Updates

News, Articles, and Campus Notices

Title	Description	Info
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine commits to contact tracing volunteer support for the Medical Reserve Corps	Many students had already begun to volunteer in a variety of ways to support the area’s COVID-19 response.	Date: 07/06/2020
Virginia Tech outlines its testing, tracing, and case management plan for the fall semester	The plan includes guidelines for initial and ongoing screening and testing of students and employees, cooperation with local health department contact-tracing investigations, and effective case management within the university population should an employee or student become infected.	Date: 07/01/2020
Changes coming to campus dining in fall 2020	Students who do have on-campus dining plans will find significant changes, beginning with reduced capacity, as tables will be spaced 9 feet apart to provide for 6 feet of physical distancing between people seated at different tables.	Date: 06/30/2020
COVID-19 research projects propelled by Rapid Response Seed Fund	To support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding.	Date: 06/26/2020
Vibrant Virginia forum: Broadband access, higher education partnerships key to economic recovery	The virtual forum, introduced by President Tim Sands and Executive Vice President and Provost Cyril Clarke, examined Virginia’s economic recovery as well as higher education’s response and role in that recovery.	Date: 06/26/2020