Perhaps the most important characteristic of visible light is color. Color is both an inherent property of light and an artifact of the human eye. The first person to realize that white light was made up of the colors of the rainbow was Isaac Newton, who in 1666 passed sunlight through a narrow slit and then a prism to project the colored spectrum onto a wall, according to Michael Fowler, a physics professor at the University of Virginia.
(By Robert F. Turner, co-founded the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law) Four decades ago this week, in what was then Saigon, I was trying to facilitate the evacuation of orphans as North Vietnam’s armed forces approached the city. I had left the U.S. Army after two tours in Vietnam and had returned to do what I could to help as America fled a war—a fight for freedom—that it had shamefully chosen to forfeit.
The U.S. weighed its options as a Navy destroyer and three patrol boats continued to monitor a cargo ship flying the flag of the Marshall Islands that was seized by Iranian naval forces, officials said. The ship’s seizure appears to be illegal, according to Myron Nordquist, a maritime law specialist. Based on what’s known, “Iran had no legal basis under international law for interfering with that vessel,” which was operating in international transit lanes near Iran, said Nordquist, a senior fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia Sch...
State police investigating alcohol agents’ arrest of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson have forwarded a report including several hundred pages of documents to Charlottesville’s top prosecutor. Details on the findings were unavailable, and it’s unclear whether the report, which also includes hours of recorded interviews, will be made public.
Girls Preparatory School awarded the 2015 Distinguished Alumna Award posthumously to Glynn D. Key ’82 on Friday at a luncheon that began Alumnae Weekend activities. A top student, stellar athlete, and natural leader, Ms. Key served as president of the Student Council, received the Senior Scholarship, and was voted “Most Versatile” by her classmates. She attended the University of Virginia as both a Jefferson Scholar and Echols Scholar and earned her law degree there as well. At UVA, she chaired the Honor Committee and was a member of the Seven Society.
The University of Virginia Health System's Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association. The program earned two AHA awards for using treatment guidelines that speed recovery and reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.
Do U.S. consumers boycott products in response to international conflict? Two professors at the University of Virginia say that in the case of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the answer is "yes." "Most studies infer boycott behavior from indirect measures, such as bilateral trade patterns, abnormal stock market returns or consumer surveys, which are typically inconsistent with actual behavior," write associate professor of politics Sonal Pandya and business professor Rajkumar Venkatesan in their study, "French Roast: Consumer Response to International Conflict; Evidence fro...
The online food ordering service GrubHub went through their data to find which schools order the most during finals as compared to the rest of the year. Virginia Tech came out with the biggest spike in finals deliveries -- a 46 percent increase as compared to the rest of the term. The University of Virginia came in at No. 8 with a 25 percent order spike.
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan has announced that UVA is excited to welcome Sir Paul McCartney of the Beatles. The music legend is set to perform at the John Paul Jones Arena on June 23.
A music legend is coming to Charlottesville this summer. Under waving Union Jack flags and behind doors protected by a pair of royal guards, University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan announced Tuesday morning that Paul McCartney will play the John Paul Jones Arena on June 23.
Robb recalled the evolution of his support of gay rights. It dates to the early 1970s, when as a Marine major and a rising second-year student at the University of Virginia Law School, Robb spent a summer at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington.
“From the side, it’s a little odd that you have different paneling from the front, and it sort of sticks up higher than the rest of the building, but I think they tried to make it look like it fits,” said Victoria Ferrante, an undergraduate at the University of Virginia.
Pasha Davoudian of McLean and Daniel Tavakol of Vienna are among 38 University of Virginia students to receive Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards for study during the summer.
Wall Street veteran Hillary Lewis’ high-pressure processed juice has made it to store shelves all around the country.
Whether young people — 60 percent of Iranians are under 30 — are choosing to remain unmarried for economic, political, or entirely personal reasons, observers say the trend will not shift by censoring outlets like Zanan-e Emrouz. “You can shut a magazine, you can imprison the messenger, but you cannot stop this,” Farzaneh Milani, a professor at the University of Virginia who has written extensively about gender issues in Iran, told VICE News.
This is the third of five posts [Valerie Strauss is] publishing this week by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, all dedicated to reading and based on his new book, “Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do.” The first post asked and answered the question of whether the Common Core State Standards could be boost reading comprehension. The second post asked and answered if reading comprehension can be taught.
Researchers at the University of Virginia analysed figures from 11,000 children. They said the link between watching TV and obesity among five-year-olds means parents should restrict how long they allow their kids to sit in front of the box.
The joint effort by the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon anticipates publication of the first volume this summer, with several more large volumes to follow by 2020.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools administrators chose 14 schools for the program and have spent this school year studying the root causes of their academic problems. The district brought in the University of Virginia to help, paying it $600,000 over three years. The total budget for the program is $849,930. Staff at the 14 schools will spend a week on location at the University of Virginia in July to begin coming up with the plans.
Students from the University of Virginia are working to improve race relations in Charlottesville. Their efforts are part of a course in its fourth year at UVA called Race and Repair. … “There's so little that's actually known about the university's history involving race, dating back to slavery and segregation and discrimination,” said professor Frank Dukes.