Virginia Tech among the nation’s best universities in U.S. News rankings
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Virginia Tech is among the nation’s best universities, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2016.”
Search Results for Virginia Tech research
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New techniques promise better containment of damaging contaminants from environmental disasters
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Catastrophic oil spills, nuclear power accidents, and erupting volcanoes all share a common thread. They are environmental disasters where the flow of hazardous materials, dispersed by the natural movements of air and/or water, seem uncontrollable.
Virginia Tech scientists reveal cellular clockwork underlying inflammation
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered key cellular functions that help regulate inflammation — a discovery that could have important implications for the treatment of allergies, heart disease, and certain forms of cancer.
Great jobs, great lives: Virginia Tech alumni thrive, according to Gallup survey
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Virginia Tech graduates outpace the national average when it comes to thriving at work, having great careers, and leading lives that matter.
Initiative to imagine Virginia Tech in the year 2047
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The long-range “visioning initiative,” first announced in May, kicks into high gear this week. Virginia Tech President Timothy D. Sands has appointed a broad-based steering committee of faculty to guide the effort to rethink the university of tomorrow.
Virginia Tech engineering education professors seek to find ways to reduce time spent studying for a degree
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As the costs of a college education continue to soar, and politicians scramble for ways to make the academic experience more economically feasible, two Virginia Tech engineering education professors are investigating helpful strategies for avoiding pitfalls that prolong completion times when pursuing doctoral degrees.
Virginia Tech-developed synthetic biology tool transitions to private sector
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GenoCAD, a computer-assisted design environment for synthetic biology developed at Virginia Tech, has transitioned to GenoFAB LLC to engage new users and create new opportunities for innovation.
Governor McAuliffe announces third year of Virginia’s Going Global Defense Initiative
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that Virginia has received $1.8 million in grant funding for a third year of its Going Global Defense Initiative (GGDI), administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP).
UVA completes technical upgrades to IT system after cyber attack
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The University of Virginia has successfully completed a comprehensive system security upgrade in response to a cyber attack originating in China. The University took these actions to further enhance the security of data and information stored on University resources and to aid in prevention of future cyber attacks.
Virginia Tech students to launch experimental 3-D printer on NASA rocket ship from Wallops Island
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How would a 3-D printer work in the microgravity of suborbital space after surviving a jarring ride 100 miles above the earth? A group of Virginia Tech College of Engineering students hope to have an answer next week after a launch at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
