Glen Allen-based Snagajob has announced a national contest to find the best undiscovered musical talent. The Hourly Gig invites hourly employees and job seekers to submit videos of original songs that highlight their skills for a chance to perform as the opening act at the Brantley Gilbert concert at Innsbrook After Hours at the Snagajob Pavilion on Sept. 19. Participants can upload videos, which should not exceed three minutes in length, to YouTube and submit links to those videos at http://www.snagajob.com/hourlygig Subm.issions will be accepted through Aug. 29. The contest is open to U.S. residents, ages 14 and older, who are currently working in or searching for an hourly job. Both group and solo acts are eligible.

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University of Richmond Robins School of Business will host “Summer of Scandal: Lenses on Ethical Failures in Business” Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. at Ukrop Auditorium. Faculty members from the university’s schools of law, business and leadership will discuss how a business school should respond to corrupt practices in the marketplace and what students should be taught to decrease the chances such events will recur. The panel discussion will be moderated by Nancy A. Bagranoff, Robins School dean. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required at http://tiny.cc/summerofscandal082912 For m.ore information, contact Andi Minor at 289-8813 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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Agents with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently handled the following lease negotiations: Honeywell International, Inc. – leased 14,085 square feet in Villa Park III at 7870 Villa Park Dr.; Auto Solutions, LLC – leased 13,714 square feet at 6102 Nine Mile Rd.; Velocitel, Inc. – leased 4,200 square feet in Dabney Corporate Center at 2026-A Dabney Rd.; Sheltering Arms – expanded in their current space and now leases 4,000 square feet in Audubon Crossing at 4740 Audubon Dr.; and Millennium Investment Solutions – leased 1,959 square feet in the Banks Brothers Building at 4461 Cox Rd.

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BrownGreer PLC has purchased the historic 37,000 square foot Cedar Works building at Rocketts Landing in Varina, the first commercial sale at Rocketts. The law firm, which specializes in the administration of settlements in legal cases, plans to bring over 300 employees to the space. After renovations that include the construction of a three-story glass atrium, the firm plans to move in by April 1, 2013. Originally built in 1895, the Cedar Works building was part of Richmond Cedar Works Manufacturing Co., a factory complex that produced ice cream freezers and decorative woodenware.

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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $89,000 to Jerry Gilfoyle, professor of physics at the University of Richmond, to continue his research in medium energy nuclear physics. The award is the latest DOE support for Gilfoyle who has been funded by DOE since 1990. Prior awards bring Gilfoyle’s total research grants to nearly $2 million. Gilfoyle will use the grant to fund Richmond undergraduates’ summer research and for a graduate-level visiting student from the University of Surrey in the U.K. Gilfoyle has taught at Richmond since 1987.

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CiCi’s Pizza will host its first National Guest Appreciation Day, in honor of the busy back-to-school season, on Thursday, Sept. 6. CiCi’s endless buffet will be $2.99 all day from 11 a.m. until closing time. The custom buffet has a wide variety of classic and specialty pizzas, garlic parmesan knots, salad, breadsticks, hot soup and oven-baked desserts. For locations, visit http://www.cicispizza.com .

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Alan Mudd has joined Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer as a portfolio manager in their Richmond office. Mudd will manage a portfolio of commercial properties, including office, office-medical, retail and industrial properties. He was most recently with Jones Lang LaSalle, and prior to that had been a portfolio manager with Thalhimer for five years. Mudd is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in real estate and urban studies and holds the Accredited Commercial Manager (ACoM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management.