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VCU cuts ribbon on new College of Health Professions Building

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Published date: March 19, 2019 | 12:19 pm
Updated: March 19, 2019 | 10:20 am
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The VCU College of Health Professions celebrated a monumental step Monday, cutting the ribbon on a 154,000-square-foot building that will provide a unified space for its faculty, staff, students and nationally ranked programs.

To slow malaria, cure mosquitoes with drug-treated bed nets

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Published date: March 19, 2019 | 11:13 am
Updated: March 19, 2019 | 10:15 am
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For decades, one of the strongest weapons against malaria has been a one-two punch: low-tech mosquito bed nets to physically block biting, treated with deadly insecticides to kill the mosquitoes.

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Drug hunters awarded $2.8 million to develop a drug to treat multiple sclerosis

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Published date: March 19, 2019 | 6:46 am
Updated: March 18, 2019 | 8:48 pm
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Webster Santos, professor of chemistry and the Cliff and Agnes Lilly Faculty Fellow in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has received a $2.8 million award to discover drugs to inhibit a small molecule transporter.

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Agricultural entomology student seeks slug management strategies in the Shenandoah Valley

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Published date: March 19, 2019 | 12:00 am
Updated: March 18, 2019 | 8:24 pm
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One year into a long-term research project, Kirsten Brichler thinks she might be moving toward a familiar conclusion.

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Girls to experience joys of STEM at annual JMU conference

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Published date: March 15, 2019 | 5:08 pm
Updated: March 15, 2019 | 2:10 pm
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Girls in grades 6-9 from across Virginia will become disease detectives during a workshop on epidemiology at the 12th annual Expanding Your Horizons math and science conference for girls Saturday at James Madison University.

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Kaine bill addresses teacher, principal shortages

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Published date: March 12, 2019 | 5:02 pm
Updated: June 1, 2025 | 4:23 pm
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U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Preparing and Retaining Education Professionals (PREP) Act to address teacher and principal shortages, especially in rural communities.

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Blacksburg growth to fuel Innovation Campus

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Published date: March 9, 2019 | 12:11 am
Updated: March 8, 2019 | 2:55 pm
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The $1.1 billion higher education package approved by the General Assembly this month was designed to build a talent pipeline for Virginia to help attract Amazon and solve a critical shortage for the state.

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Warner, Rubio, Wyden reintroduce Student Right To Know Before You Go Act

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Published date: March 7, 2019 | 2:17 pm
Updated: June 24, 2025 | 5:42 pm
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) today reintroduced legislation to ensure that a wide range of comparative data about higher education programs is more readily available for prospective students and their families.

Oldest frog relative found in North America

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Published date: March 4, 2019 | 12:11 am
Updated: March 3, 2019 | 1:18 pm
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A team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech’s Michelle Stocker and Sterling Nesbitt of the Department of Geosciences have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in North America. 

Drone traffic-management program selection for UAS integration

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Published date: February 27, 2019 | 12:05 am
Updated: February 26, 2019 | 12:16 pm
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The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership is adding another major federal program to its list of prestigious drone-integration initiatives. 

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