Recent national studies by University of Virginia researchers show that from 10 percent to 40 percent of students, depending on the school district, who are intending to go to college never show up.
A study out earlier this month answers one of those lingering questions: Can a hookup lead to the altar? For almost one-third (32 percent) of those in a nationally representative sample, their relationship with their eventual spouse began as a hookup – however the respondents defined it for themselves. “We found that people who said their relationship began by hooking up reported lower marital quality than people who didn’t start their relationship by hooking up,” said Galena Rhoades, a research associate professor of psychology at the University of Denver, who is co-au...
A report released from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia looks at the many factors that predict a high-quality marriage. One of the main findings was about how couples handle relationship milestones, like moving in together.
A study published this year in Science goes that one better: It showed that most people would rather engage in an activity, even if unpleasant, than do nothing. To find out, researchers at the University of Virginia and Harvard left people alone in a room for six to 15 minutes with nothing to do but think. The majority of participants, given a choice, actually preferred to administer themselves a mild electric shock than to do nothing at all.
Reagan did not begin traveling abroad until he left the governor’s office and failed to capture the GOP presidential nomination in 1976. Then he went to Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Iran, Singapore, London, Paris and Germany – part of a strategy to bolster his foreign policy knowledge, according to an interview that Richard Allen, Reagan’s chief foreign policy adviser at the time, gave to the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
3,500 women lined up Saturday morning to run in one of Central Virginia's largest races. The 22nd Women's Four-Miler started off at Foxfield in Albemarle County at 8 a.m. with women of all ages participating. Whether they ran or walked, participants helped raise money for the University of Virginia Cancer Center breast care program.
For a rural hospital, Augusta Health has some unusual features. New this year through a partnership with University of Virginia Health System, it can perform critical lung and esophagus cancer surgeries on site so people don't have to travel long distances for care.
The Kluge-Ruhe Museum – America's only permanent institution displaying Australian Aboriginal art and educating Americans about it through associations with the University of Virginia – re-opened earlier this year after refurbishment with a semi-permanent exhibition called Art and Country. It's a selection of 34 works on canvas, paper and eucalyptus bark drawn from the permanent collection, exploring the range of ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists develop and maintain relationships with “Country,” their homeland.
(Commentary by Gregory Orr, a professor of English at the University of Virginia) When I was 12 years old, I killed a younger brother in a hunting accident near our home in upstate New York. I returned to that memory this week, when I read about what happened to the young New Jersey girl who lost control of a submachine gun at a shooting range outside Las Vegas, killing her instructor.
(By Arlene Keeling, Centennial Distinguished Professor of Nursing and director of the Eleanor C. Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical; and assistant professor of nursing Pamela DeGuzman) As in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, it was the hottest part of summer back in July 1967 when violence erupted in inner-city Detroit.
One year ago yesterday, a promising 19-year-old Jefferson Scholar named Shelley Goldsmith lay in a hospital bed just hours after grooving to electronic dance music and taking a controlled drug called Molly. She died. Now her family hopes to have her memory live on with the creation of a University of Virginia scholarship in her honor.
Nam Pham, 21, a rising senior at the University of Virginia, says he sees a future in STEM. As a summer intern with Honeywell and a passion for STEM education, he thinks he has a good shot at a job after college.
There’s a knife-to-the-gut feeling that only a true ‘Hoos fanatic feels at the outset of football season. It all starts again at noon Saturday, when the University of Virginia opens against No. 7 UCLA at Scott Stadium. The Cavaliers’ new season follows their worst in 32 years. And the memory of every single defeat does more than just hurt — it tears at you.
An Accomack County native will have her film screened at the New York Film Festival and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival this fall. “It’s very exciting. The New York Film Festival is one of the biggest festivals ... and it’s just an honor to be accepted by Trinidad (the film’s subject),” said Vashti Harrison, a 2010 U.Va. graduate.
Her obsession with really good natural juice drinks started when she was growing up in South Florida, Hillary Lewis said. Lewis, 28, is founder and CEO of Lumi Organics, a Charlottesville-based company that makes fruit and vegetable juices under the Lumi brand, using a cold-press process that Lewis says preserves the nutrients and fresh-from-the-farm flavor of the ingredients.
(Q&A) Rookie left-hander Kyle Crockett is a reliever on the rise. Drafted in the fourth round out of the University of Virginia in 2013 by the Indians, he was in the big leagues less than a year later. The quick rise through the Indians minor league system made Crockett, 22, the first player from the 2013 draft to make it to the big leagues.
Public universities now must make across-the-board cuts; UVa facing $15 million in budget reductions
Following a similar mandate to other state agencies last week, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office this week notified public colleges and universities to submit strategies to cut their operating budgets by 5 percent this fiscal year and 7 percent next year. The University of Virginia estimates the 5 percent cut this year will cost $6.5 million and next year’s 7 percent reduction will total $9.14 million. UVa is evaluating its options but has “no specifics to share” at this point, spokesman McGregor McCance said.
The architect behind a massive, $50 million project to restore the Rotunda at the University of Virginia will step down in October. David J. Neuman, who has been the university’s architect for 11 years, is leaving to become a consultant with Architectural Resources Group Inc. in San Francisco.