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EDUCATION
Andrew Ickes has joined Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment as the assistant dean of advancement.
Rafael Davalos, the L. Preston Wade Professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Harpreet S. Dhillon, professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to heterogeneous cellular networks.
Jeffrey Pittman, a visiting professor of accounting and information systems in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, has been named the Curling Visiting Professor in Accounting and Information Systems by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Terry Rakes, the William C. and Alix C. Houchens Professor of Business Information Technology in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of William C. and Alix C. Houchens Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Karen Swenson, associate professor of English in Virginia Tech’s College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, has been conferred the title of associate professor emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
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Tim Bell has been appointed chief operating officer of MELD Manufacturing Corporation in Christiansburg.
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Fatback, located at 2440 Roanoke St. in town, is among several restaurants that belong to Del. Marie March, R-Floyd.
The Blue Ridge Fudge Lady Cafe on Dec. 9 opened its doors at a building on 4 W. Main St., a place that was once occupied by the family-owned Mockingbird Cafe.
Sizeable state grants will help two old buildings be refurbished for breweries in Botetourt County and Pulaski.
A handy way to find out Smith Mountain Lake’s water level and temperature is still finding its way onto Amazon Alexa devices more than six mon…
The Highlander Hotel Radford across the street from Radford University’s campus is now accepting reservations for visitor stays and special ev…
EDUCATION
Roanoke was birthed as a railroad town in the 1880s and for much of the century to follow owed its prosperity to the coal-hauling Norfolk &…
Like a patient regaining consciousness after being anesthetized, the Roanoke and New River valleys re-emerged throughout 2022 from a prolonged…
Plans filed with the town of Christiansburg show a new Chick-fil-A location sandwiched between the private New River Road and North Franklin Street in the town’s fast-growing northwest section.
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