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Hokie pride unboxed: Join in the fun of Hokie gear on Instagram , articleHokie influencers, from Queen Harrison‑Claye ’10 to Michael Vick ’13, are showcasing the wide variety of officially licensed Virginia Tech merchandise in a series of unboxings on Instagram. After each video, viewers can enter a giveaway for a chance to win a box identical to the one featured that day through Monday, Dec. 22.
Date: Dec 15, 2025 -
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Expanding opportunity, strengthening community: Virginia Tech Advantage grows , articleWith record number of students in the Presidential Scholarship Initiative, the university advances its land-grant mission of access and affordability.
Date: Oct 27, 2025 -
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Engineering students bring clean water access to rural Kenyan community , articleEngineering students helped bring clean water to a rural Kenyan community, marking a milestone for the Engineers Without Borders chapter’s first post-pandemic project.
Date: Sep 30, 2025 -
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Bryan Hsu awarded faculty fellowship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2020, Hsu is involved in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program as well as in several programmatic functions of the Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Arthropod-borne Pathogens.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Guoliang 'Greg' Liu awarded faculty fellowship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2014, Liu is a core member of the Academy of Integrated Science’s nanoscience degree program and served on the committee that developed this innovative program.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Christina DiMarino honored with fellowship , articleDiMarino's teaching and research focus is on power electronics packaging and integration of wide-bandgap and ultra-wide-bandgap power semiconductors.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Ming Jin awarded faculty fellowship , articleJin’s research tackles one of the most critical challenges for artificial intelligence: building systems that are intelligent, safe, and trustworthy in complex, real-world environments.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Lindsay Lally awarded professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than seven years, Lally enjoys supporting future leaders in the construction industry by sharing real-world examples drawn from her career as an engineer and by bringing industry partners into the classroom.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Tanyel Bulbul appointed faculty fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 15 years, Bulbul makes significant research contributions to automation in design and construction.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Jeffrey S. Walling awarded faculty fellowship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than four years, Walling's research focuses on radio frequency, analog, and mixed-signal systems, with particular emphasis on next-generation communications and sensor architectures.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Walid Thabet awarded professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1997, Thabet is a pioneer in what is now commonly referred to as “smart construction,” with seminal research and innovation in building information modeling.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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R. Michael Buehrer honored with endowed chair , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than two decades, Buehrer makes significant research contributions to wireless communications, geolocation, and radar systems, addressing foundational challenges while remaining deeply relevant to the needs of both civilian and defense-related communication systems.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Lingjia Liu awarded professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Liu’s scholarship focuses on 6G networks, machine learning for wireless, Open RAN, and dynamic spectrum access/sharing.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 -
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Cayelan Carey awarded faculty fellowship , articleCarey’s primary research addresses an increasingly serious environmental and public health challenge – predicting and controlling nuisance and harmful blooms of algae in lakes and reservoirs. This work has grown into an effort to develop broader freshwater ecosystem forecasting tools.
Date: Sep 11, 2025 -
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Charles Calderwood awarded faculty fellowship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Calderwood's research focuses on understanding how employees perceive, react to, and recover from work stress in the context of the increasingly blurred boundaries between work and non-work life that characterize employment in the modern workforce.
Date: Sep 10, 2025 -
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Rana Ashkar awarded faculty fellowship , articleAshkar is a recognized investigator in soft matter and biological physics. Her research on biomimetic lipid membranes, responsive polymeric systems, and tunable bio-interfaces has gained widespread interest for both its fundamental level and real-world applications.
Date: Sep 09, 2025 -
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Amanda Demmer awarded history professorship , articleDemmer has created innovative, in-demand courses, built relationships with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and advanced a cutting-edge research agenda that broadens the field in ways of interest to historians, practitioners, service members, and the general public.
Date: Sep 09, 2025 -
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Stanley B. Grant appointed Nick Prillaman Professor , articleGrant is recognized as an expert in environmental engineering, water quality, and sustainable drinking water systems.
