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All of Oregon’s public universities will maintain in-person learning. Some private institutions enact new requirements

Waltham Forest Council has invested £95 million into the property developer it created but insists it is too “risk averse” to be bankrupted if…

Waltham Forest Council has invested £95 million into the property developer it created but insists it is too “risk averse” to be bankrupted if…

UMass Amherst announced two big pieces of funding, totaling $93 million, to support its College of Information and Computer Sciences.

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VA to mandate vaccines for health workers in Oregon, including Eugene Amelia Templeton, Kate Davidson and Rob Manning Oregon Public Broadcasting The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will require COVID-19 vaccinations for its front-line health care employees, including doctors, nurses, and dentists. Employees will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated and can get the shot for free at any VA facility. It makes the VA the first health care system in Oregon to require the vaccinat...

VMG grows with launch of digital performance agency Sillyfish March 16, 2021 2:11 Independent Australian media company Venetian Media Group (VMG) has launched its digital performance agency, Sillyfish, which will be led by Dany Coutinho and Rob Manning. Sillyfish is now the seventh brand in the VMG ecosystem, after it added Aspire Talent Group earlier in March. The new agency is set to bring a unique offering with an ROI-based strategy to SEO, SEM and eCommerce, delivering the highest level of...

Jobless Oregonians face ‘pause’ in benefits ahead of congressional extension Rob Manning Even if Congress were to work quickly on extending benefits through the latest pandemic relief package, help wouldn’t continue seamlessly for Oregonians who depend on the support. That was the conclusion of Oregon Employment Department acting director David Gerstenfeld on Wednesday, 11 days ahead of when 133,000 Oregonians who rely on federal unemployment programs could start seeing their benefits dry...

Skip to main content As private companies erode governments hold on space travel, NASA looks to open a new frontier Christian Davenport, The Washington Post Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center is an iconic symbol of NASA that once housed the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo astronauts to the moon.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton The four astronauts who will fly aboard a SpaceX mission by the end of the year will be a bunch of private...

NASAs lucky charm for a successful mission? Peanuts TODAY 2/23/2021 © Provided by TODAY Peanuts are popular at baseball games and bars, but did you know theyre also a mainstay at NASA? Last Thursday, as engineers and scientists watched and waited breathlessly as the Perseverance rover hurdled toward Mars in a fiery landing, they did so next to bags and jars of "good-luck peanuts." © Damian Dovarganes Rob Manning (Damian Dovarganes / AP) On the day of the rovers landing on the red planet,...