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Released: 27-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Welcome to the Beatles: Virginia Tech students publish fresh perspectives on the Fab Four
Virginia Tech

18 Virginia Tech history students recently collaborated on writing and editing a book on the iconic rock band, the Beatles. Available now online as an eBook and for purchase through Amazon, “Welcome to the Beatles” brings fresh perspectives on the Fab Four from writers not even born 25 years after the group last played together.

Released: 25-Sep-2018 9:05 PM EDT
National Chiropractic Health Month Starts on Oct. 1: Get Moving!
American Chiropractic Association

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and chiropractors nationwide are promoting the benefits of movement to overall health as well as the prevention of back pain during National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM) in October.

Released: 25-Sep-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Nelson Lung Cancer Screening Study Confirms NLST Results - Widespread Testing is Vital
American College of Radiology (ACR)

The Nelson Study, presented at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer, showed that lung cancer screening in high-risk patients reduced lung cancer deaths by up to 44%. Wider screening is needed. Doctors must prescribe these exams. Medicare reimbursement must be increased to support screening.

Released: 24-Sep-2018 11:50 AM EDT
For ‘Meet the Press’ Producer, Darden Executive MBA in DC Area Was a No-Brainer
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Natalie Cucchiara (Class of 2020) is a senior coordinating producer on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” When Darden opened its new facilities in Rosslyn, Virginia — across the Potomac River from D.C.— it opened a whole slate of new possibilities for aspiring MBA students like Cucchiara.

Released: 24-Sep-2018 9:45 AM EDT
An Expensive Lesson in Economics: Trump and the WTO
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Donald Trump has taken the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, imposed tariffs on European, Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum, and levied a first batch of tariffs on Chinese imports — announcing this week the plan to tariff an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods.

   
Released: 21-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Affordable Care Act: Study Reveals Surprising Gapsin HIV Care Providers’ Knowledge
University of Virginia Health System

Providers in states that expanded Medicaid were more likely to believe that the law would improve HIV outcomes, the study found. However, providers in all states agreed that the law would improve healthcare outcomes in general for their HIV patients.

Released: 18-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Global Perspectives on Early Stage Startups: Leading European Accelerator Visits UVA Darden
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Directors from APX, a Berlin-based venture accelerator visited the Darden School of Business recently to share a European perspective on venture creation and acceleration with students and faculty, further strengthening the ties between the School and Europe’s startup community.

   
Released: 17-Sep-2018 1:00 PM EDT
New credit legislation to improve consumer financial protection, Virginia Tech expert says
Virginia Tech

New legislation which takes effect September 21, 2018 will allow consumers to freeze their credit at no cost. From a financial perspective, there’s no reason not to do this, according to Virginia Tech's Travis Mountain.

Released: 17-Sep-2018 12:50 PM EDT
Kosmos Innovation Center: A P3 Partnership
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Kosmos Innovation Center facilitates the development of entrepreneurs and businesses, with a focus on the agribusiness sector. A partnership between three organizations, it is led by Kosmos Energy, a global energy company; DAI Global, an international development company; and Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology.

   
Released: 17-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Do Rock Climbers Seek Out High Risk Climbs?
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

The sport of rock climbing is gaining international attention, having been approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games. But news headlines about the sport are still dominated by reports of gruesome injuries and near-death falls. Are rock climbers going out of their way to seek these risks? A new study published in Risk Analysis: An International Journal reveals that decreasing the level of injury risk at a climbing site generates substantial welfare gains for climbers.

14-Sep-2018 3:20 PM EDT
World's First Passive Anti-Frosting Surface Fights Ice with Ice
Virginia Tech

From delayed flights to power outages, ice buildup can cost consumers and companies billions of dollars every year in lost efficiency and mechanical breakdown. New research from Virginia Tech hopes to change that.

Released: 14-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Four Huge Social Issues UVA Darden Is Tackling Head-On
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The UVA Darden School of Business is betting that the companies that most successfully navigate incidences of racial bias among their employees, issues of sexual harassment and other social ills — and do their part to get rid of them — will be the most successful companies of the next century.

   
Released: 14-Sep-2018 8:05 AM EDT
That’s the Spirit: UVA Darden Alumni Make Mark in Surging Craft Spirits Business
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Two Darden alumni distilling on opposite coasts and making radically different products are in many ways emblematic of the movement, each trading successful financial careers to pursue a passion to craft a handmade product on a human scale.

