On-campus dining will be updating how it functions to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.

Virginia Tech has developed a testing, tracing and case management plan in its efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19 on campus.

Community members lit candles, sung songs and reflected on the current Black Lives Matter movement currently occupying the country at Marcia’s Park on June 12.

Virginia Tech shared its thoughts regarding the protests following George Floyd’s death, the latest COVID-19 developments and how the university is responding to increased representational and racial diversity.

On June 8, following President Sands’ announcement regarding fall semester operations, several students received emails notifying them they were not selected to live in on-campus housing for the 2020-2021 academic year.

President Tim Sands released a statement outlining details for the fall 2020 semester. In efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and respond to the anticipation that a second wave will hit late fall, the university has decided to resume in-person instruction starting on Aug. 24, but end in-p…

Montgomery County government officials and community leaders led a forum calling to better race and police relations Tuesday, June 2.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors unanimously approved a tuition freeze Tuesday for resident and nonresident undergraduate, graduate and professional students for 2020-21 after the decision was recommended by the board’s Finance and Resource Management Committee on May 29.

Hundreds of protesters, with signs in hands and chants in mind, gathered at Henderson Lawn at noon on June 1. The protesters migrated to the Blacksburg Police Department chanting, “Black lives matter” and “no justice, no peace” before having a moment of silence in honor of the recent police …

Members of the Virginia Tech Class of 2020 were granted their degrees in a virtual commencement ceremony held Friday evening. 

James Kelly, a 36-year-old Bowling Green, Florida native and University of Florida student, was arrested Monday, May 11 after he made written, violent threats against Virginia Tech’s campus. He is incarcerated at the Hardee County jail held at a $5,000 bond.

In an effort to support students who have been impacted by COVID-19, Virginia Tech will immediately allocate $9.7 million to emergency financial grants for eligible students.

The questions of how different macronutrient and micronutrient combinations interact in the body and whether or not commonly abused drugs and foods metabolize similarly have yet to be answered completely by the food sciences community.

Virginia Tech president Tim Sands held the second virtual President’s Town Hall Thursday, April 23, discussing topics related to the university’s COVID-19 operations, specifically concerns for new and returning undergraduate students in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a new COVID-19 test to test virus samples in on-campus Blacksburg and Roanoke labs.

Class of 2020 commencement will occur online on Friday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. ET in the wake of the COVID-19 procedures.

Virginia Tech announced that it will not require SAT or ACT test scores for students applying for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year.

Virginia Tech is moving First-Year Orientation sessions online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It has come to our attention that some readers are disappointed that we have been moving forward with our Best of Blacksburg 2020 contest during this COVID-19 crisis. 

The Montgomery County Public Health Task Force has now opened its first drive-thru testing, assessment and referral site at Blacksburg High School as of March 31, 2020. This action comes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.