Elizabeth Herbst, a first-year student, discusses the impact of 9/11 in a Washington Post video.

Miles Kirwin, who wore his University of Virginia ROTC uniform, said he felt that now this was the resting place of his father, Glenn.

"If the goal of societies is to make citizens happy, tax policy matters," says Shigehiro Oishi, the lead researcher and a psychologist at the University of Virginia. "Certain policies, like tax progressivity, seem to be more conducive to the happiness of the people."

The University of Virginia library will join more than 50 organizations around the world to celebrate Home Movie Day by screening contributed home movies, as well as a few from the special collections library, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13.

Graduate researchers at the University of Virginia's Child Development Laboratories stepped out of the classroom to host Family Fun Day Saturday morning behind Barracks Road Shopping Center.

A fast-moving memorial that circled the grounds of the University of Virginia Saturday will culminate Sunday morning as ROTC cadets finish a 24-hour flag run to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Speaking at a forum at UVa’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, Professor Melvyn Leffler said that foreign policy initiative’s adopted by President George W. Bush and his advisers following 9/11 were actually continuations of long-term trends in American foreign policy.

A beloved cartoon character may be slowing children's mental functions, a new study led a professor at the University of Virginia says.

Current undergraduate students at the University of Virginia are some of the youngest members of what has become known as the "9/11 generation."

Poquoson superintendent Jennifer Parish earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Virginia.

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A new study, led by University of Virginia psychologist Shigehiro Oishi, compares 54 different countries and finds a correlation between progressive tax policies – that is, higher tax rates for higher tax brackets – and overall contentedness.

Along with the University of Virginia and Vinson Hall, a retirement community in McClean Virginia, the groups will monitor 30 residents in their normal living environment so that researchers can capture true daily living activities.

A new report says cohabitation has replaced divorce as the biggest source of instability for American families. The Washington Post is hosting a chat with the report's author, W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, at 1 p.m. on Friday.

Two area businesses are among five winners of the 2011 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards, the University of Virginia and its Tayloe Murphy Center announced Thursday.