Governor’s EMS Awards announced at annual EMS Symposium
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The 2015 Governor’s Emergency Medical Services Award winners were recently announced at the 36th annual Governor’s EMS Awards Ceremony in Norfolk.
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Computational thinking will help students become better scientists
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A team of researchers led by a Virginia Tech faculty member has received $1.25 million from the National Science Foundation to introduce computational approaches to help students learn chemistry in an environment that encourages scientific discussion.
Sexual assault, Title IX workshop to feature state, local experts
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A statewide workshop focusing on the prevention of sexual assault on college and university campuses – and how to handle it if it does happen – will be held Friday, Nov. 20, at Wintergreen Resort, and will feature presenters from Bridgewater College, the Virginia attorney general’s office, the department of education’s office of civil rights in Washington, D.C., and many others from the educational community.
The EPA Clean Power Plan oversteps federal authority
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Something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama administration has announced its new Clean Power Plan. In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants, the administration is implementing new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that raise troubling legal issues.
EMU sending three runners to NCAA Cross Country Championships
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For the second year in a row, Eastern Mennonite University will be sending three cross country runners to the NCAA National Championships.
Global development fair highlights UVA commitment to global education
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The University of Virginia is taking its international offerings to a new level this week, bringing global development pros to Grounds for a new career and recruitment event that will place Wahoos in jobs and internships around the world.
Annual gala concert features rare opportunity to hear ‘Concert Selections from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS’
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Leonard Bernstein’s “MASS,” commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy for the 1971 dedication of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., is subtitled “A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers.”
EMU senior Hannah Chappell-Dick wins ODAC cross country title, adds to career honors
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For the first time in 13 years, EMU has an individual cross country champion. Hannah Chappell-Dick (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) continued her incredible senior season by winning the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championships Saturday, Oct. 31 in Bridgewater.
Shenandoah National Park plans to use biocontrols to manage non-native hemlock woolly adelgid pest
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Shenandoah National Park officials plan to release a predatory beetle, within the boundaries of the Park, to help control the spread of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). HWA is an invasive insect that has devastated hemlock forests throughout the eastern United States. In Shenandoah, roughly 95% of hemlocks have been killed by this destructive pest.
Virginia joins multi-state coalition supporting economic, environmental and health benefits of clean air
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Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that Virginia will join a coalition of seventeen other states and seven major municipalities taking legal action to support the Clean Power Plan, a national pollution-reduction strategy that will combat the impact of climate change on Virginia’s economy, coastal communities, the military, agriculture and forestry industry, and the health of Virginians.
