Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 20th of December.
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🏘️ Community
Virginia Tech organizes a Shoes 4 Hope campaign to collect and donate footwear for those in need.
🎭 Culture
Cece Bell's book 'Animal Albums from A to Z' receives widespread acclaim and is featured on several best-of lists for 2024, while its unique concept extends into an actual double album.
🎓 Education
Students at the College of Agriculture and Life Science work on a study to better shelter dogs' lives through enrichment and training, aiding their stress reduction and adoption rates.
Virginia Tech's IDPro program students showcased their interdisciplinary engineering projects, emphasizing real-world applications and industry collaboration, in their third semester presentation.
Residential Well-being's District Three provides student leaders with immersive service-learning experiences, fostering leadership and community engagement through activities like volunteering and organizing a blood drive.
Virginia Tech collaborates with Carilion New River Medical Center to offer free rides to hospitals for sexual assault survivors, aiming to eliminate barriers for reporting and getting help.
Virginia Tech integrates the Office for Inclusive Strategy and Excellence to bolster its commitment to diversity and inclusion, enhancing its strategy to serve underrepresented and underserved communities.
Melinda West announces retirement from her role as associate vice president for finance and university controller at Virginia Tech after over 29 years of service.
📰 Science
A Virginia Tech study significantly extends the documented chart of life on Earth to nearly 2 billion years ago, providing new insights into ancient species and their evolutionary paths.
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