Rainbow Riders

Metal or plastic? Water pipes, that is. When it comes to drinking water, the choice is important because it will help determine whether your water will be free of foreign smells.

The Virginia Tech Rescue Squad and the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Services recently received a $850,000 grant from the Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinators Office to establish a regional strategic radio cache system.

Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Devi R. Gnyawali, associate professor of management in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, recently received the university's 2008 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Education.

Richard E. Sorensen, dean of Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, will help lead a workshop for business school deans at an upcoming international conference to address the possible financial impacts of the global recession on business schools.

Paul M. Herr, professor of marketing and chair of the marketing division of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has been named the Virginia-Carolinas Professor of Purchasing in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting on Nov 3.

Metal or plastic? Water pipes, that is. When it comes to drinking water, the choice is important because it will help determine whether your water will be free of foreign smells.

Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

S. Ted Oyama of Blacksburg, the Fred W. Bull Professor of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, recently received the university's 2008 Alumni Award for Research Excellence -- the highest research award given at the university.

Connie Lowe of Christiansburg, Va., student program coordinator and advisor in the Department of Geosciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was recently honored with the university's Provost Award for Excellence in Advising.

Jill C. Sible, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology and associate dean for curriculum, instruction and advising in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, recently received the university's 2008 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Jeannine Eddleton, an instructor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, received the university's 2008 W.E. Wine for Excellence in Teaching.

Metal or plastic? Water pipes, that is. When it comes to drinking water, the choice is important because it will help determine whether your water will be free of foreign smells.

Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

S. Ted Oyama of Blacksburg, the Fred W. Bull Professor of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, recently received the university's 2008 Alumni Award for Research Excellence -- the highest research award given at the university.