Updates
News, Articles, and Campus Notices
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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Statements
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| Faculty Affairs to hold open office hours via Zoom |
Date:
03/23/2020
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| A message from Frank Shushok, interim vice president for Student Affairs |
In this truly difficult time, it's important we take care of ourselves and one another. |
Date:
03/23/2020
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| Executive Vice President and Provost acknowledges faculty efforts in moving courses online |
I recognize that you are disappointed that you will not be able to teach and mentor your students in the manner that you had planned, and I know that your students are disappointed too. However, I also know that you remain committed to their education and I am confident that these students will appreciate your efforts. |
Date:
03/23/2020
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| COVID-19 Update: Guidance for Virginia Tech faculty and staff |
The increasing impact of COVID-19 is resulting in an unprecedented and rapidly changing situation for our campus and we understand that employees have many questions about these changes. |
Date:
03/22/2020
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| Preston’s restaurant offering special takeout menus |
Select chef-created breakfast, lunch, and dinner items can be ordered for pickup seven days a week at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center. |
Date:
03/20/2020
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