Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed will be EMU’s commencement speaker
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Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed will deliver the commencement address at Eastern Mennonite University at the school’s May 3 ceremonies.
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Roundup of Climate and Energy News: March 1
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The Trump administration announced it will resume coal leasing on public lands. A federal judge in Idaho ruled that a Trump administration policy limiting public input on oil and gas leasing decisions was “arbitrary and capricious.”
New book examines pottery market in Shenandoah Valley
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Dr. Scott H. Suter’s new book, A Potter’s Progress: Emanuel Suter and the Business of Craft, examines how one craftsman in the 1800s cultivated the art of pottery and expanded markets across the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
iTHRIV funding research into depression, rotator cuffs, cancer
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The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has awarded $200,000 in pilot funding to multi-institutional research projects
Augusta County nixes dumb militia idea
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Augusta County isn’t going to call up a militia to fight gun-control legislation in Richmond. The reason: any militia formed here in the hinterlands would have to do the bidding of the governor.
Exhibit highlights African American women and their fight to vote
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Virginia Tech is highlighting African American women who fought and struggled to ensure that they were not left out of the suffrage movement.
FredNats holding emcee, PA, mascot, anthem auditions
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The Fredericksburg Nationals are holding auditions at the University of Mary Washington for emcees, PA announcers, mascots and national anthem performers for the 2020 season.
Northam announces $1.3M in grants to advance computer science education
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Gov. Ralph Northam today announced more than $1.3 million in state grants to support the implementation of Virginia’s Computer Science Standards of Learning.
Measuring air pollution with bicycle sensors and an app in DC
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When you walk or bike around your city or neighborhood, how do you choose your route? Does pollution factor into that decision? If it doesn’t, it probably should.
JMU professor looks back at the Founders on Presidents Day
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The Framers weren’t entirely focused on the moment as they were setting out the guidelines for the new nation. There was at least some thought to what future generations would think of the work they were doing.
