Local cancer patients, especially those with hard-to-reach tumors of the brain or spinal cord, now have new treatment options closer to home. The change came yesterday with the opening of the Regional Cancer Center at Mary Washington Hospital and the arrival of a new linear accelerator capable of advanced forms of radiation therapy. ... Mary Washington has partnered with the University of Virginia Health System for the SRS service. U.Va. physicians have been in Fredericksburg to help set up the service and will continue to help treat SRS patients.
Professors Amanda Cowen and Jeremy Marcel from the University of Virginia decided to examine this. They managed to collect data on 277 directors who served on multiple boards concurrently, one of which was associated with financial fraud. Their statistical analysis showed that companies that were covered by more equity analysts and governance-rating agencies were more likely to dismiss compromised board members; up to twice as likely. ... However, surprisingly, when a company had a relatively large number of public pension fund investors amongst its shareholders, they were less likely to dismi...
... In its final report, AECOM revised its estimate and disaggregated the University of Virginia student population between Charlottesville and Albemarle. ...
Some colleges and universities—the University of Virginia is one example—even have contests for best personal libraries, including tomes entirely academic in nature (your collection of calculus textbooks, for example, could win a prize!).
... My first band (Fourth Dimension) covered mostly The Stones and Neil Diamond. We weren’t even aware of The Dead in 1967, when of course they were going strong, but we were too young. My older brother’s band, “Bobby Hi-Test And the Octane Kids” covered The Dead. That was his band from University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has revamped itsindustry training scheme and named it the GBTA Academy. ... Manager level courses, for executives with between three and seven years’ experience, will be run in partnership with a university – in the US it is the University Of Virginia Darden School of Business. The European university has yet to be announced.
... John D. Simon, vice provost for academic affairs at Duke University, has been appointed as executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia.
After several years of planning and construction, a high-tech center for research and development in the engineering field is now open for business in Bedford County. It opens with the promise of providing high-tech jobs in the region — jobs associated with such firms as Areva and Babcock & Wilcox and such esteemed institutions of higher learning as the University of Virginia.
During a press conference last week, UVA President Teresa Sullivan introduced the school’s newest recruits to the public. Of the 3,450 first year students, 67 percent come from Virginia, 91 percent were in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, and they averaged 1,339 on their SATs.
Wayne Lineburg
U.Va. alumnus
UR coach Lineburg followed father's path
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Aug. 28
Lola Ogunnaike
U.a. alumna, College of Arts & Sciences, English
Media Maven Lola Ogunnaike Encourages Young Africans to “Pursue Their Passions”; Interviews Michelle Obama on BET
Bella Naija.com / Aug. 2
Gary Ballinger
Assistant professor of commerce
Researchers: Jobs’ Departure Will Test Employee Loyalty at Apple
Wired.com / Aug. 26
Rita Dove
Commonwealth Professor of English, former U.S. Poet Laureate
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove on MLK: 'We Need to Remain Vigilant'
National Journal.com / Aug. 29
Kyle Kondik
Political editor, Center for Politics
Indiana's rookie congressmen say they've changed national focus, debate
Evansville Courier & Press / Aug. 28
Dr. John Lach
Associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aframe Digital Receives NIH/NIA Gr...
Philanthropists William H. Goodwin Jr. and Alice T. Goodwin, known for their generosity in supporting local causes, have given $30 million for cancer research to Baltimore-basedJohns Hopkins University. The money from the Goodwins' Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research is being used to establish a research center focused on gene-based, personalized cancer treatments. ... Over the years, the Goodwins' foundation, which was established in 2002, has made generous donations to other cancer centers, including Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia...
Graduate students in the “hard” sciences who teach in addition to engaging in research greatly improve their research skills compared with graduate students who undertook research alone, according to a new study. The study, published last week in the journal Science, found that “teaching experience can contribute substantially to the improvement of essential research skills.”
Researchers on the study came from the University of Virginia, the University of South Carolina, the University of Texas at Austin and Zayed University, in the United Arab Emirates.
... Clearly, there are a number of reasons why gifted young people turn away from engineering careers — reasons already detailed by a wealth of high quality research. In response, several valuable initiatives are underway to encourage young people to study science and engineering. A good example is a project called Fab@School that is introducing 3D printers and design software into classroom teaching activities to get kids as young as 8 or 9 interested in math, engineering, science and technology. This pioneering project is led by Dr. Glen Bull and his students at the University of Virgi...
Large numbers of less-educated white Americans are abandoning religion, a new study says. Since the 1970s, religious service attendance has declined among all white Americans, but the rate of decline among those without college degrees has been more than twice that of college graduates, according to the researchers. The study, which was to be presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Las Vegas, focused on whites because religiosity among blacks and Hispanics is less affected by education and income, the researchers said. ... "Our study sugges...
High in the fresh mountain air something stirs.
Then, a bright flash is triggered.
Gotcha!
Another wild critter has just been captured.
Photographically captured that is, by a tree-mounted, motion-activated, capture camera.
Wildlife researchers at Mountain Lake Biological Station in Giles County use capture cameras as silent stationary sentinels. And photographs made with them are proof of an array of forest animals. Sometimes the thing that goes bump in the night will also go on record. ... The University of Virginia Mountain Lake Bi...
Architecture as a teaching tool is a very old idea. Think about those cathedrals whose stained glass and sculpture indoctrinated their congregations on the lessons of Christianity. And when Thomas Jefferson was planning the University ofVirginia, it is said that he intended the architecture to function partially as text; he had designed the pavilions along the great lawn in different architectural styles to instruct students on Western architecture's greatest achievements.
Food trucks, already gone from on-the-fly hotdog-slingers to civic status symbols in foodie-packed cities around the country, are once again breaking new ground. The latest frontier: the University of Virginia. Campus officials are allowing the trucks on Grounds — in the amphitheater to be exact — for a yearlong trial intended to alleviate pressure on dining facilities in Newcomb Hall while the building is renovated.
When it comes to student achievement, reform in the Clark County School District must include raising both the ceiling and the floor. Good schools can become better, and schools that have a history of low performance must be assisted immediately. ... Steps we have taken so far include reconstituting staff at some schools, allowing unusual privileges in staffing, training principals at some of the most formidable business schools in the country (Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia), and seeking assistance in the form of outsourcing management. ...