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New Virginia Bird Atlas Opens Window Into Conservation

For more than a decade, hundreds of volunteers, scientists, and conservationists across Virginia have worked together to document the commonwealth’s bird life. Their shared effort comes to life with the...

Alumni Fellowship Supports Brain Cancer Study at Fralin Institute

As an undergraduate, Nicole DeFoor was introduced to the scientific process while studying sociolinguistics with Abby...

New Grant Supports Mental Health Training Across Southwest Virginia

Over the next four years, Virginia Tech’s counselor education program is poised to fill a...

Freedom First Donates $150K to Carilion’s Cancer Campaign

Carilion Clinic and the Carilion Clinic Foundation are proud to announce a generous $150,000 gift...

Winter Weather to Affect VA Tech Campuses in Roanoke and Blacksburg

The Virginia Tech Roanoke Center and Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke will be...

‘You don’t need a big brain to fly’ and other lessons from the first flying reptiles

Flight evolved only three times among vertebrates: in bats, birds, and the extinct flying reptile called pterosaurs. Of these, pterosaurs were the first to master...

VA Tech Scientist Earns Dual NCI Grants to Advance Glioblastoma Therapy

Jennifer Munson, a cancer researcher at Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded two new National Institutes of Health grants to...

VA Tech Neuroscientist Honored for Advancing Rural Maternal and Infant Health

When she recruited Julie Peck to join her research lab, neuroscientist Brittany Howell had a plan. Howell, associate professor at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research...

Carilion Clinic Launches Advanced GammaTile® Therapy, a First for the Region

Carilion Clinic is leading the way as the first in the region to provide GammaTile® therapy—a new, targeted approach to brain tumor treatment. Radiation...

Roanoke Tech Conference Highlights Pediatric Breakthroughs

Leaders from Children’s National Hospital and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC detailed plans to grow their collaboration and speed pediatric innovations from...

Youngkin Announces $15.5 Million in Land Conservation Grants

On Monday, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced $15.5 million in Virginia Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF) funding to conserve 8,606 acres around the Commonwealth. The 28 projects...