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VA Tech Earns National Recognition for Community Engagement

Virginia Tech has been awarded the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national recognition highlighting the university’s sustained, institutionwide commitment to building trusted, reciprocal partnerships that address...

Roanoke Valley Greenway Coordinator Finds New Home at Regional Commission

The Roanoke Valley Greenway Commission and the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission are pleased to announce that...

Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Selects New Chair

During their organizational meeting yesterday, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors selected Tammy E. Shepherd...

Cancer Prevention: Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?

As the warning label on every pack of cigarettes tells us, smoking is harmful. It’s...

VDOT Lifts Lane Closures for Holiday Travel Across Virginia

If you’re headed out to do some last-minute holiday shopping, the Virginia Department of Transportation...

Virginia Credit Union, Member One Donate $15K to Roanoke, Lynchburg Youth Programs

Virginia Credit Union and its Member One division recently donated $15,000 to two community organizations working to improve education and well-being for local youth. "Youth...

Invest to Win Takes Flight With $20 Million Record Gift to Athletics

At a historic juncture for Virginia Tech Athletics, a donor has stepped forward to make the largest-ever gift to Hokie sports. The anonymous gift commitment...

New Study Shows How Neurons Organize Genetic Messages

Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches of neurons in the brain tend to cluster together...

Youngkins Donate Salary to Benefit Fort Lee’s Holiday Helper Toy Store

Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin visited Fort Lee’s Holiday Helper Toy Store today to present $21,875 to the Holiday Helper...

New Virginia Bird Atlas Opens Window Into Conservation

For more than a decade, hundreds of volunteers, scientists, and conservationists across Virginia have worked together to document the commonwealth’s bird life. Their shared effort...

Alumni Fellowship Supports Brain Cancer Study at Fralin Institute

As an undergraduate, Nicole DeFoor was introduced to the scientific process while studying sociolinguistics with Abby Walker in Virginia Tech’s Speech Lab. She moved into experimental neuroscience...