Daily Updates

Friday, August 31

Review panel's report could reverberate beyond Virginia Tech and Virginia

Recommendations from the report: steps colleges can take to avoid a tragedy, or deal with one

Thursday, August 30

Investigative panel criticizes Virginia Tech's response to mentally ill student and his murderous rampage

Wednesday, August 29

Dispute arises at Virginia Tech over a professor's comments on the shootings and the provost's response

Thursday, August 23

Virginia Tech panels call for more counseling of students and additional security measures

Tuesday, August 21

Advocacy group seeks federal investigation of Virginia Tech's response to shootings

Monday, August 20

Virginia Tech solemnly remembers last April's victims as it opens a new semester

Facing a flood of illicit merchandise after the April shootings, Virginia Tech works to win back its brand

Thursday, August 16

Victims of Virginia Tech shootings will be offered more money than previously proposed

Thursday, July 19

Virginia Tech panel hears views on how college officials deal with troubled students

Campus killings spur states to act to protect students

Thursday, June 14

Report to President Bush on Virginia Tech tragedy faults federal privacy laws

Tuesday, June 12

Relatives of some of the Virginia Tech shooting victims protest at meeting of state's review panel

Wednesday, June 6

Virginia Tech to reopen building where most of victims of rampage were slain

Friday, May 25

Florida panel, appointed after Virginia Tech tragedy, recommends sharing information about troubled students

Tuesday, May 22

Virginia Tech's president speaks to panel investigating shooting rampage

Thursday, May 17

Virginia Tech exceeds enrollment goal for next fall's freshman class

Monday, May 14

Pain and pomp as Virginia Tech marks commencement 25 days after shootings

Monday, April 30

Virginia Tech professor signs deal for book about killings

Friday, April 27

The Hokie Nation hopes for admissions as usual

Mortar and memory: Virginia Tech ponders a building's future

Colleges turn to leaders who can deal with mayhem and the media

Mental-health lawyers caution colleges against disciplining students for emotional difficulties

Thursday, April 26

Bombs, Threats, and Other Incidents Fill the Post-Virginia Tech Landscape

Colleges Complain of Businesses Trying to Capitalize on Post-Virginia Tech Fears

A president's reflections on a tragedy: a Q&A; with Charles W. Steger of Virginia Tech

Counselors reach out across Virginia Tech and other campuses

Wednesday, April 25

Petition Attracts 32,000 Backers of Virginia Tech's President

Virginia Tech Gunman's Motive Still a Mystery, Investigators Say

3 More Colleges Disrupted by Threats Amid Post-Virginia Tech Fears

At a shaken campus, the tour must go on

Funds sprout to help victims' families

Tuesday, April 24

Threats Shut Down Colleges in Mississippi and Washington

Memorial Tributes to Virginia Tech's Dead Are Tended, Moved, and Archived

Lawyer Says Virginia Tech's Immunity to Lawsuits Over Shootings Is Not Absolute

Yale Warns Theater Audiences That Any Weapons on Stage Are Fakes

Classes resume at Virginia Tech, with most students returning

Counselors from near and far (some on 4 legs) assist those dealing with the aftermath

Senators talk of revising privacy laws in wake of tragedy at Virginia Tech

Monday, April 23

Building where most of the victims were killed will not be used for classes again

Life returns somewhat to normal at Virginia Tech, as classes resume

Virginia Tech marks a week since shootings with moments of silence, tolling bell

Drillfield becomes focal point of grief and solidarity at Virginia Tech

After the tragedy: messages to Virginia Tech's class of 2007

Fund drives to honor Va. Tech victims multiply

Sounding the alarm: Colleges face tough decisions about troubled students

In one department, more than half the casualties

Charles W. Steger: a Hokie out of the limelight, until now

Responding to the unthinkable: an administrator describes life since the shootings

Safety and risk-management experts debate Virginia Tech's response

Friday, April 20

Fund drives to honor Va. Tech victims multiply

After the tragedy: messages to Virginia Tech's class of 2007

Mourners to mark Virginia Tech's loss at noon

With accolades, Librescu is buried in Israel

Virginia governor names 6 experts to panel that will review tragedy and responses

Korean students worry about a bigoted backlash to the Virginia shootings

Emergency planning has become a continuing exercise for American colleges

Virginia Tech's president had been out of the limelight, until now

English professors formed "task force" to help Cho

Donations, pledges, and promises of events pour in to Virginia Tech

Thursday, April 19

More campuses are affected as incidents worry police and administrators

Virginia Tech will let students choose grading methods as classes resume

Relatives of victims cancel NBC appearances to protest airing of Cho material

Disturbing video gives few clues to killer's motives

Expert on troubled students says their actions are difficult to predict

Va. governor sets Friday as statewide day of mourning

Faculty member's concern prompts arrest of U. of Southern Mississippi student

Counselors say cases like Cho's are hard to spot as students' behavior becomes more extreme

Could officials have stopped Cho? A Q&A; with a campus counseling expert

College police departments have become more professional, experts say

Campus safety gains sharper vision with new breed of surveillance cameras

Wednesday, April 18

Killer sent videos to network before second round of murders, says MSNBC

Questions abound for a homeless engineering department

Threats on other campuses prompt evacuations, investigations

Sovereign immunity will protect Virginia Tech from lawsuits

Student describes nightmarish events in German classroom

A student-affairs vice president becomes ambassador to the stunned and the grieving

Prayer circles on Virginia Tech's drillfield try to make sense of loss

English department tries to help instructors and students 'get their bearings'

Reporter's Notebook: Me & Wolf

Counselors say cases like Cho's are hard to spot as students' behavior becomes more extreme

Police tracked a different suspect after first killings

Scenes from the campus: the day after

2 students complained of harassment by Cho in 2005

'Collegiate Times' earns attention, and plaudits, from other journalists

IRS offers 6-month filing extension to those affected by killings

Threat prompts police search at Virginia Tech

Script for 2nd raw play by gunman is posted online

Colleges offer condolences, prayers, and help in online messages

Gunman was a troubled student who ate alone and worried professors and classmates

When a national spotlight falls on a campus, public-relations officers feel the heat

College risk managers weigh the benefits of emergency notification, other security measures

New phone technologies can help colleges communicate campuswide in emergencies

Tuesday, April 17

Reporter's Notebook: "We are Virginia Tech. We will prevail"

Convocation draws throngs of mourners; candlelight vigil planned

University transforms its Web site into a somber memorial

Reporter's Notebook: "I Am at Home"

Virginia Tech student's Facebook group offers a way to grieve

In Switzerland, Virginia Tech students mourn the dead

Not even Cho's roommates knew anything about him

One-act play by gunman features murder, molestation

Students turn to Facebook for information on their friends

Parents flock to the campus, many expressing frustrations

U.S. flags are lowered in memory of shooting victims

Reporter's notebook: Satellite trucks crowd Virginia Tech campus as tearful students mourn

New phone technologies can help colleges communicate campuswide in emergencies

Student was "troubled," says English department chair

Cho graduated from same high school as two of his victims

Fellow students didn't know 'murderer down the hall'

After deadly massacre at Virginia Tech, students question university's response

Safety expert questions early lockdown decision

Bloggers debate whether students carrying their own guns could have prevented massacre

Colleges' safety and risk-management experts begin looking for lessons in Virginia Tech shootings

Virginia Tech gunman was South Korean student, police say

University killer was a student, Virginia Tech's president says

Monday, April 16

Death toll rises to at least 33 in mass shootings at Virginia Tech