BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news podcast: Farida Jalalzai joined Virginia Tech's "Curious Conversations" to talk about the state of female leadership globally with a focus on the United States. She shared how she believes the U.S. compares with other nations in terms of female political representation, the challenges women face in the U.S. political landscape, and the impact of gender roles on women's leadership opportunities. She also shared the insights  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. Virginia Tech experts available to discuss headlines in the news Presidential race a dead heat with 21 days to go With only three weeks to go until Election Day in the United States, polling in the presidential contest betwe  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle C. Reid issued the following Weekly Reflections on Oct. 14, 2024: * * * Hello Team FCPS! What a great time of the year!! I so enjoy the season and appreciate the warmth of the weekend as well as the fall temperatures ahead. I trust each of you found time to get outside and feel the changing of the seasons as well as finding time for rest and reflection. So many opportunities .... In good news, the Virgin  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Have you ever walked down a city street or at least tried to walk down a street and found yourself picking your way around or carefully through a tangled mass of electric scooters? As these rentable electronic transportation solutions become more prevalent across cities, towns, and even college campuses, they bring their own form of congestion and sidewalk snarls along with them. Brook Kennedy, an associate professor of  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Intelsat, a provider of satellite and terrestrial network and inflight connectivity, issued the following news: Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, provided the U.S Army with new, flexible, and fully managed multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) support, following the completion of the Army's first-ever multi-vendor SATCOM as a Managed Service (SATaaMS) Pilot contract. "The government understands   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- BlueHalo, a provider of capabilities and technologies across space, air and cyber domains, issued the following news release with Leonardo DRS on Oct. 14, 2024: * * * Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) and BlueHalo announced today the successful live-fire demonstration of a new Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Directed Energy (DE) Stryker designed to defeat Group 1-3 UAS with multiple kinetic and non-kinetic defeat technologies. During last month's demons  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: A group of students and faculty from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine organized an outreach event with the Monacan Indian Nation, providing mentorship and guidance to Tribal high school and college students who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine. The day-long event featured hands-on learning activities and a panel discussion focusing on medical students' personal experiences with medical school.   more

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 15 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: * * * Project to enhance reliability for more than 3,000 customers in four West Virginia counties * * * FAIRMONT, West Virginia - FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) subsidiary Mon Power has been awarded $5 million in federal funding by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for a project that will enhance electric service reliability for customers in parts of rural West Virginia. The fundin  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: To the university community, Virginia Tech resides on the homeland of the Tutelo/Monacan Peoples, financed and founded through the forced removal of Native nations via the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862. Today, we recognize this history, the Native peoples' continued relationships with their lands and waterways, and their sovereignty. We commit to changing the trajectory of Virginia Tech through explicit material  more

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Oct. 14 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: BUCKHANNON, West Virginia West Virginia Wesleyan College welcomed six new trustees to the Board of Trustees during Friday's Founders Day Convocation bringing years of experience across diverse fields including education, health care and law. Sam Fox '86 earned his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 1980 and is a health care layer at Flaherty Sensabaugh and Bonasso PLLC in Charle  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 14, 2024, with associate professor Carole Ivey and assistant professor Glenda Watkins: * * * 3 questions, 2 minutes, 1 lesson with Carole Ivey and Glenda Watkins, who co-lead a course with occupational therapy graduate students that might have you rethinking James Bond and Marvel movies. * * * cRam Session is a VCU News feature that highlights the breadth of offerings in the VCU Bulletin course c  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Asia Rorick's civic-minded opossum is attracting a following during election season. * * * By Leila Ugincius Having won Richmond's first-ever "I Voted" sticker contest in April, recent Virginia Commonwealth University graduate Asia Rorick is now seeing her "voting opossum" design in its natural habitat: With early voting under way the 2024 presidential election, the opossum is popping up all ove  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: E'lisia Davis is making her mark on her community through her work with local animal shelters. Davis, Class of 2025 at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has spent six weeks developing nutrition guidelines for pets at three local shelters: Pulaski County Animal Shelter, Montgomery County Animal Care and Adoption Center, and the Humane Society of Montgomery County. Not only has Davis helped individual  more

GLOUCESTER POINT, Virginia, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science issued the following news: By John Wallace Once locally extinct, bay scallops along Virginia's Eastern Shore appear to be making a comeback. After several years of exponential growth, the results of the annual population survey show the density of bay scallops in southern coastal bays has reached nearly 0.07 scallops per square meter. Scientists at Virginia Institute of Marine Science's East  more