
Northam honors employees with 40 or more years of state service
Gov. Ralph Northam hosted on Wednesday the first of four regional service recognition events, honoring state employees with 40 or more years of service to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Gov. Ralph Northam hosted on Wednesday the first of four regional service recognition events, honoring state employees with 40 or more years of service to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Virginia Tech biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating and extremely painful condition that is the most common late stage symptom of Lyme disease.

At the June meeting of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, Gregory B. Daniel, interim dean of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, outlined the college’s ongoing efforts.

The Virginia Research Investment Committee has certified the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative statewide network.

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has awarded funding to four multi-institutional research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.

The National Park Service announced $499,705.96 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program to help protect 131.49 acres of America’s battlefields threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development.

Virginia Tech will partner with Lionstone Investments to build its Innovation Campus in Alexandria as part of a new mixed-use development in National Landing, President Tim Sands announced Monday.

On the farm of the future, drones will fly over forests and crops to communicate with robots embedded in harvesting equipment on the ground.

Black bears, deer, foxes, racoons, geese, vultures and coyotes continue to be a problem for Virginia’s farmers. They often eat crops and create ruts in fields, or prey on livestock, killing sheep, calves, goats and chickens.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a $1.66 billion university budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year at its meeting in Blacksburg today.
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