Physicians and professional piercers agree that over the last six years, plastic surgery on enlarged earlobes has become common enough to earn a name: Earlobeplasty. Anecdotally, though, the trend is clear, as are the sociological reasons for it. Giant bejeweled earlobes are marks of beauty, nobility, bravery, or wisdom in many indigenous and ancient cultures. (The Buddha is often depicted with stretched lobes.) In modern Western cultures, not so much. "These individuals are now thirtysomething. They're done rebelling - I know that's a judgmental thing to say," said Universit...
Willa Brown, a graduate student in history at the University of Virginia, delves into the deeper meaning of lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his flannel-wearing, bearded progeny, who seem to have migrated en masse from Minnesota to populate hipster neighborhoods in urban areas everywhere.
George Gelnovatch conducted two training camps for the University of Virginia men’s soccer team this season. There was the traditional session in August, when the Cavaliers gathered in Charlottesville to begin plotting their return to the College Cup.
A study recently published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery demonstrated that an app can be an effective replacement for joint evaluation. The study, from researchers at the University of Virginia Health Systems, tested the Clinometer app as a replacement for the goniometer tool. A goniometer tool is the clinical and research “gold standard” in evaluating the range of motion for patients’ joints.
Rappahannock County is in the midst of a type of growth that cannot be controlled by zoning, or any other way: the numbers of gray-haired folks are zooming upwards. A research and analysis unit of the University of Virginia, the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, has put numbers to the coming growth in the population of older people; the researchers have done the figuring for the entire commonwealth, and here is what they see ahead for our county: Just six years from now, in 2020, the center expects there will be more than 2,700 people over the age of 60 in Rappahannock. Okay so far. The...
Only about 20 percent of campus sexual assault victims go to police, according to a report released Thursday that provides insight into why so many victims choose to not seek criminal charges.
Three friends who came to Jackie’s aide said her description of what happened to her that night differs from what she told Rolling Stone. In addition, information Jackie gave the three friends about one of her attackers, called “Drew” in the magazine’s article, differ significantly from details she later told The Post, Rolling Stone and friends from sexual assault awareness groups on campus. The three said Jackie did not specifically identify a fraternity that night.
C.J. Libassi analyzes the benefits of full-day kindergarten described in a new randomized study by Chloe R. Gibbs, at the University of Virginia. The preliminary results show that full-day kindergarten is beneficial for all children, especially for Hispanic children.
A religious freedom bill that sailed through the House in a lame-duck session of the Michigan Legislature is being widely criticized as legalizing discrimination against gay people. University of Virginia Law professor Douglas Laycock, a legal scholar and religious liberty advocate, told The Lansing News/MLive criticism against the bill is “way overblown.”
A Haitian presidential commission is recommending sweeping changes, including a new prime minister and government to stabilize the country. “The commission offers a way out of the crisis if Michel Martelly accepts all of its recommendations; but then we will deal with new complicated negotiations about the new electoral council, the new prime minister and the new head of the Supreme Court,” said Robert Fatton, a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia.
Everybody knows somebody who refuses do their business in a public restroom because public restrooms are ew. Contrary to popular belief, a recent study found public bathrooms are not that dirty compared to the rest of your environment. Your hands, the floor, stuffed between couch cushions — these are all places your remote has lived, probably for extended periods of time. You might have coughed or sneezed on it without realizing. A University of Virginia study that looked at cold viruses on household surfaces found TV remotes to be among the germiest, so wipe that sucker d...
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Virginia has been awarded a $17.5 million federal Preschool Expansion Grant that will allow the Commonwealth to serve as many as 1,600 additional at-risk four-year-olds in new, high-quality preschool classes. The grant also will fund a state-level effort — led by the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia (UVA) — to improve preparation and professional development for preschool teachers and administrators.
Palma Pustilnik, an attorney at Central Virginia Legal Aid Society in Charlottesville, has been retained as counsel to the woman identified as "Jackie" in the Rolling Stone article. The article, titled "A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA," highlights what they call a "culture of rape" at the University of Virginia.
When it comes to landing a job with your MBA degree, where a business school ranks tends to matter. Most schools, however, reported stable or improved job offer rates. The University of Virginia’s Darden School reported a five-percentage-point gain to 95% from 90%.
Ranked No. 2 out of the top 10 schools in Virginia by College Factual, the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, is a public research university dedicated to developing the next generation of leaders. U.Va. offers 56 undergraduate degree programs spread through 11 different schools.
The University of Virginia will keep its ban on the school’s fraternities in place until Jan. 9, amid calls from national fraternal groups for an immediate end to the suspensions.
There are new questions over the story of an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. The father of the alleged victim called "Jackie" is angry that Rolling Stone admitted mistakes in that article. CBS News correspondent Julianna Goldman reports from the campus, where one of Jackie's friends, Alex Pinkleton, is also criticizing the magazine and standing by her friend's story.
After almost 40 years, former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles is now taking a step back from it all. The director of the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs is stepping down on December 31.
The University of Virginia Center for Politics’ Global Perspectives on Democracy program is recruiting local students, educators and adult youth leaders to visit Argentina, Chile and Brazil as part of the U.S. Youth Ambassadors Program.
Six humanities projects in Virginia have received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, Massanutten Regional Library in Harrisonburg and Fauquier County's parks and recreation department also received grants.