ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 4 -- Eagle Hill Consulting, a management consulting services provider, issued the following news on April 2, 2024: Eagle Hill Consulting has been named a Pacesetter in Workplace Strategy in the Management Consulting category for 2024 by ALM. After evaluating a wide field of providers, ALM analysts selected Eagle Hill as one of 18 Innovators across four market segments. Among the 18, Eagle Hill was one of four companies to earn the top designation of Pacesetter. "We'r  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, April 4 -- VCOM - Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news: The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)-Carolinas is proud to announce a significant stride forward in medical education and community health, thanks to a generous grant from the South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare. The grant, totaling over $400,000, marks a pivotal moment for our institution, allowing us to expand our outreach and provide innovative tra  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, April 4 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) and Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) co-signed a letter of support and cooperation between the two agencies at the FCEDA headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, on February 22, 2024. "Thank you to the KOSME delegation for visiting FCEDA's headquarters to sign this important letter of mutual support and cooperation," said V  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, April 4 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has been honored by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation as one of the Best Communities for Music Education. In its 25th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that show exceptional dedication to providing access to music education to all students. Districts are evaluated on funding, graduation requ  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, April 4 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Whitney Slightham By 2050, it's estimated that 153 million people will have a form of dementia, according to data published in The Lancet Public Health. However, new research suggests that healthy lifestyle interventions alone could significantly reduce dementia risk. "If we could change people's risk factors, whether it's their high blood pressure, or their sleep, or  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 4 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Hendrix College has named Dr. Teresa A. Garrett as Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost of the College. Garrett will join the Hendrix community on July 1 and comes to Hendrix from Sweet Briar College in Virginia, where she served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College and is a faculty member of the Department of Chemistry. "We are excited and fortunate to welcome Dr. Gar  more

CHANTILLY, Virginia, April 4 -- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the company was awarded a position on an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity multiple award task order contract by the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD). The $1 billion ceiling value contract to  more

BUENA VISTA, Virginia, April 4 -- Southern Virginia University issued the following news release: President Bonnie H. Cordon has named Deidra Dryden Southern Virginia University's new vice president of advancement and development, effective immediately. "Deidra has been a pillar of Southern Virginia University since its re-establishment," said President Cordon. "She has succeeded at so many things--teaching, coaching, leading, and developing--and has positively impacted so many lives. I'm grat  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, April 4 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: Two Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) school counseling programs have been recognized by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) as model programs and were awarded the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation for 2024 for successfully demonstrating how their comprehensive school counseling programs benefit all students. School counseling programs that received the RAMP designation ar  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 4 -- Comscore, a partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Comscore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a trusted partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, today welcomed the announcement from the U.S. Joint Industry Committee (JIC) granting it National Currency Certification as a transactable cross-platform solution. This announcement by the JIC follows Comscore's recent  more

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, April 4 -- The University of Lynchburg issued the following news: Less than a year after graduating from the University of Lynchburg with a bachelor's degree in special education -- general curriculum (K-12), Mia Sullivan '23 was named "Novice Outstanding Educator of the Year" at her school. Sullivan, a first-year special education teacher at Kerrydale Elementary School in Woodbridge, Virginia, received the award from her principal on Jan. 18. According to Sullivan, her co  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: Computer science professor Patrick Martin has received grant support for an upcoming performance highlighting his robotics research. Martin, a roboticist who joined the University of Richmond faculty in fall 2023, has received funding from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative to study human and robot interactions. Through a partnership with a colleague at Virginia Commonwealth University, and wor  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 4 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: Claire Morris, a first-year University of Richmond student, has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the CLS program provides immersive language learning opportunities for students to learn languages essential to America's engagement with the world. Selected student scholars spend eight to 10 weeks studying one of 13 critical languages, including Arab  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, April 4 (TNSres) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: Two University of Virginia Cancer Center experts in gynecologic cancer have outlined simple steps to improve cancer prevention for millions of rural and medically underserved Americans, as well as increase access to clinical trials that are the proving grounds for cutting-edge treatments. Approximately 20% of Americans live in rural areas, and they face substantially higher cancer de  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed HB 633 to combat Labor Trafficking. By enacting this bill, Governor Youngkin has sent a clear message that Virginia is committed to protecting workers, stands firm against exploitation and is steadfast in its resolve to promote a workplace environment where every worker is respected, valued, and protected. The governor signed five additional p  more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, April 4 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: Do certain characteristics of a neighborhood affect crime? If so, what are those characteristics? That is what Noland Griffith '24, a Virginia Military Institute cadet majoring in economics and business, sought to find out in his honors thesis, "An Exploratory Analysis of Crime From Randomly Selected Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia." According to Griffith, there are different aspects of crime that affec  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Gov. Justice today announced plans for the installation of eight new murals in the historic West Virginia State Capitol Rotunda. These beautiful artworks, which will depict iconic state scenes and landmarks, are set to be installed between April and November of this year. "Our State Capitol is already one of the most stunning in the nation, and the addition of these mur  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Gov. Justice announced today the West Virginia Water Development Authority (WDA) has approved 18 new Economic Enhancement Grant Fund (EEGF) projects worth $38,171,352.00. In April 2022, Gov. Justice called a special session to fund the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund, at the time securing an initial amount of $250 million. Since then, the program has seen exceptional su  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, April 4 (TNSres) -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Researchers interpret satellite imagery and employ traditional field methods to increase understanding of Arctic carbon sequestration. * * * By Laura Grove Two tandem satellites snap a photo of the same Arctic site from different angles, creating a three-dimensional image. Thousands of miles from the site, William & Mary student researchers retrieve the image from a server to gather   more