NASCAR embarks on third annual Race to Green effort
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To commemorate one of the most innovative and holistic sustainability platforms in the country, NASCAR announced its third annual NASCAR Race to Green™ initiative.
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UVA study: Cancer diagnoses will rise as population ages
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Cancer is a leading cause of death in Virginia and researchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service project that the rate of growth in new cancer cases will far outpace the growth of the population in the next 25 years, due to the overall aging of the population.
UVA receives highest designation for epilepsy centers
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UVA Health System has been recertified as a provider of the highest level of epilepsy care.
TEDxVirginiaTech announces 2015 theme of ‘Kaleidoscope,’ calls for speaker nominations
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“Kaleidoscope” will be the theme for TEDxVirginiaTech 2015 on Nov. 19 at the Moss Arts Center. TED enthusiasts and great speakers, thinkers, and doers are invited to “give the talk of a lifetime” at the fourth annual event.
Augusta Historical Society presents program on first African-American landowner west of the Blue Ridge
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Augusta County was once America’s frontier … a rough place of tough settlers and endless struggle. The Augusta Historical Society offers a trip back to that exciting, difficult time at its Annual Spring Banquet April 27.
Jefferson Trust Grants to support 14 projects at UVA
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From supporting the preparation of the next generation of professors and school leaders to providing a platform for collaborative research at micro and nano scales, the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, awarded 14 grants totaling more than $600,000 to various University entities Friday.
USDA reminds farmers to certify conservation compliance by June 1 deadline
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers that the 2014 Farm Bill requires producers to file a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification form (AD-1026) with their local USDA service center by June 1, 2015, in order to become or remain eligible for crop insurance premium support.
Graduates have good chance of putting ag degrees to work
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Degrees in agriculture—as well as mining, teaching, medicine, physics and chemistry—are among the most desirable in the current job market, according to a recently released report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
Student-managed Washington and Lee investment fund gets $4.5 million infusion
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Washington and Lee University’s Investment Committee recently voted to turn over the management of an additional $4.5 million of endowment funds to the Williams Investment Society, a student-managed investment fund.
Mouth, as well as gut, could hold key to liver disease flare-ups
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In a recent study, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers predicted which cirrhosis patients would suffer inflammations and require hospitalization by analyzing their saliva, revealing a new target for research into a disease that accounts for more than 30,000 deaths in the United States each year.