Date: Sep 04, 2025 -
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Jennifer L. Irish appointed as Charles P. Lunsford Professor , articleIrish is an expert in coastal engineering and a leader in storm surge dynamics, coastal hazard assessment, and nature-based coastal infrastructure.
Date: Sep 04, 2025 -
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Giulio Menciotti awarded professorship , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2013, Menciotti is board certified in cardiology by both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Companion Animals
Date: Sep 02, 2025 -
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First-Year Experiences program offers students holistic help, right from the start , articleThe First-Year Experiences program, now in its 14th year, helps first-year and transfer students thrive by embedding courses directly within each academic college and major.
Date: Aug 29, 2025 -
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Tripp Shealy awarded faculty fellowship , articleShealy is nationally recognized in the field of sustainable design in civil engineering with research and teaching centered around engineering that quickly responds to changing environmental conditions and community needs.
Date: Aug 28, 2025 -
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Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz awarded faculty fellowship , articleIsaacman-VanWertz is a nationally recognized faculty member in environmental engineering, specializing in air quality. His research focuses on organic compounds in the air — how they are emitted, how they transform, and how they impact health and ecosystems.
Date: Aug 28, 2025 -
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Russell A. Green awarded Charles E. Via Jr. Professorship , articleGreen is recognized as one of the world’s experts in earthquake engineering and seismic hazard analysis.
Date: Aug 28, 2025 -
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Ioannis Koutromanos awarded faculty fellowship , articleKoutromanos is nationally recognized as a leading researcher in the design and repair of structures impacted by earthquakes.
Date: Aug 28, 2025 -
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New faculty and staff representatives join Board of Visitors , articleThe new non-voting members who started July 1 are Justin Lemkul as faculty representative, Amber Hagan as staff representative, and Marlena Lester as administrative and professional faculty representative.
Date: Jul 17, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech receives $4.5 million grant to expand university pathways for students in Virginia , articleThe grant will support multi-tiered programming designed to help K-12 students and their families engage early with college preparation and planning through STEM workshops and field trips and financial and academic support for students as they transition to college.
Date: Jun 16, 2025 -
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Maury A. Nussbaum appointed to John Grado Professorship , articleNussbaum’s work has made outstanding contributions to the field of industrial and systems engineering through the excellence of his scholarship, teaching, and service to the community.
Date: Jun 10, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech’s Metallica collaboration earns national recognition , articleVirginia Tech has turned up the volume on Hokie merchandise with two national awards spotlighting brand collaborations.
Date: Jun 10, 2025 -
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Lauren Childs appointed to Archana S. Sathaye Junior Faculty Fellowship in Mathematics , articleChilds is a mathematical biologist who studies infectious diseases from perspectives originating in epidemiology, immunology, ecology, and human behavior.
Date: May 15, 2025 -
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Richard Shryock appointed to Robert and Beatrice Mahan Professorship in French , articleFormerly a department chair, Shryock coordinated a substantial expansion in the number of languages taught, the growth in faculty, and the scholarly reputation.
Date: May 15, 2025 -
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Jesse Lineberry appointed to James and Ashley Bogart Faculty Fellowship , articleAs the director of the financial planning and wealth management program, Lineberry has played a pivotal role in shaping the curriculum, ensuring alignment with the certified financial planner board requirements, and mentoring students for successful careers in financial planning.
Date: May 08, 2025 -
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Yili Hong appointed to Data Science Faculty Fellowship , articleHong, a faculty member in the Department of Statistics since 2009, is co-director of the VT Statistics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Date: May 08, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors names new student representatives for 2025-26 , articleThomas Feely and Katherine “Katie” Drinkwater will serve as undergraduate and graduate/professional student representatives, respectively. These representatives act as important liaisons between the university’s governing board and the broader student population.
Date: May 02, 2025 -
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Richard A. Hunt appointed Dorothy Hottel Digges Professorship in Entrepreneurship , articleHunt’s scholarship has been widely recognized in top-tier journals, including the Academy of Management Review and Journal of Business Venturing. His work addresses critical issues in entrepreneurial action, uncertainty, and innovation.
