“There is no formula or crystal ball that will predict or prevent all violent acts,” said Dr. Dewey Cornell, forensic clinical psychologist and professor of education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Cornell spoke before principals, assistants, counselors, school psychologists and Central Office staff at a threat assessment training held recently at the Pulaski County School Board Office.
"This appears to be a good alternative for women who can't or choose not to use estrogen therapy," Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, medical director of the Midlife Health Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, told Reuters Health.
"One of the main arguments to repeal this is because it is an administrative nightmare," said George Yin, a professor of tax law at the University of Virginia's Law School, who served as chief of staff for Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation in 2004. "But I think that's really the secondary issue. The bottom-line question that really doesn't get answered in all of this debate is: Why should we be favoring any of these businesses?"
The so-called sequestration would demand tough foreign policy decisions for new Secretary of State John Kerry, and potentially undercut his early message that America cannot retreat from the world stage. The pledge was a major theme of Kerry's when he was sworn in earlier this month to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton and is at the heart of a speech he'll deliver next week at the University of Virginia - his first as secretary of state
(Commentary co-written by Brooke Correll, a lecturer at the Darden School of Business) The big idea: Some growth opportunities shine so brightly it is tempting to change even a well-considered strategy. Don’t be blinded by the light.
UVA students perform the viral sensation 'Harlem Shake' on the steps of the Rotunda.
Caucus leaders have put Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., front and center on some of the most pressing issues of the day. "He's not officially part of leadership, but he does seem to be more important than your average freshman senator," said analyst Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Forget "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." Friday night, a group of University of Virginia students played a few rounds of "Who Wants to be Enlightened." Students gathered for the game show event to celebrate Black History Month and test their black history knowledge.
The University of Virginia has been working to introduce 3-D printers into some programs from kindergarten through 12th grade in Charlottesville to prepare students for a new future in manufacturing. “We have 3-D printers in classrooms, and in one example, we’re teaching kids how to design and print catapults that they then analyze for efficiency,” said Glen L. Bull, professor and co-director of the Center for Technology and Teacher Education. “We believe that every school in America could have a 3-D printer in the classroom in the next few years.”
(Book review) James Ceaser, a political scientist at the University of Virginia and a regular contributor to The Weekly Standard, said it was important to revive the “moral stigma” of debt, and added, “I want to go back to Coolidge and even McKinley.”
Curry School of Education psychologist Dewey Cornell, director of the Virginia Youth Project, told parents should not think shootings are a common occurrence at schools. "One shooting in Connecticut doesn't mean that Virginia schools are not safe or that things have so dramatically changed," said Cornell.
Among those invited to reflect on why they love Charlottesville is politics professor emeritus Ruhi Ramazani.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine’s stops on Thursday include visiting in Charlottesville with the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Virginia.
Larry Sabato, with The University of Virginia Center for Politics, has his latest crystal ball out this morning, raising the question of whether or not Montanans have grown so tired of Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) that they "may be reaching the point where Montanans are ready to put him out to pasture."
Researchers such as Robert Pianta, Dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, believe that highly effective preschools tend to have two things in common: high quality and high dosage.
Chesterfield County elementary school teacher Morgan Saxby won $65,500 in an episode of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” that aired Thursday. It’s the second time in recent years that the 29-year old University of Virginia graduate has brought home big bucks from a TV game show. In 2010, Saxby won three games of “Jeopardy,” earning him $68,401.
Studies showed that programmable thermostats didn’t reliably save energy; in fact, because many people end up switching their system on and off manually, programmable thermostats might cause most people to use more energy, says Kamin Whitehouse, a computer science professor at the University of Virginia. “People have a really hard time setting accurate schedules for their lives,” he says.
The seven most imperiled Senate seats in the country are all held by Democrats according to University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato’s latest Crystal Ball analysis released today. “As we unveil our first ratings of the new Senate cycle, the key question 20 months before the election is this: What seats are in the greatest danger of flipping from one party to the other,” wrote Sabato and his associates, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley.
In 2005, a team of professors and researchers at the University of Virginia began a project to create a research tool that would replicate the biology of the human artery on the bench. Nicole Hastings, Ph.D., then a graduate student, along with Brett R. Blackman, Ph.D., and Brian R. Wamhoff, Ph.D., faculty members, designed a system that combined human primary endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, which are the main cell types that comprise the human artery.
(Commentary) "This is not a relatively small Electoral College 'misfire' on the order of 1888 or 2000. Instead, it is a corrupt and cynical maneouver to frustrate popular will and put a heavy thumb - the whole hand, in fact - on the scale for future Republican candidates. We do not play presidential politics with a golf handicap awarded to the weaker side." – Larry J Sabato, Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics, on GOP plan to change the rules for how electoral votes are counted.