ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 12 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Community members, businesses, and organizations are invited to attend the next Alexandria West Plan Community Open House at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25 at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School, 1701 N Beauregard Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22311. The location is easily accessible via the FREE DASH Bus Route 35. Food, childcare, and language interpretation in Spanish and Amharic will be avai  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 11 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: The Park & Recreation Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School (1701 N Beauregard St.) to discuss the proposed Alexandria West Open Space recommendations. Following the public hearing, the Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting. The staff will present a final update on the open space plan recommendations and the commission will   more

RESTON, Virginia, June 12 -- Comscore, a partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a trusted partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Anzu for the most advanced intrinsic in-game advertising platform to measure in-game advertising campaigns using Comscore Campaign Ratings (CCR), Comscore's flagship solut  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news : Arnold & Porter Commercial Litigation senior associate Preston Smith was recently recognized as a "Pro Bono Service Champion" by the Virginia Access to Justice Commission during the 2024 Pro Bono Summit on June 6, 2024, which celebrates the progress of pro bono legal services in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commission, established by the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2013, focuses on the civil legal needs of V  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Members of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors got a glimpse into the future when a design preview of the New Business Building, the second planned academic building for the Global Business and Analytics Complex, was presented today at the Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting. To be connected to the Data and Decision Sciences Building, the new building will further define the Pamplin College of Business' next generati  more

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, June 10 -- Christendom College issued the following news: Christendom Athletics wrapped up their 2023-24 season with over 50 Academic All-Americans, as announced by the department this week. This achievement, which comes in addition to a hugely successful season for Christendom Athletics, is a testament to the hard work and dedication performed by the college's student-athletes both on and off the field. Over the course of the past academic year, Christendom's varsity sp  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 11 -- Dinsmore and Shohl, a law firm, issued the following news release: Yearly rankings by Chambers and Partners demonstrate Dinsmore's continued excellence in various areas of law, among departments and individual levels, particularly across the Firm's offices in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Chambers and Partners, a legal publishing group based in London, England, employs a team of over 200 researchers who conduct interviews throughout the U  more