Date: Apr 23, 2025 -
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Trey Lewis appointed to Union Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship , articleLewis has made substantial contributions to research, teaching, and service in entrepreneurship, including new venture formation, entrepreneurial action and inaction, and dynamics surrounding how startups compete for talent in the labor market.
Date: Apr 23, 2025 -
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Dustin Read appointed Bates Family Professorship in Real Estate , articleRead's research primarily focuses on housing affordability, property and asset management and the organizational behaviors of entities involved in various types of real estate development.
Date: Apr 23, 2025 -
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David Townsend appointed as Digges Family Professorship of Entrepreneurship , articleTownsend's research has significantly shaped scholars’ and practitioners’ understanding of venture formation, financing, and decision-making in uncertain environments.
Date: Apr 23, 2025 -
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Bradley Denby named Marty and Anna Irvine AOE Faculty Fellow , articleDenby’s research addresses computational constraints encountered by small satellite systems, particularly with respect to data processing in orbit.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 -
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Shane Ross appointed as Roanoke Electric Steel Chair , articleRoss is internationally recognized for his contributions across an extraordinary range of interdisciplinary fields and has a strong record of making complex scientific topics accessible through popular science articles and an engaging online presence.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 -
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Brian Kleiner appointed as Vorster-Kleiner Endowed Director’s Chair , articleThe director of Myers-Lawson School of Construction, Kleiner oversees an innovative school offering a comprehensive and unified platform for innovation and excellence in construction education, research, and outreach.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 -
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Qiang Li appointed to Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. ’56 Faculty Fellowship , articleLi has demonstrated excellence in scholarship, teaching, service, and outreach at Virginia Tech and is an international expert in power electronics.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 -
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Walid Saad appointed to Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professorship , articleSaad’s research addresses challenges at the intersection of digital twins, wireless systems, and artificial intelligence. His seminal research was first to define the fundamental principles for designing, optimizing, and deploying distributed, large-scale digital twin solutions.
Date: Apr 18, 2025 -
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Sanket Deshmukh appointed to Erin Michelle Lohr Faculty Fellowship , articleSince coming to Virginia Tech in 2016, Deshmukh has secured external funding of $25.7 million with a personal share of $2.4 million.
Date: Apr 14, 2025 -
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When you need a professional profile photo, turn to Iris , articleFor your LinkedIn profile photos, check out Career and Professional Development’s Iris professional photo booth, a free professional photo service for students.
Date: Apr 04, 2025 -
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Dressing for the part? That's no problem with Career Outfitters , articleCareer Outfitters supplies free professional attire for Virginia Tech undergraduate and graduate students. The clothing available is appropriate for professional use – think career fairs, networking events, or interviews.
Date: Mar 21, 2025 -
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Clothesline Project returns to Virginia Tech on March 26 , articleThe Clothesline Project shows the impact of gender-based and sexual violence through hundreds of T-shirts designed by survivors and their loved ones. Each shirt carries a personal message – words of pain, resilience, and hope – to draw attention to an issue that affects millions each year.
Date: Mar 20, 2025 -
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Students get front-row seats to New York Fashion Week , articleTwo Virginia Tech students swapped classrooms for catwalks, going behind the scenes of one of the most prestigious events in the fashion world — New York Fashion Week — through an all-expenses-paid program designed to give students an insider’s look at the fashion industry.
Date: Mar 07, 2025 -
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Questions to ask at the end of the interview to make you shine , articleYour interview is going well. You’ve confidently answered all the recruiter’s questions, and your time with the interviewer is winding down. Now, you’ll most likely be asked, “Do you have any questions for me?” By all means, say yes.
Date: Feb 20, 2025 -
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Interview preparation that pays off , articleGetting ready for an interview? Feeling nervous? Interview preparation can calm those nerves and make you shine to recruiters.
Date: Jan 31, 2025 -
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Beyond Boundaries envisions Virginia Tech in 2050 , articleVirginia Tech’s Beyond Boundaries vision, first launched in 2015 to inspire the university community and provide context for a new strategic plan, has been refined to support continuing engagement in a changing higher education environment and the university’s growing network of innovation throughout the commonwealth and the world.
