Human rights activist Alice Driver to speak at Bridgewater College
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Dr. Alice Driver, a human rights activist, will speak on Monday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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Virginia releases plan for outdoor recreation, land conservation
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Today Gov. Terry McAuliffe and First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe announced that the Virginia Outdoors Plan, Virginia’s official guide for the planning of public outdoor recreation and land conservation has been revised and is now available online.
UVa. smashes barrier to growing organs from stem cells
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Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken a major step toward being able to grow whole organs and tissues from stem cells.
Chris Graham: Why UVa. pays Tony Bennett 50 times more than the average schoolteacher
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So you read the story in the Washington Post about UVa. negotiating a raise for UVa. basketball coach Tony Bennett, and then you scan down to the comments section. And have to suppress the desire to smack yourself upside the head.
Bipartisan bill to help startups create jobs clears Senate Finance Committee
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The Senate Finance Committee today passed the bipartisan Startup Innovation Credit, which will allow Virginia startups to claim the popular Research and Development tax credit.
UVa. develops tool to check cells’ batteries
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Under the microscope, they glow like streetlights, forming tidy rows that follow the striations of muscle tissue. They are mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, and researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have created a method to illuminate and understand them in living creatures like never before.
VCU unveils rare collection of Virginia civil rights protest photographs
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Virginia Commonwealth University is hoping for the public’s help in shedding new light on a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle in Virginia with a new exhibit of 277 photographs taken during nonviolent civil rights protests in Farmville, Va., in the summer of 1963.
Sens. Warner, Kirk propose enhanced consumer protections for debit cards
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) introduced the Consumer Debit Card Protection Act of 2014 (CDCPA), designed to increase consumer protections and reduce liability caps when debit cardholders are hit by fraud. Under federal law, personal liability for fraudulent charges on a credit card are capped at $50, but the same protection does…
Randy Forbes: A real story behind ObamaCare
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Obamacare has been mired in problems from the beginning. The poorly planned roll out of exchange websites left citizens frustrated and confused. In fact, as of February, 22,000 Americans have filed requests to fix errors in their health insurance coverage that occurred because of website glitches.
Bridgewater College to celebrate Founders Day on Tuesday
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Bridgewater College will celebrate the 134 years since its founding on Tuesday, April 1, presenting three awards during the 11 a.m. Founder’s Day Convocation in the Carter Center for Worship and Music.
