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Virginia Tech researchers establish a reverse genetics system to facilitate COVID-19 research	Researchers from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the Fralin Life Sciences Institute are establishing a reverse genetics system for SARS-CoV-2 that will serve as the basis for vaccine design and for studying viral mutations associated with COVID-19 severity and viral transmission.	Date: 06/04/2020
Pandemic doesn’t stop Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumnus Scott Jefferies	The same skills and perseverance that led Jefferies to be named the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences’ 2020 Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumnus of the Year Award are helping him lead the Wythe County, Virginia, school system during the pandemic.	Date: 06/04/2020
Phase One, reopening guidance for research		Date: 06/03/2020
Virginia Tech Football preparing to begin voluntary workouts in Blacksburg	Small-group workouts supervised by Coach Ben Hilgart and his staff will be limited to the Beamer-Lawson Practice Facility and the Steve Johnson practice fields. The locker room and other common football areas will remain closed at this time.	Date: 06/01/2020
Biomedical engineering and mechanics postdoc and students adapt lab spaces and resources to 3D print PPE parts	When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Anand Vadlamani, a biomedical engineering and mechanics postdoctoral researcher, joined efforts to respond. Working with his peers in the department to collect 3D printers and adapt lab space, Vadlamani took part in a coordinated Virginia Tech effort to produce personal protective equipment.	Date: 06/01/2020