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Carrie Brown Received her master of fine arts in creative writing at U.Va. and is the author of five novels Sweet Briar professor to teach at Hollins University ‎Lynchburg News and Advance | Jan. 10  John Hanneman Earned a degree in environmental science Wood Business Keeps Evolving: Hanneman Forest Products Looks to Multitek to Boost Firewood Production TimberLine | Jan. 9 Judge John Roll A 1990 alum of the School of Law's graduate program for judges Special Session Honors UVa Grad Killed in Tucson Shootings WCAV CBA-19 | Jan. 9  Freddie Williams Received her undergraduate d...

Jennifer Rae Greeson An assistant professor of English and author of “Our South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature” What a concept News and Record, Greensboro, N.C. | Jan. 9 Kyle Kondik A political analyst with the Center for Politics As New Hampshire votes, Mitt Romney faces a moment of truth The Hill (blog) | Jan. 10 Jerome McGann An English professor and a pioneer in digital scholarship in the humanities The Digital Humanities and the Transcending of Mortality New York Times (blog) | Jan.  9 Maurie D. McInnis A professor of art history and author of ...

As states establish new ways for funding institutions of higher education, Virginia finds itself moving forward with incentivizing colleges and universities instead of only providing across-the-board- base funding each year. Governor McDonnell mentioned the reform recently as he unveiled his proposed $200 million dollar higher education funding increase.  This year, each institution can benefit from a pool of more than $20 million dollars for improved performance in areas with an associated point value. That amount will grow in the future.  Virginia Secretary of Education Laura Forna...

The program focuses on the University of Virginia Press 320-page book, The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah Landscapes from Prehistory to the Present, that contains a series of essays edited by Warren Hofstra and Karl Raitz about the road. Featured in the book are a number of photographs taken by Jost, a Bridgewater College professor, of sites along U.S. Rt. 11. Keller, who has a chapter in the book, has completed extensive research on the turnpike.

By Philip Zelikow A professor of history who was counsellor of the US Department of State from 2005 to 2007 Barack Obama’s new defence strategy caps the most important year in American foreign policy for a decade. Whatever grade one gives to the president’s decisions, they are certainly consequential, adding up to the most profound shift in US foreign policy since the convulsive period between September 2001 and August 2002.

A lavish desert for guests at this Sunday's Golden Globe Awards decorated with edible gold balls and ingredients flown in from various locations around the world has attracted criticism. ... Why that is seen as an environmental problem is a measurement called one's carbon footprint - the amount of pollution emitted. That total estimation according to a carbon footprint calculator by the University of Virginia's TerraPass is 9,261 lbs of carbon dioxide.

“The combination of infrared sensitivity and a 300-target multiplexing capability will make it possible for APOGEE to create the first-ever systematic and comprehensive probe of stars in every part of our Galaxy,” says principal investigator Steven Majewski who presented the new survey at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas, today. Astronomy professors David Nidever, Michael Skrutskie and graduate student Gail Zasowski are also part of the team.

The Wall Street Journal is expected to announce on Monday that Douglas A. Blackmon, a senior national correspondent who frequently covers politics, will be leaving the newspaper to take an academic post at the University of Virginia and to cover politics for The Washington Post as a contributing editor.

I kept hearing this sentiment from all sorts of people: There’s just something about being invited into the president’s home that makes students, faculty, donors and others feel personally connected to the school. ... University of Virginia: President Teresa A. Sullivan and her husband live in Carr’s Hill, a historic home that celebrated its centennial in 2009. The 11,647-square-foot house has 16 rooms and eight bathrooms and was designed by the same architect who redesigned the Rotunda after a fire in 1895. Over the past century, guests to Carr’s Hill have included pre...

Some lawyers would shy away from a client like Shanteny Calvin, but students at the University of Virginia law school’s Immigration Law Clinic were not afraid to take on her case. A Costa Rican immigrant and mother of three, Calvin dreamed of becoming a permanent resident of the United States. However, her criminal history complicated her case, making it less likely that she would be granted a green card.

Acquire a global perspective. Learn to communicate and lead. Get in touch with your creative side. Become a holistic thinker. Never have students in Virginia’s business schools had so much to learn. "In the past 10 years, there has been an evolution in the way we think about business education and in the perspective our students bring to us," says Carl Zeithaml, dean of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

Thomas Truitt A 1964 alumnus of the Law School

She earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature at U.Va.

William Gamble A Law School alumnus Protectionism and the EIC Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine | Jan. 9 Yuna Lee An alumna of the College with a degree in English Fashion runs in the family for Channel 7's Yuna Lee Dayton Daily News | Jan. 8 Bill Janis A Law School alumnus McDonnell appoints Janis to $100,000-a-year post Richmond Times-Dispatch | Jan. 6  Mike Reina An Architecture School alumnus and guitarist/vocalist with the group Skysaw, which just released its debut record, "Great Civilizations." Interview with Mike Reina of Skysaw Rock Edition | Jan. 9 Lisa ...

Dr. James D. Bergin Medical Director Heart Failure/Transplant/ Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine No pulse and no blood pressure, but local man has a generous heart Bluefield Daily Telegraph | Jan. 8  Robert Fatton A professor of government and foreign affairs Haiti earthquake anniversary events ‎MiamiHerald.com | Jan. 8 Anton Gardner A lecturer at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and a local government performance expert Waynesboro gets expert guidance Staunton News Leader | Jan. 7 Kyle Kondik Communications director for the Center for Politics Virginia, Ma...

In the context of the Arab Spring, traditionally influential states have been challenged to adapt to a rapidly changing political climate in the Middle East. In a three part interview The Majalla asked Dr. William Quandt, professor of government and foreign affairs, to examine the shifting influence of three major actors in the region: Syria, Iran and Iraq.

A year ago a remarkable study revealed that 45 percent of undergraduates fail to make significant improvement in analytic skills, complex reasoning and written communication in their first two years of college. After four years, 36 percent have no more than the high school skills they arrived with. The study was published last January in a book, “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” by sociologists Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia.

The generous marriage has a much greater chance of being a happy one. That’s the finding of a recent study by the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project, examining the role of generosity in marriages. Defined as “the virtue of giving good things to one’s spouse freely and abundantly,” such thoughtfulness adds a new dimension to our understanding of how couples can build a strong, stable partnership, say the researchers. Their questions were directed in three areas. Did spouses offer small kindnesses to each other? Did they regularly express affection? ...