ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- BAE Systems issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: BAE Systems plc ("BAE Systems" or the "Company") announces that it has entered into a definitive Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from Ball Corporation for c.$5.55bn in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. The proposed stock transaction will be treated as an asset purchase for federal tax purposes, with an expected net present value tax benefit of c.$750m mak  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: The City of Alexandria's Draft Citizen Participation Plan for Housing and Community Development (Participation Plan) is now available on the Office of Housing's website. The Participation Plan is a document that provides for, and encourages, public participation and which emphasizes participation by persons of low- or moderate-income, particularly residents of predominantly low- and moderate-income neigh  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: UVA Health has named Krista Barnes as Chief Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer, where she will oversee the strategic direction of UVA Health's compliance and privacy programs. Barnes will lead UVA Health's work to protect patient privacy and comply with all federal and state laws. An experienced leader, Barnes comes to UVA Health from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGuireWoods will utilize CoCounsel, a first-of-its-kind AI legal assistant developed by Casetext and powered by OpenAI's latest and most advanced large language model, GPT-4. CoCounsel enhances the quality and timeliness of certain legal services. It quickly and accurately performs substantive tasks such as legal research, document review, deposition preparation and contract analysis, while keeping dat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority issued the following news on Aug. 22, 2023: Officials from Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) were joined by federal, state and local leaders Tuesday to break ground on the Dulles Solar and Storage project at Dulles International Airport. Once completed, it will be the largest renewable energy project ever developed at a U.S. airport. It will generate up to 100 megawatts (MW) of solar e  more

MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 23 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Western Illinois University has named Cassandra Standberry executive director of Human Resources and Title IX coordinator, effective Aug. 4. "I have more than 24 years of experience in the Human Resources field," Standberry said. "My areas of expertise lie in talent acquisition, classification and compensation, performance management, employee relations, Title IX, ADA and employee recognition." Standbe  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Eagle Hill Consulting, a management consulting services provider, issued the following news: Employee burnout among the U.S. workforce remains high (45 percent), but continues trending downward according to new Eagle Hill Consulting research. Burnout has dropped during the past year (49 percent in August 2022) and more substantially since the early months of the pandemic (58 percent in August 2020). Younger workers (52 percent) and women (48 percent) con  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: Artist Sandy Williams IV, an assistant professor of art at the University of Richmond, has been awarded three grants for public art projects in Richmond, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Williams has received funding from CulturalDC and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities to create a 6-foot wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial as a commentary on U.S. monument culture and Washingto  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: Far-right, MAGA Republicans have made no secret that if elected, they'll work to ban abortion, taking away Virginian's freedoms. In the last General Assembly session, their abortion ban was stopped by the 1-vote Democratic majority. Virginia House Democrats last week launched a new, six-figure ad campaign to make sure Virginians know their rights are at stake this November. WRIC: Virginia Democrats  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Courtney Sakry Alexander Brand, assistant professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received a $600,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to understand the physicochemical interactions between water and the primary components of cements to clarify how concrete works. Cement, when reacted with water, makes up the binding phase  more