FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, April 6 -- Christendom College issued the following news: Student-athletes from Christendom's men's and women's basketball teams earned numerous awards from the USCAA and Eastern States Athletic Conference (ESAC) following their remarkable 2023-24 seasons, as announced by both organizations. Men's basketball star John Paul Vander Woude was named the USCAA DII Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year, while two members of the women's basketball team earned All-American  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 6 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: As the season brings warmer weather, the City of Alexandria's Department of Transportation & Environmental Services (T&ES) will resume paving and street maintenance operations, expected to run through November 2024. The City is responsible for the maintenance and repair of sidewalks, alleys, and more than 561 lane miles of road. The City's paving, patching, sidewalk, and alley program is scheduled to beg  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news: * * * The seminar serves as William & Mary's incubator for investigative reporting. * * * Sharp Journalism Seminar students at William & Mary shared insights from their year-long research and writing journeys to an audience of more than 40 students, staff and faculty March 26 in the Grimsley Board Room. The four-credit, two-semester seminar, which is a partnership between the Charles Cente  more

ATHENS, West Virginia, April 6 -- Concord University issued the following news release: Concord University has been awarded a Continuing Grant under Track 2 of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program in the amount of $2,317,725 by the National Science Foundation. The funds have been granted for a program titled Utilizing Wrap Around Mentorship and Virtual Reality to Prepare and Sustain STEM Teachers in Rural High-need Schools. The purpose of the project is to increase the number of highly   more

ATHENS, West Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- Concord University issued the following news release: Concord University's Department of Social Sciences is hosting the annual CU Research Festival on Friday, April 12 from 9:45 AM to 3 PM. This is an annual event to celebrate research conducted by students. Research presentations will be held in the State Room of the Jean & Jerry L. Beasley Student Center from 9:45 AM-12 PM. Keynote speaker, Dr. Erik Augustson will speak from 12-1 PM, followed by a s  more

HERNDON, Virginia, April 5 -- Deltek, a provider of enterprise software and information solutions for project-based businesses, issued the following news release: Deltek, the leading global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, announced that it has achieved FedRAMP Moderate Ready status by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP(R)) and is now listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace. Deltek Costpoint GCCM's FedRAMP Moderate Ready status means that a   more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University's Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy will end the 2023-2024 academic year with a lecture by POLITICO editor, author and lawyer Peter Canellos titled "John Marshall Harlan and the Power of Dissent." The event, which is free and open to the public, is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. Canellos's lecture will focus on the me  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 6 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Jessica Perea Houston, New Mexico State University chemical and materials engineering professor, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows during a formal ceremony in Arlington, Virginia, March 25. "It is an honor to be chosen as part of the 2024 Class of Fellows," Houston said. "I am humbled to be selected and part of this group of  more

RADFORD, Virginia, April 6 -- Radford University issued the following news release: Radford University welcomed back one of its own, Marty Smith '98, for a special production on March 23. Smith, now a prominent figure on ESPN, hosted a three-hour show called "Marty & McGee," which was broadcast live from the School of Communication TV studio. Students in Michael Meindl's Media Production class played a crucial role in the production, providing assistance with various aspects of the show. Smith  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Brian McNeill Quayde Stuckey, a junior kinetic imaging major, is performing his electronic music composition, "Marsh in July" in a dark classroom in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts Depot Annex. His classmates lounge on blankets and listen intently. Stuckey was one of six students in VCUarts Department of Kinetic Imaging's Data Sonification class who performed their music at a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By A.J. Hostetler, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health Rows of attentive faces, name tags and lots of coffee marked the first day of "MASH School," a two-day training program hosted last week by Virginia Commonwealth University's Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health. The participants - 15 of Brazil's top hepatologists - had traveled to Richmond to  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Troutman Pepper client Littlejohn & Co., a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has acquired United Air Temp, Air Conditioning and Heating (UAT), a leading provider of HVAC and plumbing services to residential homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. Read a company press release about the acquisition. Founded in 1931, UAT provides heating and cooling system installation, repair  more

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Lynchburg issued the following news on April 5, 2024: The University of Lynchburg's 2024 Student Scholar Showcase, an annual celebration of student research, will take place throughout the day on Wednesday, April 17, at several venues on campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a variety of academic talks and performances. More than 140 students have registered to present their research or other academic ac  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced a victory against the Biden Administration's Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") mandate that forces businesses to track and report greenhouse gas emissions. Virginia joined a 25-state coalition in securing a temporary, nationwide block on President Biden's extreme climate mandate while the lawsuit continues. The man  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin along with Representative Bobby Scott, Representative Rob Wittman, State Senator Louise Lucas, State Senator Angelia Williams Graves, State Senator Danny Diggs, State Senator Christie New Craig, State Senator Emily Jordan, Delegate Bonita Anthony, Delegate Jackie Glass, Delegate Phil Hernandez, Delegate A.C. Cordoza, Delegate Cliff Hayes, Chesapeake Mayor R  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today took additional action on legislation sent to him by the General Assembly, including signing 88 bills that reinstate the Virginia Minority Business Commission, and give local governments the ability to regulate locations for tobacco products by ordinance. In addition, the Governor amended 11 bills, including a bill to allow the City of Petersburg to  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Sian Wilkerson Emily Richardson has always been a writer. As a kid, her command of language took the form of creative writing. Now, she's putting her passion to work in the field of journalism. "There was never a question about if I was going to be writing or not," said Richardson, who will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in mass communications and a minor in gender, sexuality and women's st  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By David Pulgar, VCU College of Engineering James Vulcanoff, a mechanical and nuclear engineering graduate student, wants to improve power production efficiency in the realm of renewable energy. Their work using computational fluid dynamics will be featured at the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering's Research Showcase on April 10, where graduate students such as Vulcanoff wi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services posted the following news release: In the past few weeks, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has received an increasing number of reports of sick or dead birds in the eastern part of the state with the first report provided by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in early March. Preliminary testing indicates that the likely cause is H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Confirmator  more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: Dr. Donald McCabe, professor emeritus at Rutgers Business School, researched cheating among 1,800 college students, and found that 15% turned in a fake term paper, 84% cheated on written assignments, and 52% plagiarized one or more sentences for a paper. Having to check for plagiarism on every student submitted paper, only adds to the already burdensome workload for teachers. So, what is the solution? Abigail  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice today announced that First Lady Cathy Justice underwent successful hip replacement surgery at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. "Our family is very thankful Cathy's surgery went extremely well. I want to thank Dr. Dietz and all of the amazing folks at WVU Medicine for their great work and professionalism. I also want to thank everybody for their thoughts and   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: With a heart for patients in rural West Virginia, the same compassion was in play when West Virginia University School of Dentistry students and faculty visited Antigua, Guatemala in March. A team made up of three faculty members and seven students spent several days at Hospital Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro where they saw an average of 25 patients a day.   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: A West Virginia University School of Public Health student recently teamed up with graduate students from regional universities to participate in the fourth annual Super Analytics Challenge. Tiffany Salamone, a student in the Master of Health Administration program, applied to the challenge after encouragement from Thomas Bias, Ph.D., associate professor in t  more