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Torc to acquire Canadian computer vision firm
Algolux focuses on perception tech for driving solutions
Blacksburg-based Torc Robotics on Tuesday announced it will acquire Montreal-based computer vision company Algolux Inc. A purchase price was not disclosed. Torc, a self-driving truck company, is an independent subsidiary
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Va. Tech names new biz school dean
Saonee Sarker to start July 1
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Saonee Sarker, a professor at Sweden’s Lund University, will serve as the next dean of the Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business following an international search. Virginia Tech announced Sarker’s new role
Va. Tech names College of Architecture, Arts and Design dean
Tsai Lu Liu comes from North Carolina State University
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Virginia Tech has named a new dean to lead its College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD) following an international search. Tsai Lu Liu will start July 1. He has
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Torc names regulatory, safety SVP
Michelle Chaka joins from Locomation Inc.
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Blacksburg-based Torc Robotics has named Michelle Chaka as senior vice president overseeing safety and regulatory matters, the self-driving truck company announced Wednesday. Chaka, who most recently has worked as a
Va. Tech taps Fralin Life Sciences Institute leader
Robin L. McCarley will start as executive director Dec. 1
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A chemistry professor from Louisiana State University will join Virginia Tech as executive director of its Fralin Life Sciences Institute. Robin L. McCarley will start Dec. 1, the university announced
Bowman gives $5M to Va. Tech for land development program
CEO is Tech engineering alum
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Reston-based Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. founder and CEO Gary Bowman committed $5 million to Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering for the expansion of sustainable land development learning initiatives, the university
Virginia Tech appoints COO from W&M
Amy Stoakley Sebring to start Nov. 1
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Virginia Tech announced Wednesday it has named Amy Stoakley Sebring, currently chief operating officer at William & Mary, as its executive vice president and COO, effective Nov. 1. “I am
Virginia Tech promotes VP of comms, marketing
Tracy Vosburgh was senior associate VP
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Virginia Tech announced Tuesday it has promoted Tracy Vosburgh to be its inaugural vice president of communications and marketing. The university is also renaming its University Relations department to Communications
Torc Robotics names new CEO
Peter Vaughan Schmidt to succeed Michael Fleming
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Blacksburg-based self-driving truck company Torc Robotics has named Peter Vaughan Schmidt its next CEO, the Daimler Truck AG subsidiary announced Thursday. Currently head of Daimler Truck’s Autonomous Technology Group, Schmidt
Statewide hotel revenues continue to lag 2019
Hampton Roads more than fully recovered
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Hotel revenues in Virginia for the first half of 2022 continued to lag behind 2019, and reduced business travel is still the culprit. That’s according to data released this week