
UVA Comm School grads in demand: Good sign for economy?
Employment numbers from the UVA McIntire School of Commerce offer one encouraging sign among many as the University of Virginia’s Class of 2015 prepares to officially enter the job market.

Employment numbers from the UVA McIntire School of Commerce offer one encouraging sign among many as the University of Virginia’s Class of 2015 prepares to officially enter the job market.

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, will invest $6.015 million to expand and consolidate its manufacturing and assembly operations at its facility in the Town of Christiansburg in Montgomery County. The project will create 100 new jobs.

A Virginia Tech scientist has discovered that bioluminescence may not have originated as a means to ward off predators, but instead evolved as a way to survive in harsh climates — at least in one millipede.

The Virginia Environmental Endowment today announced awards of more than $240,000 to protect and improve the region’s natural resources and environment.

Unlike the Great Wall of China, a 5,000-mile fortification dating back to the 7th century BC that separates northern China from the Mongolian steppe, the Great Green Wall of China—otherwise known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program—is the biggest tree planting project on the planet.

Retired Augusta County Board of Supervisors chairman Wendell Coleman announced on Wednesday that he is seeking a spot on the ballot for the Wayne District seat that he held for two four-year terms.

As many as 140 protesters from across Virginia and Maryland greeted Dominion Resources executives and board members arriving for the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday morning, in a sign of the growing citizen backlash over the company’s dirty energy investments and dirty politics.

Virginia Commonwealth University announced today that it will lead an initiative to test how big data can support public health and social policy in San Diego County, California.

More than 150 major rivers and streams flow into the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia’s most well-known estuary. This historically significant body of water has also provided livelihoods for fishermen, recreation for locals and visitors that flock to the region, and of course has been a vital water source for residents for hundreds of years.

Teaching our kids about sustainability and green living is one of the most important things we can do to safeguard the future of humanity and the planet we inhabit.