Date: Jan 28, 2025 -
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Three ways scholarships make a difference for students , articlePaying for college is not just about tuition, it’s also about housing and food expenses and handling emergent costs when they arise. Scholarships can go a long way to ease the challenge of college for students looking for a world-class education.
Date: Dec 09, 2024 -
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Q&A: Researchers focus on innovative treatments for brain tumors in dogs , articleNovember is National Pet Cancer Awareness Month. With over 6 million pets diagnosed with cancer every year, Virginia Tech’s work in pet cancer research represents a critical step toward more humane and effective care.
Date: Nov 11, 2024 -
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Start your scholarship search this month , articleVirginia Tech offers a one-stop shop to help you look for scholarships. It will only take you about five minutes to apply, and you still have time to get your application in before the priority date.
Date: Nov 08, 2024 -
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Spooky sweets, healthier treats: Mindfulness for Halloween moderation , articleHalloween candy is everywhere, and ultra-processed foods have the most potential for addiction, according to research. Here are tips to help you avoid mindlessly eating all these extra treats during the holiday.
Date: Oct 25, 2024 -
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Advice from a ‘Witcher’: What alumnus Doug Cockle wants you to know , articleBefore he became the voice of Geralt of Rivia, the sardonic protagonist of “The Witcher” series of fantasy action role-playing games, Cockle was a student studying theatre arts at Virginia Tech.
Date: Sep 27, 2024 -
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College love story grows into a lifelong mission for nature , articleDeb McDonald ’77 and ’99 and Dennis McDonald ’76 met as first-year students at Virginia Tech, bonding over their shared enjoyment of nature. Both McDonalds retired a few years ago and not only continue to hike and bike, but travel across the country for their outdoor adventures.
Date: Sep 12, 2024 -
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Show your Hokie Spirit on College Colors Day , articleOn Aug. 30, Virginia Tech will join colleges and universities around the country to celebrate College Colors Day. Wear your maroon and orange and share your Hokie Spirit with #CollegeColorsDay on social media.
Date: Aug 30, 2024 -
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New merchandise collaboration with Metallica ready to get Hokie fans jumping , articleA new collection of Virginia Tech T-shirts and hats co-branded with Metallica is now on sale.
Date: Aug 26, 2024 -
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Becoming a ‘Witcher’: A spirited conversation with alumnus Doug Cockle , articleCockle ’93 voices Geralt of Rivia, the sardonic protagonist of “The Witcher” series of fantasy action role-playing games .
Date: Aug 21, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Foundation leaders recognized with 2024 Women in Leadership Awards , articleElizabeth A. McClanahan, CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation, and Amy Stoakley Sebring, executive vice president and chief operating officer, are part of a cohort of 38 women, chosen from a pool of more than 250 nominees by Virginia Business magazine.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors names new and returning faculty and staff representatives , articleRachel Miles, research impact coordinator and assistant professor in University Libraries, is the new faculty representative, and Janice Austin, assistant dean and director of admissions and academic progress in the Graduate School, and LaTawnya Burleson, executive assistant to the vice president for information technology, will renew their terms as administrative and professional faculty and staff representatives, respectively.
Date: Jul 09, 2024 -
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Y-Toss remains one of the university’s largest sustainability initiatives , articleThe YMCA at Virginia Tech program has diverted more than 10 tons of furniture and accessories from the waste stream since 2005.
Date: May 31, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Licensing and Trademarks awarded licensing award and finalist recognition , articleVirginia Tech Licensing and Trademarks received the CLC National Campaign Marketer of the Year award for its College Colors Day campaign.
Date: May 29, 2024 -
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Leslie Orellana, William Poland named 2024-25 Board of Visitors’ student representatives , articleBoth will serve one-year terms to represent and voice student perspectives to the board.
