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Luna Innovations to be acquired by NY private equity firm
Luna Innovations announced last week that it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm TJC.
Virginia Tech receives record $75M anonymous donation
Virginia Tech announced Thursday that it received a $75 million anonymous donation, the Blacksburg university's largest commitment ever.
Virginia Tech President Tim Sands to step down
Virginia Tech President Tim Sands announced Thursday that he intends to step down in the coming months.
Aclara opens rare earth pilot plant at Virginia Tech
Aclara is launching a rare earth pilot plant at Virginia Tech to boost the U.S. supply chain and reduce reliance on China.
Virginia Tech receives $20M anonymous donation for athletics
Virginia Tech has received a $20 million anonymous donation, the largest gift in the school’s history, toward the school’s athletics program.
Alum donates $16M to Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech has received a $16 million commitment from alumnus David Kellogg to support the university’s PPE program.
Mining company partners with Virginia Tech on rare earths plant
Aclara plans to invest $10 million on rare earths separation pilot plant at Virginia Tech to boost U.S. supply chain
National Bankshares CEO to retire
Blacksburg-based National Bankshares announced that its chairman and CEO, F. Brad Denardo, will retire June 30 from his position as CEO of the community bank holding company and its banking subsidiary, The National Bank of Blacksburg, which does business as National Bank. Denardo will also retire from his position as chairman, president and CEO of […]
Roanoke-area pediatrician is suspended over alleged sexual, profane comments
Following complaints from co-workers and patients’ parents over sexual and profane comments, the Virginia Board of Medicine suspended the medical license of Roanoke-area pediatrician Dr. Dalton M. Renick on Aug. 22, stating that “a substantial danger to public health or safety” warranted Renick’s summary suspension. The board’s Notice of Formal Hearing included allegations th[...]
StartVirginia: Heard Around Virginia August 2024
Blacksburg is moving forward with the renovation of a former dry-cleaning business into a retail business incubator. Slated to open by the end of 2025, the Blacksburg Retail Incubator is planned at 414 N. Main St., a 5,000-square-foot building owned by the town. After the building has been improved, Downtown Blacksburg Inc. will locate there […]
Assembled with care
If you’re trying to visualize what powers manufacturing growth around Roanoke these days, picture 3D-printed helicopter blades and robotics, not old-style grommets. Also known as additive manufacturing, 3D printing produces objects by creating a series of consecutive layers, as opposed to “subtractive” manufacturing, which removes material to carve out an object. Advanced manufacturing c[...]
Chips ahoy
Finally, the world is catching up with Virginia Tech’s semiconductor curriculum. Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering started a chip-scale integration major in 2016, but it wasn’t exactly high profile when Sheena Deivasigamani arrived at Virginia Tech as a first-year engineering student in 2019. Chip-scale integration wasn’t even on Deivasigamani’s radar. Tech was t[...]
