Theresa Jefferson and John Harrald, research faculty at the Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy in the National Capital Region recently completed a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-funded research project to model the social impacts and disaster response requirements of a 7.7 magnitude catastrophic earthquake on the three segments of the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Virginia Tech has been invited to demonstrate innovations developed for the university’s solar house entry to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, at the 13th Annual Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Kickoff Technology Policy on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program, in collaboration with the Tidewater Resource and Development Council and other partners, will hold a short course on Saturday, Feb. 6 in Gloucester, Va., for landowners interested in sustainably harvesting and marketing their timber.

Peggy Lee Hahn of Blacksburg, wife of university President Emeritus T. Marshall Hahn Jr., died Thursday at age 85.

Peggy Lee Hahn of Blacksburg, wife of university President Emeritus T. Marshall Hahn Jr., died Thursday at age 85.

Student members of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech (HEVT) recently received donated auto parts worth $87,000 from lithium ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems as part of the North America EcoCAR Challenge.

Student members of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech (HEVT) recently received donated auto parts worth $87,000 from lithium ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems as part of the North America EcoCAR Challenge.