by jtadmin | Oct 26, 2020 | Life in the DMV
Amazon is again putting more money toward computer science education in Greater Washington, this time with a $100,000 donation to the University of Maryland’s engineering school for diversity initiatives and robotics programming. Specifically, Amazon Lab126, the...
by jtadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Life in the DMV
Pavan Ravindra’s mother had a rule for him during high school: Don’t stay up too late but wake up early if you want to. So, on weekdays, Ravindra would get out of bed at 4 a.m., eager to start the day. It didn’t take long for him to find a reason to take full...
by jtadmin | Oct 21, 2020 | Life in the DMV
(As published by Medium) Starting in the early summer, we started to see uncharacteristic numbers of unsubscribes from our newsletter. At first I thought it was just people who were over the news. Every new morning in 2020 means waking to some fresh horror, and...
by jtadmin | Oct 19, 2020 | Life in the DMV
Amazon and Communities In Schools NOVA announced that Amazon is making a $1 million donation to support the immediate needs of thousands of students from underserved communities in Northern Virginia amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities In Schools NOVA will...
by jtadmin | Oct 16, 2020 | Life in the DMV
A new Vietnamese restaurant has landed in Shaw that hopes to capture the atmosphere and cuisine of Hanoi’s famous “train street.” Called 1914, this restaurant specializing in Northern Vietnamese dishes revels in the bustling street life that emerged around Ngõ 224 Lê...
by jtadmin | Oct 14, 2020 | Life in the DMV
The Virginian Suites hotel at 1500 Arlington Blvd, near Rosslyn, has closed. Last week workers could be seen hauling furniture out of the building, which is located on the southern side of Route 50, a couple of blocks from the Iwo Jima memorial. A sign on the door...
