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Title	Description	Info
A message from President Tim Sands: Implementing mandatory random prevalence testing	Mandatory random prevalence testing will allow monitoring of the status of COVID-19 on campus and in Blacksburg with a statistically significant sample of the entire undergraduate population.	Date: 09/18/2020
The pandemic and that Hokie spirit	Members of the Department of Sociology are studying how virtual events and physical distancing affect the legendary community Virginia Tech has cultivated.	Date: 09/18/2020
Sketching up some solace	Since August, Steven White's "Doodles," have given the Virginia Tech community a light-hearted look at campus life through the artist’s eyes.	Date: 09/17/2020
Birx praises Virginia Tech for developing testing site, opening campuses amid pandemic	Since June, Deborah Birx has visited universities in numerous states to learn about each institution’s approach to COVID-19. The universities that are most successful in managing COVID-19 worked hard during the summer to develop a plan for the fall semester, she said.	Date: 09/16/2020
Linsey Marr shares airborne virus knowledge, COVID-19 tips during virtual conversation	Marr, an expert in the airborne transmission of infectious disease, spoke with Virginia Tech President Tim Sands on what has been learned about the virus and ways to limit its spread.	Date: 09/15/2020