
Lis Schulz announced as new Bridgewater College softball coach
Bridgewater has announced the hiring of Elisabeth “Lis” Schulz as the College’s new head softball coach.

Bridgewater has announced the hiring of Elisabeth “Lis” Schulz as the College’s new head softball coach.

One of the many important parts of making a living as an agricultural entrepreneur is not only being a successful producer, but also finding markets for your goods.

A few weeks ago, Alvaro Anspach and Joseph Linzon were processing down the University of Virginia’s historic Lawn, celebrating their graduation with thousands of their classmates. Now, they are taking orders and helping customers at a restaurant across the street.

U.S. News & World Report has placed Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU in the new 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU ranked No. 48 in nephrology.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Elephant Auto Insurance, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Admiral Group plc, will invest $2 million to expand its U.S. headquarters operation in Henrico County.

A team of Virginia Tech undergraduate students’ research work on the history of tuberculosis in Virginia is currently on display at the Staunton Public Library.

In a finding important for preventing the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and 22 other institutions have determined that the duration of antibiotic treatment for complicated abdominal infections can be cut by half and remain equally effective.

Virginia Commonwealth University and its strategic partner the International Institute of Higher Education Morocco will lead the inaugural Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy in Casablanca, Morocco, this fall.

The optic nerve could be the microscope into brain disorders that scientists need. An underdeveloped optic nerve – one that never fully developed its cells or one whose cells died off – could indicate other dysfunctions in the brain.

Non-human rights is a term coined by animal welfare activist and lawyer Steven Wise, who has campaigned for three decades to achieve actual legal rights for members of species other than our own.
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