BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Yan Chen joined Virginia Tech's "Curious Conversations" to talk about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance this teaching and peer instruction in classrooms. Chen believes one potential use for AI, specifically large language models, is to monitor and analyze peer interactions in real-time. He shared the platform he and colleagues have created to do this, called VizPI, which aims to provide instructors with i  more

CHESTER, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Brightpoint Community College issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Brightpoint Community College Community College will share $50,000 grant from Truist Charitable Fund to support student parents * * * (CHESTER and MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - November 25, 2024) - Brightpoint Community College will receive $10,000 to support its College Attainment for Parent Students (CAPS) program, thanks to a generous donation from the Truist Charitable Fund. "We ar  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following news: United Airlines has invested $16 million to open a new 20,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Inflight Training Center in Fairfax County, Virginia near the airline's hub at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). Construction is underway on the new center that is anticipated to open in 2025. The center will provide safety and service training for up to 650 United flight attendants every m  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle C. Reid issued the following Weekly Reflections on Nov. 25, 2024: Hello Team FCPS! Well, what another uniquely fabulous week here in Fairfax County! As the leaves have been falling, and their bright colors fading, I am reminded that the seasons are both a reassuring cycle of life and predictable change. We have so much to be thankful for.... As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I encourage each of you   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Seymour succeeds Tricia Perkins, who is retiring from VCU in January after nearly 20 years of service. * * * By Carolyn Conlon, VCU Administration Heather Seymour will serve as Virginia Commonwealth University's interim controller. Seymour has worked as VCU's senior associate controller for the last 11 years, preparing annual financial statements, higher education reports and financial surveys;  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Signia by Hilton Amman will open in Jordan in 2025, marking the brand's international debut and making it the first Signia property outside the U.S. * * * AMMAN, Jordan - Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the signing of an agreement for a 272-key Signia by Hilton in Amman, Jordan. The signing marks the international debut of the brand and the first Signia property to be agreed ou  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: During the month of November, the Office for Equity and Accessibility (OEA) team is encouraging all protected veterans to self-identify through Hokie Team or their human resources office. Self-identification allows Virginia Tech to recognize and support our veterans and supports strategic efforts to create and maintain diversity within faculty and staff. As part of this effort, we are highlighting some of our veterans who  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 26 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP provided both legal and non-legal services to Microporous, LLC, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of battery components, as it pursues the investment of $1.35 billion in manufacturing facilities that will create more than 2,000 jobs at the Southern Virginia Megasite in Pittsylvania County. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on Wednesday, November 13 at the Southern V  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Gary Lee Wamsley, professor emeritus and well-regarded leader in the School of Public and International Affairs, passed away on Oct. 29 in Blacksburg. Wamsley was born in Falls City, Nebraska, and grew up both in Falls City and in Los Angeles. He joined Virginia Tech in 1977, where he founded the school's Center for Public Administration and Policy and served as its director. He was a dedicated teacher and advisor. I  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: A McGuireWoods trial team proved to a federal jury that an online retailer and manufacturer infringed The Pennsylvania State University's trademarks by selling unlicensed merchandise with names and vintage images associated with the university. In The Pennsylvania State University v. Vintage Brand LLC, et al., the jury found that defendants Vintage Brand, Sportwear Inc. and their founder, Chad Hartvigso  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Each year, Virginia Tech's celebration of International Education Week gives students, faculty, and staff a chance to engage in and appreciate intercultural learning, research, and collaboration. Held Nov. 11-16, this year's event connected with more than 2,000 Hokies, featured more than 15 events, and was supported by over 20 departments and colleges. The events included workshops encouraging intercultural learning a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Instructor and alum Christina Davis has a prominent role in one film, and the Humanities Research Center co-sponsored the spotlight on Indigenous stories. * * * By Haley Tenore This past weekend's Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival, which offered fresh insights into under-told narratives, featured Virginia Commonwealth University both off screen and on. Spotlighting films made b  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia issued the following news: The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) released a report today on campus food insecurity. House Bill 827 directed SCHEV to survey each public institution of higher education to identify how each addresses food insecurity. SCHEV made the following recommendations based upon survey findings: For Institutions: * Normalize asking for and accepting help. * Inv  more

