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Mehul Sanghani

Kirk Cameron (left), faculty lead and managing director of Virginia Tech’s Institute for Advanced Computing, and Lance Collins, the university’s Washington, D.C., area vice president, have marked a year of growth in Alexandria. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Jun 1, 2026

Virginia Tech opens $310M academic building in Alexandria

Virginia Tech opened its $310 million Academic Building One in Alexandria, advancing research and graduate programs in computing and business.

On Feb. 28, 2025, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands speaks at the grand opening ceremony for the Innovation Campus' Academic Building One. (Photo by Luke Hayes/Virginia Tech)
Apr 10, 2026

Kaine questions Virginia Tech president’s exit

Sen. Tim Kaine questions if Virginia Tech President Tim Sands was pushed out before Gov. Spanberger fills key board seats.

Mehul Sanghani, CEO of Reston-based Octo Consulting Group, and his wife, Hema, donated $10 million to Virginia Tech in January 2021. Part of the gift will support Tech's Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. Photo courtesy Ethan Meurlin
Dec 8, 2022

Reston-based Octo to be acquired by IBM

Reston-based Octo is being acquired by IBM and its 1,500 employees will become part of IBM Consulting’s U.S. public and federal market arm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in a news release Thursday. IBM is acquiring the company from Arlington Capital Partners and the deal is expected to close by the end of […]

Academic Building 1 of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus is projected to open in August 2024. Rendering courtesy Virginia Tech
Mar 10, 2022

Amazon, Va. Tech partner on machine learning initiative

Virginia Tech announced Thursday morning that it is partnering with Amazon.com Inc. on an artificial intelligence and machine learning research initiative that will have a presence at both Tech’s Blacksburg campus and its emerging Innovation Campus in Alexandria. Dubbed the Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning, the program will include doctoral student [&[...]

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