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Feb 6, 2025

W&M receives $50M gift from alum for Batten School, VIMS

William & Mary alumnus Dr. R. Todd Stravitz has donated $50 million to the Williamsburg university to create a full-tuition scholarship fund for its new Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences and the Virginia Institute for Marine Science, W&M announced Thursday. This is W&M’s largest ever scholarship fund donation, it said in the announcement, […]

Dec 31, 2024

Greensville ‘bouncing back’ after Boar’s Head plant closure

Nearly three months after Boar’s Head shut down its Jarratt plant, North Carolina-based Carolina Structural Systems announced Nov. 25 that it would spend $5.5 million to build a manufacturing site for custom trusses and similar products in Greensville County, adding 58 jobs. The county’s economic development director, Natalie Slate, calls the announcement a good start […]

An aerial view of the Boar's Head processing plant that was tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak Aug. 29 in Jarratt. Photo courtesy AP Photo/Steve Helber
Sep 13, 2024

Boar’s Head to indefinitely shutter Va. facility tied to fatal listeria outbreak

Deli meat company Boar’s Head Provisions Co. is indefinitely shutting down its meat production facility in Jarratt, the source of a listeria outbreak that killed at least nine people and hospitalized 57 others. The plant has not been operating since late July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened an investigation on July 19. […]

VCU streetscape
Feb 15, 2022

VCU receives $104M gift for liver research

Dr. Richard Todd Stravitz and his family’s Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation gave an unprecedented $104 million donation to Virginia Commonwealth University to support liver research, VCU President Michael Rao announced Tuesday during his State of the University address. The largest gift in VCU’s history, it’s also believed to be the largest publicly shared gift to support […[...]

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