Rolls-Royce, after establishing its “largest and newest” advanced manufacturing and research campus in North America, near Richmond, established Rolls-Royce University Technology Centers at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia.
USA TODAY's Capital Download convened a roundtable of White House veterans and scholars Monday to assess President Trump's first 100 days — a milestone he reaches Saturday — and to put his successes and setbacks in perspective. Among the participants was Nicole Hemmer, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
Fusion GPS is Washington-based research firm started in 2009 by former reporter Glenn R. Simpson. According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr. Simpson graduated from George Washington University and worked five years at Roll Call newspaper. He then served as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for almost 14 years. In 1996, he joined forces with University of Virginia political scientist Larry J. Sabato to write the book “Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics.” The 430-page book explores voter disgust with the American political system. A New York Times review ca...
He doesn’t even qualify as an “entry-level president”: Historians weigh in on Trump’s first 100 days
Robert Dallek, who has written about presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, told NPR that “this man is without experience, and it’s showing. Particularly in his dealings with Congress, he’s been an utter failure in the sense that he’s gotten nothing passed. He’s issuing all sorts of executive orders, like immigration limits; they’re failing. The attempt to get health care reform failed. I’d give him failing marks for his 100 days.” Similarly, Barbara Perry — who is director of presidential studies at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia — told NPR that Trump doesn’t even qua...
Kirk von Daacke, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean Department of History at the University of Virginia, agrees that, as a society, we benefit from learning about our own past in all its complexity. Nonetheless, he believes that removing Confederate statues and memorials, often erected several decades after the Civil War is a way to reject a history of Lost Cause glorification of the Confederate cause and the history of muscular white supremacy that went hand in hand with the Lost Cause.
New research offers a checklist that helps determine whether it is safe for patients with type 1 diabetes to drive.
The University of Virginia Focused Ultrasound Program has been named one of the top ten clinical research achievements of 2016. UVA Neurosurgeon Dr. Jeff Elias uses focused sound waves as a scapel-free alternative to traditional brain surgery for essential tremor, a condition that often leaves patients unable to write legibly or eat without spilling.
Cheuk, Faust and division staff will continue working with parents, teachers and other focus groups as they fine-tune the details of the plan. They have scheduled meetings with the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce and the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. “We have a group of professors over at the Curry School that we’re going to bounce things off of and have them provide any input that they might see either as, ‘Oh, this is a great way to put this,’ or what things that they see as being possible red flags,” Faust said.
An Albemarle County elementary school wants to become a national leader in learning that uses principles from the business world. The students at Baker-Butler Elementary are solving problems through a practice known as "design thinking.” Right now, eight teachers at Baker-Butler are studying the design thinking method with professors in the education and architecture schools at the University of Virginia.
Monday afternoon, the University of Virginia offered an insider's look of the Rotunda's construction and renovation process.
Dr. Saras Sarasvathy, a leading professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, has shown that the mindsets and practices that make entrepreneurs entrepreneurial can be learned as readily as any other method of thought or design.
A task force of interdisciplinary scientists reviewed the evidence on the impact of state-funded prekindergarten programs and issued a report on its findings, the subject of this post by Daniel Willingham, UVA professor of psychology.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a new technique that will allow a single cancer research lab to do the work of dozens of labs.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a noteworthy religious-discrimination case that some observers believe could have ramifications for related issues, such as school choice and whether states can deny public services like police and fire protection to churches. “If the church wins, they will likely write it narrowly. It will affect Blaine Amendments elsewhere only as applied to wholly secular benefits,” said Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia Law School, who studies religious-liberty issues.
The director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia, Barbara Perry, said it is even too generous to call Trump an "entry-level president." "Unless he would be an intern, he would not have a position in the White House — with no educational experience, no military experience, no government, no political experience, most of it was running for president." She described his learning curve in office as "Mount Everest." "It's as steep as they come and ice-covered, and he didn't bring very many knowledgeable Sherpas with him," Perry told NPR.
Leslie Kendrick, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, is to take up the position of new Vice Dean at the school from 1 July. She will replace George Geis, a professor who has held the post since 2012 who will return to full-time teaching and research as a faculty member.
Members of the University of Virginia’s Presidential Search Committee opened a public forum on Friday by asking attendees which qualities they’d like to see in the next president. Many of the answers from the audience echoed suggestions from earlier meetings with faculty: experience with academia, communication skills and a commitment to research. But several attendees, and a couple of comments submitted online, also called for someone with political savvy.
The University of Virginia is competing tonight with Yale University in the finals of the nationwide competition, which began with more than 650 college teams from across the United States. Each team argues both sides of a copyright infringement case during mock trials before attorneys who judge the teams to determine a winner.
For Narayana Murthy, capitalism must be compassionate. "I want a stone on my grave that says: 'This was a fair person'," Murthy said at the Darden School of Business (University of Virginia) about 10 days ago. He was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Foundation medal by the school. Murthy shared his thoughts on corporate governance, once again highlighting the values of fairness, transparency and accountability.
UVA’s ROTC detachment hosts the race each year to remember Hess — the unit’s only graduate killed in the war in Afghanistan — and raises money for a scholarship bearing his name.