The University of Virginia Alumni Association has awarded 13 Jefferson Trust grants to support university projects.

Researchers from nursing schools at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University said their primary goal is to identify pregnant abused women and help them move toward a better, sounder, safer future — for themselves and their children.

Automatic expulsions for students who threaten or commit acts of school violence may be politically popular, but research raises questions about the policy's effectiveness. University of Virginia professor Dewey Cornell finds that careful assessment and measured action is a more effective response to school violence than a one-size-fits-all.

The plan to energize public support was outlined Monday in a report by transportation experts brought together by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.

Most public research universities "undercharge for their services," [former Board of Visitors member] Austin Ligon, co-founder and former chief executive officer of CarMax, told a crowd attending the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities 2012 National Conference on Trusteeship.

One hundred cancer patients at the University of Virginia Medical Center got a welcome surprise Friday. Staff members and volunteers delivered floral arrangements to care units. Patients received daisies, mums, carnations and a card with words of encouragement including "we're here for you."

Dr. William Muller began the open-heart surgery program at the University of Virginia; he developed the pulmonary artery banding procedure for infants and children with certain types of congenital heart disease; and he oversaw the construction of a new U.Va. hospital.

L. Harvey Poe Jr., a former professor at St. John’s College in Annapolis and a lawyer who had his own practice in the District, died March 30 at Washington Hospital Center. He was 96…. Luke Harvey Poe Jr., a Richmond native, was a 1938 mathematics graduate of the University of Virginia and a 1941 graduate of its law school.

On Sunday in Durham, in a match that was delayed two hours and moved indoors due to rain, second-ranked Virginia won its sixth consecutive ACC Tournament title with a 4-1 win over eighth-ranked Duke. It marked the third consecutive season that the Cavaliers defeated the Blue Devils in the final.

On April 5, the Marshall Expedition began its upstream journey on the James River, covering 138 miles between Richmond and Lynchburg in ten days. Led by Andrew Shaw, a Lynchburg native and recent graduate of the University of Virginia [College '11], their mission is to follow the James River and Kanawah canal lines across the Appalachian Mountains into West Virginia.

Interview with 2004 MFA graduate Chad Harbach, who was appearing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this past weekend.

Mike Cubbage, a University of Virginia alumnus who grew up in Charlottesville and still resides in the area, is in his seventh season as a Tampa Bay Rays scout.

Coker, a 2000 graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences, portrays Larry Bird in the new Broadway play, "Magic/Bird."

Sunday, several University of Virginia students held "Lick for a Cure," an ice cream fundraiser. Their goal is to raise money for the Emily Couric Cancer Center at UVa.

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Three  U.Va. astronomers, Steven Majewski, John Wilson and Gail Zasowski, discuss APOGEE. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment is giving scientists views of the universe never before seen.

[I]f teachers pause frequently during the story to draw children’s attention to the printed words, they can boost reading, spelling and comprehension in kindergarten and first grade. … Those are the results of a study [Ohio State University\'s Shayne] Piasta co-authored with Laura Justice at OSU, Anita McGinty at the University of Virginia and Joan Kaderavek at the University of Toledo that is published in the current issue of Child Development.

Dan Warren, president of Guardian Angel Service Dogs, said his organization guarantees the dogs and also has the support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. This fall the organization is partnering with the University of Virginia to research the impact the dogs have on improving blood glucose levels in diabetics. He hopes the resulting evidence will help bring about insurance coverage.

The parking lot at the John Paul Jones Arena transformed into a recycling drive-through as part of a community cleanup on this Earth Day. Cars pulled through the E-scrap Recycling event to drop off used electronics.  Volunteers from the University of Virginia and Cycle Systems in Charlottesville were there to collect and safely dispose of old, unwanted electronic devices.

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, visitors can see the Pavilion Gardens and their trademark serpentine walls. The Garden Club of Virginia began restoring the West Pavilion Gardens in 1947 and the East Lawn portion in 1960.