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James Madison University announced March 26, 2025, that James C. Schmidt will serve as the university’s seventh president.
Mar 26, 2025

JMU introduces next president

James Madison University on Wednesday announced that University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Chancellor James C. Schmidt will be the next president of Virginia’s fifth largest public university. The university’s board of visitors, who voted to affirm his appointment earlier in the day, announced Schmidt’s selection during a morning ceremony at the university’s Harrisonburg campu[...]

Mar 24, 2025

Emory & Henry names new president

Washington County-based private college Emory & Henry University announced Monday that it was promoting Louise Fincher from interim president to the university’s permanent 23rd president. The university’s board of trustees unanimously selected Fincher as president during its spring board meeting. Fincher has more than 30 years of experience in higher education and health care. R[...]

University of Virginia Rotunda and Lawn. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Mar 21, 2025

U.Va. eyes $72M replacement data center

The University of Virginia’s data center is nearing its maximum capacity. So, school leaders think it’s time to build a new one, estimated to cost $72 million, to aid faculty and researchers in their work. “We can already see that our researchers are experiencing significant delays in their ability to access the computational resources,” Kelly […]

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Mar 21, 2025

ODU taps new dean of Eastern Virginia Medical School

Dr. Judette Louis, a maternal-fetal health physician from the University of South Florida, will be the next dean of the Eastern Virginia Medical School within Old Dominion’s newly created health sciences college, ODU announced this week. Louis will start Sept. 2 as dean of the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical […]

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Mar 20, 2025

Three Virginia business schools make top 20 Poets&Quants rankings

Four Virginia business schools placed among the top 104 business schools in Poets&Quants’ 2025 rankings of undergraduate business schools, released Monday. Of these Virginia schools, three were in the top 20. Poets&Quants for Undergrads, an online publication and forum dedicated to business schools, ranks schools by three categories: admissions standards, academic experience, and car[...]

The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Mar 14, 2025

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students. The Education Department announced the new investigations Friday, one month after issuing a memo warning America’s schools[...]

Mar 11, 2025

Randolph-Macon College names next president

Ashland’s Randolph-Macon College has chosen Michael E. Hill as its 16th president, effective Aug. 1, the college announced Tuesday. Hill is currently president of Chautauqua Institution, a western New York nonprofit educational institution for children and adults that runs extensive theater, music and other arts programming during its nine-week summer season. He will succeed Randolph-Macon [[...]

Mar 3, 2025

Leadership: The Virginia Power 50 List

What does power mean? How do you determine who wields more than others? How can you measure an intangible but very real force? In our annual list of the 50 most powerful leaders in Virginia, we set out to do just that, considering the number of employees an executive leads, personal wealth and other metrics.  […]

Feb 25, 2025

Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus launches in Alexandria

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, works at the intersection of wireless networking and artificial intelligence, including using quantum technology to bridge communication gaps between drones navigating complex [...]

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Feb 19, 2025

U.Va. board to meet over gender-affirming care dispute

The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors — now controlled by members appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin — has scheduled a Feb. 21 special meeting to discuss UVA Health’s decision to resume gender-affirming medical care for patients under the age of 19. The university-affiliated health system suspended treatments in late January after a federal executive […]

Feb 18, 2025

Hampton University achieves prestigious R2 research status

Hampton University announced last week that it has obtained Research 2 designation — making it one of the few historically Black colleges and universities to do so. The university received the designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, which ranks research institutions based on the volume and breadth of their research activity. […]

Jan 30, 2025

UR students launch food startup — for school credit and profit

Lindsay Batten never thought she’d become a CEO before leaving college, but the University of Richmond senior is beginning her final semester as head of a brand-new startup. The company — which will produce a newly conceived pesto Caesar salad dressing called Envee — is the result of a marketing class focused on entrepreneurship, Bench […]

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