Airborne pollution from South Asia is helping to brew monster storms in the Arabian Sea that have claimed thousands of lives and cost billions of dollars, say environmental scientists. The scientists, led by Amato Evan of the University of Virginia point the finger at a haze known as the 'Asian brown cloud', which hangs over parts of the northern Indian Ocean, India and Pakistan.
Sarah Lyman Kravits
Class of 1988
Sarah Lyman Kravits, UVA class of 1988, was in grad school in Washington when she was picked for a few moments of screen time in Oliver Stone's 1991 film, JFK
How many college students die each year from alcohol-related injuries? Or car crashes? Or suicide? There are many groups that calculate estimates, but James C. Turner, director of the Department of Student Health at the University of Virginia, says an official count hasn’t been taken in more than 70 years. So during his term as president of the American College Health Association, Turner asked more than 1,150 schools to share their mortality rates for students between the ages of 18 and 24 during the 2009-10 academic year.
Brandon Garrett
Professor of law
Supreme Court reluctant to create more barriers to witness testimony
The Washington Post – Post Politics / Nov 2
Harry Harding
Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
President touts special 'cross-strait model'
Focus Taiwan News Channel / Nov 3
Josipa Roksa
Assistant professor of sociology
Commentary: Go for ‘practical' degrees or invest in liberal arts?
Charleston Daily Mail / Nov 3
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of Center for Politics
Is the US heading for war with Iran?
The Sydney Morning Harald / Nov 3
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Female drivers are much more likely than male drivers to be seriously injured in a crash, because protection devices are designed for men's larger bodies, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Virginia.
Soon-to-be college graduates from across the commonwealth are getting a jumpstart finding a workplace where they feel comfortable. The University of Virginia's Diversity Career Day is making those matches. More than 118 businesses, non-profits, and government agencies filled the floor at the John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday. The university expected about 1,200 young job seekers to explore career opportunities with those companies.
'Be careful what you post on Facebook' was the message to a group of University of Virginia doctors from a visiting law professor Wednesday. University of Pennsylvania Professor Anita Allen spoke at a seminar on the "Medical Confidentiality in the Age of Social Media". Allen says a culture of online sharing can often lead doctor's patients to post potentially embarrassing medical information online. Now she says doctors need to think about patient confidentiality in a whole new way.
The University of Virginia has long welcomed ambassadors, and in 2008, it established the Ambassadors' Speakers Forum as a way for students to hear about the world firsthand without leaving Charlottesville.
The Virginia athletics department has released the renderings for its indoor football practice facility. The facility, also available for use by other Virginia athletics programs, will be located on one of two existing football practice fields behind the McCue Center and University Hall.
George F. Shipp
College of Arts & Sciences (Economics), Darden School
Kyle Kondik
Communications director, Center for Politics
Citizen Cain: Facing Another Hurdle Of History
National Public Radio / Nov. 1
Guian McKee
Presidential Recordings Associate Professor, Miller Center
City tablet initiative becomes part of school board candidates' fray
The Daily Progress / Nov. 1
Elizabeth Meyer
Landscape architecture professor
Finalists for National Mall Design Competition Announced: A long list of illustrious firms are vying for the chance to refurbish and reimagine three Washington,D.C., landmarks.
Architectural Record / Nov. 1
James Ryan
Law profe...
Like many other sectors of the U.S. economy, higher education is suffering. State universities have been on the receiving end of significant legislative budget cuts for the past four years. And as they have increased tuition to make up for the lost revenue, they have gotten an earful from students, parents and state legislators. Even private universities are experiencing “tuition fatigue” on the part of often quite wealthy parents.
Max F. Wingett, the president of Patrick Henry Community College for more than three decades, will retire next year while the college celebrates its 50th anniversary. Wingett is only the second president in the college’s history. ... PHCC was founded in 1962 as Patrick Henry College, a two-year branch of the University of Virginia’s School of General Studies.
... In the new study, researchers at the University of Virginia used modern genetic techniques to isolate and sequence the genome of the "vampire bacteria." "Pathologists may eventually be able to use this bacterium to fight fire with fire, so to speak, as a bacterium that will aggressively hunt for and attack certain other bacteria that are extremely harmful to humans," study researcher Martin Wu said.
The takeover of parks, plazas and other public spaces by the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is a good thing, said a panel of landscape architects on the future of cities Tuesday at the American Society of Landscape Architects convention meeting in San Diego. "I am so thrilled that we have reclaimed these places as places of protest and how important they are," said Maurice Cox, former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., who teaches urban design at the University of Virginia.
... The lack of disclosure is out of step with a growing demand for increased transparency in higher education from many federal education officials and consumer advocates. “The call for consumer protection is getting stronger and stronger as tuition costs climb higher and higher,” says Margaret Miller, an education professor at the University of Virginia who has advised the U.S. Department of Education on accreditation matters. ... Miller says business school applicants should be able to read the key findings from accreditation reports and see a list of schools on probation. Most ...
Good teaching. Good learning. In a serendipitous turn of events, both the University of Virginia and city and county leaders honored teachers and students at events late last week. The University of Virginia held its Fall Convocation, at which the top 20 percent of students through their second year receive “intermediary honors.” UVa also presented its Thomas Jefferson Awards to two of its top academics, Marva A. Barnett and R. Jahan Ramazani.
Valerie Hance Armstrong
alumna
Superior Court Judge Valerie Armstrong retires after nearly 21 years on the bench
Press of Atlantic City / Oct. 31
Andy Chairisi
alumnus
Startup Asia: Top Strategies for Cashing in on Asia's Innovation Boom
Forbes / Oct. 31
Hector Amaya
Media Studies professor
After a Kidnapping, Hackers Take on a Ruthless Mexican Crime Syndicate
New York Times / Oct. 31
Brandon Garrett
Law Professor
High court's witness-ID case resonates in Philly region
Philadelphia Inquirer / Nov. 1
Peter Norton
Assistant professor of Science, Technology and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Where Society & Technology Meet
WMRA Public Radio, Virginia Insight / Oct. 31
Josipa Roksa
Sociology professor
Opinion: What's Your Kid Getting From College? Occupy Wall Street has a point about student debt—sort of.
Wall Street J...
Two recent studies published in the journal Pediatrics found that fast-paced and slapstick cartoons could hinder a child's concentration and sleep. Researchers at the University of Virginia had one group of 4-year-olds watch "SpongeBob SquarePants" for nine minutes, another group watch the slower-paced cartoon "Caillou" and a third group spend the time drawing. The SpongeBob kids did significantly worse on concentration, memory and learning tests than the other two groups; the frantic pace may be too taxing on developing brains, scientists say. Another study out of Seattle ...