Governor McDonnell's family was on grounds Saturday to take part in the madness that is move-in day at the University of Virginia. The governor's youngest children, twins Sean and Bobby, will be attending the University of Virginia as first years this fall. ...The twins say the decision to come to UVA was an easy one to make, and Sean says he's excited to attend, what he calls, the best university in the country. ...
The 8th president of the University of Virginia has welcomed the moms and dads who are sending their children to her school. Teresa Sullivan ... spoke Saturday afternoon in the Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. Sullivan shared her memories of sending her first child to college.
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan spent Saturday afternoon welcoming the class of 2014. During her welcome address, the president reminded new students to take common sense steps to ensure their safety. ... Sullivan said, "Many in this community are still aching from the death of Yeardley Love last spring. As we begin the new academic year, we want to continue the conversations that began in the wake of Yeardley's death." Sullivan announced that the university will hold a day of dialogue to discuss violence prevention and safety on grounds. The event is scheduled for S...
The University of Virginia was abuzz with activity Saturday as roughly 3,246 students and their families descended upon Grounds for move-in weekend. ...
... Perriello’s victory two years ago was driven by a big turnout of black voters and students in Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia, the district’s largest employer. He defeated six-term Republican Virgil Goode by 727 votes. ...
The University of Virginia has announced an investigation of its award-winning literary magazine, the Virginia Quarterly Review, after the publication's managing editor committed suicide. ...
... The University of Virginia, tied with UCLA for 24th place a year ago, claims the 25th spot on the national university rankings. They are again the nation's top-ranked public universities, along with Berkeley. ...
Guest blog by Adam Turay, who is about to start at the University of Virginia as a freshman. In fact, he is heading there today. He graduated from South County Secondary School in Fairfax County, where he was editor-in-chief of his school paper, The Courier, and a member of the school’s "It’s Academic" team. ...
Governor McDonnell has confirmed that Virginia has a nearly 404 million dollar state budget surplus for the 2010 fiscal year. He announced the updated figures in a speech before the General Assembly's finance and appropriations committees. Virginia Public Radio's Anne Marie Morgan has more from our Richmond bureau.
A team of lawyers for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, a vocal skeptic of global warming, went to court Friday to further his investigation into whether former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann manipulated data to show that there has been a rapid, recent rise in the Earth's temperature. ... The long-awaited courtroom showdown between Cuccinelli and Virginia's flagship university drew a packed house. Cuccinelli, who is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over global warming, has denied that he is seeking the documents because of Mann's scientific findings. ... Mann worked a...
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Larry Sabato
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Richard Schragger
Law professor
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James Turner
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“He’s a charming individual,” said Dr. Jason Sheehan, associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Virginia. “His condition has gotten to an extreme point whereby he is the tallest man in the world. Typically we’re able to catch patients and treat them well before they get to the extent that he has.” ... Thursday, Kosen will have gamma-knife radiosurgery at the University of Virginia, which Sheehan called the appropriate next step.
It takes a global village to monitor and analyze trends in Earth's "breathing" -- or the exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy between vegetation on the ground and the planet's atmosphere. ... "Fluxdata.org gives researchers access to field-data collected at hundreds of sites around the globe, with a few clicks of the mouse. This information allows them to expand the scope of their studies to spatial and temporal scales that would otherwise be impossible to do with a single measurement," says Deb Agarwal, who led the development of Fluxdata and heads the Berkel...
Time is ticking down to enter Charlottesville's Extreme Energy Makeover contest. The deadline is Friday. The contest is sponsored by the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) and the University of Virginia and is exclusive to homeowners in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. ...
... "Freedom" takes place mostly in the first years after Sept. 11, an event the Berglunds' son Joey, a student at the University of Virginia, frames as "a stroke of higher-order bad luck so wrong as not even to be real." ...
... Since the sold-out Charlottesville premiere of (U.Va. alumnus Chris) Farina’s film, (local teacher John) Hunter, Farina and the World Peace game have traveled extensively to promote the film and Hunter’s teaching methods. In September, Hunter will speak at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American Studies at UVA; the next month, he heads to Norway for the Bergen International Film Festival.
The University of Virginia is partnering with two schools in China to form what's being called a triangular relationship of excellence. UVA will collaborate with Peking University in Beijing and Hong Kong University of Arts and Sciences to share academic resources like lab space, students, and faculty.
Several adjustments in public transportation and traffic routes will take place Saturday because of move-in day at the University of Virginia, when about 15,000 people are estimated to be on campus. ...