ASHBURN, Virginia, June 12 -- DXC Technology, an information technology services company, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, today announced its commitment to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This reaffirms DXC's effort to make positive and meaningful contributions to reduce the ongoing threat of climate change by addressing its carbon footprint. The commitmen  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: An emerging cohesive and progressive vision for Virginia Tech's growing presence in the greater metro area was shared with members of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at their quarterly meeting held on June 11 in Blacksburg. That conversation was led by Julie Ross, the Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean of Engineering and special advisor to the president, who was tapped by President Tim Sands and Executive Vice Presiden  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: People are more than their resumes. Leaders are more than the so-called hard skills that they may have picked up in business school or in software development programs. Marisa Ronan saw that firsthand. She left a career in academia for the corporate world, and now she is working for Microsoft in Dublin, Ireland. At the multinational technology company, she leads global leadership development for cloud business operations  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, June 12 -- Inova, a healthcare provider, issued the following news release: Each year Inova provides over $1 million to nonprofit organizations working to address health equity and social drivers of health in Northern Virginia. In June, Inova's Division of Community Health and Health Equity celebrated twenty-three (23) community partners who received Inova's Health Equity Opportunities funding. Selected from more than one hundred applications, these local nonprofits provide v  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The large, brightly colored Joro spider has been sighted recently on social media in many more places than it has ever been seen in the United States, as exaggerated, misleading stories about the arachnid have gone viral. Yet they pose no threat, except perhaps to insects and to other spiders. "Joro spiders will likely continue to spread in the U.S., but they aren't the 'flying venomous spider invasion' that's been sensa  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 11 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Attorneys General from West Virginia, Alaska, Georgia, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming filed a motion late last Friday asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay implementation of EPA's new MA  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: It is a sight of summer: Along the banks of rivers and streams throughout Virginia, recreational fishers will cast lines into the water, hoping that a fish will take the bait. In urban towns and cities such as Roanoke or Charlottesville, the same lines dangle from bridges or freshwater wharfs. All of these activities are currently catagorized as "recreational fishing," but for many fishers in the U.S. and around the worl  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Efforts to improve the physical accessibility of Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus will continue with the development of another new American with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant pathway in the North Academic District. Complementing other ongoing ADA-compliant pathway improvements within the North Academic District, this new pathway will be located between Patton and Holden halls to provide even greater accessibility in  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: To bring drone spray technology to farmers' fields, Virginia Tech researchers are looking to standardize unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for herbicide spray applications. The project, led by Vijay Singh, an assistant professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Virginia Cooperative Extension specialist at the Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center, stemmed from Singh's previous research e  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Virginia Tech reported a record $419 million in extramural research expenditures for fiscal year 2023, surpassing the university's strategic plan goal of $410 million two years earlier than planned. This research growth was fueled by scholarship, creative activities, and innovation addressing critical challenges ranging from wireless technologies, artificial intelligence, climate resilience, infectious disease, invasive  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Nathan Mitchell isn't just learning how to interpret ultrasounds - he's changing the way students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine practice performing them. His passion for radiology intersected with the expertise of Fawzy Elnady, known for his innovative tissue preservation techniques and original ultrasound simulator. Together, they developed a further refined simulator, offering students at the  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: In 1994, Ms. Frizzle took her fourth-grade elementary students aboard the Magic School Bus to investigate the inner workings of a classmate's body while he fought off a cold. After they magically shrunk down the bus, they drove through the classmate's bloodstream, observed red and white blood cells working together, and endured almost being eaten by a blood cell when the bus was mistaken for bacteria. Thirty years later,  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 11 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 21 attorneys general in West Virginia v. EPA in a suit to set aside EPA's Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. The Petition for Review, which was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, was led by West Virginia and Georgia. Contrary to statute, the rule is n  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 12 (TNSres) -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release: The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has selected its eighth cohort for the iTHRIV Scholars Program. Four outstanding early career researchers from the University of Virginia will participate in this two-year structured research training and mentorship program. 2024-26 iTHRIV Cohort * Virginia Gallagher, PhD, with the Division of Memory and A  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 12 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares and 42 other state attorneys general reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. The consent judgment filed in this lawsuit addresses allegations that Johnson & Johnson deceptively promoted and misled consumers in advertisements  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 12 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a bipartisan 32-state coalition requesting that the United States Supreme Court review a decision limiting Oklahoma's authority to regulate abusive pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). In an amicus brief, Attorney General Miyares and the coalition ask the Court to grant Oklahoma's request to review a decision from the U.S. Court  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 12 (TNSres) -- The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: As the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to investigate influenza detections in dairy cattle, the agency has issued recommendations to help minimize transmission at dairy cattle exhibitions. Many of these are the same type of recommendations that have been in place for years to help reduce transmission of many diseases. While there have been no po  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 12 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 11, 2024: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin today released the following statement after the first meeting of the Preserving Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program (VMSDEP) Task Force: "I'd like to thank the Task Force for convening yesterday and bringing together Gold Star families and our Veteran community to discuss important concerns surrounding the recent VMSDEP chang  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 12 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Carry-On Trailer, a leading manufacturer of steel and utility trailers, will invest $9.2 million to increase capacity at its facility in Westmoreland County. The company will upgrade to a powder coat paint system that will allow it to produce more premium products and increase production to serve growing demand from its northeast custom  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 12 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * The National Academy of Inventors list recognizes campus commitment to research, innovation and entrepreneurship. * * * By David Oglethorpe For the second year, the National Academy of Inventors has ranked Virginia Commonwealth University among the Top 100 universities in the U.S for utility patents granted. The ranking recognizes VCU's research culture of innovation and commitment to s  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 11 meeting. Promotion to associate professor with tenure Pinar Acar, mechanical engineering Kylie Allen, biochemistry John Bovay, agricultural and applied economics David Carter, forest resources and environmental conservation Chase Catalano, School of Education Rebecca Cockrum, School of Animal Sci  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: We all know exercise is good. It helps improve overall health and prevent disease. But the reasons why exercise does that haven't been fully understood. Enter Zhen Yan, professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, who helped discover thousands of alterations in bodies after various durations of endurance exercise training. The Molecula  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, June 12 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Max Esterhuizen We all know exercise is good. It helps improve overall health and prevent disease. But the reasons why exercise does that haven't been fully understood. Enter Zhen Yan, professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, who helped discover thousands of alterations in bodies  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 11 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news release dated June 6, 2024: WV Secretary of State Mac Warner and chief election officers in eight other states joined to bring legal action against an Executive Order issued by President Joe Biden that would federalize state elections. On Tuesday, May 28, the Secretaries of State in West Virginia, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Wyoming f  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 12 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced Preston County student Molly Dalton as the winner of the inaugural SMART529 "Fund the Future" Sweepstakes $15,000 college savings prize. "It's a tremendous honor to be able to present Molly and her family with this $15,000 prize," Treasurer Moore said. "I'm thrilled this college savings award will now be able to help her  more