The DNA legacy of the first human settlers of the Americas has started to paint a complex picture of multiple waves of migration and genetic variation. … “Scientists in the past few decades have rethought the settlement of the Americas,” said Mark Sicoli, the linguistic anthropologist at the University of Virginia who led the work.
University of Virginia linguistic anthropologist Mark A. Sicoli and colleagues are applying the latest technology to an ancient mystery: how and when early humans inhabited the New World. Their new research, which analyzes more than 100 linguistic features, suggest more complex patterns of contact and migration among the early peoples who first settled the Americas.
The University of Virginia men’s basketball program retired the No. 15 jersey of Greater Atlanta Christian grad Malcolm Brogdon in a ceremony prior to Monday night’s home game against Miami (Fla.).
Everyone needs a good pair of jeans. That's exactly what students at the University of Virginia gave to the Shelter for Help in Emergency MondayMonday is the first day of “Celebrate Every Body Week.” Peer health educators at UVA are taking old jeans to donate to the shelter.
Traditionally, US universities have required applicants for master's programmes to demonstrate 16 years of formal education to meet eligibility requirements. But many of America's top universities - including Harvard, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina and Syracuse University - now accept three-year undergraduate degrees from India.
There are countless strong examples of how business schools are teaching their students to be ethical. One is the Giving Voice to Values curriculum based at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Recently, new radiocarbon dates and ancient DNA analysis of the millennia-old bones revealed that the burials may represent an early Native American dynasty. “The evidence suggests it’s a long matriline, in control for a long, long time,” says University of Virginia archaeologist and study co-author Stephen Plog.
Bryan Cranston, best known as Walter White from “Breaking Bad,” will speak at the University of Virginia next month. Cranston — who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times — will talk about his career as an artist and “the impact that the arts have on our lives, education and the world.”
Top-ranked Virginia (9-0) outfought No. 3 Ohio State (11-1) to a score of 4-1 on Monday at the Boars Head Sports Club, seizing its first ITA National Indoor Championship since 2013 and the Cavs’ sixth overall.
In her seminal study, “What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial?,” Saras D Sarasvathy of the University of Virginia drew a distinction between the "causal" thinking patterns typical of managers and the "effectual" reasoning of entrepreneurs.
“The Trump people have clearly bought into the model of harsh enforcement. They apparently think, ‘We’ll be tough, and a lot of people will leave on their own,’” said David Martin, a UVA immigration law professor. “They believe they’ll win in the court of public opinion. I’m not sure about that.”
The UVA Health System has named a new director to the Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center. Jose Oberholzer comes to UVA from the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Four scholars at the University of Virginia are grappling with Thomas Jefferson's mixed legacy this President's Day. Monday, a UVA Law School panel discussion shed light into the issues surrounding how historical figures who owned slaves are honored.
The search for a new University of Virginia president will take place behind closed doors, but members of the search committee have promised to seek public input.
University of Virginia linguistic anthropologist Mark A. Sicoli and colleagues are applying the latest technology to an ancient mystery: how and when early humans inhabited the New World. Their new research, which analyzes more than 100 linguistic features, suggest more complex patterns of contact and migration among the early peoples who first settled the Americas.
There's a different feel around Virginia's men's basketball program now than there was in March when Malcolm Brogdon played his last game in a Cavaliers uniform. As he returns Monday night to John Paul Jones Arena to have his old No. 15 retired before No. 14 UVA (18-8, 8-6 ACC) hosts Miami, the Cavaliers are in the midst of the sort of slump they never had to endure during Brogdon's years.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., holds a sizable lead over conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham and former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina in hypothetical contests for Kaine's seat in 2018, according to a new poll. Virginia is likely to be an uphill fight for Republicans who are looking to take down Kaine. UVA’s Larry Sabato rates the race as "Likely Democratic."
It’ll be up to Republicans to decide whether to force Trump out. And that won’t happen unless they see him as ruining their party as well as the nation. “The only incentive for Republicans to act – with or without the cabinet – is the same incentive Republicans had in 1974 to insist on Nixon’s resignation,” Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia told me. “The incentive is survival.”
Defending his stalled immigration ban, Trump said, "There was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was nothing." Forged documents and passports are a concern in some countries, but that doesn’t give Trump license to say there is no system. "No system is foolproof," David Martin, a UVA law professor who’s previously held posts at DHS and the State Department, has told us. "If we really wanted a foolproof system, we would shut down immigration entirely."
“Oh yes, VMI – there is no tighter, more loyal group of alumni anywhere,” says Larry Sabato, the University of Virginia political analyst who has followed the state’s campaigns and evolving electoral culture since the 1970s. “It’s quite a network, and there’s one slice of the electorate you don’t ever want to get on the wrong side of. The Institute has been life-changing for many. I think that’s one reason their bond is so strong.”