FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Nov. 6 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news on Nov. 5, 2024: Twenty-two schools across Fairfax County Public Schools are celebrating being honored with a Green Flag award from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) through the EcoSchools U.S. program. Only 56 Green Flags were awarded nationwide! At these schools, students and teachers committed to sustainability measures that lead to enough points to earn the award. Five FCPS schools earned a silv  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: A young but burgeoning public health program, a focus on Appalachian communities, being back in Virginia, One Health, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) Ela Austin is here for all of that. Austin is the first associate dean for public health programs in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, coming to Virginia Tech after serving as associate dean, professor, and senior scientist in the School of Public Health at  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: During the month of November, the Office for Equity and Accessibility team is encouraging all protected veterans to self-identify through Hokie Team or their own human resources office. Self-identification allows Virginia Tech to recognize and support our veterans and supports strategic efforts to create and maintain diversity within faculty and staff. As part of this effort, we are highlighting some of our veterans who pr  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Ella Friedman passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Friedman was in her third semester at Virginia Tech and was in the College of Engineering. She was also a student leader in the Hypatia living-learning community in Pritchard Hall. As a student leader, she was deeply committed in supporting her fellow students by being committed to their well-being and successes. A Celebration of Life for Friedman will be held  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) awarded more than $7.4 million to support three Pell Initiative for Virginia projects to support students at Virginia Tech. The College Access Collaborative received $3,461,560 for VT GPS Graduation Plan for Success, a three-part project that focuses on Virginia-wide pre-college outreach and engagement, summer math support and tutoring, and scholarships for Summer  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Waterborne diseases affect over 7 million people in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and cost our health care system over $3 billion. But they don't impact all people equally. A campuswide collaboration is using sewage surveillance as a vital strategy in the fight against diseases that spread through the water such as legionella and shigella. The ones that are most difficul  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Safety is not only for truck drivers, but also the drivers around them. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute recently received nearly $1 million in two grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to develop and enhance tractor-trailer educational programs. "These two grants will allow us to continue transforming our research into practice," said Rich Hanowski, dir  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results from a Virginia Tech-led study provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the slushy planet otherwise known as the "plumeworld ocean" era when sky-high carbon dioxide levels forced the frozen Earth into a massive, rapid melting period. "Our results have important implicati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Wiley Rein, a law firm, issued the following news release: Wiley secured a favorable verdict on behalf of BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Inc. following a high-stakes breach-of-contract trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia's Norfolk division. BAE Systems hired a subcontractor through a firm-fixed-price subcontract worth under $2 million to support its U.S. Navy (Navy) contract to rehabilitate the U.S.S. Vicksburg, a decommissioned Navy vess  more