Virginia Tech
@virginiatech.bsky.social
Solving complex problems, pushing boundaries, serving others, & reimagining education & technology. We are #VirginiaTech & you are welcome here. Go #Hokies! 🦃
A weightlifting mouse? 🐭💪
Researchers from the Fralin Biomedical Research institute created a mouse model to compare resistance vs. endurance.
Both helped reduce fat & improve blood sugar, but weightlifting was more effective.
🔗: news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting
Researchers from the Fralin Biomedical Research institute created a mouse model to compare resistance vs. endurance.
Both helped reduce fat & improve blood sugar, but weightlifting was more effective.
🔗: news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A weightlifting mouse? 🐭💪
Researchers from the Fralin Biomedical Research institute created a mouse model to compare resistance vs. endurance.
Both helped reduce fat & improve blood sugar, but weightlifting was more effective.
🔗: news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting
Researchers from the Fralin Biomedical Research institute created a mouse model to compare resistance vs. endurance.
Both helped reduce fat & improve blood sugar, but weightlifting was more effective.
🔗: news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting
No, this isn’t AI.
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No, this isn’t AI.
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
Introducing Allen. 🧡🐾
Allen is a therapy dog providing comfort and stress relief to #VirginiaTech graduate students in the D.C. area.
Allen is a therapy dog providing comfort and stress relief to #VirginiaTech graduate students in the D.C. area.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Introducing Allen. 🧡🐾
Allen is a therapy dog providing comfort and stress relief to #VirginiaTech graduate students in the D.C. area.
Allen is a therapy dog providing comfort and stress relief to #VirginiaTech graduate students in the D.C. area.
153 years ago, Addison Caldwell walked 26 miles to enroll as the first student at what is now #VirginiaTech. Since then, we've not only helped plan for a secure future, we’ve shaped it. 🙌
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
153 years ago, Addison Caldwell walked 26 miles to enroll as the first student at what is now #VirginiaTech. Since then, we've not only helped plan for a secure future, we’ve shaped it. 🙌
What started as one student’s idea in 1962 became one of #VirginiaTech’s most recognizable traditions. 🧡🦃
Civil engineering student Mercer McPherson raised the funds to bring the first permanent costumed Gobbler to life, marking the beginning of the mascot we know and love today.
Civil engineering student Mercer McPherson raised the funds to bring the first permanent costumed Gobbler to life, marking the beginning of the mascot we know and love today.
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What started as one student’s idea in 1962 became one of #VirginiaTech’s most recognizable traditions. 🧡🦃
Civil engineering student Mercer McPherson raised the funds to bring the first permanent costumed Gobbler to life, marking the beginning of the mascot we know and love today.
Civil engineering student Mercer McPherson raised the funds to bring the first permanent costumed Gobbler to life, marking the beginning of the mascot we know and love today.
Enter Sandman in Lane for the first time since Metallica will be electric. ⚡️
September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Enter Sandman in Lane for the first time since Metallica will be electric. ⚡️