Thomas O’Neill, a rising senior who was majoring in industrial systems engineering at Virginia Tech, passed away due to a car accident on I-81 in Pennsylvania late at night on May 19, 2019. He was 20 years old.

Across the Virginia Tech campus, LED lights are being implemented in buildings to save energy, minimize university costs and improve the health of students, staff and faculty.

This upcoming August, Virginia Tech’s College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences will have a new dean, Dr. Laura Belmonte.

In April, Virginia Tech students and faculty members received emails with attached links that appear to be a form of a Virginia Tech website. These emails are phishing scams to lure PID and password information from students and faculty members.

Hundreds of students chanted “Title IX excuses crime” throughout Virginia Tech’s campus during the Walkout for Survivors Against Sexual Assault on April 30, where protestors asked for reform on sexual assault proceedings and new Title IX at Virginia Tech.

The Blacksburg Chinese School, a nonprofit organization that strives to promote cultural awareness and diversity in the town, is pitching an idea for a new cultural center space in Blacksburg. The school is hoping to build a new facility downtown that will be maintained by the community.

The then-Virginia Tech student who was accused of putting two disguised video recording devices in the bathrooms of two university buildings will be performing community service and start attending counseling sessions.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine visited Virginia Tech this past Friday, April 26, to gain student opinion on the Higher Education Act reauthorization.

Virginia Tech is partnering with IBM Q Network to accelerate joint research in quantum computing and develop curricula related to quantum systems. The mission is to help better prepare students for careers in the area of science and business influenced by the next era of computing.

Construction is underway for a $105-million dollar Virginia Tech Creativity + Innovation District Living Learning Community. The living learning community will be a multispace residential and classroom building aimed to foster creativity and innovation among Virginia Tech students.

The Virginia Assembly recently approved a budget which included a higher education package to allow Virginia colleges and universities to produce 25,000 new degrees in computer science and related fields by 2039. The project, which is also known as Tech Talent pipeline, is aiming to support …

The Virginia Tech Police Department received a report of sexual assault on Tuesday, April 16.

“After Virginia Tech” by freelance journalist Thomas P. Kapsidelis is a book about the aftermath of the April 16 shooting at Virginia Tech. The book, published by the University of Virginia Press, describes the effects of the tragedy 10 years later and how the survivors and the community are…

On April 9, Blacksburg Town Council approved an ordinance that allows residents to keep chickens in their backyard.

The Virginia Tech Police Department (VTPD) received a report of two sexual assaults on Tuesday, April 9. Both incidents took place in Pritchard Hall, located at 630 Washington Street on campus.

Secretary of the U.S. Army Dr. Mark T. Esper visited Virginia Tech as his first stop on a campus tour of the nation’s six senior military colleges. Virginia Tech has congressional designation because of the Corps of Cadets and had the privilege to host Esper on Friday, April 5. Meeting with …

Blacksburg will soon be home to a brand-new mountain biking park. The Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Bike Skills Park will be located on the current Gateway Trail on Brush Mountain, off Meadowbrook Drive.

The Campus Kitchen at VT Engage has reached its goal in diverting over 132,000 pounds of uneaten food from Virginia Tech dining halls. This food goes to various charities across the New River Valley to help feed those in need.

Virginia Tech has announced an official change of mascot from the HokieBird to the Duck Pond Otter. 

On March 26, multiple nonprofits from the Town of Blacksburg gathered at the biweekly Blacksburg Town Council meeting to speak about their organizations and request funding.