VIENNA, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Spire Global Inc., a provider of space-based data, analytics and services, issued the following news release: * * * The Earth Observation Intelligence provider will leverage Spire's reflectometry data to provide daily soil moisture insights to governments, commercial organizations, farmers and more. * * * Perth, Australia - November 25, 2024 - Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) ("Spire" or the "Company"), a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space service  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The impact of gratitude can be subtle or grand, but it's always powerful. It trickles down first from graduating class to class, then from generation to generation: Hokies bequeathing a legacy of thankfulness and service. As the new director of alumni relations for the College of Science, Stephanie Byers hopes to bring stories of gratitude to life and turn the trickle into a deluge. "We all can name a professor or a pr  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Growing up on a farm in northwest Illinois, young Genevieve Raders Herrell could never have imagined her life's path. After losing her mother at the tender age of 2 and a challenging childhood, she found her escape and her calling in nursing school. This decision led her to the corridors of power in where she would spend 25 years caring for America's first families. An unexpected assignment Herrell loved nursing and b  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: If you spend any reasonable amount of time online, you've probably encountered this: A severe storm floods an urban area; reports of record rainfall start trickling in; someone posts a photo of a shark swimming on a highway, purportedly at the flood site; it gets shared widely, perhaps even by a sitting U.S. senator, and the proverbial lie makes its way around the world before the truth has a chance to catch up. This par  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Wood truss manufacturer to invest $5.5 million, creating 58 new jobs * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Carolina Structural Systems, a manufacturer of custom wood trusses and other structural wood products, will invest $5.5 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Greensville County. The company will construct a 40,000-square-foot facility in   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Nov. 26 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * VHB and MPPDC are partnering to enhance infrastructure at 11 waterfront locations. * * * The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC) and VHB will host a public meeting on December 4 at the Rappahannock Community College in Warsaw, Virginia, to capture communit  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * The biology graduate from Chesterfield embraces community service and study abroad ahead of medical school. * * * By Billy Lineberry Kathleen Russo blended her interests in medicine, language, research and travel to broaden her worldview at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Honors College student and biology major, who is graduating in December, became a licensed paramedic and worked as a v  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 25, 2024, with Professor Paul Bukaveckas, a river ecologist in the Center for Environmental Studies and the Rice Rivers Center: * * * 3 questions, 2 minutes, 1 lesson with Paul Bukaveckas, whose course offers a river of knowledge about 'current' affairs. * * * cRam Session is a VCU News feature that highlights the breadth of offerings in the VCU Bulletin course catalog and the wide-ranging expert  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Virginia Tech's Commodity Investing by Students (COINS) organization the only student-run commodities trading group in the nation earned second place at the 2024 Undergraduate Commodities Competition. The team finished right behind the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in the annual event involving collegiate teams from North America held at the University of Houston. The top five teams also included students   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Rebecca Persons DVM '20 Interim Hospitalist, Animal Cancer Care and Research Center Clinical Instructor of Community Practice at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital When did you join the veterinary college? 2020 The best part of being a faculty is? Working with amazing students on a daily basis. I enjoy watching our student doctors achieve their goals and grow over the course of four years. They truly shine once they r  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Nov. 25 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: BUCKHANNON, West Virginia A West Virginia Wesleyan College senior has earned an exclusive fellowship to intern in the West Virginia Legislature for the 2025 session. Davis Haynes '25, of Ripley, West Virginia, is a political science major and a student-athlete on the golf team. The Judith A. Herndon Fellowship is a program where undergraduates are selected to participate in the 60-day session as He  more