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![Bethany King ’18 presents her poster on the Rat Line caloric study during the undergraduate research symposium April 18.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/URSymPosterPresentations2018HLM0089-2-400x266.jpg)
The Rat Line isn't just mentally stressful—it also produces changes in physiology. Researchers quantified those training effects in the months following Matriculation.
![Four STP students take notes while surveying the Parade Ground.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/STPSurveying2018KN09-1-400x266.jpg)
Summer Transition Program has two new academic offerings this year which connect students’ classroom experience to real-world challenges.
![A portrait of Gen. Ronald Griffith](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/GriffithTN-300x200.jpg)
The President of the Board of Visitors and the Superintendent regret to inform the VMI community of the death of retired Army General Ronald H. Griffith.
![Col. Greg Topasna shows off the new solar telescope dome installed atop Maury-Brooke Hall.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SolarTelescope2018KN13-1-400x266.jpg)
This fall, astronomy cadets will have a new tool to aid in their studies—a remotely controlled solar telescope just installed on the roof of Maury-Brooke Hall.
![Miyah Boyd pauses with her robot on the porch of Moody Hall.—VMI Photo by H. Lockwood McLaughlin.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SURI-Robot2018HLM0055Web-1-400x266.jpg)
This summer, Miyah Boyd ’20 learned how to program a robot, but her ultimate goal is to provide a companion for people with autism and social anxiety disorder.
![A view of barracks from afar.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SupesNewsletterTN-300x200.jpg)
As the beginning of a new semester approaches at the Institute, members of the VMI community will be receiving the 2018-19 Superintendent’s Newsletter.
![Annika Tice builds rock sculptures with middle school girls.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/GirlsCamp2018KN206-1-400x266.jpg)
At the new Girls Leadership Exchange Camp, hosted by VMI cadets and faculty, local girls learn about academic opportunities available to them in the STEAM fields.
![Members of the U.S. Armed Forces women’s soccer team pose for a photo during a tournament at Fort Bliss, TX June 22.—Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Camille Miller.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/28109584167_5702a93cd0_o-1-400x266.jpg)
Amy Horney ’18 and Kristen Whitehurst ’17 are members of the U.S. Armed Forces women’s soccer team competing in the World Military Women’s Football Championship.
![A portrait of Thomas Gottwald](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/June14Campaign2017KN328H-400x276.jpg)
Gov. Ralph Northam announced today the appointment of one new member to the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors and the reappointment of three current board members.
![A portrait of Bob Moreschi](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/MoreschiBob2017-copy-1-300x200.jpg)
Col. Robert Moreschi, chair of the economics and business department since 2013, has been chosen as deputy superintendent for academics and dean of the faculty.