Professor Farzaneh Milani has been recognized with two international awards relating to her overall career and to the publication of her most recent book, "Words Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers and the Freedom of Movement."
Mark Harril Saunders’s first novel, “Ministers of Fire,” is a brilliant, exciting and profound spy tale about, among other things, what it means to have faith. Saunders, who was raised in the Washington area and works for the University of Virginia Press, has a highly literate style and a deep understanding of politics and people.
Work on a new indoor practice facility for the University of Virginia football team is moving forward.
Tuesday night, doctors and nurses at the University of Virginia Medical Center gave a big "thank you" to some Charlottesville High School students.
Darden’s entrepreneurship professor Ed Hess will teach an online course from January 2013, and more than 15,000 people have already signed up for it.
Indiana University was the first college to pilot a program three years ago by making students buy the e-textbook in selected courses. Five more universities have adopted similar programs: University of California-Berkeley, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, University of Virginia and Cornell University.
The University of Virginia has received high marks from Forbes Magazine and U.S. News & World Report on both magazines’ annual list of top U.S. colleges.
A senior member of the University of Virginia's board offered a public confession Tuesday for his role in the forced departure and subsequent rehiring of the school's president, which he said "brought embarrassment" to the university.
In her Madison Hall office lined with shelves of sociology books, U.Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan reflected on Monday afternoon on the crisis that made her one of the best-known university presidents in America — the celebrated survivor of a clash that has come to stand for the uncertain future of public higher education.
Dr. Robert Christopher Harmon
Who completed his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship at the University of Virginia
Harmon joins staff at Augusta Health
Augusta Free Press / August 13
Austin Pasztor
An offensive lineman now in the Minnesota Vikings camp
Cory Boyd now an Eskimo largely because Toronto Argonauts ...
Toronto Star / August 13
Dr. Scott Commins
An assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Allergy and Immunology
How a Tick Bite Made Me Allergic to Meat
Discover Magazine / August 13
Kyle Kondik
An analyst with the Center for Politics
A Stark Choice: Candidates in Special Election Are on Opposite ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers/ August 13
Brian Nosek
A psychology professor
More trial, less error: An effort to improve scientific studies
WTAQ / August 14
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Christie for veep chatter: Was it real?
Asbury Park Press / August 13
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How Paul Ryan transformed a Sei...
The University of Virginia football team plans to hold its annual Meet the Team Day on Sunday. The free event is set for 1:30 p.m. at the John Paul Jones Arena. Players and coaches will be available for photos and autographs from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The Cavalier and his horse, Sabre, and members of the Virginia spirit team also will be on site.
It is not uncommon for a child in today's society to be raised in a single-parent household, but Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, says that children growing up in such a family structure are more likely to struggle with hardships such as delinquency or teenage pregnancy. "Most kids who are raised by single parents turn out OK. The flip side of that coin is kids who are raised in single-(parent) families are two to three times more likely to drop out of high school, for instance," Wilcox said, adding that boys raised in single-parent fami...
The University of Virginia on Monday introduced an online portal that compiles and showcases more than 70 products based on discoveries or research that originated at UVa. The website, innovation.virginia.edu/impact/products, features details on the development and commercialization process for business, consumer, computer-related, medical and therapeutic products. About 40 of the products are available on the market.
Leonard Sandridge spent 44 years as chief operating officer of UVA. His successor, Michael Strine, was on the job for 13 months. Initially hailed as an effective leader whose experience as chief financial officer at Johns Hopkins could put the University and its medical center on firm financial footing, Strine’s brief tenure serves as a reminder of the collateral damage caused by the turmoil that shook Grounds over the summer after the failed ouster of President Teresa Sullivan.
New details are emerging from the Teresa Sullivan saga at the University of Virginia just days before the Board of Visitors retreat. In emails between Rector Helen Dragas and the Board's publicist between the time of Sullivan's ouster and subsequent reinstatement, Dragas asked for the publicist to write a statement saying, "Today, I have asked the Governor not to reappoint me to a second term as rector."
Following a debate about the future of the University of Virginia that lead to the removal and eventual reinstatement of President Teresa Sullivan, UVa deans and Provost John Simon are offering a road map for the future of the school. The group delivered a letter to Sullivan that identifies goals and lays out a process by which UVa can plan for the future.
The provost and deans of the University of Virginia have written a letter urging a collaborative approach to setting a strategic direction for U.Va. and addressing "macro issues" on governance that put the university at a disadvantage. The letter from Provost John Simon and the deans of all 11 schools and the University Library was addressed to President Teresa Sullivan, who summarized it in an Aug. 6 letter to the board of visitors. The board and Sullivan will meet this week in Richmond for a retreat and orientation for new members. The sessions at the Omni Richmond Hotel are the first since ...
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors will meet this week for the first time since UVA President Teresa Sullivan was reinstated. The board will hold its annual retreat in Richmond. The two-day event will start on Wednesday. Board members will spend time talking about what their role is heading into a change of leadership.