This brings us to another area where U.S. systems are outranged: ground vehicles. Researchers at the University of Virginia successfully 3-D printed a drone body in one day. By snapping in place an electric motor, two batteries and an Android cell phone, they made a fully autonomous drone that could carry 1.5 pounds approximately 50 kilometers – six times the range of the U.S. Hellfire missile.
The University of Virginia School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School round out the top five on our list, with a respective 56 percent and 52 percent of 2017 J.D.s heading to the biggest 100 law firms. (Both schools moved up three spots this year.)
(Commentary) UVA law professor Brandon L. Garrett has studied nearly all of the trial transcripts from wrongful convictions later exposed by DNA-based exonerations. "There is a national epidemic of overstated forensic testimony, with a steady stream of criminal convictions being overturned as the shoddiness of decades' worth of physical evidence comes to light," he wrote last year.
UVA’s North Research Park may seem like the North Pole in relation to Central Grounds, but mixed-use development soon might open the area to food, retail and residential. Changes could propel the research park to the big leagues of university research parks, which are now viewed as revenue engines for universities.
Joe Harris is a proud UVA alum, so he was ecstatic to see his Cavaliers win the ACC Tournament in his backyard at Barclays Center. Virginia beat the University of North Carolina in a thrilling 71-63 final on Saturday night. It was the school’s third ACC tournament win, it’s second in this decade.
“Most presidents, when they come into office, have a much more nuanced and complicated notion of loyalty than this idea of protecting the president and simply saluting and saying, ‘Yes, sir,’ and, ‘No, sir.’ And some of it may very well be rooted in the excesses of Nixon, because that highlighted the consequences of that sort of value-free embrace of loyalty,” said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at UVA’s Miller Center.
Every company wants to nurture the next Steve Jobs, or develop the next equivalent of the iPhone for their industry, but what should they do while waiting for a similar visionary to appear? Instead of buying into the “Moses myth” – venerating a small cluster of genius individuals with the power to part waters – companies can tap on design thinking to systematically build a bridge, according to UVA Darden School of Business professor Jeanne Liedtka, “It’s not one or the other – you can do both.”
(Co-written by UVA sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project) There is another form of “privilege” that is often overlooked in contemporary debates about children’s welfare and futures: that of growing up in a stable two-parent family – loving and being loved by one’s two parents, who are also committed to one another and to the integrity of their family.
The UVA Board of Visitors is working to make major changes at the university that stem from the violence of last August in Charlottesville. At the board’s meeting on Friday, it approved a number of new programs that all aim to make the University safer and more inclusive for students of all backgrounds.
The UVA Board of Visitors has now formally selected a site for a new softball stadium. Concepts of potential designs show the new stadium at the corner of Massie and Copeley Roads, where there is currently a practice field.
Larry D. Terry will take the post July 1 along with a courtesy appointment in UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy. Terry is currently the founding director of the University of North Texas in Dallas’ Urban SERCH Institute, which provides data and policy ideas to connect university and city leaders on the topic of urban development. He is also an assistant professor in UNT’s Master of Science in Public Leadership program.
The University of Virginia Investment Management Company has hired a new leader. Robert Durden, currently chief investment officer for Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, will take over as UVIMCO’s chief investment officer and chief executive officer in April, according to an announcement published late Friday.
Jack Ross began programming smartphone apps at age 15. A year later, his apps had received more than half a million downloads and generated enough revenue to allow him to attend UVA. Ross graduated with honors in May 2017 with a degree in computer engineering and quickly founded Beanstalk Inc. with his brother Michael.
The CVille Biohub, a Charlottesville group organized to promote biotechnology companies, has counted more than 50 life sciences startups with more than 1,800 employees in the city and surrounding counties. UVA has an office devoted to supporting faculty ideas and innovations. Established in the late ’70s as the Patent Foundation, it’s now called the Licensing and Ventures Group, or “New Ventures.”
When strength and conditioning coach Mike Curtis introduced a new series of exercises prior to the start of the season, members of the UVA basketball team were somewhat befuddled. The Cavaliers followed Curtis’ instructions with blind faith. The results speak for themselves. To this point in the season, there haven’t been any major injuries for No. 1 Cavaliers.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s basketball team cleaned up in the ACC basketball awards that were announced on Sunday afternoon. Head coach Tony Bennett was named the ACC’s Coach of the Year, senior forward Isaiah Wilkins was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and De’Andre Hunter was named the ACC Sixth Man of the Year. Sophomore guard Kyle Guy was named to the All-ACC first team.
A couple of UVA undergraduate students were able to fabricate an automated hydroponic micro-farm with help from Tinkersmiths. The students had no problem designing the electric circuit boards to automate the watering, fertilizing and heating. But the success of the system would depend on two pieces of printable plastic: a custom-fit corner bracket and a plug with holes sized to allow water to drain at just the right rate.
UVA professor Catherine Bradshaw specializes in school-based prevention techniques. She says more attention needs to be paid to early aggressive behavior in kids, things that might normally be overlooked or easily dismissed. “That can lead to patterns of kids acting up to get out of the classroom or get out of homework; they can also go on to get rejected by their peers because they’re not fun to play with and interact with,” she said.
UVA sociologist Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project, pointed out in 2013 that nearly every U.S. school shooting to that point involved a young man whose parents had never married or were divorced. “As the nation seeks to make sense of these senseless shootings, we must also face the uncomfortable truth that turmoil at home all too often accounts for the turmoil we end up seeing spill onto our streets and schools,” he wrote.
In a country that prides itself for being a meritocracy, Barbara Perry, of UVA’s Miller Center thinks it’s wrong for elected officials to hire family members when they should be looking for the best staffers. Perry sees an undemocratic element to political dynasties, established or in the making.