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Lynch to run against Kaine

Courtney Lynch, a Marine Corps veteran and founding partner of Lead Star consulting firm, announced her interest in pursuing the Democratic nomination for the 2012 Virginia Senate race last week.


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Bill to aid research and commercialization

Virginia Sen. Mark Herring, D-Loudoun, and Sen. Steve Newman, R-Forest, are co-sponsoring legislation which would create three separate programs to accelerate technology research and commercialization throughout Virginia, including one to attract professors and researchers to commonwealth colleges. The legislation also creates a program intended to help companies commercialize technology projects and an expanded Research Matching Funds Program, which will help research institutions match and leverage federal and private funding for research and commercialization, Herring explained.


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City Council approves next year

[caption id="attachment_43353" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The budget, which stayed relatively stable from last year, includes changes in alternate transportation and school funding.


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Students offer blessings

[caption id="attachment_43293" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students and community members of various faiths presented President Sullivan with songs, prayers, poems and gifts last night in St.


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Faculty salaries barely increase

Full-time faculty members at American colleges received a modest pay raise of 1.4 percent this year - a figure only slightly higher than last year's half-century low of 1.2 percent - according to an annual report released Monday by the American Association of University Professors. "Faculty salaries have been stagnating for the last couple of years," said John Curtis, AAUP director of research and public policy.


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Rule may let schools release student data

The Department of Education proposed an amendment last Thursday to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that would grant states the flexibility, when deemed necessary, to divulge private student records to ensure taxpayer funds are being invested in effective programs. By making data more readily available to research groups, the writers of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making claim the amendment would facilitate states' abilities "to evaluate education programs, build upon what works and discard what does not, increase accountability and transparency and contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in education," according to the summary posted on the government website. NPRM deals with discrete issues about student IDs and directory information.


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Technology helps diagnose soldiers

[caption id="attachment_43226" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Dr. James Stone, an assistant professor of radiology and medical imaging, led a team in researching diagnostic techniques for brain injuries.


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UNC violates speech right

In a decision professors are hailing as a triumph of academic freedom, the Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals ruled last Wednesday that the denial of a promotion to Criminology Prof.


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Pell Grants may face reduction

A proposed federal budget for the 2012 fiscal year threatens to slash funding for Pell Grants, which provide financial aid for low-income students. Pell Grants are federal grants sponsored by the U.S.


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New sorority on Grounds receives charter

[caption id="attachment_43100" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Amy Krouse, the national president of Sigma Delta Tau, attended the ceremony to present the national charter to the more than 70 new members of the 16th national sorority of the Inter-Sorority Council.

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