Local officials woo NoVa workers for NGIC expansion

Elected officials and community leaders are heading to Northern Virginia this morning to address the employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) who may be relocated to the new DIA facility at Rivanna Station in Albemarle County as part of the Base Alignment and Closure program. The facility is being built on the site of the current National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).

Nursing professors in high demand

More than 1.2 million nurses will be needed in hospitals all over the country by 2014, according to the UVA School of Nursing. Yet nurses are not the only sought-after profession—their teachers, too, are in demand. At the UVA Medical Center, nurses have been affected by the shortage, but hospital officials say it could be […]

Filmmakers to document life in marching band

Claude and Annie Miller looked like kids in a candy store. Hand in hand, they strolled down Carr’s Hill Field and jumped with excitement as the drumline’s potent beat reverberated throughout Grounds. “I’ve always loved marching bands, but they are not part of French culture,” says Claude Miller. “It’s an American thing.” He watches them […]

Ultrasound scanner to benefit injured wildlife

Life just got a little better for all those critters that get tangled up in the human routine. A lab in UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has donated an ultrasound scanner to the Wildlife Center of Virginia. William Walker, head of the lab, purchased the General Electric Logiq 700 MR scanner in 1997 for $100,000, […]