CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2023, by State Sens. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, and Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia: * * * As your State Senators for the 13th Senatorial District, the home of West Virginia University, we take our responsibility of representing the University very seriously, and we understand that many of our constituents are employees and students of the University. Politically, we don't agree on everything  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: Breyana Stewart, a rising senior at Virginia Commonwealth University, is spending the summer interning at a Richmond public relations firm and at the Richmond International Film Festival. A grant from VCU's Internship Funding Program is helping her seize the opportunities and gain professional experience in her field. As a mass communications major with an emphasis on public relations in the Richard T.   more

AUBURN, Alabama, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Four Auburn University faculty members have been selected for the 2023-2024 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. * Robert Boyd, assistant provost for Institutional Effectiveness and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences * Virginia A. Davis, Daniel F. and Josephine Breeden professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering * Latif Kalin, professor and the Promotion and Tenure Commi  more

BARBERTON, Ohio, Aug. 18 -- Babcock and Wilcox Enterprises, a provider of energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets, issued the following news on Aug. 17, 2023: On August 16, 2023, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Fidelis New Energy has selected Mason County, W. Va. to invest $2 billion in a hydrogen production facility and microgrid project called The Mountaineer GigaSystemTM. As part of the Fidelis H2TM Technology Alliance, B&W will provi  more

BETHANY, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Bethany College issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2023, by President Jamie Caridi: * * * The College is committed to the safety and well-being of our campus community. Over the past six months, we have been assessing the quality and capabilities of our Department of Public Safety. I commissioned this assessment to ensure our Department of Public Safety can provide services and respond to situations in a manner commensurate with our peer institutions   more

HAMPTON, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Hampton University issued the following news release: Hampton University is upholding its commitment to commissioning the brightest minds for its greatest works with the appointment of Dr. Adebisi Oladipupo as Vice President of Information Technology. With a sterling track record of harnessing technology to drive societal impact, he is poised to reshape the technological landscape, equipping the university with the tools to pioneer breakthroughs that will resonate  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Marshall University issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Marshall University's Dr. Robin O'Keefe has led research that was published today on the cover of the prestigious journal Science and demonstrates that the extinction of ice age mammals -- dire wolves, sabretooth cats, horses and other species -- was driven by a series of catastrophic fires in Southern California. O'Keefe, a professor of Biological Sciences at Marshall, and hi  more

SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Shepherd University issued the following news on Aug. 18, 2023: In order to strategically right-size the administrative organization of its academic units, Shepherd University has streamlined its number of academic Colleges to three. The new structure creates the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the College of Business, Recreation, and Education; and the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Nursing. "The change   more

SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Shepherd University issued the following news: Shepherd University's fall President's Lecture Series kicks off Tuesday, September 12 with a talk by Dr. Linton Wells titled "Public Service, Shepherd International, Disruptive Technology--A Challenging and Fascinating Future Awaits." Wells is assistant secretary of defense for networks and is information integration and U.S. Department of Defense chief information officer. During his talk, Wells will addre  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today announced Dr. Elizabeth Garner Masarik, an assistant professor of history at SUNY Brockport, as the inaugural fellow for the Dr. Virginia Radley SUNY Fellowship Program. The fellowship was announced in March of 2023 in honor of Women's History Month. Through this fellowship, Dr. Garner Masarik will have the opp  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- PBS issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: The glamorous period drama series HOTEL PORTOFINO returns for a second season on Sunday, October 15 at 8 p.m. ET across all PBS platforms (check local listings). Natascha McElhone (Californication, The Crown) stars in the six-part series following an elite yet dysfunctional British family who open a hotel for upper-class travelers on the magical Italian Riviera during the Roaring '20s. HOTEL PORTOFINO will  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons issued the following memorandum on Aug. 18, 2023: * * * TO: Division Superintendents FROM: Dr. Lisa Coons, Superintendent of Public Instruction SUBJECT: Local School Board Compliance with Virginia Code Sec. 22.1-23.3 As you know, the Virginia Department of Education issued the final Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools on July   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Ruder will be honored for her work with two colleagues on an NSF-supported research project focused on process skills in undergraduate STEM classrooms. * * * The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society has named Suzanne Ruder, Ph.D., associate chair and professor in the Department of Chemistry in the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Humanities and Sciences, and t  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: One Virginia Tech researcher wants to spread awareness about the science of breastfeeding, particularly for pregnant women with opioid use disorder and their advocates. August is National Breastfeeding Month, which celebrates mothers and lactating parents and spreads awareness to support breastfeeding and human milk feeding. Mothers should not breastfeed or express breast milk for their infants if they are using  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine alumnus and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute inventor create a tool to analyze patenting efficiency as a metric for moving health discoveries from lab bench to patient bedside. * * * By Leigh Anne Kelley When it comes to translational medicine, Robert Gourdie is among the 2 percent of "super-producers," National Institutes of Health-funded scientists at U.S  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Hundreds of people are still missing and rubble scorched ground is all that is left after wildfires decimated parts of Maui. Lahaina is facing years of rebuilding, as very little is left of the tourist town. Liesel Ritchie is a disaster resilience expert and associate director of the Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech. She has traveled to disaster sites all over the world to work with communities and e  more