RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * With a half-century of impressive achievements, the renowned physicist and materials scientist is leading VCU's new Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment. * * * By Joseph McClain, VCU College of Engineering Silver and gold have long captivated humanity. Centuries ago, natural philosophers hoped to transform common materials into these precious metals, but no amount of heat,  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 12 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release: The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced today that it is providing a $20,000 disaster relief grant to the American Red Cross Central Appalachia Region to support communities impacted by heavy rains and flash floods in the West Virginia A  more

RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Bechtel issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Bechtel today announced it has been selected by Arevon Energy, Inc., one of North America's most innovative renewable energy companies, to design and construct a new 190 MWac solar project in Posey County, Indiana. CenterPoint Energy will distribute the energy. The new solar facility is expected to produce enough clean energy to power more than 25,000 Indiana homes. The project will allow CenterPoint Ene  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, issued the following news release: Boeing [NYSE: BA] will develop and test technologies for a hypersonic interceptor prototype for DARPA's Glide Breaker program as part of a four-year effort. Boeing will perform computational fluid dynamics analysis, wind tunnel testing and evaluation of aerodynamic jet interaction effects during flight tests. "Hyper  more

DANVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Danville Community College issued the following news: Danville Community College (DCC) welcomed Dr. Carl B. Smalls as the new Vice President of Finance & Administration on Monday, September 11, 2023. Dr. Carl B. Smalls boasts a robust career where he has served as an Associate Professor of Business Administration and Coordinator of Inclusion for Impact at Guilford Technical Community College since 2014. His previous roles include President, CEO, and founding par  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: A University of Virginia engineering professor says relatively poor construction techniques and unpreparedness appear to be playing a role in the loss of life from a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck in Morocco on Friday. The quake is the latest example of a year beset by natural disasters. As rescue teams continue to sort through crumbling and crumpled buildings, many more victims' names a  more

TYSONS, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm, issued the following news: Squire Patton Boggs has advised Haines Watts South East on the sale of its business to Cooper Parry. The transaction is expected to close later in 2023, subject to closing conditions. The team advising Haines Watts South East was led by London head of Corporate Mark Yeo, and included Paul Mann, Charlotte Yeldon, James Le Seelleur, Matt Lappin, Simon Watts-Morgan, Maisie Hodges and Lucy Browett. The deal   more

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- The University of Lynchburg issued the following news: The University of Lynchburg will host "Voices of Recovery: A facilitated panel discussion on living and thriving in recovery from substance use disorder" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, in Schewel Hall's Sydnor Performance Hall. The free, public event is held in conjunction with National Recovery Month and sponsored by the University's Hornets in Recovery program, which launched in January with a $50,000 gra  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news: Its rate of growth may be slowing, but Virginia's population is still increasing with almost a half-million new residents expected to inhabit the commonwealth between 2020 and 2030, according to figures from the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The numbers show that Virginia's growth rate is expected to slow to about 5.8% over the current decade, compared to th  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Sarah Moore, VCUarts Theatre VCUarts Theatre will present the supernatural thriller "Let the Right One In" by Jack Thorne from Oct. 5-8 at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Directed by Wes Seals and adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist's best-selling 2004 novel and screenplay for the 2008 award-winning film, "Let the Right One In" tells the story of Oskar, a bullied, lon  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. * * * Nearly 2,500 killed in Morocco after rare, powerful earthquake A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday, killing thousands and injuring thousands more. International aid is on the way for search   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Change isn't instantaneous at a large university like Virginia Tech. But as a freshly minted associate vice provost in the Office of Faculty Affairs, Rachel Gabriele aims to speed up the timeline. She and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Ron Fricker don't just wait and see. In an office charged with developing support programs and improving academic personnel policies and processes for faculty, they're taking a data-dri  more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: Virginia Military Institute's Omicron Kappa Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, has been named an honor chapter for its outstanding activities in academic year 2022-23, an award that was bestowed to only 12 chapters nationwide in 2023. This is the first time in the chapter's 30-year history that VMI has earned this distinction, and Dr. Sabrina Laroussi, faculty adviser  more

DAVIS, West Virginia, Sept. 12 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Gov. Jim Justice today joined more than 300 tourism-industry members to announce West Virginia's best tourism year ever, with the industry's economic impact exceeding $7 billion last year. That number represents a 17% increase in visitor spending compared to pre-pandemic levels, far higher than the United States' overall 1% post-pandemic tourism recovery. West Virginia saw   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 12 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release: The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has approved a pipeline improvement and replacement program for Hope Gas, Inc., to be effective on Nov. 1. In approving the annual plan on Friday, the PSC received two letters of protest, but found "there was no contested information filed in this case indicating that the proposed expenditures, projects [and] revenue requirement  more