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Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Advisory Board. Top row, from left: Sanju Bansal, Dave Calhoun, Ted Colbert, Joe DeSimone, Lynne Doughtie; Bottom row: Regina Dugan, Steve Mollenkopf, Russ Ramsey, Kathy Warden, Glenn Youngkin
Sep 21, 2020

Tech Innovation Campus announces advisory board

Amid its inaugural virtual semester, the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria is already kickstarting its future tech talent production through the creation of an advisory board, for which top Virginia executives will provide guidance to the campus on business partnerships and projects.  Top executives from Qualcomm, Boeing, KPMG, Northrop Grumman, The Carlyle Group and […]

Sep 15, 2020

Va. attorney general secures $15.3M settlement for former ITT Tech students

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring secured an agreement to obtain $15.3 million in debt relief for at least 1,840 former ITT Tech students in Virginia as part of a settlement including 47 additional attorneys general and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, his office announced Tuesday. The entire settlement is approximately $330 million for 35,000 […]

Emmett Tracy
Sep 14, 2020

Emory & Henry names dean for upcoming business school

Emory & Henry College announced Monday that Emmett Tracy has been appointed as dean of its new School of Business, which will be built on the former site of Carriger Hall at the college in Washington County. Until the business school opens at an unannounced date, McGlothlin Street Hall will be home for the business […]

Sep 14, 2020

26 Va. schools make U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 list

Of more than 500 schools recognized on the U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 lists of the best universities and liberal arts colleges in the country released Monday, 26 Virginia schools snagged spots. The University of Virginia was ranked as the fourth-best public school in the country and had the highest graduation rate of any […]

Sep 14, 2020

Va. sees fewer new COVID-19 cases, deaths last week

Virginia recorded 6,164 new COVID-19 cases and 57 fatalities from Sept. 8-14, bringing state totals to 134,571 cases and 2,743 deaths, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The state’s positivity rate is 7.2%, down from 7.7% last week. Several universities are reporting COVID-19 rates among students, faculty and staff members, although the universities are […]

Vending machine with hand sanitizer and face masks at VCU
Aug 27, 2020

More college students head into quarantine as COVID-19 cases rise

RICHMOND — As more universities open, they’re collecting and releasing COVID-19 data and grappling with contingency plans for those who contract the disease. As of Thursday evening, universities across Virginia were reporting that more than 550 students, staff and faculty members have tested positive for COVID-19 since schools reopened two weeks ago, according to the […]

VCU streetscape
Aug 24, 2020

Virginia colleges reopen with COVID-19 data available

RICHMOND — Virginia college students returning to campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic have been equipped with masks, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. Now, many also have coronavirus testing data available at their fingertips. Some Virginia universities have unveiled COVID-19 dashboards to track infections as students return to campus. Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond released[...]

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.
Aug 24, 2020

UPDATED: Ex-associate claims sexual relationship involving Jerry and Becki Falwell

RELATED STORY: Despite saying earlier Monday that reports of his resignation were “completely false,” Jerry Falwell Jr. said in a late-night interview with ABC News that he tendered his resignation as president of Liberty University late Monday night. Updated, 1:30 p.m. Aug 24 A former business associate of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said in […]

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.
Aug 21, 2020

Liberty board confirms Jerry Falwell Jr.’s indefinite leave

Update, Aug. 24:  In a statement, Jerry Falwell Jr. alleges former friend blackmailed his family over affair with Falwell’s wife. At a special meeting Friday, Liberty University’s Board of Trustees affirmed the terms of Jerry Falwell Jr.’s indefinite leave of absence and the terms of employment for the school’s acting president, Jerry Prevo. “The decision […]

P. Srirama Rao, left, and Everett Carpenter. Photo courtesy Virginia Commonwealth University
Aug 20, 2020

Two VCU faculty named senior members of National Academy of Inventors

Virginia Commonwealth University announced Tuesday that two faculty members have been named as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors, an organization for inventors in academia. Srirama Rao, VCU’s vice president for research and innovation, and Everett Carpenter, a chemistry professor in the College of Humanities and Sciences, were two of 38 academic inventors […]

Aug 19, 2020

Virginia Tech launches COVID-19 dashboard

Virginia Tech on Wednesday launched an online dashboard that the university will use to keep track of COVID-19 test results and the number of students in on-campus isolation spaces. “Our comprehensive plan to manage the additional cases expected as the Blacksburg campus is repopulated includes close collaboration with our campus experts and community partners,” Virginia […]

Allen McFarland. Photo courtesy Liberty University
Aug 18, 2020

Liberty University names interim chairman

Liberty University announced Tuesday it has appointed the vice chair of its board of trustees, Allen McFarland, as the board’s interim chairman. He will serve in this role while Chairman Jerry Prevo serves as acting president and Jerry Falwell Jr. is on an indefinite leave of absence from his positions as the Christian university’s president […]

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