
SCHEV approves new Ph.D. program in School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has approved a new Ph.D. program within the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has approved a new Ph.D. program within the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience.

A local effort is ongoing to try to account for K-12 schools here being open only part time in the coming school year. It’s going to be challenging.

A coalition of attorneys general is filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that threatens to bar hundreds of thousands of international students from studying in the United States.

Shenandoah University has premiered “We Will Rise,” a virtual performance crafted to interpret the internationally acclaimed song “We Will Rise” composed by Stefan Youngblood.

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Chair Elaine Luria led an oversight hearing dedicated to ensuring that vulnerable veterans are given a fair VA character of discharge determination.

Backyard poultry flocks are increasingly popular as people explore ways to raise their own food and become more self-reliant amid the pandemic.

Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Elaine Luria (D-VA-02), and Denver Riggleman (R-VA-05) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would help provide federal surplus and retired computers to non-profit computer refurbishers.

AARP Virginia has invited Dr. Daniel Gade and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner to face off on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at The People’s Debate, which will be offered to television stations statewide as well as live-streamed.

The proponents of the BREATHE Act, whatever their intentions, support extreme changes that would make our country and communities more dangerous.

The campus spaces where Hokies learn will look a little different this fall.
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