
Pawpaws making a comeback in Virginia
Perhaps you’ve never heard of a pawpaw, let alone eaten one. But the sweet, creamy tropical fruit was once a common staple for Native Americans and colonial settlers in the Commonwealth.

Perhaps you’ve never heard of a pawpaw, let alone eaten one. But the sweet, creamy tropical fruit was once a common staple for Native Americans and colonial settlers in the Commonwealth.

The Virginia SmallSat Data Consortium, a research center co-led by Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Virginia Research Investment Fund.

A new international speaker series will launch in 2020 thanks to Virginia Tech’s preeminent global expert on invasive species, Muni Muniappan, and Sheila, his wife.

A federal agency has recognized Virginia Tech’s prominent role in the nation’s counterintelligence.

Approximately 300 Shenandoah University faculty, staff and students joined forces on Tuesday to help first-year students move into their dorms as part of the school’s annual Move-In Day.

Researchers from Virginia Tech received a $2.9 million award from the National Science Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation of China to understand the long-term host and pathogen dynamics of white-nose syndrome in bats.

Virginia State Police Captain Tricia W. Powers will join the department’s executive staff as a deputy director of the Bureau of Administrative and Support Services effective Aug. 10.

Tens of thousands of donors stepped forward to support programs all throughout Virginia Tech in a year of unprecedented generosity.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced that $1.5 million in grant funding has been awarded from the Virginia Research Investment Fund in its second funding round.

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