
VMI Football: Keydets ink three on National Signing Day
VMI Football announced Wednesday that three new recruits had signed with the program on National Signing Day.

VMI Football announced Wednesday that three new recruits had signed with the program on National Signing Day.

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) introduced the bipartisan Global Health Security Act, which reaffirms the United States’ commitment to promoting global health security.

David Raymond, director of the Virginia Cyber Range and deputy director of Virginia Tech’s Information Technology Security Lab, received the 2018 Shirley Payne IT Security Advancement Award.

The week of Nov. 12-18 marks the fourth National Apprenticeship Week, highlighting the value of registered apprenticeship to Virginia’s workforce.

Less than two months before Charlottesville’s deadly Unite the Right white nationalist rally, the US Army’s Threat Integration Center was developing threat assessments of anti-fascist activists while simultaneously whitewashing fascist organizations with a vague “anti-antifa” designation.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Virginia Tech a $3 million grant for research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity as part of a larger $80 million investment by the department on advanced technologies research.

Friendly City Food Co-op celebrates USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue’s announcement of $1.8 million granted through the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant program to Local Environmental Agriculture Project (LEAP),.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and co-chair of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, released the following statement on the White House’s National Cyber Strategy.

In a new TV ad set to begin airing Thursday, Sen. Tim Kaine emphasizes his “work to keep all Virginians safe,” pointing to his legislative efforts to expand the Navy and increase troop pay.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of an amendment he introduced to the defense appropriations bill that would prohibit President Trump from abusing the security clearance process to punish his critics.
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