Content by Laura Aspen

Architecture student wins statewide honor

April 23, 2008

Marisa Brown, a third-year architecture student at Virginia Tech's School of Architecture and Design, won this year's Virginia Society American Institute of Architects prize.

Engineering professor joins research board

April 3, 2008

Jesus M. de la Garza, Vecellio Professor of construction engineering and management, was recently appointed as a member of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment within the National Research Council.

Florida administrators participate in workshop

March 26, 2008

The University of Northern Florida held a workshop for grade school and higher education administrators and police forces on March 11 titled "Mass Shooting at Virginia Tech: Lessons Learned and Panel Recommendations."

Engineering professor wins football award

March 21, 2008

Virginia Tech chemical engineering professor Don Baird recently received the Jack Breslin Life Achievement Award for his success in representing the athletic department of Michigan State University.

A look at the Virginia Tech Alumni Association

February 26, 2008

The Virginia Tech Alumni Association aims to keep the Hokie spirit alive by giving alumni a chance to network, build friendships and attend sporting events together well after they've graduated.

Tech's top-ranked food hits the road

February 20, 2008

Mark Bratton, executive chef of West End Market dining hall, will be traveling to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to share some of his favorite dishes with the students there.

New trends: It's not too early to spring ahead

February 13, 2008

While the rest of us are stuck with frigid temperatures that never seem to end, the fashion elite are already deciding what to wear on the warm spring days.

Greeks organize bone marrow drive

January 31, 2008

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority have joined together with local contacts from the National Bone Marrow Program to organize a bone marrow registry drive in hopes of increasing the number of minority donors.

Engineering professor wins 'genius grant'

January 22, 2008

For many professors, it can be a struggle to balance classes and students with the independent research and development projects into which they invest so much of their time and energy.