2 W.Va. universities awarded biz-innovation funds

Two West Virginia universities have been awarded a five-year federal grant totaling $100,000 annually to promote business innovation, the Associated Press reports. The funding announced by U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall is heading to Marshall and Concord universities. The Economic Development Administration award will establish the West Virginia EDA University Center at Marshall’s Huntington campus…

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East Coast universities freaking out over the hurricane

As pretty much the entire Eastern Seaboard declared states of emergency in advance of Hurricane Irene, universities have also started changing around their plans as the storm chugs up from the Bahamas, the Atlantic Wire reports. This weekend was to be the move-in date for colleges up and down the coast, but it’s hard to carry that mini-fridge up the stairs with category-four winds whipping glass shards into your face. So a lot of universities are delaying move-in day or, in a move that will not bode well for last-minute types, bringing it forward a day or two…

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