Gov. Ralph Northam recognized 12 Virginia educators as recipients of the 32nd annual Outstanding Faculty Award for excellence in teaching, research, and public service. The annual Outstanding Faculty Award program is administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and sponsored by Dominion Energy. Among the award recipients is Elizabeth C. Hirschman, the Hill Richmond Smiddy professor of business at UVA’s College at Wise.
An algorithm designed to help UK police make custody decisions has been altered amid concerns that it could discriminate against people from poorer areas. "People's lives are already being affected by the status quo," says Jennifer Doleac, a UVA professor of public policy and economics. "But is there a better way to do this that could lead to more just outcomes and get us closer to social goals than other practices?"
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was at UVA on Thursday to speak to law students about his tenure on the bench and how the U.S. justice system plays a huge role in the global community.
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center is slated to host a public forum March 21 on interpreting the history of slavery and its legacies. The forum, sponsored by VA, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, will focus on the challenges and design outcomes for memorials to the enslaved and commemorations at sites of enslavement and abolition.
At a UVA School of Law event Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer spoke about a changing world and a need for the U.S. judiciary to think globally. Breyer, whom President Bill Clinton appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994, is fifth in seniority on the bench.
Also related to this trend is UVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics, the nation’s largest, university-based injury biomechanics laboratory. It was started by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1989 and now operates a 30,000-square-foot facility that analyzes how the human body responds to injury.
On Saturday, 'Liberation and Freedom Day,' organized by the University of Virginia and the City of Charlottesville, marks 153 years since Union troops liberated the area. The day will start at 9 a.m. with speeches and prayer at UVA’s Rotunda dome room, followed by a procession marching through the city. The celebration will continue at the African American Heritage Center at 11 a.m. with a panel discussion featuring faculty from UVA and the Nau Center for Civil War History.
(Co-written by Morela Hernandez, associate professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business) In the National Football League, the quarterback position is often the most valuable one on the field. As this offseason starts, what factors should NFL owners weigh when evaluating free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick?
(Co-written by Morela Hernandez, associate professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business) In the National Football League, the quarterback position is often the most valuable one on the field. As this offseason starts, what factors should NFL owners weigh when evaluating free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick?
By the spring of 2019, University Hall’s distinctive dome and quirky acoustics might be no more. On Thursday, the UVA Board of Visitors voted to move forward with a plan that would demolish the Cavaliers’ former basketball arena.
UVA’s research and medical future may be outside of Charlottesville. On Thursday, Board of Visitors members debated initiatives to increase research dollars and expand successful programs beyond Central Virginia.
Virginia takes the floor Thursday in the ACC women’s tournament hoping to strengthen its case for an at-large bid to the NCAA tourney. Virginia Tech? The Hokies know they’re in Greensboro to build their case. Both teams earned first-round byes for this week’s tournament. A win or two for the Cavaliers would all but lock up their first NCAA bid since 2010.
People with mental illness are much more likely to be a victim of a violent crime, not a perpetrator, according to studies. Only 4 percent of violence toward others in American society is attributable to mental illness, according to John Monahan, a professor of law, psychology and psychiatry at the University of Virginia.
“School shootings are prevented because shooters make threats – people pay attention to those threats and intervene, and those shootings are prevented,” said Dewey Cornell, a UVA forensic clinical psychologist and education professor who focuses on school violence prevention. “We need to focus a lot more on prevention … the best way to prevent school shootings everywhere is to help our kids be successful at school.”
Cars transformed retailing, giving rise to suburban malls with lots of shops and plenty of parking. Autonomous vehicles, combined with the rise of e-commerce, could transform it again. “The Walmart of the future might be fleets of vehicles ready to drop off anything that you might get at a Walmart,” says Peter Norton of the University of Virginia.
The National School Walkout on March 14 will mark one month since 14 students and three staff members were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. UVA’s Student Council is hosting a walkout in solidarity, but area K-12 schools say they are still trying to determine guidelines for student participation.
UVA students are showing support for their classmates living undocumented in the United States after being brought illegally to this country as children. The group DREAMers on Grounds is demanding Congress pass a clean Dream Act – one that permanently protects Dreamers without tacking on things like funding for a border wall or cuts to legal immigration.
Whites held the overwhelming portion of the athletics-director roles during the 2016-17 year at 86.1 percent, 87.4 percent and 93.4 percent in Divisions I, II and III, respectively. Women made up 11.2 percent of Division I athletics directors, an increase from 9.8 in 2015-16. One of those women is Carla Williams, who in October became the first black woman to be named athletic director of an FBS school, at the University of Virginia.
UVA might demolish University Hall because it’s getting too expensive to maintain it. The former basketball arena was built back in 1965, and the Cavaliers played there for decades until John Paul Jones Arena was built.
UVA is working on plans to demolish University Hall, its former basketball arena. The UVA Board of Visitors will discuss those plans during a meeting that begins Thursday afternoon.