Boundless Impact: The Campaign for Virginia Tech has a goal to raise $1.5 billion to fuel excellence across all university programs and drive forward major strategic priorities. A second goal is to engage 100,000 alumni in meaningful ways over the course of the campaign.

Hehuang “David” Xie, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and his collaborators just published a new study in the journal Nature Communications.

Allen, an associate professor of inflammatory disease in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, weaves together Virginia Tech’s experts to conduct unprecedented health research.

To help women with lupus experience healthy pregnancies and successful outcomes, a team of researchers in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine explored the possible role of gut microbiota in the link between pregnancy and the exacerbation of lupus.

The university has designed courses connected to these areas and hired more than 100 faculty specifically to teach and conduct research within these themes since Thanassis Rikakis, former Virginia Tech provost, launched the Destination Areas in 2016. On Sept. 20, there will be a Fall Kick-Off event at the Inn at Virginia Tech to learn more about the goals of Destination Areas and grant opportunities.

The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine welcomed new students in its doctor of veterinary medicine, master of public health, and biomedical and veterinary sciences M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Summer Veterinary Student Research Program, now in its 13th year, addresses the high demand for veterinarians with biomedical research backgrounds and inspires career reconsiderations in the process.

Researcher Mike Zhang and his team are developing what could be the next-generation treatment – a vaccine to counteract opioid addiction.

Led by Sylvester Johnson, the initiative reflects Virginia Tech’s commitment to advancing human-centered approaches to technology innovation.

Christopher Flynn will lead the campus-wide implementation strategy related to the recommendations from the Mental Health Task Force report.