Graduate School News

Virginia Tech is home to more than 7,200 graduate students enrolled in certificate and degree programs across nine colleges. You can learn about our students and their work, our graduate programs, and the events and information we share via University News stories, our blogs, and our social media accounts here.

Graduate students and programs in the news

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Virginia Tech Ph.D. candidate Israel Oyedare inspires the next generation of African leaders , article
With his nonprofit organization in Nigeria, a new book, and a degree from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Oyedare aims to make leadership education a mainstay in African schools.

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Pursuing a research-driven career , video
Mikayla Call is a Ph.D. student pursuing a research-driven career in coastal ecosystems and wildlife management. Her research with the Virginia Tech Shorebird Program is part of the Long-Term Ecological Research program in the Virginia Coast Reserve, which is dedicated to understanding how short and long-term factors such as storms and sea-level rise impact ecosystem state changes on Virginia's coastal barrier shoreline.

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Virginia Tech celebrates historic opening of new academic building in Alexandria , article
The growing presence and network of innovation in the D.C. area supports new partnerships, advances research and learning opportunities to address global-scale problems.

Graduate School Bulletin

The Graduate School has launched a twice-monthly newsletter that will be archived at this blog site. The blog is a way to communicate with graduate program directors (GPDs) and graduate coordinators regarding upcoming events, policy updates, administrative announcements and important deadlines.