ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 19 -- BlueHalo, a provider of capabilities and technologies across space, air and cyber domains, issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * BlueHalo Awarded $30.7M Contract to Support U.S. Navy's Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response Program POTTSTOWN, PA. - BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense through industry-leading underwater robotic systems, today announced it has been awarded a $30,735,784 contract to provide syste  more

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, March 17 -- Christendom College posted the following news: * * * Christendom Goes Back-to-Back with Thrilling National Championship Win Christendom women's basketball: national champions again. In a Saturday night thriller, the team edged out Miami-Hamilton University 63-60 to become the first team in school history to win back-to-back national titles. This championship -- even more so than last year's -- was the ultimate testament to the grit, preparation, and faith   more

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, March 18 -- Christendom College posted the following news: * * * Christendom Professor Publishes Latest on Irish Music Duo Christendom College history professor Dr. Christopher Shannon recently released his latest book, Singing from the Heart: The Dady Brothers, Irish Music and Ethnic Endurance in an American City. Telling the story of the Dady Brothers, a music duo from Rochester, New York, the book explores their rise through the Irish music revival of the late 20th c  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 19 -- George Mason University issued the following research news: * * * Nonprofits are in trouble. Could more sensitive chatbots be the answer? By Benjamin Kessler In today's attention economy, impact-driven organizations are arguably at a disadvantage. Since they have no tangible product to sell, the core of their appeal is emotional rather than practical--the "warm glow" of contributing to a cause you care about. But emotional appeals call for more delicacy and pre  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Strong Job Growth and Continued Labor Force Gains RICHMOND, VA -- Governor Glenn Youngkin today highlighted the ongoing strength of Virginia's labor market, as evidenced by the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data release. According to the Current Employment Statistics ("CES" or "the establishment survey"), nonfarm payroll employment in Virginia i  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 17 [Category: BizTravel] -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings posted the following news release: * * * Hilton Bolsters Presence in Northeast India with the Signing of DoubleTree by Hilton Siliguri Sevoke Road SILIGURI, India - Hilton (NYSE: HLT), today announced the signing of its first DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Siliguri Sevoke Road, in association with Soonerio Hotels Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of the Beekay Group. This marks a strategic entry into Siliguri, West Bengal, popul  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 18 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Innovator Regina Dugan to deliver commencement address Regina Dugan, a fearless innovator who has shattered barriers in science, technology, and national security, will take the stage in Lane Stadium as the keynote speaker at Virginia Tech's University Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16. Dugan has spent her career breaking glass ceilings and rewriting the rules of innovation. She made history as the 19th d  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, March 18 [Category: BizNational Defense] -- Northrop Grumman posted the following news release: * * * Northrop Grumman's NG InSight(tm) to Demonstrate Secure Communications Integration for US Air Force Connectivity SAN DIEGO - March 18, 2025 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a follow-on contract to help the U.S. Air Force connect airborne platforms with faster, secure communications solutions. Northrop Grumman will deliver NG InSight (tm), a soft  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 18 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Project preserves Black scientists' voices and histories The Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project, launched by Virginia Tech's Center for Communicating Science, is designed to celebrate and preserve the stories of Black scientists. A commitment to action In response to the many social conflicts, riots, and challenges of recent years, Patty Raun and Carrie Kroehler from Virginia Tech's Center for Comm  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 18 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Research team studying technology implementation in health care awarded new round of Destination Area 2.0 funding The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost has awarded Destination Area 2.0 Phase II funding to a transdisciplinary team of faculty aiming to make Virginia Tech a global leader in human systems integration in health care. After receiving initial Destination Area 2.0 funding in 2023, "Bui  more

VIENNA, Virginia, March 19 -- Spire Global Inc., a provider of space-based data, analytics and services, issued the following news release: * * * Spire Global Launches Breakthrough AI Weather Models Built on NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Earth-2 Enriched with proprietary satellite data, Spire's AI-driven models deliver medium-range and sub-seasonal forecasts out to 45 days Accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs, Spire's AI models run 1,000 times faster than traditional physics-based models, enabling la  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 19 -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: * * * Artificial Intelligence Tool to Accelerate New Treatments School of Medicine scientists have created a computational tool to accelerate the development of new disease treatments that goes beyond current artificial intelligence (AI) approaches by identifying not just which patient populations may benefit but also how the drugs work inside cells. The researchers have demonstrated the   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Attorney General Miyares Leads 26-State Coalition To Protect Americans From Tren de Aragua's Threat RICHMOND, VA - Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson are co-leading 24 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging the court to lift a nationwide restra  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Miyares Secures Major Victory for Student-Athletes Against the NCAA RICHMOND, VA -- Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that a bipartisan coalition of states reached a final settlement, pending court approval, in the lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), which will reform college athletics by ending the NCAA's   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on March 18, 2025: * * * VCU researchers are developing a long-acting medication for opioid addiction Their latest preclinical study showed promising results in reducing opioid use and withdrawal symptoms. By Olivia Trani As the United States grapples with an unrelenting opioid crisis, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have reformulated an opioid use disorder medication in a way that cou  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 18 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Virginia Tech researchers publish revolutionary blueprint to fuse wireless technologies and AI There's a major difference between humans and current artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities: common sense. According to a new visionary paper by Walid Saad, professor in the College of Engineering and the Next-G Wireless Lead at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, a true revolution in wireless technologies is only   more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: * * * VMI Team Wins Best Paper in Fighting Spam and Phish LEXINGTON, Va. March 18, 2025 -- Sherif Abdelhamid, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) and outreach liaison officer for the Cyber Defense Laboratory at Virginia Military Institute, and two cadets, Benjamin Davis '26 and Dang Khoa Le '25, shared their research project findings recently at the 15th   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 19 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on March 17, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey Announces Investigation Into West Virginia Basketball Snub Charleston, W.Va. - Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General JB McCuskey announced an investigation into the National Corrupt Athletic Association (NCAA) and the NCAA Men's Tournament Selection Committee after West Virginia University (WVU) was left out of the tourname  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 19 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on March 18, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey, Industry Leaders Ask Legislature to Pass Power Generation and Consumption Act Proposed legislation opens the door for microgrids and data centers to enter West Virginia Charleston, W.Va. - Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey stood with natural resource industry and educational leaders to ask the West Virginia Legislature to pass the Power G  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, March 18 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College posted the following news: * * * WVWC Business Expo and Marketplace Planned for March 21 BUCKHANNON, West Virginia - The Black Student Union and Thomas H. Albinson II School of Business are hosting a unique event Friday to bring entrepreneurs and business professionals together for a day of networking and learning with students. Laurie Goux, director of the Center for Cultural and International Affairs, said this expo has  more