Updates
News, Articles, and Campus Notices
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| From Vice President for Human Resources Bryan Garey: Vaccine update for D.C. metro area employees |
Date:
04/02/2021
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| Campus COVID-19 cases trending down |
Over the past 10 days, coronavirus case numbers have plateaued, reflecting a similar pattern at the same point during the fall 2020 semester when case counts dwindled. Still, vigilance remains essential. |
Date:
04/01/2021
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| Researchers receive grant to study misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine |
Researchers at Virginia Tech are looking into how social media misinformation influences people’s intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, especially those within the Appalachian region, with help from a grant funded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and the Data and Decisions Destination Area. |
Date:
04/01/2021
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| Graduates of first virtual Master Food Volunteers program ready to serve Virginia communities |
Virginia Cooperative Extension’s initiative that teaches ordinary Virginians to be food safety and nutrition educators had to undergo a challenging transformation in light of the pandemic, but now it’s back and better than ever. |
Date:
03/30/2021
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| Health district expects new vaccine priority group to be smaller than others |
May 1 is the goal date to begin offering vaccines to the wider public, according to the New River Health District. |
Date:
03/29/2021
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| A message from Dean of University Libraries Tyler Walters |
Classes are online and so is the University Libraries. University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters explained many library resources and expertise have already been online, even before we imagined that our lives would change, and our work would become mostly virtual. |
Date:
03/20/2020
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| May commencement ceremonies to move online; senior celebration in Lane Stadium planned for September |
Virginia Tech President Tim Sands acknowledged the mixed emotions he has heard from graduating seniors as the spring semester has been upended — but knowing that graduates and families needed time to plan for commencement activities, and knowing the fluidity of the ongoing pandemic and the responsive measures that the nation is taking, Sands and other university leaders set in motion a plan for a truly memorable celebration in September. |
Date:
03/19/2020
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| Social distancing: Off-campus gatherings prohibited and enforced |
Date:
03/18/2020
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| Dining Services hours and operations in response to COVID-19 |
Date:
03/18/2020
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| From President Tim Sands: An update on university response to the COVID-19 virus |
Hokie Nation knows the value of assembling in large numbers to support our community. While the power of convening is extraordinary, today we can embrace our fellow Hokies and the members of our communities by respecting social distancing. This is a selfless act. |
Date:
03/17/2020
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