Virginia Tech has opened its new academic building in northern Virginia, in an effort to expand the pipeline of tech talent in the Commonwealth.

Vice President JD Vance has listed an Alexandria, Virginia, home for $1.695 million, after decamping to the vice presidential abode on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.

The future is now at the Innovation Campus of Virginia Tech in Alexandria, where 500 graduate students will be researching everything from next generation wireless technology and quantum information science to robots and drones.

Virginia Tech's new Innovation Campus celebrates its grand opening this week. Why it matters: The tech-focused graduate school, in Alexandria's Potomac Yard neighborhood, is a critical part of National Landing and Northern Virginia rebranding into innovation centers.

Vice President JD Vance is selling his home in Alexandria's Del Ray neighborhood for nearly $1.7 million, per the listing. Why it matters: It marks the end of the Vances' time in the liberal 'hood — a two-year stretch punctuated with yarn bombings,

Feb. 28–A contingent of demonstrators Interrupted remarks by Va. Gov. Glenn Youngkin at the grand opening ceremony for the Alexandria-based Virginia Tech “Innovation Campus” this morning. They protested the university’s ties to major defense contractors.

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes a journey to Alexandria, Virginia, to track down historic pieces of the past.

Gerry Rogers, the owner of Petal's Edge Floral Design, is offering free flowers to staff impacted by the mass US government layoffs.

Virginia Tech hosted a tour showing off the new Innovation Campus, which sits between Potomac Yard Center and the Potomac River in Alexandria.

Listen to this article Virginia Tech’s Walid Saad was used to traveling between the university’s locations in Arlington and Fairfax counties to meet students and teach classes. Saad, a professor of electrical and computer engineering,