
Virginia Tech project trains dogs to sniff out agricultural threats
Dogs are known for their incredible noses. They can detect illness, sniff out bedbugs and even help with conservation efforts like locating sea turtle nests.

Dogs are known for their incredible noses. They can detect illness, sniff out bedbugs and even help with conservation efforts like locating sea turtle nests.

A Virginia Tech undergraduate helped build software capable of communicating with a device that can translate finger pressure into sound and light.

Virginia is joining in an interstate compact to expand a testing program that can deliver COVID-19 results in 15 to 20 minutes.

Acing the first test in college is as simple as showing up for Virginia Tech students living on campus this fall.

Virginia Commonwealth University, in association with VCU Health System, has announced a partnership with Kallaco Health & Technology to support VCU’s COVID-19 testing strategy for VCU students and employees.

Virginia Tech librarian Ana Corral and University of Virginia librarian Hanni Nabahe saw a need for providing COVID-19 resources for Spanish-speaking communities.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has approved Virginia Tech’s bid to create a School of Communication.

Virginia Tech’s testing, tracing, and case management plan has been expanded with information on how students living off campus can be tested.

The government response to COVID-19 forced leaders at the Virginia Tech Autism Center to completely rework how they operate.

To Lauren Childs, assistant professor of mathematics, in the Virginia Tech College of Science, it’s what we don’t know that makes it difficult for communities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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