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The University of Virginia has named Dr. David S. Wilkes as dean of the School of Medicine. A board-certified specialist in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, Wilkes is executive associate dean for research affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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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.
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The Paramount Theater will welcome Kathy Griffin to the stage on Friday, June 19th, 2015 at 9 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online or through the Box Office.
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A fourth-inning Steven McLean sacrifice fly broke a 4-4 tie, and two Turks relievers made it hold up in a 5-4 win over Waynesboro Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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On Saturday, June 20, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will look back at that period with a Sesquicentennial conference, “The Rocky Road to Peace”: 1865 and the Post-War Era in the Valley.
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Emmett Hanger bristles when it is suggested that he isn’t a conservative, for good reason. The 20-year veteran of the State Senate of Virginia has the endorsements of the National Rifle Association, the National Federation of Independent Business and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, among others.
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Catcher Joe Lytle (Oklahoma City University) went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and Carlos Chavez (Oklahoma City University) worked five innings of three-hit ball to lead Harrisonburg to an 8-1 win over visiting Charlottesville Sunday evening at Veterans Memorial Park.
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke those words in a charge to Allied soldiers on the eve of the invasion of Normandy. The plans for the invasion had been a year in the making, held close and secret, and Gen. Eisenhower wrote this speech to inspire troops as they finally faced the critical operation square on.
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When former NFL center Jason Brown left the St. Louis Rams in 2012 to become a farmer in North Carolina, he admittedly had no idea what he was doing.
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The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a $1.4 billion university budget for the next fiscal year (July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016) at its meeting on campus today.
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