Education

Education: Va. colleges increase in-demand programs

Virginia’s higher education institutions grew their degree programs and, in some cases, grew physically in the last year as they sought to train students for in-demand and growing fields. In response to an increasing demand for skilled tech workers, Virginia’s universities have expanded their STEM capacities, manifes[...]

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 tech[...]

U.Va. board votes to continue gender-affirming care for existing patients under 19

During a Feb. 21 special meeting, the University of Virginia’s board of visitors voted for UVA Health to continue providing gender-affirming treatment to people under 19, but only to current patients. New patients will instead be referred to “alternative private providers” until further notice. Also, the BOV — a 17-m[...]

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 treatme[...]

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[...]

U.Va. Law dean: ‘I see myself as a steward of this place’

Editor’s note: This story by Jason Boleman originally appeared in Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Few in the legal profession can say they attended depositions and kindergarten at the same time. But that was Leslie Kendrick’s reality growing up. The daughter of a “small town mineral and property lawyer” in Floyd County,[...]

Norfolk State raises profile with STEM investments

At Norfolk State University, President Javaune Adams-Gaston sees the school’s profile rising as surely as the new $118 million science building expected to open in fall 2027. The four-story, 131,000-square-foot facility will replace one of the school’s oldest buildings, and it heralds a big STEM push at the school th[...]

Va. Tech Innovation Campus opens first academic building

The first academic building of Virginia Tech‘s Innovation Campus in Alexandria opened to students Tuesday as classes commenced. Virginia Tech started construction on the first academic building of the $1 billion campus in September 2021 and had planned to open the $302 million building in August 2024, but supply chain is[...]

Directory of medical schools in Virginia

Biz schools prep students for private equity careers

Explosive growth in private financing markets in recent years has opened new career opportunities, and several of Virginia’s business schools are expanding curricula and extracurricular activities to help students land in-demand jobs at private equity and venture capital firms. Assets in the private market are projected to[...]