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VA Tech Celebrates Aspire! Award Recipients for Service, Leadership, and Impact

In the final Aspire! Awards ceremony of the 2024-25 academic year, Student Affairs celebrated students and faculty who embrace service as a path to growth, progress, and empowerment — for themselves and...

Youngkin Announces Another Expansion of the Virginia Permit Transparency Website

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the addition of two new Virginia agencies to be included...

VA Tech Wins First-Ever Southern District Traffic Bowl

Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering students are celebrating a standout performance in this year’s Traffic Bowl,...

State Approves Carilion Clinic Kidney Transplant Program

The Virginia Division of Certificate of Public Need (DCOPN) has approved Carilion Clinic’s application to...

VA Tourism Corporation Announces Development of New Statewide Strategic Plan

Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) has announced that it will develop a new Statewide Strategic Tourism...

Miyares Announces $116M Tobacco Settlement for Virginia

Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today that Virginia has received a payment of $116.2 million from the major tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA...

Construction Begins for Carilion Taubman Cancer Center

As Carilion Clinic leads the vision for advancing cancer care close to home, its design and building partners are helping bring the vision to...

New online tool tests how taxes shape sugar-sweetened drink purchases

Americans like their soda pop. And their sports drinks, and energy drinks, and sweet tea. In 2021, the average American bought 37 gallons of sugar-sweetened...

Virginia Universities Team Up to Tackle AI Cybersecurity Risks

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) awarded 18 seed grants to nine Virginia public universities for a total of $1.61 million to address cybersecurity issues in artificial...

Youngkin Announces Record Reduction in Fentanyl OD Deaths in Virginia  

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced new data from the Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner show fentanyl-related overdose deaths in...

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Implements Expanded Security Measures

Carilion Clinic began, today, expanded security measures at its flagship hospital, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. This follows system plans announced in February to expand...