Amid critical language shortage, Arab Fest a first step in expansion strategy
April 14, 2010
"Arab Fest," an opportunity to learn more about Arabic culture will be presented today in honor of Reema Samaha, a passionate dancer and one of the victims in the April 16, 2007 shootings, one day before Virginia Tech's third Day of Remembrance.
Tech plans to extend wireless Internet service to residence halls
January 19, 2010
Dorm renovations and added equipment are being phased in to increase wireless Internet coverage on Virginia Tech's campus.
Event aims to rekindle search for Harrington
November 19, 2009
Participating communities around the world will light candles in a vigil for missing Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 9 p.m.
November 13, 2009
The Virginia Tech graduate accused of killing 13 people in a shooting last week at Fort Hood, Texas has now been formally charged.
D.C. metro area sniper executed
November 10, 2009
Gov. Tim Kaine issued a statement Tuesday after denying clemency for John Allen Muhammad.
October 22, 2009
Blacksburg Police say many residents have misinterpreted new Virginia Tech bicycle and skateboard policies, causing many to break town laws in the confusion.
African boy pioneer shares success story on Tech tour
October 12, 2009
The story of William Kamkwamba defies the stereotypically lost potential from an impoverished African childhood.
Tech's Bioinformatics Institute receives grant
October 6, 2009
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health, has granted the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech a five-year contract worth more than $27 million to assist with the group's work
Thursday trial to test alert system
September 28, 2009
Wailing sirens, text messages, e-mails, desktop widgets, phone calls and LED message boards will bombard students in an Oct. 1 test of the VT Alerts system.
Humanoid robot to give campus tours
September 21, 2009
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is working to create Virginia Tech's most wanted tour guide, CHARLI, a humanoid robot.