VCU Board of Visitors sets 2015-2016 tuition and fee
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The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors this week approved a budget for 2015-2016 that includes an increase in tuition and mandatory fees of about 3 percent.
Search Results for research
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‘Junk DNA’ holds key to a new detection method for ovarian cancer
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute of Virginia Tech have discovered new possibilities for detecting ovarian cancer using microsatellite variations.
Major NIH grant funds UVA schizophrenia project
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Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will seek to identify the genetic causes of schizophrenia as part of a major project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to better understand how genetic variation in brain cells affects human health and disease.
National collaborative to test how big data can improve population health
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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.
Warner, Wyden, Rubio introduce the Student Right to Know Before You Go Act
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced legislation that would provide college-bound students powerful new tools for comparing colleges and universities on measures such as total cost, likelihood of graduating, and potential earnings.
UVA oral history project finding unique vantage point of civil rights era teachers
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Civil rights leader Gardner C. Taylor, a close friend of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in March at the age of 96. His death is a poignant reminder to scholars working to preserve the stories of civil rights leaders that time is short.
The buzz about bees
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Athough the “buzz” about bee declines makes headlines, excites public concern and warrants a White House Task Force on the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators, bees are still in jeopardy.
For Virginia Tech scientists, saving the Chesapeake Bay is all in a day’s work
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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.
2014 was another banner year for state’s aquaculture industry
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Findings of the 2014 Virginia Shellfish Aquaculture Crop Reporting Survey showed another banner year for shellfish aquaculture, with farmers selling $55.9 million in oysters and clams last year.
Washington and Lee University Mock Convention Spring Kickoff on May 6-9
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The Mock Convention Spring Kickoff will be May 6-9 at Washington and Lee University and will include The Capitol Steps, a Washington-based troupe of congressional staffers turned songwriters and political satirists; a presidential issues panel; and two speakers.
