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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
It's been said, “To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.” The Daily Progress newsroom took that to heart last year, and on Saturday night reaped the rewards in Richmond.
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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
It's been said, “To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.” The Daily Progress newsroom took that to heart last year, and on Saturday night reaped the rewards in Richmond.
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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
A new community kitchen in Charlottesville's Belmont neighborhood is serving up more than just culinary creations. The state-of-the-art facility is offering entrepreneurs at all stages of their lives and careers a chance to perfect their craft.
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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
The University of Virginia has tapped an executive at AstraZeneca, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, to head its future Manning Institute of Biotechnology. The $350 million, 350,000-square-foot facility is now under construction at the Fontaine Research Park just west of Charlottesville and is expected to be occupied by late 2026.
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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
It's a tumultuous time in U.S. history. Droves of immigrants, some without any criminal record, are being deported to their home countries. Primary schools and colleges have been ordered to erase any trace of the diversity, equity or inclusion programs established amid a nationwide racial reckoning. Tariffs, or a the threat of tariffs, has scrambled the stock market and spooked manufacturers, domestic and foreign.
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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
Seven months after calling the 128 physicians and faculty members who penned a letter of no confidence in University of Virginia Health System leadership a handful of "dissatisfied" employees, UVa President Jim Ryan has apologized.
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1 week ago | 
dailyprogress.com | Emily Hemphill
Deborah van Eersel has been tapped to become the next CEO of the University of Virginia Foundation, the nonprofit group that oversees the school’s extensive real estate investments. A part of the foundation since 2001, van Eersel has served as chief administrative officer for the past 12 years helping to manage the expansion of UVa’s research parks, including adding 1.75 million square feet of office and laboratory space since 2010.
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2 weeks ago | 
roanoke.com | Emily Hemphill
CHARLOTTESVILLE — White Hall Vineyards has shut down its winemaking operations. White Hall was one of the older establishments in Virginia’s relatively young wine country and had a wider distribution than many others. Well before the Monticello Viticultural Area was named the No. 1 wine country in the world, White Hall wines could be found on store shelves outside the commonwealth.
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2 weeks ago | 
richmond.com | Emily Hemphill
The University of Virginia has implemented a series of measures to cut costs and reduce its multibillion-dollar budget in the face of “a rapidly evolving federal landscape.” In an email sent to the university community of 3,000 full-time faculty last week, UVa President Jim Ryan, COO Jennifer Davis, interim Provost Brie Gertler and interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Dr. Mitch Rosner announced the state’s flagship public university would be limiting and reviewing all new...
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2 weeks ago | 
roanoke.com | Emily Hemphill
CHARLOTTESVILLE — The University of Virginia has implemented a series of measures to cut costs and reduce its multibillion-dollar budget in the face of “a rapidly evolving federal landscape.” In an email sent to the university community of 3,000 full-time faculty last week, UVa President Jim Ryan, COO Jennifer Davis, interim Provost Brie Gertler and interim Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Dr. Mitch Rosner announced the state's flagship public university would be limiting and...
