Stephenie Overman

Jessica Moss Small, director of VIMS’ Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center, says the center is becoming “the hub of shellfish research.” Photo by Mark Rhodes

Building an ecosystem

Marine, AI, health tech bloom from W&M research

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Even though William & Mary is best known as a liberal arts “public Ivy,” it’s also a research university where professors are quietly producing innovative technology — and are less…

Ready for launch

‘Founder-focused’ accelerators boost startups

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Virginia’s version of the business accelerator doesn’t always rely on the traditional model of sponsorship by angel investors who provide capital for startups, usually in exchange for convertible debt or…

Though it’s been teaching business courses since at least 1919, the University of Mary Washington didn’t establish its College of Business until 2010. Photo courtesy University of Mary Washington

Getting down to business

UMW expands on long history of business studies

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In the late 1990s, Jennifer E. Clift was working as a secretary when her supervisor encouraged her to continue her education. She began taking business classes at the University of…

Virginia Commonwealth University student Chadwick Davilsaint worked a paid summer internship at The Conciliation Lab, a theater in Richmond. Photo by Shandell Taylor

A step up the ladder

VCU’s internship fund expands access

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Internships often help college students learn what they want to do as a profession by expanding their horizons, providing on-the-job experience or helping them change paths to follow a new…

Fighting back

Small businesses get creative battling inflation

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Inflation and supply chain problems have pushed up the price of citric acid by 200%. That’s a problem for Crystal Wellman because citric acid is a primary ingredient in bath…

Hitting home

Firm leaders contend with remote work demand

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“The stereotypical view is that every young lawyer wants to work from home,” unlike their older peers, observes Victor O. Cardwell, principal and chairman of Roanoke-based Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black…

“Climate change is causing the state as a whole to deal with flooding and flood-related issues. It impacts a lot of people,” says Michael Vernon, CEO of Flood Insurance Hampton Roads. Photo by Mark Rhodes

Watershed moment

National Flood Insurance Program sees pricing changes

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Hampton Roads is besieged by hurricanes, nor’easters and full moon tidal surges, but it’s not just coastal Virginia homes and businesses that are threatened by increased flooding. “Climate change is…