of material from his four solo albums, including...

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Office of International Research, Education, and Development garners $30...

S.K. De Datta, associate vice president for international affairs and director of Virginia Tech's Office of International Research, Education, and Development, has announced that the U.S. Agency for...

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Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center surgeon awarded research grant from...

Dr. Jennifer Barrett, an assistant professor of equine surgery at Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, was recently awarded a grant from the Morris Animal Foundation to conduct...

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Researcher wins National Science Foundation CAREER award to study global...

Aditya Johri, an assistant professor with Virginia Tech's engineering education department, has won a $400,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to study work...

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New lecture series will bring Civil War historians to Blacksburg, Roanoke

Virginia Tech alumnus William C. Latham, former member and vice rector of the university's board of visitors, has established the William C. Latham Lecture Series in Civil War History, which will bring...

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Virginia Tech faculty recognized by Society of American Foresters

Two faculty members in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources – David Wm. Smith of Blacksburg, Va., and Shepard Zedaker of Walton, Va. – were recently honored by the Society of American Foresters...

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Garner to lead Virginia Tech's Virginia Bioinformatics Institute

Harold "Skip" Garner has been named executive director of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech.

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Dennis Hong honored among Popular Science's Brilliant 10 of 2009

Dennis Hong, an associate professor with the Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, has been named to "Popular Science's" 8th annual Brilliant 10.

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Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Office of Equity and Inclusion to host...

The Virginia Tech Alumni Association and the Office of Equity and Inclusion will host the Black Alumni Reunion on the Virginia Tech campus in 2010.

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Virginia Tech remained in the top 50 in research expenditures in 2008

Virginia Tech ranked 46th out of 679 universities, according to the just released 2008 National Science Foundation (NSF) ranking, which is based on research expenditures reported for the year ending...

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Mining engineer named distinguished lecturer

The Society of Mining Engineers (SME) has named Jerry Luttrell, the A.T. Massey Coal Company Professor at Virginia Tech, a Henry Krumb Lecturer for 2009-10.

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University building to be named for T. Marshall Hahn Jr.

Virginia Tech's Chemistry-Physics Building will be officially named for former university president T. Marshall Hahn Jr., in a dedication ceremony Friday, Oct. 16 at 3:30 p.m.

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Jon Greene named program manager for the Institute for Critical Technology...

Virginia Tech names Jon Greene as a program manager for the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).

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Panhellenic Council hosts Oak Lane Trick-Or-Treat

Panhellenic Council is sponsoring their annual Trick-Or-Treat night for local elementary school children, with fun and games for the whole family to enjoy.

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