
Automated vehicle research helps eliminate first responder fatalities
Every two weeks a roadside worker or first responder suffers fatal injuries and hundreds more are injured, according to a recent AAA report.

Every two weeks a roadside worker or first responder suffers fatal injuries and hundreds more are injured, according to a recent AAA report.

Virginia’s historical significance in agriculture is widely known, and the state is a major contributor to the industry’s current technological innovations and sustainable practices.

According to the Q3 2021 Commercial Market Report released by Virginia REALTORS®, while the Delta variant has slowed economic growth in Virginia, the state’s commercial real estate market showed signs of strength in the third quarter.

A team of researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia will assess second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries — a tear of the same ACL or of the ACL in the other knee — using wearable sensors.

In 2019, distracted driving led to 3,142 fatalities, an estimated 424,000 injuries, and 15 percent of all police-reported vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Virginia has received a $5 million Department of Defense grant to train workers for Virginia’s defense manufacturing industries in Danville and Hampton Roads.

With advances in deep learning, machines are now able to “predict” a variety of aspects about life, including the way people interact on online platforms or the way they behave in physical environments.

Virginia Tech will participate in Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative cohort for the 2021-22 academic year.

The social, economic, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected underserved populations in the United States.

It may be wise for new Virginia Tech students to brush up on certain study tips at the beginning of the academic year.
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