Transcript: President Obama delivers the State of the Union
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Transcript of President Obama delivering the 2015 State of the Union address to Congress.
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Virginia Tech engineer developing a self-centering beam to better withstand earthquakes
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Economic losses from earthquakes are often devastating. The financial damages from earthquakes in Chile in 2010, Japan in 1995, and California in 1994 were $30 billion, $100 billion, and $20 billion respectively.
Washington and Lee hosts lecture by Harvard professor Tommie Shelby on The Case of Disadvantaged Black Men
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Tommie Shelby, professor of African and African American studies and professor of philosophy at Harvard University, will give a lecture at Washington and Lee University on Wednesday.
State Senate committee kills minimum wage bill
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In a party-line vote this afternoon, Republicans on the Senate Commerce & Labor Committee defeated Senator Dave Marsden’s SB 681, a bill to raise the minimum wage in Virginia to $10.10.
Virginia Tech engineers look into wastewater pollution issues to modernize Caribbean communities
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For the past three years, Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering students and faculty advisers Mark Widdowson and John Novak, have spent considerable time in the Caribbean but the journeys were not of the recreational variety.
Virginia Tech’s Linsey Marr studies health impacts of engineered nanomaterials
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Virginia Tech professor Linsey Marr is now among a handful of researchers in the world who are addressing concerns about engineered nanomaterials in the atmosphere.
Richmond sets records in rout of Davidson, 89-63
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Just 48 hours after a tough road loss in double overtime, the Richmond Spiders played 40 minutes of dominant basketball in an 89-63 win over Davidson.
EMU, Sichuan University of China sign cooperation agreement
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Eastern Mennonite University and Sichuan University of Arts and Science, located in central China, signed an agreement on Jan. 13 to “promote academic exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and communication between teachers and students.”
Augusta County Historical Society offers Library of Congress tour
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The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library and the repository of a remarkable collection of photos, maps, recordings and historical items.
Moving beyond flame retardants
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Putting flame retardants in furniture seemed like a good idea back in the 1970s to help protect against the risk of fire, but our insistence on safety has come back to haunt us.
