The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate spoke Saturday afternoon at the University of Virginia. Harry Reid of Nevada explored what it means to be a Mormon and the ways he balances conflicts between his faith and the Democratic Party.
The University of Central Florida has grown 90 percent since the turn of the century in undergraduate enrollment, The Washington Post reported this week, rocketing past the state flagship university in size and becoming one of the largest universities in the country. One takeaway is that growth varies significantly even among elite schools. The University of Wisconsin-Madison grew 3 percent; the University of Virginia grew 17 percent.
Jonathan Bartels, an emergency care nurse at the University of Virginia Medical Center, recognized early the value of "The Pause." The practice is now part of the curriculum at the University's nursing school, and has begun to spread to other hospitals across the U.S.
The University of Virginia Health System plans to open an orthopedic clinic at U.Va. Culpeper Hospital this fall, adding increased access to specialized orthopedic care for patients in the Culpeper region.
Once a seemingly infallible cornerstone of the political system, public opinion polls have racked up a few big-time fails in recent years, embarrassments that compelled a leading firm to conduct an internal audit to find out what went wrong. Analysts are also openly questioning whether the industry, whose leaders were household names in the 60s and 70s, has kept up with a rapidly transforming, highly-mobile electorate – one that's relying on everyday technology to opt out of the public discourse. "The science of public surveying is in something of a crisis right now," says ...
Pope Francis dove into some of the United States' thorniest political debates during his historic visit by urging the world's wealthiest nation to welcome immigrants, to end homelessness and do more to address climate change. Within minutes of Francis' historic address to Congress, lawmakers for each party cited his words to bolster their arguments and contended that the other side failed to understand the message. "Washington didn't ignore it, but they are incapable of following the pope's suggestions. It's just that simple," said Larry Sabato, director of th...
The influential US educationalist ED Hirsch has spoken out in favour of teacher assessment, arguing that it is “pretty darn valid” and could be used to encourage schools to teach a knowledge-based curriculum. Professor Hirsch, who is professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, said a greater emphasis on formative tests could encourage schools to teach “the Kings of England and facts historical” instead of holding “iPad hour”.
A student group at the University of Virginia has traded in their regular room and board for tents. UVa's Jewish Social Justice Council will be sleeping outside to raise money for Charlottesville's homeless.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: European lobbyists are as suave, subtle and sophisticated as their American counterparts are loud, brash and willing to step on toes to achieve their goals. “Many people think it is cultural, but I think the institutional context is more important in driving behavior,” said Christine Mahoney, an American who in 2004 was an intern at British lobby firm DLA, which was then on the cusp of a merger with two U.S. law firms which created DLA Piper. Mahoney, now an expert on lobbying at the University of Virginia, said that at no time did the Ameri...
E-signatures do save money, paper, and time, but in exchange for speed they might sacrifice that trace of ourselves an autograph is supposed to represent. In a new paper, management scholar Eileen Chou of the University of Virginia reports that the "weaker self-presence" of digital signatures might have an "unintentional—but critical—consequence": dishonesty. Chou backs her claim with a series of seven (count ‘em, seven) clever tests in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Neurosurgeon John A. Jane Sr., MD, PhD, died Sept. 18, 2015. He began his career at UVa's School of Medicine in 1969, where he served as chair of the neurosurgery department until 2006. Dr. Jane served as the director of the residency program until 2014.
(By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia) Whatever else it is, the Republican presidential contest has become a full employment act for reporters and analysts. With the largest (though gradually shrinking) field of any major party in U.S. history and a Republican electorate that appears mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore, the GOP caravan is careening down the highway with drivers hurling insults at one another and racing recklessly to get into position for the voting that begins in a little over four ...
In a discovery that could lead to more targeted and effective treatments for certain lung and prostate cancers, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified two new cancer-causing gene mutations - mutations that may be particularly susceptible to cancer-fighting drugs already approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. One of the gene mutations also may play a key role in early menopause.
Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia is a public research university that works to develop the next generation of leaders. UVA offers 56 undergraduate degree programs spread through 11 different schools. The most popular majors are in the social sciences. The university boasts high freshmen retention and on-time graduation rates, while also providing graduates with excellent earnings boosts.
A Friday conference in Charlottesville will discuss funding for the Pay for Success program. The conference is being hosted by Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Police, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Third Sector Capital Partners and the Tom Tom Founders Festival.
At the flagship public universities of Maryland and Virginia, students with economic advantages graduate at a higher rate than those who are less fortunate, a gap between haves and have-nots that troubles many schools around the country. At the University of Virginia, the Pell-eligible grad rate was 84 percent, 9 points lower than that for non-Pell students. However, U-Va. officials said their latest figures show sharp gains for Pell-eligible students, with the graduation rate climbing to 90 percent.
“Finding oneself in a foreign land with an unfamiliar medical system is very inconvenient and can be dangerous,” says William Brady, an ER professor at the University of Virginia and the medical director of Allianz Global Assistance. “A good medical travel insurance policy can help you find a doctor or decide which hospital to go to based on your symptoms, and cover emergency medical care and evacuation.”
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is the new name of a collection of health-care facilities and services in the Hampton Roads city, including Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. The health system also participates in a number of partnerships including a radiosurgery services relationship with the University of Virginia and Riverside Health System and another partnership with Diagnostic Imaging Centers.
In a discovery that could lead to more targeted and effective treatments for certain lung and prostate cancers, a team of researchers lead by an Indian American scientist has discovered two new cancer-causing gene mutations. The researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered that cancers with the newly discovered mutations in the MCM8 and MCM9 genes are likely to respond extremely favorably to some drugs already approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration against breast cancers with the well-known BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.
According to University of Virginia education professor Benjamin Castleman college enrollment increased 3.1 percent when schools texted prospective students important deadline information. That's a big step in combating what researchers call "summer melt" or the tendency for high school students, especially low-income or first-generation students to not attend college even after being accepted.