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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy will open a satellite location this fall at the University of Virginia Medical Center. It will be the school’s second regional pharmacy education division. In anticipation of its agreement with U.Va., the School of Pharmacy admitted 10 additional students to its incoming doctor of pharmacy class in 2010…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Wednesday that the Virginia Department of Transportation advertised more than $2 billion worth of construction and maintenance contracts during 2011. Contracts include repaving, bridge repairs and replacements, intersection and safety improvements and road widenings among several other transportation projects across the state. “I tasked VDOT to push projects out the…
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Virginia head coach Mike London was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, as announced by the league on Tuesday. London becomes the fifth different UVa head footballcoach to garner coach of the year accolades. London joins a list of Bill Elias (1961), George Blackburn (1968), George Welsh (1983, ’84, ’89, ’91, ’95) and…
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Today George Allen received the endorsement of over more than 100 Tea Party leaders from across Virginia for his candidacy for the United States Senate seat currently held by Democrat Jim Webb. Allen is a heavy favorite to win the Republican Party nomination to run for the Senate in 2012. He faces a field of…
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After a stunning win just last Saturday over previously unbeaten and 12th-ranked Georgia Tech that Virginia appeared primed to build upon, the Cavaliers welcomed winless in Atlantic Coast Conference play North Carolina State University to Scott Stadium on Saturday. But the Wolfpack had different ideas on the outcome of the game and defeated Virginia 28-14,…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Virginia has landed a collaborative project to establish a facility for the testing and certification of large offshore and land-based electricity-producing wind turbines. The project, called Poseidon Atlantic, will be the first such facility in the United States and will help fill a growing need globally for facilities that…
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Nat’s Last Struggle is coming to the Hamner Theater for two performances only, Friday, Oct. 14 and Sat., Oct. 15. Nat’s Last Struggle is a powerful one-act, one-man show written by Norfolk playwright P. A. Wray. Nat Turner led the slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during August 1831; this play is…
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Virginia needed a blown two-point-conversion attempt in overtime by Idaho to escape with a 21-20 win over the Vandals here Saturday afternoon in a near-lifeless Scott Stadium. The game was played before an announced crow of just under 40,000, of which many were exiting the stadium before the overtime period even began. On the sixth…
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Opening Statement: “After watching the video, I feel the same way as after the ball game. We just need to play more consistently, which is our challenge right now. We won’t talk about injuries and we will follow the procedure there when they release something Thursday.” “If you look at Clemson, they are just flat-out…
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If suffering a home loss to non-conference foe Southern Mississippi 30-24 was not enough of a blow, the Virginia Cavaliers left Saturday’s game with a question at quarterback. Sophomore signal-caller Michael Rocco threw three interceptions and limped to the sidelines near the end of the first half after being tossed to the ground by a…
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