   
Released: 13-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT
VLBA Measures Asteroid's Characteristics
Long Baseline Observatory

In an unusual observation, astronomers used the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to study the effects on radio waves coming from a distant radio galaxy when an asteroid in our Solar System passed in front of the galaxy. The observation allowed them to measure the size of the asteroid, gain new information about its shape, and greatly improve the accuracy with which its orbital path can be calculated.

Released: 12-Sep-2018 2:05 PM EDT
GBT Upgrade to Sharpen Telescope’s Vision
Green Bank Observatory

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded more than $1.3 million to upgrade its Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia with an innovative precision laser ranging measurement system.

7-Sep-2018 11:00 AM EDT
New Technology Transforming Vaccine Development Through Faster Viral Detection
LumaCyte

Potential to speed vaccine response to emerging infectious diseases

Released: 11-Sep-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Cancer Survivor Advocates From Houston and San Antonio Win ASTRO Survivor Circle Awards
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

or only the second time, two cancer survivors were selected to receive the annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Survivor Circle Award. Susan Rafte, a Houston breast cancer survivor, will be honored at an award ceremony on October 23 during ASTRO’s 60th Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The second recipient, veteran William Fults of San Antonio, will be posthumously awarded the honor.

Released: 11-Sep-2018 7:00 AM EDT
Press Briefing on Recent Clinical and Preclinical Advances in Focused Ultrasound
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Revolutionary Noninvasive Therapy Shows Promise for Immunotherapy and Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Enable Treatment of Neurological Disease and Cancer

10-Sep-2018 8:45 AM EDT
Researchers Identify a Potential Strategy in Fight Against Brain Cancer
Virginia Tech

Scientists with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute say a gene involved in the body’s sleep cycle is a potential target for therapies to help patients with a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma. This discovery, to be published in the journal Scientific Reports on Tuesday, Sept. 11, points to a subtype of a particular gene that apparently is enabling the survival of cancer cells, although it is more commonly associated with circadian rhythms — the body’s 24-hour biological clock.

Released: 10-Sep-2018 2:05 PM EDT
UVA Darden Announces New Members to Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced three recently elected members of the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees

   
Released: 10-Sep-2018 1:05 PM EDT
UVA Darden Announces New Leadership Board Members
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced the election of new members to its Alumni Association Board of Directors, Corporate Advisory Board, Dean’s Diversity Advisory Council and Global Advisory Council.

Released: 10-Sep-2018 1:05 PM EDT
DREAMS: A P3 Partnership
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The DREAMS public-private partnership helps girls develop into Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe women. DREAMS utilizes a multisector approach to reduce HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.

   
5-Sep-2018 2:00 PM EDT
Fierce Winds Quench Wildfire-Like Starbirth in Far-Flung Galaxy
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers using ALMA, with the aid of a gravitational lens, have detected the most-distant galactic “wind” of molecules ever observed, seen when the universe was only one billion years old. By tracing the outflow of hydroxyl (OH) molecules – which herald the presence of star-forming gas in galaxies – the researchers show how some galaxies in the early universe quenched an ongoing wildfire of starbirth.

Released: 6-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
West Virginia First-Generation College Students Get Major Boost to STEM Opportunities
Green Bank Observatory

West Virginia’s First2 STEM Student Success Alliance has received a total of $2,406,954 in new funding as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES grant program, which helps to develop and maintain a diverse, innovative workforce in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

Released: 6-Sep-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Single-Dose Drug Can Shorten Flu Symptoms By About a Day, Studies Suggest
University of Virginia Health System

A single dose of a new influenza drug can significantly shorten the duration of the illness in teens and adults, according to a study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

Released: 5-Sep-2018 11:45 AM EDT
The Digital Age Requires a New Way of Working
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Global high-speed connectivity, smart technology infused into every business function, consumers linked and empowered through social media, and Big Data generated by the Internet of Things throughout one’s ecosystem and value chain — these realities will produce high cognitive and emotional demands on humans for the highest and fastest levels of critical and innovative thinking.

   
Released: 5-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT
No Harm, No Foul? Video Replay and Fans’ Views of Referees
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Lalin Anik found that fans believe VAR leads referees to take more risks and make more mistakes. Her research — which is awaiting peer review — specifically focused on soccer’s 2018 FIFA World Cup, which used video review for the first time this summer.

