Developments at Virginia Tech
The official Tumblr of Virginia Tech's Office of University Development, located at the Gateway Center on the corner of University City Blvd., and Prices Fork Rd., in Blacksburg, Va.
This website is maintained by the Development Communications team headed by Albert Raboteau, Gary Cope, and Chuck George.
The Fralin Life Sciences Institute was yesterday’s “Photo of the Day” on the official Virginia Tech Facebook page. The institute was named after Horace G. Fralin, a member of Virginia Tech’s Class of 1948.
Fralin capped a lifetime of generosity to his alma mater by making an $8.9 million bequest benefiting Virginia Tech. At the time, it was one of the largest philanthropic commitments in the university’s history. A major portion of his legacy was earmarked for the biotechnology center.
The Fralin Life Sciences Institute is home to faculty researchers from the departments of entomology, fish and wildlife conservation, food science, and biochemistry, as well as other endeavors.
Click on the photo and scroll down to the second story on the linked Web page to learn more about Fralin and his support of Virginia Tech.
Turtles, Snakes and the HokieBird at the Open House
A Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation graduate student will bring some of her turtle friends to the University Open House on Saturday, Nov. 12. Brittney Hopkins of Charlottesville, Va., a graduate student majoring in fisheries and wildlife sciences in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, will be in the Fralin Life Science Institute building atrium to illustrate and talk about her research, and show a large snapping turtle and a nursery of babies belonging to some other species found in Virginia.
The HokieBird will be on hand for photos. Learn more by clicking here, or on the photo above.
