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Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm

We go beyond the headlines into the important stories that matter to us locally.
Join NewsRadio WINA’s Courteney Stuart weekdays for the news and newsmakers of the day.

Monday, March 24, 201403/24/2014

Jan Reed

Piedmont Virginia Community College will host an information session for home schooled students and their parents from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in Room M229 (Auditorium) in the Main Building on the PVCC main campus at 501 College Drive in Charlottesville.
During the free information session, a panel of current students who were homeschooled and PVCC faculty will discuss their experiences with PVCC and answer questions. In addition, the program will include information about taking classes while completing a homeschool curriculum, or after home schooling.

Other topics to be covered are enrolling in classes, placement testing, transfer information and the College4Kids Summer Career Academies at PVCC.
For more information, please email Jan Reed jreed@pvcc.edu or call 434.961.5263.

Monday, March 24, 201403/24/2014

Martha Meade

Martha Meade of AAA weighs in on the boons and banes of tech-heavy cars and what information they might be gleaning from you while you drive.

Monday, March 24, 201403/24/2014

Dr. Christopher Ali

Dr. Christopher Ali, Assistant Professor in Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, joins the show to discuss the prospect of iTunes offering a TV streaming service in conjunction with Comcast.

Monday, March 24, 201403/24/2014

Dr. Daniela Pretzer

Dr. Daniela Pretzer joins Les Sinclair to talk about National Brain Injury Month and how such conditions affect American citizens.

Monday, March 24, 201403/24/2014

Geoffrey Skelly

Geoffrey Skelly gives us insight into the possible popular candidates for the GOP in the 2016 Presidential election.

Friday, March 21, 201403/21/2014

Jessica Gephart

Jessica Gephart joins Les Sinclair to talk about her research that eating fish saves water.

Friday, March 21, 201403/21/2014

Dori Zook

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair to talk about the trial of the alleged attacker on the downtown mall in December.

Friday, March 21, 201403/21/2014

Rebecca Dore

Rebecca Dore, graduate student in Developmental Psychology at University of Virginia, joins Les Sinclair to talk about her study, Racial Bias in Pain Perception Appears Among Children as Young as 7.

Friday, March 21, 201403/21/2014

Yanina Goddard

Yanina Goddard, assistant professor of physics at PVCC, joins Les Sinclair to talk about a free “Family Starry Night” tonight.

Friday, March 21, 201403/21/2014

Ellen Phipps

Ellen Phipps is the VP of programs and services with the Alzheimer’s Association and joins Les Sinclair to talk about the 2014 Alzheimer’s Association Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report.

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