
Melina R. Kibbe named dean of UVA School of Medicine
The University of Virginia has named pioneering physician leader Melina R. Kibbe, MD, as 17th dean of the UVA School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer for UVA Health.

The University of Virginia has named pioneering physician leader Melina R. Kibbe, MD, as 17th dean of the UVA School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer for UVA Health.

MEP Ltd. will invest $6.4 million to establish its first U.S. operation in Cyber Park, jointly owned by the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County.

Despite their name, rare earth elements are not hard to find. These 17 heavy metals are dispersed in small amounts throughout the Earth’s crust, with some even more abundant than copper.

The excerpt of the Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending June 6 follows.

What are resourceful, masked, and green all over? Virginia Tech sustainability interns on a mission to save the Earth.

When Tara Feehan left Long Island in the summer of 2013 and enrolled at Virginia Tech, she arrived fully expecting to get a degree in biology, become a school teacher, and coach lacrosse.

A new study has found no benefit for patients with life-threatening idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in preventing hospitalization or death.

Peace Corps volunteers work in 60 countries at the forefront of some of the world’s greatest challenges. New Virginia Tech alumna Emily Dalton is now prepared to embark on her own global service journey and has the paper to prove it.

An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes the brain in ways that are apparent four decades later, according to Virginia Tech and Penn scientists writing in the June edition of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program has announced a $1 million grant to identify ecologically sound grazing practices.
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