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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.

The election of a Democratic majority in Virginia changes everything, Lori Haas of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence said. Her daughter was shot and wounded in the Virginia Tech massacre. “The voters got fed up and sent a message loud and clear,” Haas told News4’s Julie Carey. Here’s what legislation on guns is on the agenda when the...

Streetwear brand Bstroy is facing backlash after debuting their latest clothing collection. The New York-based brand unveiled its Spring 2020 collection at a fashion show earlier this week, and many Instagram users are calling some of the designs “disgusting” and “tasteless” in response. The garments at the center of the controversy? A series of sweatshirts embroidered with the names of...

Georgetown University, University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University rank among the top schools in the country, a new report says.

Virginia Tech sophomores Heidi Lynn Childs and David Lee Metzler were found fatally shot in 2009.

Members of the public and special interest groups made their case Tuesday to a Virginia commission studying a broad range of gun safety proposals after a deadly mass shooting in Virginia Beach earlier this year.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey was in Richmond for Tuesday’s Crime Commission hearing. She heard from gun rights activists who say tightening laws only hurts law-abiding citizens.

As the Virginia State Crime Commission began a hearing Monday on proposals to stem gun violence, Gov. Ralph Northam urged lawmakers to pass “commonsense” measures as he took a swipe at Republican leaders who called for further study.

Washington Redskins cornerback Adonis Alexander is expected to miss at least two weeks with a right quadriceps injury.

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Four universities in Virginia are teaming up to fight the opioid crisis.

With flag football participation on the rise, more leagues are requiring players to wear headgear. Virginia Tech’s helmet lab put flag football caps to the test and ranked them based on their levels of protection. News4’s Aaron Gilchrist has the story.