Research from economists at University of Virginia and Middle Tennessee State University finds that those with early-career work experience can expect to earn 20 percent more later in their careers.
The University of Virginia School of Architecture has appointed Bradley Cantrell as the new chair of Landscape Architecture. Currently an associate professor of landscape architectural technology and director of the Master in Landscape Architecture degree program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Cantrell will assume the role June 25.
The University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education has cracked the top 20 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
Wise County has partnered with the University of Virginia to begin producing more engineers and tech sector graduates so that the local population might be seen as fertile ground for building a workforce without needing to import all of the talent.
Full-time MBA students have more time to build a network, says Jeff McNish, assistant dean of the Career Development Center at UVA’s Darden School of Business. And since they are likely not working, students have time for extra-curriculars and co-curriculars that add value.
Mudslinging has always been part of our political landscape, but UVA Professor of Media Studies Siva Vaidhyanathan says there’s something new in the 21st century – an online platform where more than 40 percent of Americans get their news.
Recent protests, even violent ones, over controversial speakers on campuses should encourage higher-education administrators to defend free speech, says Teresa A. Sullivan, the president of the University of Virginia.
(By William Antholis, the director and CEO of UVA’s Miller Center) Republican Sen. Ben Sasse said it best: "We are in the midst of a civilization-warping crisis of public trust and the president’s allegations today demand the thorough and dispassionate attention of serious patriots.” He was responding to President Trump’s accusation that former President Obama wiretapped him directly.
Researchers from the UVA School of Medicine found that gut bacteria can play a part in depression, by studying mice before and after they were subjected to stress.
A recent new study advises that consuming yogurt may help ease the symptoms of depression. According to researchers, depression is one of the leading causes of mental disarray affecting millions of people across different age groups. The study, done by the University of Virginia, it stated that eating yogurt rich in lactobacillus, a kind of probiotic bacteria, may help relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety.
The Daily Progress reports that the University of Virginia might turn to a “nontraditional” candidate when it names a successor to President Teresa Sullivan.
Congressman Tom Garrett told a weekend gathering of Republican activists in Albemarle County he’s eager to field questions from local constituents. Garrett has encouraged them to show up at an upcoming event he’s arranged with UVA’s Batten School.
This year marks the 100th birthday of President John F. Kennedy, who remains a magnetic figure for many Americans – even those who were too young to live through his presidency.
Legendary Charlottesville photographer Ed “Flash” Roseberry, who documented decades of UVA student life, is profiled on the occasion of the publication of a book of his most notable work.
His basketball team isn’t entering the NCAA tournament with the hype of a top seed or a veteran roster full of Final Four expectations. But don’t tell UVA coach Tony Bennett that this year’s bid to the Big Dance holds any less importance.
This year’s Virginia Film Festival will take place from Nov. 9-12, festival officials announced Wednesday. The festival is a program of the University of Virginia and its Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts.
More consumers are falling prey to scams in which con artists pretend to be someone trustworthy, like a government official or service technician, in order to fraudulently seek money, the Federal Trade Commission reports. "Everything is based on social trust. We tend to accept things when people ask us," said Luca Cian, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Virginia.
They’ll need to make some room in the sports hair hall of fame for University of Virginia freshman sensation Kyle Guy and his man bun/top knot hybrid, which has taken the college basketball world by storm.
The No. 6 seed Virginia basketball team will play No. 14 seed Pittsburgh in the ACC tournament second round on Wednesday. Tip off is set for 9 p.m. from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
The Democratic primary for Virginia governor features former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, two candidates who are taking different approaches to the campaign. “It’s pretty clear that Perriello is shaping his campaign as very much an anti-Trump campaign,” UVA political scientist Geoffrey Skelley said. “And while Ralph Northam has plenty to say about Donald Trump, at the end of day, I don’t feel his rhetoric is aimed so much at the national picture as Perriello’s is.”