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“Notre Dame survived many wars, including two world wars, the French Revolution in 1789, which caused significant damage, but since the 13th century, Parisians have had it as their daily companion.”

Research is produced for the public good, but it is not always available to the general public who paid for it, a significant concern for Tyler Walters, dean of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.

The final season of Game of Thrones begins Sunday, April 14, 2019.

There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Virginia’s wine industry, which has seen significant growth and generated over a billion dollars in economic impact annually, creating thousands of job opportunities.

Cold temperatures and late winter snow can place many types of trees and plants at risk, says Virginia Cooperative Extension agriculture expert Kirsten Ann Conrad.

When the clocks spring forward (March 10, 2019), Americans generally are initially more sleep deprived and occasionally commuting during morning darkness.

Hempcrete is “a mixture of hemp hurds and Portland cement that is viewed as a useful and more sustainable building material” said Virginia Tech industrial hemp-use expert John Fike, “because it is a natural plant product which can sequester carbon at the same time as it’s being used to insulate living and work spaces.”

Every winter stink bugs infiltrate homes across the United States and two new studies published in the Journal of Economic Entomology by Benjamin Chambers may shed some light on ways to keep the pests away.

Media outlets are invited to cover remarks from world-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs who will speak at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke, Virginia. The New York Times called Sachs “probably the most important economist in the world,” and Time magazine called Sachs “the world’s best-known economist.”