What part of the state is trying to position itself as a center for cybersecurity jobs?
If you guessed “Wise County,” then we probably need to increase our cybersecurity because it suggests you either hacked into our system to read this editorial in advance — or you’ve been paying attention to how that county in the coalfields is positioning itself as an unlikely technology hub.
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To harness the power of technology to help children live healthier lives, the Karen S. Rheuban Center for Telehealth at University of Virginia Health System is helping create four school-based telehealth centers in Bland County and Martinsville.
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VCAC advisors will serve in John I. Burton High School in Norton City and Central High School in Wise County for the 2016-2017 school year.
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It’s a dark paradox that hits uncomfortably close to home: Southwest Virginia has both some of the nation’s worst opioid abuse, as well as cancer death rates that are 23 percent higher than the state average, facts that often leave care providers in a quandary when determining who gets pain-relief drugs – and who doesn’t.
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Those who have just finished their own college experiences are some of the best to guide slightly younger peers to higher education.
This idea undergirds the mission of the Virginia College Advising Corps, through which recent University of Virginia graduates – and, for the first time, graduates of UVA’s College at Wise – will spend the next year guiding high school students toward college.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that the University of Virginia’s College at Wise and the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator at the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will strengthen the cybersecurity industry and create new cyber jobs, internships, and educational programs in the Southwest Virginia region.
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The University of Virginia’s College at Wise announced plans Thursday, July 14, to establish a cybersecurity accelerator in the Oxbow Center to house faculty, students and corporate researchers working to develop software for the world’s fastest growing technology sector.
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Nearly six hours from Charlottesville and nestled among the Appalachian Mountains that border Big Stone Gap, Va. — once dubbed “Mineral City,” and less than five miles from the Kentucky border — lies an ugly paradox: While cancer rates here are slightly lower than the state average, deaths from cancer are 24 percent higher than the state average.
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For women living in underserved, rural areas like Southwest Virginia where rates of cervical cancer are two to three times higher than the state average, access to health care can be a real barrier. One UVA nursing professor is researching whether at-home testing can help determine a woman’s risk for cervical cancer while it’s still treatable.
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Governor McAuliffe today announced that Frontier Secure, a division of Frontier Communications Corporation, will locate a customer care center in Wise County. The facility will provide customer and technical support for its clients.
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