
From Amsterdam to Zanzibar: New UVA professor Jeffery Allen on writing
Jeffery Renard Allen’s habit of traveling to other countries for writing and teaching began in St. Petersburg, Russia about a dozen years ago.

Jeffery Renard Allen’s habit of traveling to other countries for writing and teaching began in St. Petersburg, Russia about a dozen years ago.

The 2016 Session of the General Assembly is now in warp speed. We are merely two weeks from adjournment, and it seems everybody is in two or three places at the same time.

It’s presidential season, and the Waynesboro YMCA is throwing its support to an outsider candidate, a 1-year-old named Zoe.

Education leaders from across the Commonwealth are applauding the House of Delegates plan to restore lottery fund distributions to local school divisions.

UVA engineering professor Patrick Hopkins will receive the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on science and engineering professionals.

The Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Appropriations proposed a two-year state budget Sunday that includes no tax or fee increases.

The 2016 Session of the General Assembly has crossed the midpoint. I voted no on a couple of tough votes, but “no” doesn’t always mean “absolutely not.”

Jim Lehman, who passed away at age 83 on Feb. 5, made an impressive mark as a historian and archivist and as director of libraries and assistant professor at EMU.

Nominations are open for the 70th annual Holiday Lake Forestry Camp, to be held June 20-25 at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox.

Senator Mark Obenshain issued the following statement today in response to the failure of the Senate of Virginia pass the charter school constitutional amendment.
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