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Innovation Campus Community Meeting - March 23, 2021

Virginia Tech has a nearly 40-year history in the City of Alexandria and we are excited about the opportunity to expand on that relationship and hopefully become the City’s hometown university.…

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WAAC uses technology to connect architecture students

In Ryan Pieper's Design Build course, based out of the Washington Alexandria Architecture Center, students are able to work with hands-on building projects while their classmates assist them…

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Building Desks for Alexandria Students in Need

When Building Momentum, an innovative Alexandria-based maker space, came to Virginia Tech with an idea to help kids in need, alumni jumped at the opportunity to help. Building Momentum designed the…

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Scholarships drive Innovation Campus' first graduate degree program

This fall, Steven Barnett, of Alexandria, Virginia, joined the inaugural group of graduate students enrolled in Virginia Tech’s Master of Engineering in computer science program, the first…

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College of Architecture and Urban Studies faculty member develops new COVID-19 key design

Ryan Pieper, associate professor at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, found the key to his contribution in the times of COVID-19 in designing a more efficient and widely -accessible…

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Next Up: Future of Connection roundtable

The second Next Up: Future of Connection meeting was held in January at the JBG SMITH Marketing Center in the Crystal City section of National Landing. JBG SMITH updated the marketing center recently…

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Tech on Tap

Learning happens everywhere. Tech on Tap is an Alexandria-based community speaker series that informs, educates, and raises questions about the impact of new technologies on society, equity, and…

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Location announced for Innovation Campus

On Monday in Alexandria — in front of a room packed with media and community, business, and political leaders — President Tim Sands announced plans to build Virginia Tech’s…

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Innovation Campus - We're Ready

The story of how Virginia Tech created the Innovation Campus speaks to the university's role to combine people, research, industry, and ideas to solve global-scale problems while teaching the…

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Virginia Tech, City of Alexandria members react to Innovation Campus and Amazon

Faculty members from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and Alexandria react to Amazon's news of building a headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia, as well as Virginia Tech's brand new Innovation…

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Virginia Tech's historic commitment

Virginia emerged as a winner in the fierce nationwide competition to house a headquarters for Amazon. The commonwealth stepped up with a standout higher education package, including a new Virginia…

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Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Announcement

President Tim Sands and College of Engineering Dean Julia Ross joined officials at the site of Virginia Tech's new Innovation Campus on Nov. 13.

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Virginia Tech Innovation Campus: Brandy Salmon

Brandy Salmon, founding COO, Innovation Campus, speaks on the historic announcement of Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus.

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Virginia Tech Innovation Campus: Charlie Phlegar

Charlie Phlegar, Vice President for Advancement, speaks on the historic announcement of Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus.

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