Nobel Prize–Winning Economist Amartya Sen to Speak at Virginia Tech
When Michael Moehler was an undergraduate at the London School of Economics, the work of Amartya Sen was already considered so classic that Moehler assumed the man behind the theories had long ago...
Powwow Returns to Virginia Tech for Second Year
A traditional Native American celebration returns to Virginia Tech for the second year on March 31.
The Spring 2018 Powwow will be held on the lawn of the Graduate Life Center from noon to ...
Ardent Hokie Issues Giving Day Challenges for Two Colleges
When Jerry Hulick studied political science in the early 1970s, he was in Virginia Tech’s College of Arts and Sciences. Decades later, when the college divided into two, Hulick remained loyal to...
Hokies Connect with Monacan Nation
Virginia Tech Native American students are making strides to connect with Virginia’s tribal communities.
In January, some members of Native at VT, a small but growing student organization, ...
From Piracy to Poetry
Buccaneers in search of Spanish doubloons had home lives, too. That’s the conclusion of a Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences alumna who spent years studying the private lives of ...
JC Fuller Embraced Ut Prosim as Hokie Camp Executive Member
Most students spend four to five years pursuing an undergraduate degree — formative time spent growing, learning, and changing.
JC Fuller is graduating a semester early, but he’s leaving as...
Giving Back to Those Who Serve
The day Paul Austin ’65 and his wife, Linda, met Daniel Crosson ’17 was perfect for tailgating. The temperate autumn breeze complemented the warm October sunshine. Chicago maroon and burnt orange blen...
Digital Habits that Can Protect Our Identity
Virginia Tech cybersecurity expert Eric Jardine suggests that we develop digital habits that protect our devices and our information, in the same way that our commitment to handwashing helps prevent t...
Virginia Tech Student’s Refugee Work Draws Media Attention
Political science graduate student Laura McCarter started studying German in middle school, little knowing that she would parlay her language skills into a passion for providing humanitarian h...
Navy Lieutenant Commander Evan Wright Named Boston College Game Hokie Hero
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Evan Wright, a Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus who earned a degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and minors in l...
Researchers Take a TEAM Approach to Haiti’s Development Challenges
Haiti has been the focus of international development assistance for decades. Despite countless efforts, life is still tenuous for its 10.5 million citizens.
A group of Virginia Tech facult...
A Public Servant Abroad
Kelly Tallman Clements arrived at Virginia Tech knowing she wanted to go into public service. After graduating with a double major in international studies and French in 1988, she went on to earn a ma...
Mallory Noe-Payne Joins WVTF
Mallory Noe-Payne was one of three highly experienced journalists to join the staff of the WVTF Radio IQ News Department this spring.
Noe-Payne, who graduated from Virginia Tech in 2013 with degree...
Students Offer Recommendations on Middle East to U.S. State Department
Virginia Tech offers students seeking to gain real-world experience in the realm of policymaking a unique opportunity to conduct research on international issues and present their findings and...
Students Organize the University’s First Powwow
A small yet dedicated group of individuals — including several College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences students — organized the university’s first powwow, which took place on April 1 on the...
Awards Ceremony Celebrates Faculty Throughout College
The 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Faculty Awards ceremony took place in the Owens Banquet Hall on March 14.
Presenting this year’s awards were Rosemary Blieszner, interim dean of ...
Inaugural Cohort of Keystone Fellows Announced
A student’s busy academic schedule and rigorous field of study are often what come to mind when thinking about a collegiate education.
But Virginia Tech students spend the vast majority of th...
The Giving Spirit
It began with a drive through the nation’s capital one frigid winter evening. Minutes after passing the White House and the Treasury Building, Tom Bagamane could see homeless men and women, their shap...
As Good as Gold
In a split second — two-hundredths of a second, to be exact — Kristi Castlin made both Olympic history and Virginia Tech history.
Castlin won a bronze medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the 20...