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Box ScoreVirginia scored four runs in the 11th inning and then held off a furious UNC rally in the bottom of the inning to claim a wild 8-7 victory over the Tar Heels Saturday.
Box Score
The No. 12 Virginia women's lacrosse team's season ended with a 13-9 loss at No. 3 North Carolina.
The No. 12 Virginia women's lacrosse team's season ended with a 13-9 loss at No. 3 North Carolina.
The Cavaliers post their fourth straight 4-0 victory in the NCAA Tournament to setup a semifinal matchup with Georgia.
Box Score
The Virginia women's lacrosse team's season came to an end with a 13-9 loss at No. 3 North Carolina.
Virginia sophomore golfer Denny McCarthy (Rockville, Md.) will participate in the NCAA Championships after earning the individual berth from the NCAA Regional that wrapped up Saturday at the Ohio State Golf Club's Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
Cavalier Daily
Members of the Student Arts Committee and the Charlottesville Mural Project unveiled a 2,200 square foot mural at Buford Middle School Friday.
More than five months after the death of fourth-year College student Casey Schulman, who was struck by a boat propellor while in the Caribbean on a Semester at Sea voyage, police in Dominica have made an arrest involving the incident, the Associated Press reported.
The 2012-13 academic year is coming to a close and we’ve covered the ins and outs of this year’s tumultuous journey.
Don’t fear — top 10 tips for summer are here!
Multiple professors will not be joining us again in the fall.
Darden
U.Va. Darden School of Business Appoints New Leaders to External Relations Team: News: Media U.Va. Darden School of Business Appoints New Leaders to External Relations Team 2012-12-21 The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Darden School Foundation announced today two new leaders in.... Read More.
Darden Ranked Number Two in Business Ethics by Bloomberg Businessweek: News: Media Darden Ranked Number Two in Business Ethics by Bloomberg Businessweek 2012-12-19 Bloomberg Businessweek released today its ranking of business schools in the specialty area of ethics. Bloomberg Businessweek rel.... Read More.
U.Va. Darden School of Business Global MBA for Executives Holds First Residency in India: News: Media U.Va. Darden School of Business Global MBA for Executives Holds First Residency in India 2012-12-10 The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Global MBA for Executives (GEMBA) today announ.... Read More.
New Members Appointed to University of Virginia Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees: News: Media New Members Appointed to University of Virginia Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees 2012-12-04 The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the Darden School Foundation announced.... Read More.
Darden School Student Team Wins GE Case Competition Media: Darden: U.Va. Darden School Student Team Wins GE Case Competition 2012-11-30 Although they came from different learning groups of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business MBA program, First Year students Genie Ko, Brian Gooch,.... Read More.
Health System
For consistent efforts to improve stroke care and patient outcomes, the American Heart Association (AHA) has recognized University of Virginia Health System with two awards.
UVA received the AHA’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement award and its Target: Stroke award.
UVA received the Gold Plus Quality Achievement award for 85 percent or better compliance for at least two years with all of the AHA’s stroke quality achievement guidelines and 75...
Read MoreA career in family medicine serving underprivileged rural patients may appear to be a U-turn for someone who majored in religious studies and modern studies in the English department as an undergraduate in the University of Virginia’s College of Arts & Sciences. But for Justin Mutter – now a member of UVA School of Medicine’s Class of...
Read MoreAn international consortium of researchers has created the largest computer model of human metabolism to date, an astonishingly detailed roadmap that points the way to better understanding of cancer, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and a host of other conditions. It’s a powerful new tool that will speed the development of new drugs and treatments and, eventually, may allow doctors to tailor medicine to each patient’s personal biology.
Predicting the genomeThe model, called Recon 2...
Read MoreUniversity of Virginia Health System has signed a letter of intent to acquire Albemarle Arthritis Associates, which provides rheumatology care to patients in Central Virginia. UVA plans to officially acquire the practice May 28.
