In February of this year, the university announced that it would continue to examine its history by establishing the president’s Commission on the University in the Age of Segregation.
The University of Virginia unveiled a $5 billion fundraising campaign Thursday that will add money for faculty, fellowships and student affordability during the school’s bicentennial. The public phase, if approved by the full Board of Visitors on Friday, will begin in fall 2019 and run through the spring of 2025.
Many classrooms are sacrificing the discovery and critical thinking skills that arise through play in favor of academics, UVA researchers found, led by the education-policy researcher Daphna Bassok.
Professor Saras Sarasvathy, a renowned scholar of entrepreneurship at UVA’s Darden School of Business, has discovered that successful entrepreneurs are not only relentless “askers,” but they also have a repertoire of asks for different startup scenarios.
UVA Researchers say current seat belts are not made to protect nearly 110 million Americans. That's a third of the nation's population, and that's how many people are considered obese.
Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies and director of UVA’s Center for Media and Citizenship, and Baratunde Thurston, futurist comedian, writer and activist, talk about Facebook's data-sharing policy with device makers and Apple's attempt to differentiate its privacy policies from Facebook's, and personal data exposure online ... and what to do about it.
Elsewhere in California, Democrats have all but secured candidates to take on politically vulnerable GOP incumbents Jeff Denham, Steve Knight, Mimi Walters, and David Valadao. “Democrats remain alive in all of their targets, which was not guaranteed going into Tuesday night,” said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of the election forecaster Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA.
Republicans are about to select their candidate to take on incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine. Whichever candidate emerges as the winner next week will face a huge financial challenge. Kaine has no opposition in the primary, and he’s already raised more than a million dollars. Geoff Skelley at the UVA Center for Politics says it’s noteworthy that none of the Republicans in the race have posted fundraising numbers anywhere close to that.
Albemarle County is joining local efforts to memorialize John Henry James, who was lynched there in 1898. On Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors discussed collecting soil from the lynching site as part of the Equal Justice Initiative memorial project. UVA professor Jalane Schmidt and Andrea Douglas, director of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, are leading a pilgrimage to the EJI museum in July to place the jars of soil in the museum and pick up a monument to James.
Official recommendations from health authorities in the United States and the European Union agree that most people would benefit from eating more seafood. But their warnings to avoid fish that have higher mercury concentrations, such as swordfish and bluefin tuna, are having the unintended consequence of scaring consumers away from the fish counter altogether. Jay Shimshack, a UVA associate professor of public policy and economics and an expert in environmental and health policy, agreed that poor communication has had unintended, adverse consequences for the public health, as seen by the resu...
(Commentary by William I. Hitchcock, Randolph P. Compton Professor at UVA’s Miller Center) In 2018, the D-Day story carries even more power and weight because we live in a political climate that denigrates the very sources of strength that made the D-Day invasion such a dramatic success.
Another goal within the plan is to have all school principals complete the UVA development program — the top in the nation — and get teachers more involved in the development of curriculum and assessments.
The UVA School of Architecture has appointed Felipe Correa as the Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor and new chair of architecture. Correa is currently an associate professor and director of the Master of Architecture in Urban Design program at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University. He will start the new position on July 25.
The UVA School of Architecture has appointed Felipe Correa as the Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor and the new chair of Architecture. Currently an associate professor and director of the Master of Architecture in Urban Design program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Correa will assume the role on July 25.
(Commentary by Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor at UVA’s Center for Politics) A year ago, Virginia had one of its liveliest primaries in recent history with contested statewide gubernatorial contests for both parties. This year’s affair has not garnered quite the same level of attention as the 2017 primaries, though Virginia was one of the only states to hold regular elections last year.
"In many ways tech companies are the new conglomerates," said Jenny Zenner, senior director of career services at UVA’s Darden School of Business. "It really is a place where an MBA can go and know that they'll have opportunities within the company or be able to go to plenty of other companies as well." Darden has added classes and degree options to meet growing demand for skills that will prepare students for careers in tech.
Medicaid expansion in Virginia is viewed as a positive move and won’t have a significant financial impact on the UVA Medical Center, according to UVA officials. At the medical center’s Health System Board meeting Wednesday, several leaders praised the change, which was passed by the General Assembly on May 31.
Three UVA students — including one Madison County resident — will spend the summer immersed in foreign cultures and languages, thanks to the Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was 14 years old and at his boarding school when his father was shot. He attended UVA for law and worked as an attorney for the nonprofit Hudson Riverkeeper, after working with the organization as part of his sentence for heroin possession. He has asked that investigations into the murders of his father and uncle, JFK, be reopened.