In November 2010, UVA announced it would start an "Early Action" application program for the fall of 2011, saying it was responding to students' demands for earlier decisions while still providing opportunities to compare colleges and price tags. Greg Roberts, UVA's dean of admissions, insists early applicants to UVA won't have an edge. "We strongly believe that there should be no strategic advantage to applying early action," he says.
In the medical journal Rare Tumors, doctors at the University of Virginia report on the case of a 59-year-old man who has survived more than seven years since being diagnosed with pericardial mesothelioma.
The initiative will rely on cooperation from Virginia's colleges and universities, including the University of Virginia and James Madison University.
Mary Washington Healthcare and the University of Virginia are working together to recruit heart surgeons.
Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond
Graduate of the Law School
In farewell, Bond tells senators to 'work together, play nice'
St. Louis Post Dispatch | Dec. 14
Rick Bowmaster
Received his doctorate from U.Va.
Bowmaster looks back on school system successes / Superintendent will retire in June
The Daily Times / DelMarva Media Group | Dec. 15
Damian Capozzola
Graduate of the Law School and Italian American Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Secretary
Schwarzenegger Names Local Attorneys to State Posts
Metropolitan News-Enterprise | Dec. 14
Darryl Brown
A professor of criminal law
Bill to close loophole in school bus safety law
Fairfax Times | Dec. 14
Qian Cai
Director of the Demographics and Workforce Group at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
Northern Virginia richest, Southwest Virginia poorest
Richmond Times-Dispatch | Dec. 15
Susan Clapp
A demographer with the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
New Census Data Reveals Unique Info About Local Communities
WCAV CBS-19 | Dec. 14
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
The Big Question: Is Steele 2.0 a good idea? ...
Applications for early admission to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Duke University and Dartmouth College rose to the highest on record as students said name-brand colleges give graduates an edge in job searches.
A nationwide shortage of some cancer treatment drugs is causing a problem in some places, but the University of Virginia Medical Center says the shortage is minimal and has only affected a few patients in Charlottesville. Gary Johnson, the Director of Pharmacy at UVA says the FDA is holding companies to higher standards now which forces them to stop production. A lack of raw materials is also a problem. But Johnson says patients do not need to worry. "There's really no regiment or disease that we can't find an alternative treatment for . . . there's always an alternative. We can provide s...
If there ever were a time when the manners of a nation's upper classes shaped those of the people, that time is not now - at least not here in the United States, where a report from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia finds that marriage is disappearing from Middle America.
Students at Henley Middle School took part in a hands-on lesson Tuesday. The school is getting a wind turbine next semester and to help students better understand what the turbine really does, University of Virginia students helped demonstrate with some interesting props. … Students say this project really does give them a better understanding of how hard it is to produce energy and why a wind turbine is another option. UVA students say Henley Middle School is one of the first schools in the commonwealth that is getting a wind turbine. The school and county recently received a $211,000 ...
One of the sculptures outside of the University of Virginia's Peabody Hall was carefully removed early Tuesday morning so it can get some much needed sprucing up. Crews removed the Alexander Calder sculpture known as Tripes. It is now headed to northern Virginia for some preservation work.
The popular "Tripes" sculpture at the University of Virginia was removed from grounds Tuesday morning. Crews used a crane to lift the heavy piece of artwork that has been part of the landscape in front of Peabody Hall since last year. UVa Vice Provost of the Arts, Elizabeth Turner, says the 12-foot sculpture is being moved to Manassas to undergo much needed repairs.
Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama's debt commission managed to gloss over a huge issue that is adding to the nation's deficit -- Medicaid. ... Two recent studies highlight more troubles. One concluded that Medicaid patients were less likely to receive "evidence-based therapies and had worse outcomes" than patients with private insurance. Another study, by researchers at the University of Virginia, found Medicaid patients had a higher rate of hospital mortality than even the uninsured.
Sixth graders at Henley Middle School, in Albemarle County, got a first hand lesson in wind energy on Tuesday. A life-size model of a wind turbine was installed in the library at Henley Middle School in Albemarle County. On Tuesday, sixth graders at the school used the model to learn about wind energy. Members of the University of Virginia's Global Sustainability program taught the students how wind energy works and how wind energy can be a viable alternative energy source.
Harvard University boasts the highest undergrad completion rate of all research universities -- a whopping 98 percent of those enrolled in 2002 graduated by 2008, according to a new report by the Chronicle of Higher Education. ... Among public research universities, the University of Virginia had the highest graduation rate in 2008 at 93 percent, followed by the College of William and Mary and the University of California-Berkeley.
Charles M. Oberly III
Law School graduate
Oberly confirmed as US attorney for Delaware
The News Journal (Delaware) | Dec. 14
Jodie Stevens
Received a degree in musical education
Master stroke / Violin finishes journey from shop to stage
Charlottesville Daily Progress | Dec. 13
Matt Wolf, Kristen Fisher, Lena Witek and Claire Holtzmuller
U.Va. students
Flash mobs are all the rage on college campuses, especially during finals. ... Back during winter finals in 2008, hundreds of University of Virginia students wearing goofy hats spontaneously gathered outside the library -- then rushed in and staged a quick rave.
Richard Bonnie
Law professor
Health law ruling only the beginning
Politico (blog) | Dec. 14
John Casey
Professor in the Creative Writing Program
Every trick in the book
C-Ville Weekly | Dec. 13
Anne Coughlin
Law professor
Brittany Smith reunited with family after trip across U.S.
Roanoke Times | Dec. 14
Robert O’Connell
Professor of astronomy
The Best NASA Photographs of 2010
The New Yorker | Dec. 13
Alan D. Rogol
Professor and pediatric endocrinologist
Booming anti-aging business relies on risky mix of steroids, growth hormone
Star Ledger (New Jersey) | Dec. 14
Larry Sabato
Politic...
UVA Day In The Life Program received $10,000 to provide funds for infrastructure development from the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. Grants from the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in CACF also awarded the Day in the Life Program $7,500 to provide academic support to hundreds of disadvantaged children and $9,800 to the U.Va. Women's Hospital Auxiliary's Positive Image Program. University Office of Humanities/ Festival of the Book Educational Program (Authors in Schools) received $3000 to cover stipends for ten authors to visit students in Charlottesville City Schools, A...