Virginia Tech researcher focuses on new strategies to prevent the flu
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Linsey Marr, a professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, is obsessed with flu transmission.
Search Results for environment
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Televisions bigger and greener than ever?
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According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Americans’ 275 million television sets burn through some 65 billion kilowatt hours of energy each year, representing four to five percent of U.S. household electricity consumption.
Microbeads and marine pollution
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Can brushing your teeth or using an exfoliating face or body wash be an act of pollution? Perhaps so, because over 1,000 personal care products contain tiny plastic “microbeads,” each about a half millimeter in diameter.
Virginia’s Youth Conservation Corps program accepting crew applications
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Applications are being accepted through April 15 for two three-week summer sessions of the award-winning Virginia State Parks Youth Conservation Corps (YCC).
Randy Forbes: The small business race
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Today, small business owners are in a race against more than simply the pursuit of their own dreams, or growth goals, or long-term visions for their companies.
Richmond Spiders hand No. 14 VCU 64-55 loss in rivalry game
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Richmond went to No. 14 VCU and defeated the nationally-ranked Rams, 64-55, in the Bank of America Capital City Classic at the Siegel Center.
Duke picks itself off the deck, scores huge W at #2 UVA
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Give Duke credit. The deck was stacked against the Blue Devils, with an assist from Coach K, Mike Krzyzewski, who after the loss at #8 Notre Dame on Wednesday kicked junior sixth man Rasheed Sulaimon out of the program for undisclosed reasons.
UVA President Teresa Sullivan addresses future of university
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Using the Rotunda restoration as a metaphor for overcoming challenges and preparing for the University of Virginia’s future, President Teresa A. Sullivan described a “blueprint” for the beginning of the University’s next century in a major address to the U.Va. community Friday afternoon.
Augusta County: Black and white, and read all over
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The Augusta County that I know and love is full of contradictions, good and bad, black and white, and for the time being, read all over.
Shenandoah Valley Partnership taps Carrie Hileman Chenery as new executive director
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The Shenandoah Valley Partnership Executive Committee and Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Carrie Hileman Chenery as the new executive director of the organization.
