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The government says they need urgent help from outside. Spain overtakes italy as of the european country with the most confirmed coronavirus cases. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, the uks Health Secretary has issued a stark warning that more people will die if the public doesnt adhere to government measures to prevent the spread of the virus. People in the uk have been urged...

Aside from competitive compensation, research support and faculty development, how can a university attract the best faculty candidates? Ron Fricker outlines two programmes that meet the recruitment challenge head-on

School is winding down, but for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop teacher Roger Rogotzke, summer brings another gig — commercial fishing.

The announcement comes after Blacksburgs mayor said Tech needs to take more accountability for the pressure its growth is putting on the town.

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BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech is signaling its intentions to take a more active role in infrastructure planning for the New River Valley.

He died May 11 at age 88.

Irving L. Peddrew III of Hampton, Virginia, died May 11 at age 88. He enrolled at Tech in 1953 and arrived only to find that he could neither live nor eat on campus. Now a dorm at Tech is named for him and for another student, a man who was the first to graduate from Tech.

He died May 11 at age 88.

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.The student protests -- some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments -- have erupted throughout...