Virginia Tech

Whisper shares information about your favorite subject: You

2013-05-05 10:30:00

Not many start-ups hit profitability from the get-go. The Los Angeles-based developer of the Whisper app might be the exception. The iOS app, developed by childhood friends and neighbors Michael Heyward and Brad Brooks, allows users to anonymously share...

Virginia Tech victim is behind campus safety app LiveSafe

2013-04-28 10:36:00

Kristina Anderson was a sophomore at Virginia Tech when she was shot twice in the back and once in the foot on April 16, 2007. In less than 12 minutes, the gunman shot and killed 11 of her classmates and one of her professors. Six years after the...

Robotic jellyfish named Cyro could one day work for the Navy [video]

2013-03-28 13:59:00

Meet Cyro, the latest robotic jellyfish to emerge from the engineering labs at Virginia Tech. Cyro measures 5 feet, 7 inches across and weighs in at 170 pounds. Its design was based on the real-life species Cyanea capillata, one of the largest jellyfish...

The Sunday Conversation: Violence in entertainment has long history, film expert says

2013-02-15 08:00:00

Elizabeth Daley, a former producer, has served as dean of USC's School of Cinematic Arts for more than 20 years. She's also the founder and executive director of the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy, which develops educational programs and conducts...

Sandy Hook violence prevention commission meets for first time

2013-01-24 13:57:00

A 16-member commission, appointed in Connecticut to examine last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school, kicked off its deliberations Thursday, even as the nation continued to wrestle with finding policies on how to deal with gun violence....

A rational response to Sandy Hook

2013-01-15 00:00:00

President Obama has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent another Sandy Hook. "Because what choice do we have?" he asked. "We can't accept events like this as routine." Unfortunately, such events are far more random than they are routine....

Guns in America: Arming the right people can save lives

2013-01-15 00:00:00

Everyone knows the terrible litany of gun violence: Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Ft. Hood, Tucson, the Cinemark movie theater in Colorado, the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Here are some examples you may not have heard...

Cop with a gun in every school? NRA's Keene says it's up to schools

2012-12-27 15:23:00

Breaking a weeklong silence after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Wayne LaPierre was unapologetic and unambiguous as he stood before a pack of reporters and a phalanx of cameras. "I call on Congress today to act immediately to...

Connecticut town tries to cope with shooting massacre at elementary school

2012-12-14 15:47:00

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest and toting several weapons stormed through two rooms of a suburban Connecticut elementary school on Friday, firing at staffers and pupils and killing at least 20 children before apparently turning a...

Beyond 7 billion: Bending the population curve

2012-12-02 00:00:00

Hunger. Environmental degradation. Political instability. These were among the consequences of rapid global population growth documented in a five-part series in The Times in July. Now, Opinion has invited leading scholars to consider what, if anything,...

Metallica hopes PSA will help find fan's killer

2012-06-13 21:37:52

Virginia Tech shootings: Two killed, suspect at large

2011-12-08 16:36:20

Alexander Kinyua was charged with killing a family friend in their Harford County home and eating his organs. The disturbing story came just days after a Miami cannibalism case had made national news.

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Corps Cadets console each during prayer and the lowering of the American Flag to half staff on Virginia Tech campus the day after a lone gunman shot and killed 32 people on the Blacksburg , Virginia campus.

2012-05-14 06:54:40

WDBJ7's Orlando Salinas covering the graduation at Virginia Tech on May 11.

2012-05-11 09:27:00