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

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.

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. 

Residence life at Virginia Tech has changed dramatically in recent weeks. As of March 31, 2020, nearly 9,000 Hokies who lived on campus since August have decided to return home, and 805 have decided to stay, according to Mark Owczarski, Virginia Tech’s assistant vice president for University…

The first positive case of COVID-19 in Blacksburg is confirmed.

Virginia Tech implemented two changes to grade policies to help students through the unforeseen transition to online classes.

Virginia Tech paleobiologist Dr. Shuhai Xiao and post-doctoral fellow Dr. Qing Tang at the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences have discovered fossilized one-billion-year-old Proterocladus antiquus, a new species of seaweed described as the “great, great grandmother of all green plants t…

Virginia Tech Hokie Wellness, Emergency Management and Schiffert Health Center released new information regarding post-travel procedures for the Virginia Tech community on Friday, March 20.

On March 19, Virginia Tech released two major announcements regarding COVID-19 changes: class of 2020 spring commencement ceremonies and ring delivery.

On Friday, March 13, Virginia Tech released a statement detailing plans for students with on-campus housing contracts and dining contracts in the wake of COVID-19 changes.

The lawsuit against Virginia Tech brought forth last month by former cadet Darrien Brown has been resolved.

Virginia Tech has officially made all classes online for the remainder of the semester due to risks from COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus.

Three executive tickets took the Haymarket stage Wednesday, Feb. 26, to discuss their plans as potential president and vice president of the Student Government Association at Virginia Tech.

The Young Democrats at Virginia Tech hosted a Primary Election Forum on Feb. 25 in preparation for the democratic primary Tuesday, March 3.

The Homecoming board of Virginia Tech released a statement Feb. 20 regarding the change in Homecoming Royalty. Three students will be selected this year for royalty instead of one man and one woman.