
New smart construction research center planned for Falls Church
Virginia Tech is planning to establish a center for smart construction in Falls Church in collaboration with top national commercial construction firm HITT Contracting.

Virginia Tech is planning to establish a center for smart construction in Falls Church in collaboration with top national commercial construction firm HITT Contracting.

Embody Inc., a Norfolk-based medical device company developing novel collagen-based technologies for soft tissue repair, will invest $5 million to expand its headquarters at Innovation Research Park at Old Dominion University in the City of Norfolk.

CJ Jones, Alysiah Bond and Tori Jankoska have been hired as assistant coaches by Virginia women’s basketball coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, and Chris Toland will join her staff as assistant strength and conditioning coach.

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present their highest honors, the 2022 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in Architecture, Citizen Leadership, and Law, on April 13.

Blue Ridge Community College has been recognized by the Virginia Economic Developers Association for its advanced manufacturing training program developed in response to the Shenandoah Valley’s struggle to recruit and retain employees.

Eric W. Bond, superintendent of Augusta County Public Schools, has been named the Region V Superintendent of the Year.

Virginia’s new head women’s basketball coach, Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, aka Coach Mox, comes to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia having posted a 74-15 record over three seasons at Missouri State.

Virginia voted in 2020 to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 38th state to do so, pushing the measure past the required three-fourths majority to make ERA the 28th Amendment.

Matthew Wells has been named the next director of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Albemarle County has named Candice Perkins, the current assistant director of planning & development for Frederick County, as the new county director of planning.
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