Sobriety checkpoint to operate Friday
The VCU Police Department will target drunken
and drug-impaired drivers April 25 with a sobriety
checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The checkpoint will be along the 800 and 900
blocks of Cumberland Street. Officers also will be
checking for compliance with seatbelt laws.
A zero-tolerance grant from the Virginia Department
of Motor Vehicles funded the checkpoint,
with which Virginia state police have been invited
to assist.
A staging area will be established at the checkpoint
for the media and other official observers. VCU Police
Cpl. E.L. Greer is coordinator for this checkpoint.
Information provided by VCU Communications and
Public Relations
Massey Cancer Center offers breast cancer education
The VCU Massey Cancer Center is offering a new
program to increase breast-health awareness among
women ages 18 to 35 whose mothers have had breast
cancer. The program is funded by a grant from Susan
G. Komen for the Cure.
“Sneakers and Genes for Daughters,” developed
by Massey researcher Dr. Diane B. Wilson, will
consist of three weekly sessions to help women
understand their own risks for breast cancer and to
be more informed about cancer-risk reduction to
help improve their quality of life.
Presented by experts from Massey, “Sneakers and
Genes” will provide educational, interactive sessions
for 25 women. Dr. John Quillin, a certified genetics
counselor at Massey, is co-director of the program.
The first three-session series will be held at the
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens May 5, 12 and 19
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Registration is required; call
804-828-1561.
Information provided by the Massey Center
Partnership with Central Virginia schools to help teachers of autistic children
Fifteen school divisions in Central Virginia have
formed a partnership with VCU that will provide
training and professional development to teachers
of students with autism-spectrum disorders.
VCU will host a ceremony to announce the Region
1 Autism Education Consortium April 25 at 3 p.m.
in the VCU Scott House at 909 W. Franklin St.
President Eugene P. Trani, Region 1 school superintendents
and School of Education Dean Beverly J.
Warren will participate in the ceremony.
The consortium will combine the resources of
Virginia’s Region 1 school divisions and VCU to
benefit nearly 1,000 children with ASD or developmental
delays and characteristics of ASD currently
served in more than 200 classrooms.
Region 1 consists of school divisions in the counties
of Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland,
Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince
George, Surry and Sussex, and the cities of Colonial
Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond.
Information provided by the VCU School of Education
Virginia schools awarded grants
Three Virginia universities were awarded grants
by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to help
bolster their biological-sciences programs.
Washington and Lee University received $1.3 million,
the University of Richmond received $1.4 million
and Hampton University received $1.2 million.
The institute awarded a total of $60 million to
48 schools nationwide to help promote science
education. The nonprofit medical-research organization
was established in 1953 by the aviator and
industrialist Howard Hughes and is one of the largest
philanthropies in the world.
Brief by The Associated Press
Information provided by The Roanoke Times