The candidates will debate again at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Danville. The Danville Register & Bee and the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia are sponsoring the debate. It will be broadcast live on WVIR in Charlottesville.
A report by the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs challenges national leaders to begin thinking now about new funding mechanisms.
The State Arboretum’s 175 acres make up only a portion of the 712 acres that Graham Blandy donated to the University of Virginia in 1926. ... Research activity is particularly pronounced during the summer months with Blandy providing opportunities for 20-25 undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral researchers to conduct ecological research in residence.
For anyone who’s wondered just what the Founding Fathers were thinking, the University of Virginia Press and National Archives are hoping to help out.
Two paintings set to go on display at the University of Virginia are freshly restored and some surprises were uncovered during the process, according to U.Va. Art Museum Director and Curator Bruce Boucher.
Virginia’s public colleges and universities will be expected to enroll more in-state students, but they won’t face quotas to do so, Commission Chairman Thomas F. Farrell II of the governor’s higher-education reform commission told school presidents Tuesday.
The study, by researchers at Clarkson University, the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business (Melissa Thomas-Hunt) and the May Group Family Fund, suggests that people assume minority candidates receive preferential treatment at more selective schools and discount their professional skills as a result.
Comments from Erika Hayes James, associate professor at the Darden School of Business and co-author of "Leading Under Pressure: From Surviving to Thriving Before, During and After a Crisis."
University of Virginia students Atlee Webber and Anna Karnaze ... The students are part of a growing club at UVa called Campus Kitchen that collects unused food from the university’s dining halls, as well as produce from the Local Food Hub, and cooks up meals for Charlottesville-area residents in need.
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Willingham is a psychology professor and author of "Why Don't Students Like School?"
Jennifer Ackerman's book, "Ah-Choo!  The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold," about participating in a U.Va. cold study, is excerpted here.
University of Virginia researchers found that 3-year-olds placed more trust in information they are told than information conveyed to them without words.
The University of Virginia will work with Dominion Power and the manufacturer through its Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering and its Department of Systems Engineering to conduct all its research related to this project in the county.
The University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs co-hosted a panel along with the Campaign Finance Institute on the impact of the Supreme Court's landmark decision allowing unlimited campaign spending by corporations. It might be offset by expanding the electorate and encouraging more small-donor contributions rather than imposing campaign spending limits, panelists said.
On the morning of May 6, 1957, Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner dropped by the school to talk about the writing profession. The writer in residence at the University of Virginia had graciously agreed to share part of his morning with the young writers.
Thanks to a collaboration with the University of Virginia's Med Lab, the physicals are one stop shopping for the entire fire department.
University of Virginia dining and housing got some special recognition on Monday for going green on grounds. ... This is the first time a school in Virginia has earned an honor this high from the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program.