   
Released: 4-Sep-2018 4:30 PM EDT
Stem Cell Models, Estimating Risk without Animals, and More Featured in September 2018 Toxicological Sciences
Society of Toxicology

Papers on stem cell methods and models in toxicology; comparative toxicogenomics and AOPs; machine vs. animal models; pesticides and asthma; and estimating risk without animals featured in latest issue of Toxicological Sciences.

   
Released: 29-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Design Thinking Powers Ideas to Improve Vulnerable DC Citizens’ Financial Health
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Jeanne Liedtka’s courses on design thinking have influenced those beyond the classroom setting.

   
Released: 29-Aug-2018 10:30 AM EDT
Two Texas cancer charities selected to receive ASTRO Survivor Circle Grants
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

Two Texas-based nonprofits, Candlelighters of El Paso and the Light and Salt Association, have been named the recipients of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2018 Survivor Circle grants. Each organization will receive a $10,000 grant to aid their cancer support programs and will be recognized at an award ceremony on October 23 during ASTRO’s 60th Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

Released: 29-Aug-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Toward Adequate Housing for All
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

UVA Darden Professors Frank Warnock and Veronica Cacdac Warnock bring their financial acumen to bear on one of the most pressing needs in the world — adequate housing.

   
Released: 28-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Muscle Disease Patients Gather to Learn About Myositis
Myositis Association

TMA hosts its Annual Patient Conference at the Louisville Marriott Downtown on September 6-9. With more than 500 myositis patients and family members in attendance, this conference promises to be the largest in TMA history.

Released: 28-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
The Surprising Keys to a Successful Career in Data
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Four of the Top 10 emerging positions in LinkedIn’s fastest-growing postings of 2017 involve the use of data in some way — including data scientist and big data developer, among others. In response, data and analytics courses have become popular and growing parts of MBA program curricula, with the Darden School of Business no exception.

Released: 28-Aug-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Macy’s, Fortive, Hilton Executives Headline UVA Darden Leadership Speaker Series This Fall
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business will welcome leading executives from the retail, industrial technology and hospitality sectors as part of the fall Leadership Speaker Series (LSS) in October and November of 2018.

Released: 27-Aug-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Lake Kivu Coffee Alliance: A P3 Partnership
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The Darden School of Business’ Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships to present the annual P3 Impact Award, which recognizes leading public-private partnerships that improve communities around the world.

Released: 26-Aug-2018 3:05 PM EDT
The heart: Digital or analog?
Virginia Tech

Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found evidence that may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart — a discovery that potentially can lead to new insight into medical problems such as heart arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death.

Released: 24-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
7 Steps of Design Thinking
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Understand the 7 steps of Design Thinking by UVA Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka

   
Released: 22-Aug-2018 9:05 AM EDT
UVA Darden Welcomes Record-Breaking Class of 2020
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Virginia community formally welcomed the Class of 2020 on 20 August as a talented group of 335 First Year students began their two-year journey through the world’s best MBA education experience at a morning ceremony in Abbott Auditorium.

Released: 21-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
UVA Darden and Virginia Community Capital Extend Application Deadline for 2018 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Virginia Community Capital (VCC) today extended the application deadline for the 2018 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards, which recognize Virginia businesses that demonstrate sustained vitality in communities facing challenging economic conditions.

   
Released: 21-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Drawn to Charlottesville, UVA Darden Alumni Make Big Impact on Life of the Community
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Alumni of the UVA Darden School of Business span the globe, with a thriving network of 16,000-plus spread across 90 countries. They hold leadership positions at top companies in New York and Beijing, San Francisco and Delhi. However, the pull of Darden’s geographic home in Charlottesville remains impossible to resist for many.

Released: 21-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Griha Pravesh: A Public-Private Partnership
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

UVA Darden's Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships to present the annual P3 Impact Award. Griha Pravesh, one of the five finalists, helps low-income populations in India achieve affordable housing, improved living conditions and financial inclusion.

   
Released: 17-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
First Science with ALMA’s Highest-Frequency Capabilities
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

A team of scientists using the highest-frequency capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered jets of warm water vapor streaming away from a newly forming star. The researchers also detected the “fingerprints” of an astonishing assortment of molecules near this stellar nursery.

Released: 16-Aug-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Empowerment Through Ideas: Teaching Effectuation in Pakistan
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Dr. Shahid Qureshi is determined to make the world a better place through effectuation, the set of principles for entrepreneurial decision-making developed by Darden’s Professor Saras Sarasvathy, based on a rigorous study of expert entrepreneurs.

   


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