VIRGINIA TECH

Hoda Kotb shared the news with a local student that she earned a full-ride scholarship to Virginia Tech. News4’s Erika Gonzalez speaks with the student about her plans for the future.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a donation from Boeing to help Virginia Tech’s new Innovation Campus recruit a diverse student population.

Boeing will give Virginia Tech $50 million for scholarships and programming at its $1 billion Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia.  Boeing was named the campus’ first “foundational partner,” Virginia Tech announced Tuesday. The $50 million gift, matching the most ever donated to the school, is intended to help create the most diverse graduate technology campus in the country. “This is…

April 16 marks 14 years since one of the worst mass shootings in American history, at Virginia Tech. Almost a decade and a half later, the survivors and victims’ families continue to take action to help others across the country.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a refocus for a fund that helps survivors and families connected to the Virginia Tech rampage.

News4’s Molette Green talks with Virginia Tech entomologist Eric Day about the cicadas.

An advisory board of tech industry executives will guide the new Virginia Tech campus in Northern Virginia that was instrumental in luring Amazon to the region.

The pandemic isn’t slowing down job recruitment, an Amazon exec says. Wednesday’s virtual career day is an opportunity for job seekers who are looking to apply to Amazon or elsewhere.

The pandemic continues to disrupt college sports

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci says as we do more indoor things in the Fall, we are likely to see an uptick in COVID-19.

Syracuse University has suspended 23 students in the wake of a large on-campus gathering that administrators say could force them to shut down the campus

Virginia Tech is weighing the renaming of its Lee Hall dorm once again. But the building has nothing to do with Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general whose monument in Richmond Gov. Ralph Northam intends to take down as soon as possible. Named for Claudius Lee, an 1896 alumnus and a Tech electrical engineering professor, the dorm has faced numerous…

Another former cadet has filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech over being suspended in connection with a blood-pinning ceremony

Virginia Tech estimates it could lose millions in revenue during the coming months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The university already is estimating a revenue drain of $50 million to $67 million for spring and summer 2020, President Tim Sands said in a statement released Sunday. Sands said the financial hit from canceled sports events, dining services, housing…

Virginia Tech observed the anniversary of the shootings which killed 32 students and faculty on a campus rendered silent and nearly empty by the coronavirus pandemic

When Virginia lawmakers pass sweeping new gun control laws in coming days it’ll mark the culmination of nearly 13 years of often thankless work for two parents whose children were shot in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history

Virginia Tech has chosen Cornell University’s dean of engineering to run its new Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia

Excitement is growing for Virginia Tech’s new Innovation Campus planned for Alexandria. News4’s Julie Carey talked with the newly named leader about his vision for the new campus.

Virginia Tech released data from a study involving more than 100 youth football players, giving insight into the potential concussion rates in youth for the first time ever. “For many years, we’ve studied adult football players and adult athletes,” Virginia Tech Professor Dr. Stefan Duma said. “This is the first time we’ve actually quantified bio-mechanical data on youth concussions —…

News4’s Doreen Gentzler discusses new research from Virginia Tech on youth football concussions.