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Greenswell Growers, Goochland County
Growers, Schools Create Novel Solutions to Build Tech-Savvy CEA Workforce
Labor shortages have long been a challenge in agricultural operations, spurring innovative new ways of operating. Today’s farms rely as much on GPS-guided technology and artificial intelligence-driven automation as they do on manual labor.
04.20.2022
Preparing Students for Sustainable Jobs: A Conversation with Steven Brint
Steven Brint is a distinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of “Two Cheers for Higher Education.”
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Down to a [Data] Science
Several Virginia higher education institutions now offer courses to help students and working professionals learn how to use data to inform decision-making and solve problems — and some are helping to shape research that could ultimately impact medical, financial, and numerous other fields.
The Future of Cities: A Conversation with Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., and executive director of the Houston-based Center for Opportunity Urbanism.