Date: May 28, 2024 -
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W_Internships combine winter break and internships for the win , articleFrom Jan. 2-12, a cohort of juniors from Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design participated in an immersive program that provides a two-week professional experiences across the region.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech hosts record number of attendees at Spring Open House , articleThe largest number of prospective students to date attended the weekend event on March 16-17. Virginia Tech welcomed 2,823 students and guests on Saturday, and 2,837 on Sunday.
Date: Mar 29, 2024 -
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WVTF names Renai Bodley as chief advancement officer , articleBodley will join WVTF Public Radio and RADIO IQ this summer to oversee all fundraising activities with a special emphasis on major gifts and grants.
Date: Mar 25, 2024 -
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Alumnus finds happiness among blueprints, wine, and llamas , articleVirginia Tech alum P. Michael West breeds llamas and offers llama treks through Four Ladies & Me Farm in North Carolina while also selling 16 wines through Divine Llama Vineyards.
Date: Mar 05, 2024 -
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Solstice Farm Brewery: A dream 30 years in the making , articleTwo Virginia Tech alums who graduated in the 1980s return to open up a microbrewery.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
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New steering committee to guide Virginia Tech Global Distinction , articleThe steering committee will examine how Virginia Tech’s investments and policies can advance the priority in alignment with the university’s broader goals.
Date: Feb 05, 2024 -
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Principles of Community Week reaffirms Virginia Tech’s diverse and inclusive campus , articleEach March, Virginia Tech celebrates the university’s Principles of Community through a weeklong series of educational events, workshops, and discussions.
Date: Dec 18, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: Sarah Downer uses art to share her Appalachian heritage , articleVirginia Tech initially seemed like an unattainable dream to Downer, who will graduate summa cum laude on Friday. Virginia Tech's tuition waiver program made her college dream come true.
Date: Dec 13, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech to honor more than 2,600 at fall commencement , articleThe University Commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET, and the Graduate School ceremony will follow at 2:30 p.m. ET. Both events will be available via livestream video from the university homepage for those unable to attend in person.
Date: Dec 08, 2023 -
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Trailblazing from Tanzania to Virginia Tech , articleBarakaeli Lawuo is an undergraduate computer engineering major from Tanzania, Africa. He is the first recipient of the scholarship for international students endowed by the Cranwell family, namesakes of the Cranwell International Center
Date: Dec 05, 2023 -
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Alumnus Lorenzo “Zo” Amani finds purpose in helping others , articleAmani's path from football to finances demonstrates that it is possible to excel in multiple fields when driven by a deep sense of purpose, a commitment to personal growth, and a dedication to serve others.
Date: Dec 04, 2023 -
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Department of Chemical Engineering receives $3.5 million award to study impact of adolescent exposure to opioids , articleThe five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the department's pioneering research to understand how adolescent exposure to opioids may contribute to opioid addiction.
Date: Nov 13, 2023 -
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$9 million award from the Department of Defense will fund groundbreaking FutureG research , articleLingjia Liu, professor of electrical and computer engineering and an inaugural faculty member at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, will lead a crossdisciplinary team in researching large-scale wireless networks for FutureG technology..
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
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$10 million award from the Department of Defense will fund pioneering Sensing and Cyber Center of Excellence , articleThe center will engage in groundbreaking research with potential military and commercial implications.
Date: Sep 29, 2023 -
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Your guide to social media while looking for work , articleWhile it’s illegal to make hiring decisions based on appearance, potential employers will develop impressions of a job candidate’s internship or career readiness based on what a social media search uncovers — and these impressions will factor into hiring decisions.
Date: Sep 20, 2023 -
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Career coach: Use social media wisely to boost your appeal to recruiters , articleVirginia Tech’s Career and Professional Development can help students optimize their Linkedin profiles for fall career fairs and internship and job searches.
Date: Sep 06, 2023 -
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'Writing saved me': Alumna Vonda Paige makes a masterful pivot , articlePaige moved from a career in journalism to become an award-winning executive producer/producer of documentary films. Her film "The Woodstock of House" chronicles the rise of Chicago house music and is finishing up a run of 17 film festivals this year.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 -
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Rooted In A Century of Innovation , article Date: Dec 17, 2025