
Virginia Tech names John Tedesco new director of School of Communication
John Tedesco has been appointed director of the School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, effective July 1.

John Tedesco has been appointed director of the School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, effective July 1.

College athletics is in another realignment phase, with the news breaking late Thursday that USC and UCLA are set to make a move to the Big Ten, portending the possible end of the road for the ACC.

On the first day of thermodynamics class during Jim Young’s junior year at Virginia Tech, Professor J.B. Jones told everyone the seat they were in was assigned to them for the entire course.

Virginia Tech has earned the Bee Campus USA certification for commitment to sustaining native insect pollinators, a designation that further cements the university’s climate action commitment to create a green and sustainable campus.

Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System generate $9.5 billion in economic activity and create or support 58,000 jobs in Virginia.

A new report from Best Friends Animal Society indicates that Virginia saved more than 98,000 dogs and cats who entered animal shelters in Virginia in 2021, with a save rate of 86.3 percent.

Participating in outdoor activities brings a host of psychological and physiological benefits, says Samantha Harden, an associate professor at Virginia Tech.

More than five years ago, Virginia Tech set an ambitious challenge before its alumni community. Hokie Nation has answered the call.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and Virginia Tech President Tim Sands Monday to announce a public-private partnership uniting industry, government, and academia to drive talent development and increased labor force participation in Virginia.

The University of Virginia will invest more than $75 million in an interdisciplinary effort to pioneer life-changing advances in neuroscience while simultaneously mapping the workings of the human brain.
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