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- 07 Jun 2011
- News
Back to the Future
on an automated mail-flow system for the postal service when he started thinking about a people-moving system based on cars that could drive over roads but also attach to computer-controlled track networks. A version of his idea was adapted in the 1960s and is still in... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
science and engineering. But those paths never felt like quite the right fit. "Since high school, I had done volunteer work with homeless kids and vulnerable children and domestic violence victims," she says. "Somehow, that really spoke to me." When she graduated from... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
Robin Gregg (MBA 2002) grew up in the West Virginia town of Martinsburg, 15 minutes from the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail. “Most of the people I looked up to were doctors, lawyers, or teachers, so it’s funny that I ended up in... View Details
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
memory of her husband, a fireman who died at the World Trade Center, by judging him to be worth less than a banker. (A few years later, as special master after the Virginia Tech massacre, Feinberg compensated all victims equally.)... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
starting to think that there might be some intentionality. Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle is famous for having done a lean transformation that completely changed how the hospital is run. That type of transformation takes years. It... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
Taylor is heartened every Wednesday, the day when Pathways’ partners meet to approve loan requests. The magic happens on the 10th floor in an office across from Rowland Taylor’s headquarters in Houston. One week there was a “yes” for a carpenter and his wife from View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
centuries from now. As cofounder of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, Coady has helped to conserve almost 4,000 acres of the peninsula, creating the Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve, a popular destination for hikers, kayakers,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
providers along the Atlantic seaboard. He eventually made his home in Virginia with Eagan, who had begun studying plant spirit medicine (similar to traditional Chinese acupuncture, except that it relies on plant relationships for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
years. He was previously a fellow with Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Broderick Turner, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, and Cofounder, Technology, Race and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
connection makes. She’s the executive director of administrative services at the Rappahannock County Public Schools, a rural school district in Virginia that was used to slow internet and frequent outages that interrupted everything from... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
a career as a professor. He started a Ph.D. program in medieval and Renaissance history at the University of Virginia before leaving to enlist in the U.S. Navy. After several years of running grocery and specialty stores at a U.S. base... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
sandwich? It didn't taste very good, to be honest. But after that, a few years later, my father-in-law sent me an entire leg of ham in the mail, and it's very good. I asked him, what sort of ham was that? He told me, it's Virginia ham.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
'75) ((Amazon Digital Services)) Frank Batten: The Untold Story of the Founder of the Weather Channel by Connie M. Sage ((University of Virginia Press)) Smarter Branding without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
filled with educational endeavors, most of which involve getting kids of all ages excited about STEM subjects and entrepreneurship. Earls has led an unlikely, if inspiring, life considering his roots. He grew up in the Virginia Tidewater... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
popular among youths (Marlboro, Newport, Camel, Kool, and Winston) with that of brands smoked almost exclusively by adults (Salem, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges, Parliament, Merit, Capri, and Kent) in 39 of the nation's... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
many black students to attend the School. Fitzhugh retired from Pepsi in 1974 but remained active with the company and within the community for many years. He was recognized for his achievements with numerous awards, including honorary doctoral degrees from Howard... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
type of widespread and growing interest in climate change mitigation that Congressman Donald S. Beyer of Virginia has been hoping to see. The co-chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Climate Change Task Force, Beyer has made the... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Channel by Connie Sage (University of Virginia Press) Among his many accomplishments, the late Frank Batten Sr. (MBA 1952) created the Weather Channel in 1982, which became the largest private weather company in the world and an American... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
Appointed CEO of Seattle-based Virginia Mason in 2000, Kaplan steps into a low-morale environment of increasing competition from area hospitals and decreasing revenues. In 1998 and 1999, the medical center lost many millions of dollars,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed
numerous ministries and eleven affiliated corporations, its 350-person staff, and its total assets of more than $92 million. After three years of commuting to Virginia Union University for Friday and Saturday classes, Reed received a... View Details