According to VTx, the last beam of Academic Building One at the Innovation Campus in Potomac Yard, Alexandria, was raised to its highest point Tuesday, Feb. 7.

22-year-old Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former football player from the University of Virginia, is suspected to have opened fire close to the university’s drama building on the evening of Nov. 13.

On Wednesday, March 2, President Joe Biden released the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan following his State of the Union Address the day prior.

On Friday, March 4, President Tim Sands announced that masks remain mandatory in indoor spaces. However, masks indoors are now optional in the university’s campus locations in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area and Richmond.

On Friday, Feb. 25, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that those living in counties where COVID-19 presents a low or medium threat to hospitals may opt out from wearing masks, according to AP News. More than 70% of Americans live in low- and medium-risk counties.

Public health officials are discussing the possibility of a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, according to CNN. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is following emerging data on the COVID-19 pandemic and its variants, domestically and internationally, to determine if or when a fourth dose …

Through December 2022, Virginia Tech is celebrating 150 years since its founding in 1872 as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.

The Virginia Department of Health announced plans to close all community testing centers due to the decrease in demand and availability of PCR and rapid antigen tests, according to WTOP. The centers opened amid the omicron surge last December.

The U.S. reached an unfortunate milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic as the death toll surpassed 900,000 reported deaths. The record was partly caused by the omicron variant, which accelerated the number of deaths, according to Fox 8.

On Friday, Jan. 28, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares released a legal opinion that the state’s higher education institutions should not have vaccination mandates for students to enroll or attend in-person activities.

An omicron subvariant, BA.2, has been detected in nearly half of U.S. states, according to CNBC. As of Friday, Jan. 28, 127 cases of the new subvariant have been reported.

On Thursday, Jan. 20, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his COVID-19 Action Plan.

President Tim Sands announced in a message to Virginia Tech faculty and staff on Jan. 18 that all Virginia Tech employees will no longer be required to be vaccinated, participate in mandatory testing or report their vaccination status to the university.

Due to the winter storm affecting the East Coast, Virginia Tech has extended the deadline for submitting a negative COVID-19 test to Monday, Jan. 17 in order to accommodate any travel plans.

On Dec. 28, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands announced in a VTx article that the university will require COVID-19 booster shots for all students and employees prior to their return to Blacksburg for the spring semester. These shots are required within 14 days of eligibility for everyone, me…

On Nov. 1, university leadership decided against the continued operation of The Gallery, student housing located in Alexandria, Virginia, that undergraduate, graduate and international students alike take advantage of for its proximity to various opportunities in the DC metro area. Some of t…

In a press briefing on April 19, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that Virginia will be loosening restrictions on social gatherings and venue capacity, as well as extending the capacity of recreational sporting events.

The Virginia General Assembly gave final approval to a bill legalizing possession of marijuana and limited home growth in the Commonwealth of Virginia starting July 1, 2021. This came three years sooner than anticipated.