October Hokie News
News From Campus
Meet a few of our top performing students
At Virginia Tech, students can participate in undergraduate research and experience diverse academic careers, which can include dual majors, internships, and study abroad programs - these are just a few of the many opportunities available to our students.
Virginia Tech Lumenhaus kindles solar possibilities
A team of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students spanning four colleges — the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, the College of Engineering, the Pamplin College of Business, and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences — has created a solar-powered house for the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. Read more
Read about other high-achieving students in the news:
Check out our caring, friendly and diverse campus community
Here, we emphasize the importance of service and social responsibility. Be it through VT-Engage or other service-oriented clubs and organizations, Virginia Tech strives to fully implement its motto - Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).
- Office of International Research, Education, and Development garners $30 million from U.S. Agency for International Development for two global projects
- Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets continues strong relationship with National D-Day Memorial
- Office of International Affairs sponsors World Food Day telecast, canned food drive
Meet some of our award-winning faculty
Our faculty are recognized leaders in their fields.
Dennis Hong honored among Popular Science's Brilliant 10 of 2009
Dennis Hong, an associate professor with Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, has been named to "Popular Science's" 8th annual Brilliant 10. The annual listing honors top scientists younger than 40 years of age from across the United States. Read more
Our prestigious faculty in the news:
Other News From Campus:
- Virginia Tech remained in the top 50 in research expenditures in 2008
- Researcher for Virginia Tech program wins Nobel Prize
- Dining Services plants, harvests herbs as part of continued sustainability initiative
For more news and events happening at Virginia Tech, check out VT News.
