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According to a recent study published in Violence and Gender video games decrease the likelihood of producing hate material online, and researcher Jim Hawdon says “this finding suggests that violent video games may serve as an outlet for aggression, not a precursor.”
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to introduce the Opioid Response Enhancement Act to help states better fight the opioid epidemic that has put a strain on communities in Virginia and across the country.
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Marc Edwards, University Distinguished Professor and the Charles P. Lunsford Professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, has been awarded the 2018 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a bipartisan group of colleagues as a co-sponsor of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act.
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The Route 29 Hydraulic Planning Advisory Panel will hold its next meeting from 2-4 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Transportation Research Council, 530 Edgemont Road in Charlottesville. This meeting will continue discussions of the transportation improvement phase of the Hydraulic small area planning study.
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Virginia Tech has signed onto an international effort to double and diversify the number of U.S. students studying abroad by the end of the decade by joining the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad.
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A century ago this spring, an unusually deadly influenza virus began circling the world, ultimately killing tens of millions of people. That devastating outbreak — often called the 1918 influenza pandemic or the Spanish flu epidemic — will be the focus of a Virginia Tech program this summer.
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Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Weyers Cave, today highlighted his budget amendments included in the proposed House budget.
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Everybody enjoys good food and eating meals at quality restaurants. However, some restaurants offer pricey foods which not all people can afford. Today you have wide variety of options when it comes to trying different cuisines, but as mentioned, you may find some restaurants or food stores a bit more expensive.
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There truly is nothing better than getting the family together and heading out on the open road. These days most individuals prefer cruises or flights as opposed to open road traveling, but there are truly tons of things than can be seen and had when you take advantage of road trips.
