Updates
News, Articles, and Campus Notices
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| Summer interns gain hands-on learning in Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing lab |
During two five-week, hands-on sessions, the interns worked in the Molecular Diagnostics Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and took classes led by Carla Finkielstein, the lab’s scientific director and an associate professor at the research institute. |
Date:
07/23/2021
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| Virginia Tech alumnus, Blacksburg swimmer crosses challenging waters to Tokyo Olympics |
Watch Ian Ho '18 compete in the Tokyo Olympics. He will swim the 100-meter freestyle on July 27 and the 50-meter freestyle on July 30. |
Date:
07/23/2021
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| Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing operation demonstrates the power and versatility of academic labs |
In the early days of the pandemic, scientists at Virginia Tech created a COVID-19 testing laboratory and novel test for the virus from scratch. This novel protocol for transforming a research laboratory into a COVID-19 testing operation was described in a new article published July 20 in Nature Communications. |
Date:
07/20/2021
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| Leadership in the Future Workplace program is available |
Date:
07/19/2021
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| Tackling infectious disease: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program announces its inaugural cohort |
The Infectious Disease Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program is now offering graduate students the opportunity to get involved in remarkably diverse research approaches and topics, such as SARS-COV-2 vaccines, antiviral therapies, and tick-borne diseases. |
Date:
07/16/2021
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Statements
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| President Tim Sands announces plans for 2020 fall semester |
Hundreds of individuals and several working groups and task forces — at the university, in our communities, and at the state level — have contributed to the shaping of fall plans for all Virginia Tech locations. Although the plans we present here will continue to evolve over the summer with additional input and data, significant elements are firm, and it is now time for our students, faculty, and staff to shift from planning to preparation. |
Date:
06/08/2020
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| Federal CARES Act Reporting Disclosure |
Date:
05/26/2020
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| Planning underway for strategies to protect public health in the fall semester |
University leaders are reviewing operational strategies to protect public health on campus, with a goal of resuming in-person instruction and experiential learning opportunities for the fall semester. Leaders are considering the strategies as the university prepares for an expected June 8 announcement on fall semester plans. |
Date:
05/22/2020
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| University update on fees for spring semester |
Date:
05/06/2020
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| Planning from the peak: A message from President Tim Sands |
In the U.S., we are evidently near the peak of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may have seen the worst that this disease can bring, but we are not yet confident that every day from here on will be better than the last. |
Date:
04/26/2020
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