
Scientists join Virginia Tech in warning U.S. about destructive tomato pest
A Virginia Tech scientist has alerted world policymakers to the pest that destroyed 80 percent of Nigeria’s tomato crop.

A Virginia Tech scientist has alerted world policymakers to the pest that destroyed 80 percent of Nigeria’s tomato crop.

The No. 5 UVA field hockey team (1-1) suffered a 3-0 defeat at No. 18 Penn State (2-0) on Sunday (August 28).

Deschutes Brewery won’t be the only one making its first big public appearance in the region when the brewery hosts a Street Pub in downtown Roanoke.

Hillary for Virginia announced the launch of a campus voter registration drive with events on college and university campuses across the Commonwealth.

A new Quinnipiac University poll gives Democrat Hillary Clinton an 11- to 12-point lead on Republican Donald Trump in Virginia.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants totaling $9.5 million to help Virginia’s K-12 schools improve student achievement and support colleges and universities.

Governor McAuliffe will host his first-ever African American Business Summit on August 30 at Virginia Union University.

Social studies teachers from across the U.S. will visit VCU next summer to gain understanding of Virginia’s experience with school desegregation.

Students at Norfolk State University are conducting research with devices that are so tiny that millions of them can fit on the head of a pin.

The Virginia Tech Department of Physics research lab has pulled off a galactic turkey, getting all three of their proposed projects with the Hubble Space Telescope approved for the coming year.
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