Beginning June 4 and with UVA’s support, the practice plans to enhance its services at a new, relocated facility at 650 Peter Jefferson Place, Suite 190, on Pantops in Charlottesville. These changes will include an additional rheumatologist and an expanded...
Read MoreA preliminary clinical trial of a scalpel-free form of brain surgery that uses sound waves to treat essential tremor – a progressive neurological disease that affects millions – has produced positive results that warrant large-scale testing, a University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher announced today.
Jeffrey Elias, MD, unveiled the findings of his groundbreaking focused ultrasound study at the 81st annual meeting of the American Association of...
Read MoreLaw School
William Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, discusses efforts to rebuild the World Trade Center. Baroni, who delivered his address during Law Alumni Weekend in May 2013, is a 1998 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law..... Read More.
The members of the Molly Pitcher Project — comprised of UVA law professor Anne Couhglin and four students in the class of 2013 — reflect on their successful effort to overturn the military's ban on women serving in combat..... Read More.
At commencement on May 19, my good friend and colleague Steve Hopson will once again, as he has done for more than a generation of law students, call the names of graduates as they cross the stage to collect their diplomas. But the conclusion of this year's ceremonies also marks the end of Steve's 34-year career leading the Law School's career services efforts..... Read More.
The University of Virginia School of Law and the student-run Public Interest Law Association will provide 109 first- and second-year law students with roughly $484,500 to fund their public service jobs over the summer..... Read More.
Alumni, faculty and friends of the University of Virginia School of Law will dedicate the new Karsh Student Services Center on Saturday as part of Law Alumni Weekend..... Read More.
Virginia Magazine
The following was originally published on the McSweeney's website as part of the author's yearlong column, Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a Dorm. Every two years the buzz begins online. A new Facebook page pops up, tweets with similar hashtags burrow deep into our frontal lobes, awakening a sense of urgency. The message is singular and clear: Don’t miss out. No one can ever predict how many will come—and whether they come in search of old friends, a new mate … or just a good burger. Then it happens. The temperature in central Virginia reaches the high sixties,... Read More
The following was originally published on the McSweeney's website as part of the author's yearlong column, Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids in a Dorm. Every two years the buzz begins online. A new Facebook page pops up, tweets with similar hashtags burrow deep into our frontal lobes, awakening a sense of urgency. The message is singular and clear: Don’t miss out. No one can ever predict how many will come—and whether they come in search of old friends, a new mate … or just a good burger. Then it happens. The temperature in central Virginia reaches the high sixties,... Read More
Read an excerpt of Let's Get Physical. U.Va. Mag: Were you always physically active, even as a kid? PW: I played organized baseball and basketball, but I don’t think those of us who grew up in the late ’70s and ’80s ever considered what it meant to be “active.” You simply got home after school, rushed through homework, and headed out on your bike to somebody’s house to play basketball, kickball, street football, or just bike all over the place. Today most parents want their kids in sight or under adult supervision 24/7. Nothing against organized sports... Read More
Read an excerpt of Obstacle Fit. U.Va. Mag: Were you always physically active, even as a kid? PW: I played organized baseball and basketball, but I don’t think those of us who grew up in the late ’70s and ’80s ever considered what it meant to be “active.” You simply got home after school, rushed through homework, and headed out on your bike to somebody’s house to play basketball, kickball, street football, or just bike all over the place. Today most parents want their kids in sight or under adult supervision 24/7. Nothing against organized sports—... Read More
The following is an excerpt from the new book Obstacle Fit: Your Complete Training Program to Run Fast, Conquer Challenges, and Discover Your Inner Spartan, Mudder, or Warrior by Pete Williams. Read a Q&A with the author. Come with me now for an obstacle race workout. Let’s assume we’ve done a five-minute core warm-up routine. Now, let’s run out my driveway and turn left. Instead of running on that concrete sidewalk and pounding our joints, we’re going to run on the narrow grassy strip between the sidewalk and the road. It’s only a quarter-mile to a... Read More
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