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Tech names VP of campus planning, infrastructure, facilities
Christopher H. Kiwus has been with the university since 2014
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Virginia Tech announced Thursday that Christopher H. Kiwus has been named vice president for campus planning, infrastructure and facilities, a position in which he oversees the university’s six-year plan for
Tech names president, CEO for Corporate Research Center
Brett Malone created his first company in the business research park
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Virginia Tech announced Thursday that Brett Malone will become the next president and CEO of the university’s Corporate Research Center (CRC), effective July 1. Malone succeeds longtime CRC President and
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Colleges need to play a role in rebuilding the economy, panelists say
At Virginia Tech forum, Barkin and Moret say post-pandemic recovery will lean on institutions
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As Virginia moves into its recovery phase from the COVID-19 pandemic, economic leaders say there is work to be done to support college students and Virginians who are changing careers,
Pulaski company prepares to launch pollutant filter system
MOVA Technologies' system would let companies extract chemicals from emissions
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Updated June 29 A Pulaski-based company is poised to go commercial with technology that removes coal ash and other chemical pollutants from the air — extracting chemicals that can be recycled
Virginia Tech develops in-house COVID-19 testing
Results can be returned to area health departments as soon as the same day.
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Virginia Tech researchers announced Wednesday they have developed in-house COVID-19 testing kits and lab processing services to assist Southwest Virginia health departments with patient testing. Test results can be returned to
Va. Tech gears up to produce PPE for Carilion
75 faculty, students and staff are making protective gear for medical workers and first responders.
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Although the Roanoke and New River Valley health districts are seeing fewer confirmed COVID-19 cases than health districts in Northern, Eastern and Central Virginia, the Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic health care
Va. Tech student tests positive for COVID-19
University President Tim Sands says it's "likely that more cases will be identified in the coming days and weeks."
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A Virginia Tech student living off campus in Blacksburg has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent out Friday by Virginia Tech President Tim Sands. The student is
U.Va. moving all classes online as coronavirus spreads in Va.
Northern Virginia Community College also is canceling in-person classes.
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UPDATE, 3:34 p.m., MARCH 11: The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is the latest state higher education institution to announce that it is suspending in-person education and will be
Va. Tech selects architecture firm for first Innovation Campus building
SmithGroup has designed two buildings on Tech’s Blacksburg campus.
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Virginia Tech has selected Detroit-based architecture and planning firm SmithGroup to design the first academic building for its Innovation Campus in Alexandria, the university announced Friday. SmithGroup responded to a
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus names Cornell dean as executive director
Lance R. Collins currently serves as Cornell’s dean of engineering
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Lance R. Collins, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell University, has been selected as the first vice president and executive director of Virginia Tech’s $1 billion Innovation Campus,