Updates
News, Articles, and Campus Notices
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| Data-Driven Research Accelerator Workshop jump-starts social science research |
The Policy Destination Area and University Libraries collaborated to offer a research accelerator workshop in July to help social scientists refocus their research efforts after a year affected by the pandemic. |
Date:
09/29/2021
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| Why are masks still required indoors at Virginia Tech? |
Until COVID-19 transmission rates remain consistently low, the university will continue to require individuals to wear masks in public, indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status. |
Date:
09/28/2021
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| As COVID-19 cases decline, local hospitals remain at capacity |
The Pfizer vaccine booster has been authorized for those who are 65 and older, residents of long-term care facilities, and people who are age 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions. The booster also is available for people ages 18 to 49 with underlying medical conditions and for those who work in high-risk jobs. |
Date:
09/27/2021
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| Researchers receive $1.75 million grant to study host variation |
Disease outbreaks and evolution are hard to predict. Researchers at Virginia Tech and three other institutions are studying immunity variation to get a better grasp on this phenomenon. |
Date:
09/27/2021
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| Virginia Cooperative Extension agents to be trusted messengers for COVID-19 vaccine information |
A group of Virginia Tech researchers, along with partners at Virginia State University, are working to deliver facts about the COVID-19 vaccine to the hesitant in rural Virginia via messengers they know and trust: Virginia Cooperative Extension agents. |
Date:
09/22/2021
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| A message to the Virginia Tech community regarding COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) |
Guided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Tech’s Schiffert Health Center, a number of important actions are in the process of being planned and implemented. |
Date:
03/03/2020
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| Open letter to the Virginia Tech community: University suspending participation in all activities in Italy |
Because of the continued growth in the number of COVID-19 cases in Italy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a “Warning Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel” for Italy earlier this afternoon. Given this development, and in accordance with Policy 1070, Virginia Tech is suspending participation in all activities in Italy immediately. |
Date:
02/28/2020
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