A study led by a University of Virginia law school professor indicates that Virginia community college students lack access to important mental health services. Richard Bonnie, professor of law and chairman of the Virginia College Mental Health Study, worked alongside higher education officials from across the state to examine mental health programs in higher education institutions following the 2006 shootings at Virginia Tech.
Dean Robert F. Bruner of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia has been named the Poets & Quants Dean of the Year. Poets & Quants is a social network focused on graduate business education topics.
By John M Owen IV, a professor of politics and author of "The Clash of Ideas in World Politics: Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010"
Egypt's final round of parliamentary elections won’t end until next week, but the outcome is becoming clear. The Muslim Brotherhood will most likely win half the lower house of Parliament, and more extreme Islamists will occupy a quarter. Secular parties will be left with just 25 percent of the seats. Islamism did not cause the Arab Spring. The region’s authoritarian governments had simply failed to deliver on their ...
The Virginia College Mental Health Study, spearheaded by University of Virginia Law School professor Richard Bonnie says four year colleges like UVA and Virginia Tech are models other schools should emulate. However, the study found it is the community colleges that lack funding needed for adequate mental health care.
Sally Williams Guerry
She trained as a medical technician at U.Va. Medical School
Bernadette Black
A career and life planning counselor, University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies in Alexandria.
First Person Singular: Bernadette Black, 61, career and life planning counselor, University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Alexandria
Washington Post | Jan. 5
Dr. Jason Downer
A nationally recognized school readiness expert and research associate professor
Smart Beginnings sponsors program on kindergarten transition
Chatham Star Tribune | Jan. 3
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Douglas Laycock
A law professor
Obama appointments could trigger court test c...
Breast cancer patients at the University of Virginia have something to dance about. "Nia", a mind-body class, is now being offered as part of their treatment plan. Doctors say "You have cancer" are words that are followed by an enormous amount of stress, which can compromise your bodies healing power. That is where Kristy Harvey at the University of Virginia Mindfulness Center comes in. Harvey has been teaching Nia at the center for two years. Thanks to her efforts and a grant, the blend of dance and martial arts is being offered free to breast cancer patients and their car...
If you're the parent of a teenager, you likely find yourself routinely embroiled in disputes with your child. Those disputes are the symbol of teen developmental separation from parents. It's a vital part of growing up, but it can be extraordinarily wearing on parents. Now researchers suggest that those spats can be tamed and, in the process, provide a lifelong benefit to children. Researchers from the University of Virginia recently published their findings in the journal Child Development. Psychologist Joseph P. Allen headed the study. Allen says almost all parents and teenagers argue. But i...
Michie argued against the idea that officials overlooked the impact on state schools funding when they hammered out the agreement decades ago. County officials understood and accepted the impact the agreement would have on their state funding, he said, pointing to one counter proposal county officials made during negotiations, offering to cede to the city governance of the land on which the University of Virginia is located. The move, Michie said county officials argued at the time, would give Charlottesville an influx of poor-on-paper residents and boost their school funding.
Mike London, the head football coach at the University of Virginia, has made a personal donation of $50,000 to the AccessUVa financial aid program. The football program is adding another $50,000 from the proceeds of playing in this year’s Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta. AccessUVa provides funds for low-income and middle-class families to attend the University of Virginia without accumulating debt. The AccessUVA program cost the university $92 million this year.
Other value leaders include the University of Florida (number two on our list), the University of Virginia (number three) and the College of William & Mary (number four).
An interview with Sidney Milkis, a professor of politics and government
Robert Siegel talks with Sidney Milkis, author of "Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy," about the U.S. presidential election of 1912 — when there was a viable third party on the ballot: the Bull Moose Party.
The global leader today needs more than just a mastery of technical knowledge, says Robert F Bruner, dean, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, US, who was recently named 'Poets & Quants Dean of the Year.' Bruner spoke with Education Times reporter Diptiman Dewan about the globalization of business and leadership.
While a master’s degree in business administration remains the Holy Grail for many business students, a number of MBA programs have experienced a dip in applications. ... Every MBA program has its own story and is trying to differentiate itself. At the University of Virginia, the Curry School of Education and the Darden School of Business recently announced a dual degree program for candidates who want to pursue a Master’s of Education and an MBA. ... Sara Neher, assistant dean of MBA Admissions at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, says Darden experienced...
David Bederman
Bederman, a 1987 alumnus of the U.Va. Law School, was a longtime law professor at Emory University who was counsel of record in four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Christine Madrid French
A graduate of the School of Architecture who did her architectural history master's thesis on the National Park Service's Mission 66 buildings of which the Gettysburg battlefield cyclorama.
End near for controversial Cyclorama?
The Evening Sun | Dec. 30
Becca McCharen
12 to Watch in 2012 web series
"New York's top minds doing innovative things with technology and design"
New York Observer | Jan. 4
John Warner
Former U.S. senator from Virginia and a 1953 graduate of the Law School
County renames Meadow Creek Parkway after John Warner
Charlottesville Tomorrow...
Monticello High senior -- with no Internet or personal transportation -- gets full ride to Brown
New law students who are realistically hopeful get better grades, according to a recent study at Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law. ... The study found that hope is a better predictor of first semester grades than LSAT scores. There was no significant relationship, however, between optimism and grades. Researchers say hope is different from optimism, which helps law students’ life satisfaction but is not associated with higher grades. A prior study of law students at the University of Virginia found that pessimists got better grades, were more likely to make law...
A former psychology professor who held several administrative posts and retired in 1998 at age 80 after serving as U.Va.'s history officer. A reception will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 20, 2012, at the Colonnade Club, followed by his service at 1 p.m. at the University Chapel, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.