Education news

Soundscapes started as an afterschool music program in Newport News, but now includes performance orchestras for youth musicians.

The project, called an “environmental justice incubator,” is working with historically Black communities on Norfolk’s Southside.

Jill Winkowski and Prue Salasky are “word nerds” who met in an Old Dominion University syntax class.

A $9 million grant will fund a new Advancing Cancer Control Equity Research Center to reduce cancer rates in Hampton Roads and Richmond.

There is a long-running battle in Virginia over how to manage the menhaden fishery – and the lack of data about the species continues to be front and center.

The new scholarship is part of a wider effort to boost education around science journalism at the historically Black university.

The play follows seven Black men in Brooklyn, played by NSU students, through one day in their lives.

Events in Hampton run through the weekend of Nov. 8 in Hampton.

Old Dominion University arts students will kick off a seasonal exhibit Oct. 25 and work will be on display through Nov. 7.

The 47th Annual Literary Festival features readings from 21 authors focuses on the theme “ancient futures.”