james madison's montpelier

National summit at James Madison’s Montpelier will create new approaches to teaching slavery

AFP

Nearly 50 of the nation’s leading academics, public historians, and descendant community advocates convened at James Madison’s Montpelier this weekend to develop new guidelines for how cultural institutions and historic sites teach and interpret slavery by successfully engaging descendant communities.

Smartly containing the cloud increases computing efficiency, Virginia Tech researchers find in first-of-its-kind study

Chris Graham

Not too long ago booting up a computer meant there was time for a lengthy coffee break even before the workday started. For a decade now though, thanks to the cloud, computers have accessed information from virtual machines that exist in the ether, allowing software to launch quickly on demand.