By Nicole Gugliucci, Ph.D. astronomy student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
With every new astronomical instrument that comes online, scientists are able to explore further and deeper into our universe. But sometimes, they find things that have been lurking nearby all along, as is the case with this ultra-cool brown dwarf discovered with several infrared telescopes.
"Universally available preschool programs are likely to narrow achievement gaps between children who are poor and those who are not poor, and also between racial groups," said study author Daphna Bassok, an assistant professor of education policy at the University of Virginia, in a news release.
One of the documentaries that premiered at this year's Virginia Film Festival is all about a Virginia teacher and the board game he created. It's called the World Peace Game. As Thomas Pierce from the program With Good Reason reports, teaching peace early has many advocates.
#34: The White Spot. If you can get over the pause-worthy, Jim Crow-ish name, White Spot is the quintessential late night burger joint in Charlottesville.
[A report by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity concludes that], “Perhaps reform must start as a movement of university presidents who lead schools of both nationally prominent athletics and academics,” the center’s report reads. “As leaders whose institutions carry much sway with both communities — schools such as the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, the University of Virginia, Northwestern University, the University of Notre Dame, Stanford University, Duke University, etc. — if they agree to a series of reforms, ...
Inspired by former University of Virginia All-American defenseman Ken Clausen’s famous “fingerstache” tattoo -- the permanent marking of a handlebar mustache on the inside of his left index finger -- the event calls on lacrosse teams to sport mustaches and generate funds donated to cancer research.
After bouncing around the NFL to four teams in four years, Jeff Otis says he saw the writing on the wall for his professional football career — and it didn’t spell longevity. … Now, as the former QB gets set to graduate next year with an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School, he realizes that the lessons he learned on the field are identical to those taught in b-school.
Robert Bruner,
dean of the Darden School of Business
Corporate Mergers Work Well If Companies Master The Fine Points
Investors Business Daily / Nov. 12
John Knapp,
senior economist at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
Bob McDonnell says Virginia has gained 60,000 jobs since he became governor
Richmond Times-Dispatch & PolitiFact.com / Nov. 17
Larry Sabato,
politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
12 in 2012: Pence's Focus, Delivery of Message Has Supporters Looking at White House
Fox News / Nov. 17
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Sarah Palin poised to run for president in 2012 &nda...
A recent tour of World War I battlefields in France was the latest in a series of initiatives launched by the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library to build recognition of the central role of President Wilson during the war. … The eight-day tour was co-led by Edward Lengel, a University of Virginia historian who has written the definitive history of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and William Walker, a presidential library trustee and scholar of World War I.
[Michael] Holt, a scholar of 19th-century political history at the University of Virginia, was given the unenviable task of describing and assessing a president universally regarded as a dangerous failure. He has succeeded admirably.
On Wednesday, the official dedication of the University of Virginia's Health System's Transitional Care Hospital took place. The facility will provide care for patients with serious conditions that require a longer hospital stay.
Mentions Rome Reborn, part of the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, and Valley of the Shadow, part of the Center for Digital History.
Keeping the University of Virginia community safe brought students and police together on grounds Wednesday night. The UVA Student Council held a safety forum with police to talk about security efforts on grounds.
The project is a collaboration between University of Virginia students Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Savarese and New York University student Stelios Phili. The three collaborate on the book, then Luppino-Esposito writes the lyrics and Savarese composes the music. A group of UVA student actors—including Reeder, Ryan Richardson, Rachel Dady, and Ali Stoner—perform the material in various places around the bucolic Southern campus. The production time for each episode is approximately one week.
With speeches, a string ensemble and hors d’oeuvres, University of Virginia officials marked the opening Wednesday of the latest hospital in the UVa Medical Center’s lineup, the Transitional Care Hospital.
In light of numerous robberies and attacks around Grounds, University of Virginia Student Council sponsored a panel discussion Wednesday night between University students and members of the UVa and Charlottesville Police Departments. Charlottesville Police say that the number of assaults near UVa's Grounds are only moderately higher. Instead, it is the number of people reporting the incidents that has increased.
Thomas F. Farrell
Who received his undergraduate and law degrees at U.Va. and is a former rector of the Board of Visitors
Robert Bruner
A mergers and acquisitions expert and dean of the Darden School of Business ...
Companies back in hunt for deals
GulfNews / Nov. 16
Joan Fry
Special assistant to the president
Lost and Found
WVTF / Nov. 15
Jody Kielbasa
Director of the Virginia Film Festival
Charlottesville–Right Now: Virginia Film Festival Director Jody Kielbasa joins Coy Barefoot
Cville Podcast / Nov. 16
Sidney Milkis
A presidential scholar at the Miller Center of Public Affairs
Bookend to a Presidency
Wall Street Journal / Nov 16
Stephanie Nakasian
Who has taught jazz voice in the D...
Virginia men's lacrosse head coach Dom Starsia announced Tuesday the signing of 10 student-athletes to national letters of intent for the 2011-12 academic year. … "We are always pleased to introduce the young men who are about to embark on the journey as University of Virginia student-athletes," said Starsia. "What truly stands out in this group is the background and overall athleticism. As our game continues to grow and spread in popularity throughout the country, more and more players from emerging areas will begin to impact the game at the highest levels."