Every now and then I have a brief moment when I weep for my generation. While taking notes in my biology class ... I observed this student playing a game that simulates the college experience, while in a college classroom, participating in the college experience. The irony nearly toppled me over ... Professors at some Universities such as George Washington University and the University of Virginia have even combated the problem by banning laptops from lecture halls. ...
For those who wonder how college tuition costs manage to keep rising year after year, apparently defying laws of economic gravity, Sewanee, a liberal arts college in Tennessee, has an answer: they can’t.  On Wednesday, Sewanee announced that it will cut its $46,000 annual bill for students by 10 percent in the fall. The college, formally Sewanee: The University of the South, is betting that the drop in tuition — which at this point it can afford — will help it compete on two fronts: with the public universities that are siphoning off a growing share of the students it ac...
A new report by the University of Virginia shows that nearly one-quarter of all Virginians are at or near the poverty line. ...
The state Ethics Commission executive director told legislators Wednesday that her agency cannot do its job in a timely manner with its present staff and funding level. "We have one investigator trying to investigate hundreds of cases throughout the state," Director Caren Jenkins told the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. ...  In addition, Jenkins said the University of Virginia law school has been doing much of the case preparation for the commission for free. She estimated its donation at $750,000. ...
As the Emily Couric Cancer Center is set to open, a new book chronicles the progression of cancer care at the University of Virginia over the last century. "A History of Cancer Care at UVA" takes readers back to 1901 when the medical center first opened its doors. ...
Forty years ago, you might have found her, a Ph.D. student in composition at Princeton University, slithering under the cover of night into the Engineering department with a stack of primitive punch cards, feeding them through a digital convertor, and then making her way into the underground bunker that housed a hulking IBM360. ... The new world of computer music was exciting, but the actualities were nearly impossible. Since Shatin joined the UVA faculty in 1979, computer technology has revolutionized everyday life, and along with it, what it means to compose music. ...
Students at the University of Virginia will now be able to provide their teachers feedback during the middle of the semester instead of at the end of the term. The Electronic Teaching Analysis Poll or eTAP is a new assessment tool that was launched this week. ... For the past three months the Teaching Resource Center has been developing eTAP so professors can make adjustments to the way they teach before the end of the semester. John Alexander is a professor and Associate Director of Sciences, Humanities & Arts Network of Technological Initiatives or SHANTI at UVA and is eager to try eTAP. &qu...
Cheryn Stone Alumna who is weekend anchor with the WACH Fox News team in Columbia, S.C. Stone wrote the news story about a University of Texas at Austin study that asked hundreds of college students for their opinions about cheating, and it turns out the students' answers vary a great deal depending on who your loved one is cheating with.
Somdev Devvarman An interview with U.Va. alumnus and tennis ace Somdev Devvarman.
Jonathan Haidt Psychology professor Academia and Conservatives, Redux Discover (blog) / Feb. 15 Daniel Murrie Director of psychology at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeth's Washington Post /  Feb. 16 Brandis Roman Pediatric nutritionist Is your child obese? Help him/her shed pounds joyonline (Ghana) / Feb. 16 Patrick Tolan Education professor and director of Youth-Nex, Curry School of Education Dating and Te...
Most hotels change their sheets for each new guest. But even if they don't, cloth tends to dry out bacteria so they can't live on sheets or duvets for very long. The biggest risk is posed with items that don't get a regular cleaning such as a TV remote, the thermostat or even the Bible, a 2006 study from the University of Virginia found.
The Henry County and Martinsville school boards will hold public input meetings on the possibility of merging the two school systems on March 10. ... Conversations will be led by Voices, Choices facilitators, local residents who have received training in the New Civic Leaders program through the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
New findings show that working more than 20 hours a week could be a bad idea for teenagers. Joanna Lee Williams, an assistant professor from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education helped conduct a nationwide study on the matter. The findings were released in the latest issue of the Child Development Journal.
Article talks about the relationship between higher education and Google and Siva Vaidhyanathan's "The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)". Vaidhyanathan is professor of media studies.
U.Va.’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service examined indicators of poverty beyond unemployment and poverty rates.
Tom Shannon Darden School alumnus
Chandni Challa Economics and American Government alumna
Brandon Garrett Law professor DNA requests aren’t tracked, some lost Wichita Eagle / Feb. 14 Jonathan Haidt Psychology professor The 'problem' of liberal academics, again Tucson Sentinel / Feb. 14 and Breaking: Professors Might Have Liberal Bias Heritage.com / Feb. 14 Reuben Rainey Acclaimed poet's garden under restoration Lynchburg News & Advance / Feb. 14 Larry Sabato Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics Ron Paul vs. Donald Trump: Who's got a better chance of being president? Christian Science Monitor / Feb. 14 and The Obama Budget: There's Plenty to Fight Abou...