
VCU Health System CEO announces retirement
Marsha Rappley, M.D., CEO of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and senior vice president for health sciences at VCU, announced her plan to retire on Jan. 2, 2020.

Marsha Rappley, M.D., CEO of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and senior vice president for health sciences at VCU, announced her plan to retire on Jan. 2, 2020.

Virginia Tech faculty have long been engaged in frontline, boundary-breaking research to advance cancer treatments that help people — and animals.

The James River has been selected as the 2019 Thiess International Riverprize winner at the International Riversymposium in Brisbane, Australia.

First Lady Pamela Northam and the Office of the Secretary of Education hosted a summit on Tuesday with education leaders, policymakers, and academic researchers at the University of Virginia to discuss early childhood education in the Commonwealth.

Dr. Marcia Conston, currently of Charlotte, North Carolina, will become the next president of Tidewater Community College. She will assume the role at the beginning of 2020.

The VMI baseball team released its 2020 schedule Monday, with 55 games and 31 home contests on the docket.

Attorney General Mark Herring has joined a coalition calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to extend the timeframe for student loan forgiveness for students enrolled in schools operated by Dream Center Education Holdings that are now closed.

Laura Farmer has been named VDOT’s new chief financial officer, following an extensive search and competitive recruitment process.

A free two-day conference Oct. 17-18 at Eastern Mennonite University will bring together community stakeholders for discussions and planning around reducing incarceration and recidivism in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

Dan Veach, the founder and editor emeritus of the Atlanta Review, will read from his most recent poetry collection, Lunchboxes, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Bridgewater College.
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