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The Big One
Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford confirmed Tuesday that Jesse Matthew, the 32-year-old man already charged with the abduction with intent to defile 18-year-old University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, has now been charged with first-degree murder in Graham's death.
On Monday, Feb. 2 Matthew was indicted for the abduction and murder of Graham, specifically for first-degree murder and abduction with the intent to defile occurring on or about Sept. 13 or Sept. 14.
He is not charged with capital murder.
Matthew has also been charged for two charges of reckless driving. No specifics were given pertaining to how this determination was made.
Making Moves
Johns Hopkins University launched a new accelerator called FastForward East this week, which the university hopes will boost Baltimore's economic growth. The second incubator of its kind, FastForward East was built in response to high demand for inexpensive lab space to support young, high potential businesses.
Hood College announced its 11th president on Monday: Andrea E. Chapdelaine, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Albright College. She will succeed Ronald J. Volpe on July 1.
D.C.'s Always Prepped got acquired by Alma while The Advisory Board Company scooped up Alabama-based edtech company GradesFirst. Terms of the acquisition deals have not been disclosed.
Coursera is teaming up with top tech companies to create and judge capstone projects for its "specializations." Each company that has signed on with Coursera will be working with a different university partner to create capstone projects with real world applications, two of which are in the D.C. area. Google will judge the capstone for Mobile Cloud Computing offered by the University of Maryland, 500 Startups for the Entrepreneurship course offered by UMd and SwiftKey for the Data Science specialization offered by Johns Hopkins University.
From the Community
After losing in a dance-off during a University of Virginia basketball game, this shimmying fan wants a rematch, and she wants it now.
What I'm Reading
- Schools may turn to an unlikely source to create their college sexual assault prevention model.
- Virginia Tech created a 3D tornado simulation.
- Where do UMd's athletes come from?
- Colleges are banning smartwatches.
- George Washington University is looking to increase enrollment through its online programs.
- Should professors be using their university titles in op-eds?
- The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia Law School is trying to figure out if the guy featured in "Serial" is the real killer.
- Two Virginia Tech alums will be pitching their startup on Shark Tank.
