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Virginia Tech researcher highlights infectious diseases and social distancing in nature	In a new review published in Science, Dana Hawley, a professor of biological sciences in the Virginia Tech College of Science, and a team of scientists have highlighted some non-human species that have intuitively practiced social distancing when one of their own became sick - long before humans learned about and started “social distancing due to COVID-19."	Date: 03/04/2021
COVID-19 vaccine update for employees: Week of March 1		Date: 03/04/2021
Engineering students give life to Cassell cutouts	The 112 shifting cutout faces, installed in the Cassell Coliseum student section, are a result of about five months of work by seven Virginia Tech mechanical engineering students.	Date: 03/04/2021
New COVID-19 vaccine arrives in New River Valley	All three COVID-19 vaccines available are effective at preventing serious illness, hospitalization, or death, said Noelle Bissell, health director of the New River Health District.	Date: 03/03/2021
Virginia Tech plans possible in-person events with a virtual spring 2021 commencement ceremony	With evolving public health conditions and state guidelines, university officials are currently exploring how to create special moments, smaller in size, so graduating students can mark their graduation accomplishments in appropriately sized groups.	Date: 03/03/2021