LEWISBURG, West Virginia, Aug. 10 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news on Aug. 9, 2023: Abigail Patterson '25, of Charleston, West Virginia, was in her sophomore year of high school when she discovered her passion for medicine. Today, Patterson is a student at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W.Va., and a participant in the "Go D.O." Early Scholars Program, which allows Wesleyan students to be accepted to medical school at the West Virginia School of Osteopat  more

BETHANY, West Virginia, Aug. 10 -- Bethany College issued the following news: * * * Names Everett Wine as Inaugural Head Coach * * * Bethany College Director of Athletics Brian Sansom is pleased to announce the addition of women's wrestling, making Bethany the third school in W.Va. to add the sport. "There is substantial momentum for women's wrestling across the nation, which makes this an ideal time for Bethany to create more competitive opportunities for highly competent and capable femal  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 11 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: The City of Alexandria's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) celebrated a successful season during its closing ceremony on Friday, August 4. During the program, 202 Alexandrians aged 14-21 gained over 30,000 hours of cumulative paid work experience and learned skills to prepare for the job market. Program participants, business partners, and City leaders attended the closing ceremony.   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 9 2023: * * * Yesterday, Ohio voters cast their ballots in a special election, stopping in its tracks the GOP's thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for Ohioans to protect their right to choose. Pro-choice Ohioans' victory yesterday is the latest in a series of defeats for far-right anti-choice extremists. After yesterday's victory for Ohio Democrats, DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker released t  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- George Mason University issued the following research news: * * * A new "mega-study" consisting of dozens of simultaneous, independently designed experiments-shows that competitions have no automatic impact on our morality. * * * Academic research is tapping into the power of the crowd, thanks to an emerging paradigm known as the "mega-study." Instead of one experimental design with a single set of parameters, mega-studies utilize a diverse array of sim  more

HAMPTON, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- Hampton University issued the following news release: Hampton University President Darrell K. Williams has promoted 28-year higher education veteran, Joy Jefferson, to Chief of Staff. As Chief of Staff, she will act as an advisor and strategic partner to the president and support the university's executive team in the implementation of the president's priorities as detailed in the strategic plan. Prior to her promotion, Joy served as Vice President and Executive As  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, a renowned researcher, patient-care provider, educator and leader, to chair its Department of Pediatrics and serve as physician-in-chief for UVA Health Children's. Misra comes to UVA from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, where she serves as chief of the Division of P  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- MITRE issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: MITRE is collaborating with Robust Intelligence, an AI solutions provider, to enhance a free tool to help organizations assess the supply chain risks of publicly available artificial intelligence (AI) models online today. The collaboration also includes work with Indiana University to develop automated risk assessment tools. The availability of sophisticated models in public repositories has made it easier fo  more

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 11 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and WJHL-TV, the Nexstar Media Inc. television station serving Tri-Cities, Tennessee, parts of Virginia, and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation will donate $6,500 to the Make-A-Wish East Tennessee. The donation was presented to Make-A-Wish during WJHL-TV's annual telethon, designed to raise awareness   more

SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- Shepherd University issued the following news: Three Shepherd University students presented their research at the 16th Annual WVU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium at West Virginia University on July 27 in Morgantown, West Virginia. Chemistry majors Jacob Doyle, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and Georgia Thaler, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, presented their research in organic synthesis and chemical education respectively. Doyle and Thale  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: Unexpected new insights into how COVID-19 infects cells may help explain why coronaviruses are so good at jumping from species to species and will help scientists better predict how COVID-19 will evolve. Throughout the pandemic, there has been much discussion of how COVID-19 infiltrates cells by hijacking a protein called ACE2 found on human cells. But the new research from the Schoo  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news on Aug. 9, 2023: Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen deployed as Task Force Cardinal returned to Virginia Aug. 1, 2023, after supporting Operation Lone Star in Texas since July 8. The troops staffed observation posts and conducted roving patrols along the border between Texas and Mexico to observe and detect potential illegal border crossings and criminal activities and reported to Texas law enforcement  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 11 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Berkley Insurance Company, a subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Corporation, will invest $6.1 million to expand its current location in Henrico County by assuming an additional 8,920 square feet of office space to accommodate growth in its Berkley Aspire, Berkley Mid-Atlantic Insurance Group, and Verus Specialty Insurance businesses. Virginia   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- The Virginia House Democrats issued the following news: Democratic Leaders from the Virginia House of Delegates released the following statements after voters in Ohio affirmed access to abortion services, pushing back against Republican attempts to circumvent democracy ahead of November's referendum: "Abortion is on the ballot across the country and we know if MAGA Republicans have their way abortion will be banned in Virginia," said Virginia House Democratic Cau  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: A snapshot of projects spanning 20-years of work created by the Center for Design Research in the School of Architecture at Virginia Tech is on display at the Branch Museum for Architecture and Design in Richmond through Sept. 10. "Modeling a Vision: Design, Technology, and Impact" explores a convergence of projects and process while advancing questions about the future of learning, making, and practice. The Cen  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Guoliang 'Greg' Liu of the Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of recycling plastics -- from milk cartons, food containers, and plastic bags -- into soap. The method: Heat the long carbon chains in the plastics then quickly cool them. * * * A team led by Virginia Tech researchers has developed a new method for upcycling plastics into high-value chemicals known as surfactants, which are us  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Virginia Tech physicist Kevin Pitts is part of a global research team that has measured a subatomic anomaly not yet explained by modern physics. * * * In its most precise measurement to date, an international group of 200 scientists working at Fermilab has shown that a subatomic particle called the muon does not behave in a way predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, which has long helped ph  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- Virginia Union University issued the following news: Virginia Union University was one of 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities to receive the first Innovation Grants from the National Center for Entrepreneurship, a partnership between Howard University and PNC Financial Services. The awards were presented at the inaugural Howard University and PNC Black Commerce Conference in Washington, D.C., in June 2023. The National Black Commerce Conference is a ne  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: The WV Secretary of State's Office registered 1,387 new businesses statewide during the month of July according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Gilmer County led the state in the percentage of new business growth through July with a total of eight new business registrations, a 2.45% increase. The Secretary of State's Business & Licensing Division repo  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 10 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release: The Democratic members of the West Virginia House of Delegates took a historic caucus vote Tuesday, Aug. 8 to select Delegate Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, as their next minority leader. Hornbuckle, 37, first was elected to the House in 2014, and works as a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Huntington. He will be the West Virginia House of Delegates' first Black floor leader. "It is my hon  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: A West Virginia University study of American English and Spanish speakers' pronunciation of certain consonants could change linguists' understanding of how people learn to speak. In prior research, Jonah Katz, associate professor in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, had observed unusual patterns for consonants between vowels across "language after language." Katz's observations led him to   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: Researchers at West Virginia University want to know why people with Type 2 diabetes commonly develop heart disease, a major cause of death among this population. To understand why the system that carries proteins needed to fuel the heart dysfunctions in people with Type 2 diabetes, scientists will use diabetic animal models to examine the part of cells -- the mitochondria -- that generates the p  more