BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech has signed a new agreement with defense industry giant Lockheed Martin that the school says will allow for more research collaboration and recruitment. Virginia Tech President Tim Sands said in a statement that the ...

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Notre Dame got everything it wanted and the Atlantic Coast Conference got Notre Dame. The school announced Wednesday that it would join the ACC in all the conference’s sports except football, though it will play five ...

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Michael Wodka has been named chairman of the board of directors of the Monarch Academy Public Charter School. ...

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Lori A. Lewis has been appointed vice president of institutional advancement at McDaniel College effective July 1. Prior to joining Marietta College as vice president for advancement, Lewis worked in development at Virginia Tech and Ohio University. She also taught ...

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Jeannette M. Mills, vice president of customer operations and chief customer officer for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. has been elected to the board of directors of the Esophageal Cancer Action Network. The mission of the Baltimore-based national nonprofit organization ...

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Robert A. Johanson, P.E., and Daniel S. Wilhelm, P.E., L.R.S., have joined Geo-Technology Associates, a mid-Atlantic geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm. Johanson is a senior engineer to support company offices in Laurel and York, Pa. His responsibilities include supervising ...

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HAGERSTOWN— The University System of Maryland is naming a new executive director for its Hagerstown center. The center said Wednesday that Mark Halsey will assume the office May 21. Halsey is currently director of finance and administration for distance learning ...

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John Furman has been named north region manager, based in Baltimore, of Heery International, an architecture, interior design, engineering, program management and construction management firm. Furman is responsible for directing business development, design and construction services throughout the 26-state region. ...

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A jury found Virginia Tech negligent on Wednesday for waiting to warn students about a gunman during a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 dead. Jurors deliberated for 3½ hours before siding with the parents of two ...

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Jurors have begun deliberations in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the 2007 mass killings at Virginia Tech. The jury of seven was given the case Wednesday after hearing testimony over seven days in a Christiansburg courtroom. ...

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