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Thank you, donors!

Thank you for investing in the next generation of leaders and innovators. Your generosity makes a difference for every Hokie at Virginia Tech.

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TBMH graduate student awarded two grants to advance brain cancer research

Joelle Martin, a graduate research assistant in the Sontheimer Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, received a Zeta Beta Tau Cancer Research Award and a student fellowship funded…

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Vice President Frank Shushok thanks donors to the Student Emergency Fund

Vice President for Student Affairs Frank Shushok shares a thank you message with donors to the Student Emergency Fund.

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Thank a Donor Day 2019

Students were given the opportunity to thank donors for their generous support this year. The week was highlighted by Tradition Tuesday, a free "Hokie Cab" ride around campus, and wrapped…

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Record gift makes great program even better, students and researchers say

Students and researchers at the newly renamed Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC talk about what the donation means to them and their pursuits.

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Virginia Tech receives historic, inspiring gift

The Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust and Heywood and Cynthia Fralin will donate a record $50 million to Virginia Tech to support research at the newly renamed Fralin Biomedical Research Institute…

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A historic gift: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

A historic announcement is made as the Fralin family donates $50 million to the newly named Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. President Tim Sands, Executive Director Michael J.…

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC: President Sands message

Virginia Tech President Tim Sands thanks donor Heywood Fralin for his historic gift to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC: Heywood Fralin

Heywood Fralin, donor to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, speaks on the opportunity to give and the impact it will have on Roanoke.

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC: Michael Friedlander

Michael Friedlander, Executive Director and Professor of Biological Sciences at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, speaks on the impact of the gift given by Heywood and Cynthia Fralin.

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC: President Sands

Virginia Tech President Tim Sands describes the impact of the largest gift in the university's history given by Heywood and Cynthia Fralin.

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Youngkin Equine Soundness Clinic dedication

On November 18, 2018, a crisp fall day in Leesburg, VA, friends and supporters gathered to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the newly-renovated Youngkin Equine Soundness Clinic in the Fout Barn at…

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Ellen Cheever donates collection to inspire new kitchen and bath designers

When kitchen and bath designer Ellen Cheever helped conceptualize the Center for Real Life Design at Virginia Tech in the early 1990s, she did not know it would one day house the breadth of her…

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Meet the Silicon Valley entrepreneur funding some of Virginia Tech’s newest startups

Though he's not an alumnus of Virginia Tech, Ray Zinn is investing in the university because he believes in the students ability to become successful entrepreneurs — so much so, that he…

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David Calhoun discusses the process of discovery

Virginia Tech alumnus David Calhoun, senior managing director for Blackstone and former CEO of Nielsen, gave $20 million to the university’s Honors College. In a March 2018 interview, Calhoun…

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