Relationships make a difference in student achievement, according to a new study. Quality interaction between teachers and students produces higher test scores. The study, “An Interaction-Based Approach to Enhancing Secondary School Instruction and Student Achievement,” published in the Aug. 19 issue of the journal Science focused on secondary education: middle and high school teachers and students. The study is a first of its kind in two ways. According to a press release from Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia the study shows that the students of teachers who...
ecoMOD3: The SEAM House is featured in the most recent issue of Green Source magazine. The architect, engineer, landscape and contractor work was done or directed by faculty members at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture and School of Engineering and Applied Science. Graduate andundergraduate students in a variety of disciplines manage projects and participate.
... Ever since Thomas Jefferson created a matched set of redbrick Georgian buildings with white classical trim at the University of Virginia, colleges have striven to be models of "good taste and good architecture," as he instructed architect William Thornton. In the last hundred years, the Gothic style at colleges such as Bryn Mawr and PrincetonUniversity has proved almost as popular as Jefferson's Georgian ideal.
More than 40 percent of children in the United States spend time in a cohabiting household. That’s among the findings of the new “Why Marriage Matters” study from the Institute for American Values and the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. W. Bradford Wilcox, director of UVA’s Project, chaired the team of family-scholar experts ... who put the study together. In an interview with National Review Online, Wilcox talks about the findings and how they can be put to practical use.
Students who pursue a master's degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) are often encouraged to engage in research opportunities to enhance their studies. However, a new report published in the journal Science indicates that these individuals can also bolster their research skills by teaching. ... "Results indicate that teaching experience can contribute substantially to the improvement of essential research skills," David F. Feldon, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia and one of the report authors, told The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The University of Virginia announced the selection of a chemist and administrator from Duke University as the school’s new executive vice president and provost Wednesday. With the appointment of John D. Simon, President Teresa A. Sullivan has filled both key administration vacancies the university faced.Sullivan said the task had been a top priority in her first year in office.
Karin Agness
Law School graduate and founder of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW)
Young GOP women to Elle magazine: Don't call us 'Baby Palins'
Daily Caller (Washington, D.C.) / Aug. 24
Stephen Malkmus
Singer/ songwriter
Mirror, Mirror on Stephen Malkmus' Wall
Morton Report / Aug. 23
Karima Holmes
Fourth-year student
Quake rocks Virginia, felt in Cincinnati
Fox 19 (Cincinnati) / Aug. 23
Justin Kirik
Graduate student in aerospace engineering
How metro Detroiters got shook up by the earthquake
Detroit Free Press \ Aug. 24
Alex Radcliffe
Quake rattles nerves across East coast including Lowcountry
WCSC-5 News (Charleston, S.C.) / Aug. 23
Richard Bonnie
Law professor and director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
Psychiatrist testifies in Kansas murder trial
Houston Chronicle – AP /Aug. 23
Brandon L. Garrett
Law Professor
Supreme Court to Reconsider Validity of Eyewitness Testimony
All Headline News / Aug. 23
Robert S. Harris
Darden School professor
What Are the Risks of an Earthquake Beneath a Reactor Near You?
Huffington Post / Aug. 23
Fern Hauck
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Softer isn't safer for sleeping babies: Study
Express India / Aug. 24
Larry Sabato
Politi...
Joseph J. Thorndike
Visiting scholar in history and director, Tax History Project at Tax Analysts
Brian Wiltgen, assistant professor of psychology, is co-author of a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Professor of pediatrics Paul Matherne is quoted, saying parents should go to doctor visits and the screening.
The article quotes several U.Va. students.
Gov. Bob McDonnell was in his office in the Patrick Henry Building in Capitol Square talking with his son at the University of Virginia when he felt the building begin to shake. "I asked my son to hang on, and he said, 'Dad, I feel it here, too.' And that's when I knew it was something more than just a local event or something going on with our building," the governor said.
Raymond J. Nelson
English professor and former dean of Arts & Sciences
Brenna McGuire
Former Cavaliers basketball player
McGuire used to shoot jumpers. Now she shoots covers. That's her on the front of April's Brides and last fall's Weight Watchers. Look for her on the cover of October's Brides, out next month. When she played basketball at the University of Virginia, most everyone knew she was the granddaughter of Al McGuire, the late Hall of Fame coach and TV basketball analyst. When she models, hardly anyone knows or cares.
Victoria Gabriele
First-year engineering student
Julian Bond
Professor of history, visiting distinguished professor of government at American University, civil rights activist and former chairman of the NAACP
How Close Are We To Realizing King's 'Dream'?
NPR / Aug. 22
Brandon L. Garrett
Law professor
34 Years Later, Supreme Court Will Revisit Eyewitness IDs
New York Times / Aug. 22
James Davidson Hunter
Professor of sociology
No Offense
patheos.com / Aug. 21
Douglas Laycock
Law professor
Analysis: Court evades central question in anti-Christian lawsuit
Orange County Register (Calif.) / Aug. 22
Jack Oakes
Assistant dean for career develo...