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Three biology research students harvest soybean plants at a field farm in Orange, Virginia.

VMI Biology Research Gets Published: Soybean Traits Studied

September 30, 2025

A scholarly article addressing soybean research spanning seven years was published in the September 2025 issue of Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, a joint publication of American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America.

VMI retained its high placing among the nation’s best colleges, according to the 2025 Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 24 by U.S. News and World Report

VMI Maintains Strong Rankings in U.S. News Best Colleges List

September 23, 2025

VMI maintained its reputation as one of the nation’s best colleges, according to the 2026 Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 23 by U.S. News and World Report.

Museum interpreter Tamara Teaff shares the tale of “The Conceited Apple Blossom” with children on Apple Day.

Apple Day Returns to the Jackson House Museum

September 18, 2025

Travel back to 1850s Lexington during the Jackson House Museum’s Apple Day, Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For over 40 years, this much-loved event has welcomed families, friends, and history lovers for a day filled with interactive activities, traditional crafts, and old-fashioned fun

Flyer graphic for Steamboat Debate between Daniel Farbman and Jonathan Turley.

Turley and Farbman Debate Constitutional Crisis at VMI: Discourse Part of Steamboat Institute

September 16, 2025

VMI's Center for Leadership and Ethics (CLE) will host a Steamboat Institute Campus Liberty Tour Debate, Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. in Gillis Theater, Marshall Hall. The debate resolution is: Be it resolved; the U.S. is experiencing a constitutional crisis.

Master Sgt. Christopher C. Spence discusses his time in Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Gillis Theater Sept. 10.

Former Special Forces Horse Soldier Speaks at VMI

September 16, 2025

U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Christopher C. Spence—part of the first wave of American forces on the ground in Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks 24 years ago—spoke at Virginia Military Institute Sept. 10 as the first speaker of the Center for Leadership and Ethics’ (CLE) 2025-2

Col. Barry Cobb speaks to cadets in his classroom at VMI.

VMI Econ & Business Class Welcomes High School DECA Winners

September 15, 2025

Cadets enrolled in the economics and business analytics class taught by Col. Barry Cobb, professor in the Department of Economics and Business, heard an award winning presentation by two juniors from Roanoke County’s Hidden Valley High School (HVHS).

A cadet carries an American flag recovered from Ground Zero, during the 9/11 stair climb at VMI Thursday. –VMI Photo by H. Lockwood McLaughlin.

VMI Cadets Continue Tradition of 9/11 Stair Climb

September 12, 2025

Nearly 500 cadets honored those who perished in the 9/11 terrorist attacks by ascending and descending the steps in barracks 37 times, replicating the 110 stories the first responders at the World Trade Center climbed during the rescue attempt that fateful day in 2001.

Charles McLaughlin ’26 discusses his research to an academic peer at the American Chemical Society’s fall conference at the Washington Convention Center in August.

VMI Chemistry Professor and Cadet Present Research in D.C.

September 10, 2025

Lt. Col. Kevin Braun, associate professor in the Department of at Virginia Military Institute, and 1st Class cadet Charles McLaughlin ’26 presented their research at the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) fall conference held at the Washington Convention Center in D.C. in August.

Maj. Henry A. Wise III ’05, assistant professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies.

Wise Earns Awards for Novel

September 9, 2025

“Holy City,” a novel written by Maj. Henry A. Wise III ’05, assistant professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies (ERHS) at Virginia Military Institute, was recently published in France

Guest speaker Carly Fiorina stands in front of VMI cadets during her speech.

Fiorina Offers Convocation Speech at VMI, Speaks of American Ideals

September 5, 2025

Carly Fiorina, businesswoman and politician, addressed the entire Corps of Cadets, members of the academic board, faculty, staff and guests as VMI opened its 186th academic year with a convocation ceremony Sept. 3 in Cameron Hall.