BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 12 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * In memoriam: Frederick Spencer Hall Jr., Division of Facilities Spencer Hall, retired assistant vice president of facilities, passed away on Jan. 31.  Hall was born to Frederick "Fred" Hall and Wynona Wall Hall on Jan. 29, 1941. A Christiansburg native, Hall graduated from Christiansburg High School in 1959. It was there that he played football, was a member of the state championship track team, and met his wif  more

NEWBERRY, South Carolina, Feb. 13 -- Newberry College posted the following news: * * * Newberry to host second anti-human trafficking conference NEWBERRY -- Newberry College will host its second annual Shedding Light on Human Trafficking & Exploitation Conference. The event will be held Friday, April 4, at the College's Center for Teacher Education, 1121 Speers St. The conference will feature sessions covering every aspect of human trafficking and providing resources on how to recognize and  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Feb. 13 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: * * * Savannah River reaches regulatory milestone on tank waste closure The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management said it has reached a regulatory milestone ahead of schedule in preparing radioactive waste tanks for closure at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. DOE-EM said it received concurrence in January from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES  more