David Greene interviews Mary Kate Cary, who teaches political speechwriting at UVA, about the importance of President Trump's speech Tuesday to world leaders at the U.N.
(Commentary by Josh Bloom, director of chemical and pharmaceutical science, who earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from UVA) For most people, even an elderly woman, a daily dose of 2,600 mg of Tylenol – a bit less than the daily recommended maximum – will be safer than long-term use of Advil or Aleve. Barring liver toxicity, it will also be safer than Vicodin or Percocet. But that's not the whole story. Safe isn't all that safe.
The University of Virginia remained in the No. 1 spot in the latest Women's Division I Top 25 rankings. The Cavaliers didn't win for the first time this season, drawing 1-1 on the road at Wake Forest.
University of Virginia students are finding their inner peace and zen at the first annual Mediation on the Lawn.
Teacher, pastor and attorney William McGuffey of Miami was the creator of the “McGuffey Reader,” a textbook series credited with helping to shape learning in America’s public school system. McGuffey also served as a college president at the former Cincinnati University and Ohio University, and taught at the University of Virginia, where he died in 1874 and is buried.
According to University of Virginia law professor John C. Harrison, federal courts of appeals, such as the 4th Circuit, in general have jurisdiction to review only final judgments by the federal district courts. An interlocutory order by a trial court is one that resolves a particular motion or issue, but doesn’t bring the case to an end, he wrote in an email.
In a paper commissioned by the New South Wales Department of Education, Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, said: “Some believe that critical thinking can be taught as a generic skill independently from subject content, while others contend that content mastery is pivotal to the development of thinking capabilities.”
Jalane Schmidt, a UVA professor who offers free monthly tours of Charlottesville’s monuments, said she has noticed the trend: “I see that people are making an effort to have some sort of clapback,” she said of the signs. However, she said that’s nowhere near enough.
(Commentary) James W. Ceaser, Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at UVA – founded by Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson – said much the same in a Constitution Day lecture at Baylor on Monday: “In the last year of the election, two political scientists – both well known, one from Stanford, one from Chicago – wrote this book, and I think they were sure Hillary Clinton would be elected president.”
Tom Steenburgh, Richard S. Reynolds Professor in Business Administration at the University of Virginia, presented research on the changing sales environment for exhibiting companies. “New products demand more time,” he said. “They require 35% more time than existing products, and 32% more face-to-face meetings. As opportunities become rarer and rarer to have these face-to-face discussions, you have to find times when buyers are open to having these discussions. The question is: How do take trade shows take advantage of that?”
“The board of nursing requires us to have one faculty per 10 students when we take them to clinical, so it can be a burden,” said Cathie Collins, head of the nursing department at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
For decades, Patrick Oliphant’s political cartoons filled the editorial pages of newspapers across the United States. Now, for the first time, an extensive collection of those cartoons, as well as process sketches, sculptures and paintings, grace the walls of UVA’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
The University of Virginia is wrapping up its President’s Commission on Slavery and the University. Since 2013, the commission released a final report, began plans for a memorial and expanded the association, Universities Studying Slavery. UNC joined the group in 2016.
(Editorial) It’s not like Virginians haven’t been warned that the state’s ethics enforcement structure simply isn’t up to snuff. Larry Sabato, professor of government and founder of UVA’s Center for Politics, has warned for decades that the state’s lack of ethics standards and a true enforcement mechanism was a ticking time bomb at the heart of state politics. But no one listened.
On Friday night, the Charlottesville Cardinals, an area wheelchair basketball team, took on UVA athletes in a game of hoops at Charlottesville High School.
A UVA student has begun a nonprofit to increase tolerance and awareness of LGBTQ people and, in particular, to advocate to change the policy that bans sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood.
“For the past 20 years, an important part of tobacco regulation has included the creation of a public archive of internal company records," said UVA historian Sarah Milov, author of “The Cigarette: A Political History.” “This is how we know so much about the lengths that the tobacco industry went to conceal what it knew about the dangers of smoking.”
Andrew Kennedy's research has shown the potential to eventually advance the treatment of Alzheimer's disease or other conditions affecting memory. Kennedy earned his doctoral degree in drug discovery, also referred to as medicinal chemistry, at the University of Virginia.
Smith spent his summer celebrating a national championship after he captained the University of Virginia lacrosse team to its eighth Division 1 title. “I have so much to be thankful for these last couple months,” said Smith, who taken by the Philadelphia Wings in the fourth round with the 53rd overall pick.
Four of the Virginia football team's 12 opponents in 2019 hail from the commonwealth, and Bronco Mendenhall is a fan of the in-state opposition.