The University of Virginia’s ninth president, Jim Ryan, will be inaugurated Friday on the Lawn. The event will last from 3 to 4:30 p.m., with a public reception to follow on the north plaza of the Rotunda. In case of rain, the event will take place at John Paul Jones Arena.
The University of Virginia, through its “nudge4” center, is working on innovations that leverage technologies to support students and others, such as a current project that seeks to use machine learning to provide personalized transfer guidance to community college students.
With the pool of college-age students shrinking due to demographic trends and state support for higher education sputtering, public colleges and universities that lose overseas students can find themselves in financial trouble. A 2016 working paper by researchers at the University of Michigan, the Urban Institute, the University of California, San Diego and the University of Virginia estimated that a 10 percent reduction in state funding is associated with a 12 percent bump in enrollment of international students at public research universities, suggesting that colleges are seeking out foreign...
Hampton Roads employers will be connected with Virginia-based students in a statewide recruiting partnership, Hire Virginia. Eight top universities, including UVA, will bring students to the Marriott Waterside in Norfolk on Nov. 5 to participate in an interview day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(Commentary by UVA sociology professor W. Bradford Wilcox) The American Dream is in relatively good shape in some communities – like Seattle and Salt Lake – but in comparatively bad shape in other communities – like Atlanta and Baltimore. This means poor kids raised in cities like Seattle and Salt Lake City have a much better chance of moving up in the world, income-wise, than children raised in Atlanta and Baltimore.
(Commentary by Cristina Lopez-Gottardi, assistant professor and research director for public and policy programs at UVA’s Miller Center) Hispanics have become a powerful force in American politics, and yet in recent days there has been growing concern that they might not turn out for the November midterms now just weeks away. But earning their vote may be more straightforward than imagined.
People injured while protesting white supremacy in Charlottesville on Aug. 11 and 12, 2017 will not face costly medical bills. The UVA Health System announced it will absorb all out-of-pocket costs for people treated at UVA facilities following the violence that broke out in connection with Jason Eric Kessler’s Unite the Right rally.
Stroll under a bright-yellow canopy of Pratt ginkgo trees at the Blandy Experimental Farm, about 70 miles west of here. The Blandy ginkgo grove, part of a 700-acre University of Virginia research facility, is one of the largest collections of the trees outside their native China.
Welcome to Secrets of the Book Critics, in which books journalists from around the U.S. and beyond share their thoughts. This week we spoke to award-winning poet, professor and essayist Lisa Russ Spaar, UVA professor of English and chair of the Creative Writing Program.
Whether he's dramatically flexing his arms on the sideline or chest-bumping a player after a big defensive stop, it can be hard to miss Vic So'oto on the sideline during UVA football games. So'oto is the youngest full-time coach on the Cavaliers' staff.
This year's pool of candidates is a diverse one, with more women and LGBT people running than ever before. But will it make a difference? Yes, says Jennifer Lawless, a UVA politics professor who specializes in campaigns and elections.
The special counsel’s lack of public commentary also hardly makes for good campaign material, said Larry Sabato, director of the UVA Center for Politics. “Mueller is the great sphinx so far,” Sabato said. “No one really knows what he’s thinking or how far his investigation has come. It’s hard to grab onto fog.”
Trump has been aggressive on the campaign trail courting his base, especially in Republican-leaning states where many of this year’s closer Senate races are taking place. “They are focusing on their base, and they are trying to make sure that they are going to show up and vote. And it could make some difference in close midterm elections,” said University of Virginia analyst Larry Sabato.
Still in the headlines following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its role in spreading fake news during the 2016 election, Facebook announced late last month that a data breach revealed the private information of nearly 30 million users. Taken together, “I think people are rightfully questioning the authenticity of their interactions on the social network as well as the integrity of the news and information it curates,” said Emily Blout, a cybersecurity expert who formerly worked with the National Security Council and doubles as an assistant professor at the University of Virginia.
More than 20 health systems, including the University of Virginia Health System, are working together in the AVIA Innovator Network's Medicaid Transformation Project. The aim is to develop financially sustainable solutions to improving the health of the nearly 75 million Americans who receive care through Medicaid.
The University of Virginia Health System is taking part in a national project to transform Medicaid. This all comes as the commonwealth prepares to expand coverage to 400,000 more Virginians.
In the spirit of putting the educators at the center of education research, the nonprofit Jefferson Education Exchange and the Institute of Education Science — the independent research arm of the U.S. Department of Education — have joined forces to embark on a listening tour to understand if and how their current research strategy is missing the mark. Over the next few weeks, officials from JEX, which is based out of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, and IES are visiting Omaha, Neb. and Raleigh, N.C. to “enter into serious discussions” with teachers, principals and superi...
(Video) University of Virginia President Jim Ryan is using exercise to get to know students and faculty members.
When disaster strikes, UVA’s School of Nursing wants to teach nurses how they can best help communities that are struggling to recover.
An expo at UVA on Monday focused on forms of sustainable energy and the jobs it creates. The expo gave students a peek at careers with a focus on going green.