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Mannings aim for biotech revolution with $100 million gift
In the mid-1990s, Diane and Paul Manning were thinking about moving from New Jersey with their three children. Like many families, they took many factors into consideration. “One of the
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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
ODU hires associate VP for innovation, commercialization
Kevin Leslie is Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium exec director
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Kevin Leslie will be Old Dominion University’s first associate vice president for innovation and commercialization, the Norfolk-based university announced Friday. Leslie will improve ODU’s technology transfer operation to better identify,
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U.Va. leads Pentagon hypersonic project
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Like a “Top Gun” fighter pilot, Christopher Goyne feels the need for speed. Goyne directs the University of Virginia’s Aerospace Research Laboratory and leads a new team developing hypersonic engines
New NASA tunnel could boost Va. space industry
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As NASA pushes the reaches of space exploration, a new wind tunnel at the agency’s Hampton-based Langley Research Center will serve an important role in journeys beyond Mars and could
Genworth president gives $1.5M to W&M
Gift to establish postdoctoral fellowship
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William & Mary has established a new postdoctoral fellowship in its Global Research Institute, funded by a $1.5 million gift from Genworth Financial Inc. President and CEO Tom McInerney, the
IALR names Boeing exec to EVP role
Todd Yeatts to start Oct. 3
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The Institute for Advancing Learning and Research in Danville has named Todd M. Yeatts as executive vice president of manufacturing advancement, effective. Oct. 3. Yeatts joins IALR from The Boeing
‘The Wild West’
Virginia Tech researches quantum technologies
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From an outsider’s perspective, it may appear as if technology is improving and changing almost daily — especially sparked by pandemic-driven remote work. But according to a 2021 study by
ODU names exec director of research foundation
Shannon Robinson also associate research VP
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Old Dominion University has named Shannon Robinson as associate vice president of research and executive director of the ODU Research Foundation. Robinson comes to ODU from Clarkson University, her alma
VCU Massey Center names internship for attorney
Rudene Mercer Haynes internship will support cancer research interest
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Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center has established an internship named for Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Partner Rudene Mercer Haynes, the law firm announced last week. “I am humbled by