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Jason Williamson is a firm believer that University of Virginia students need not wait until after graduation to run their own businesses. In fact, he wants to give them the money they need to get started – as long as they use it for a charitable cause.
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Cell phones are this generation’s cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning Forum at Eastern Mennonite University. Holsopple, a visual and communication arts professor, and Stutzman, professor in the Bible and religion department, teamed up to talk about “selfie culture” and the potential side-effects of this social phenomenon.
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Food and entertainment companies are using captivating and lucrative cartoon characters like Tony the Tiger to market unhealthy food products to children, a Virginia Tech researcher found.
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A team of scientists led by Virginia Tech researchers has received a $950,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the ways that ideas and behaviors are spread through large social networks like Twitter.
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Vanessa Pogreba/Hearing Healthcare of Virginia: “As our business grew we noticed our website was not keeping pace with our needs. It also felt out of date and not appealing. We were also not seeing the web traffic we would expect even taking into consideration our clienteles average age. We had our industry’s “GURUs” working on it for over a year and their determination was our area just was not going to produce the results.
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As recent media reports have detailed, more than 200 unheard voicemail messages were erroneously deleted from the Shenandoah Valley Social Services (SVSS) Child Protective Services (CPS) intake line last year.
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The hottest hairstyle, the latest extreme sport, the newest viral stunt – trends happen for a reason and now scientists have a better understanding of why.
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Shenandoah Valley Social Services announced today that its director, Elizabeth Middleton, is leaving her position on July 31 to lead the Department of Social Services in Orange County, Va. Middleton, who announced her departure to local social services staff via email on Tuesday, cited personal reasons.
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A $200,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation will give science, peacebuilding and digital media students at Eastern Mennonite University opportunity to work together on a stream restoration project in a rural community about 30 miles from campus.
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“I’m pretty sure I’ve got ebola.” This was my friend Eli. Who tends to be a hypochondriac. In addition to conspiracy theorist and the rest. Guy watches a lot of news.
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