BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 27 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Katie LaVallee has been appointed interim university attending veterinarian and director of the Animal Resources and Care Division. Effective Dec. 1, LaVallee is responsible for overseeing the care and use of animals used in research, testing, and teaching across Virginia Tech. "I've had the opportunity to interact with numerous investigators and research staff at Virginia Tech, which has helped me understand and appre  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 27 -- The Lilly Endowment issued the following news release: Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded grants to 15 children's museums to support innovative and creative efforts to nurture character through exhibitions, public programs and community collaborations. The grants were made through Fostering Character Through Children's Museums, a national initiative designed to help children's museums develop new or expand existing efforts that explore character traits such as c  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Nov. 27 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Travonia Brown-Huges, Ph.D., and Jamie Crocket North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Center for Outreach in Alzheimer's, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) received a five-year $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Alzheimer's disease (AD) in middle-aged African Americans. Travonia Brown-Hughes, Ph.D., COAACH  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 27 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Developing more effective treatment options for various diseases, including cancer, has become a top priority for researchers today. In order to establish new forms of treatment, numerous steps must be taken to determine if the proposed treatment method is a viable option. The testing process can be challenging. It is often difficult to get samples, limiting the number of conditions tested, and current methods to image   more