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Governor Terry McAuliffe is announcing the winners of the first-ever Virginia Velocity Business Plan Competition that will provide $850,000 to four businesses in the bioscience or energy sectors that are looking to expand their businesses in Virginia.
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered key cellular functions that help regulate inflammation — a discovery that could have important implications for the treatment of allergies, heart disease, and certain forms of cancer.
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Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones has named Andrew Baxter as the new city fire chief.
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Farmers who previously focused their efforts on cultivating collard, turnip and mustard greens are now adding kale to their repertoires.
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In appreciation for his many years of service and extraordinary contributions to university life, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has renamed Spring Road in honor of head football coach Frank Beamer.
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New Public Policy Polling surveys in eight battleground states show great voter concern about climate change and strong support for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan seeking to slash harmful carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent by 2030.
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The floor at Cassell Coliseum has been renamed the Virginia Tech Carilion Court in recognition of a generous sponsorship of Virginia Tech athletics that will be used to fund scholarships and strategic initiatives, as well as to support public-health awareness.
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The American Red Cross is facing a looming shortage of the blood types most needed by patients and is calling on eligible donors with O negative, B negative and A negative blood to give now to prevent an emergency situation.
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The Stem Cell Transplant Program at the University of Virginia Cancer Center has received international accreditation for its use of stem cells and bone marrow to treat patients with blood cancers.
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U.S. Mark Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement on efforts to cut off all federal funding for health services provided by Planned Parenthood.
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