
Virginia Tech launches National Security Institute
Virginia Tech has announced the formation of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute.

Virginia Tech has announced the formation of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute.

COVID-19 vaccines have been widely available since spring, yet across rural southwest and southern central Virginia, not a single county had more than 40 percent of its population fully vaccinated in mid-August, according to the Virginia Department of Health.

The National Cancer Institute announced this week that Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center has won a highly competitive SPORE grant – the first ever awarded in the state of Virginia

As of this week, all of Virginia’s 132 school divisions are now open for full-time, in-person learning for the Commonwealth’s 1.2 million public school students.

A host of operational and engagement initiatives aimed at reducing single-use plastic and solid waste are helping Virginia Tech make strides toward its Climate Action Commitment goal of becoming a zero-waste campus status by 2030.

VDACS and Cooperative Extension at VSU have a shared goal of providing assistance to landowners, farm operators, and other individuals and groups who farm and manage land.

The Virginia Department of Veterans Services in partnership with Virginia’s Community Colleges will host the 2021 Virginia Military and Veterans Education Summit next week.

The Virginia Department of Health is on board with President Biden’s initiatives, announced this week, to meet the growing challenge of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $841,270 to fair housing organizations in Virginia to address violations of the nation’s Fair Housing Act and to help end housing discrimination.

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