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Hokie Storm Chasers track strong storm cells that damaged Oklahoma
Rescue efforts are under way just outside Oklahoma City. A huge tornado touched down in Moore wiping out one neighborhood after the next. TV cameras caught a funnel cloud on video. The tornado hit Moore, which is not far from Lindsay, Oklahoma....
Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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After two days of travel, WDBJ7 crew meets up with Hokie Storm Chasers in Kansas
WDBJ7 is tagging along as a team of meteorology professors and students are using the Midwest as their classroom this week. Chris Hurst is with them for the next two days. He and photojournalist Andy May met up with them late Saturday night as they were...
Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Science and Technology, Weather Science
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Graduation day at Virginia Tech
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Friday, 5,000 students graduated from Virginia Tech. Inside Lane stadium, University President Charles Steger gave his first and only commencement speech. The man with maybe the most intimate knowledge of Virginia Tech's most horrific day, never...Tags: Education, Graduation
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Friday is graduation day at Virginia Tech
Friday is graduation day at Virginia Tech. More than 5,000 students will receive their diplomas at the spring 2013 commencement. The graduate school graduated at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning in Cassell Coliseum. The school-wide commencement ceremony...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Graduation, Labor Markets
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College grads need jobs
WDBJ7 ReporterOn Friday, thousands of students will graduate from Virginia Tech. The question is how many have a job lined up? The lawn at Alumni Hall was packed with soon to be graduates, all taking part in "Grad Bash", a new tradition that may be the last hurrah...Tags: Science and Technology
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Are college presidents worth their eye-popping salaries?
Change of SubjectEvidently not. The Chronicle of HIgher Education has posted a list of the top 100 salaries of public-university presidents (by total compensation package: Graham B. Spanier Pennsylvania State University at University Park $2,906,721 (1st) Jay Gogue Auburn... -
Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza Had No Drugs, Alcohol In System
The Hartford CourantToxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14. The tests were conducted as part of the autopsy by state Chief...Tags: Chemical Industry, Students, Shootings, Danbury, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Penn State's Graham Spanier highest paid public university president in 2011-12
(MCT) — Graham Spanier, who resigned Penn State University's presidency amid a scandal and now faces criminal charges, achieved an ironic distinction as he relinquished the job he held for 16 years, a new survey says. He received more income than...Tags: Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), The Ohio State University, Earnings, Auburn University , University of Florida
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Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets
Virginia Tech continues leading the research in safer football helmets. On Wednesday, the university released its newest safety ratings and gave one more helmet two thumbs up with the maximum 5 stars. The Xenith X-2 joins Riddell and Rawlings as the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, Technology, Engineering
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Teel Time: Retiring VT president Steger advocated for athletics
Charles Steger was not the most visible or vocal proponent of Virginia Tech athletics. But as Hokie Nation reflects on his retirement after nearly 14 years as university president, there’s no questioning his advocacy or appreciation for major...Tags: Frank Beamer, University of Virginia, College Sports, Florida State University, Football
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Virginia Tech storm chasers leave for Tornado Alley
Each year a group of students and faculty from Virginia Tech depart for the Great Plains in search of severe weather. They come back with an understanding of how severe storms develop, and ways to forecast the threat of severe weather. Tuesday, the...
Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011)
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Virginia Tech president Steger stepping down
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Steger is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Virginia Tech’s graduation Friday. Steger has been the school’s president since 2000. “When...
Tags: Arts, Science, Students, Architecture, Financial Aid
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