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Title	Description	Info
COVID-19 impacts among topics covered during Board of Visitors meeting	Among the actions taken, the board approved a resolution to demolish Femoyer Hall, a 35,500-gross-square-foot facility constructed in 1949. In addition, board members toured the new Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC research facility in Roanoke, the Virginia Tech School of Medicine, and new dairy facilities at Kentland Farm.	Date: 08/25/2020
Dashboard designed to convey snapshot of campus health	In the two weeks from Aug. 9 to Aug. 23, a total of 9,041 students and employees were tested by Schiffert Health Center, and a total of 21 people tested positive for COVID-19.	Date: 08/24/2020
Virginia Tech historians uncover the facts about masks	How did Americans’ use of masks during the 1918 flu pandemic compare to today? A team of Virginia Tech researchers dove into the archives and found remarkable parallels.	Date: 08/24/2020
Universities join forces to develop materials for the fight against COVID-19	Researchers at Virginia Tech and the University of Georgia are collaborating to explore whether the tendency of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to bind to carbohydrate-based polymers, such as heparin, can be used to develop virus-trapping gels and surfaces.	Date: 08/24/2020
Video: President Tim Sands welcomes students back to campus	President Tim Sands welcomes students back to campus and encourages them to commit to public health guidelines.=https://video.vt.edu/media/1_gbpa3sud	Date: 08/23/2020