Instructors from the Huntington area got a lesson this week on teaching civics. The aim for the University of Virginia program is to improve civics education in public schools.
The University of Virginia's medical school has started an educational website for doctors and health-care providers that focuses on Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
The University of Virginia will dedicate a new building on Friday. Bavaro Hall, off Emmett Street, will be part of the Curry School of Education. UVa. President John Casteen will perform the dedication
Steven T. DeKosky, MD, from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, also a member of the MCI working group, acted as discussant during the session. … He urged audience members, when asked about these new draft criteria, to put a "clear, bright line between those criteria which are intended for general use by clinicians, either specialist or primary care physicians, and those that are intended to be research criteria… "
Seven medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked in the 21st annual survey of “Best Hospitals” from U.S. News & World Report.
Faulkner spent two years as the writer-in-residence at UVA, where he gave lectures and readings and took questions from students. The lectures were recorded on reel-to-reel tapes, which have now been digitized and published online.
James Coan
An assistant professor of psychology
Pat that butt, win that game
Winnipeg Free Press / July 14‎
Steven Dekosky
Dean at the School of Medicine
Scientists propose new criteria for detecting Alzheimer's Disease
KHON2 / July 14‎
Tony Fischer
Head coach of the Men's Ice Hockey Club
Ice park deal unthawing, slowly
Charlottesville Daily Progress / July 13
Fred Hayden
Virologist
ICEID COVERAGE Experts anticipate new flu-fighting tools
CIDRAP / July 13
Fraydoon Rastinejad and Sepideh Khorasanizadeh
Rastinejad, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, and Khorasanizadeh, an...
In his three years as president of George Washington University, Steven Knapp has tried nearly everything to bond with undergraduates. He moved onto campus, right across the street from a freshman dorm known for its party culture. He hired a graduate student to tell him which events to attend. He helped students haul their stuff into the dorms, created a Facebook account, danced at parties, judged a pie-eating contest and drummed with a basketball player. Still, many students thought he was boring and out of touch.
The UVA Center for Politics, founded by prolific UVA pundit Larry Sabato, received a $90,000 grant from The Comcast Foundation for the Center's Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI), according to a press release from the center. YLI develops free educational resources to promote interest among K-12 students in American politics and currently reaches approximately 50,000 teachers worldwide.
In a proposal under consideration by the U.Va. Board of Visitors, the University of Virginia would return to a modified form of nonbinding “Early Action” (EA) admission in the fall of 2011.
… the commission recommended the City Council approval a special-use permit that would allow the University of Virginia’s new children’s hospital to stand 90 feet tall on West Main Street.
The Charlottesville Ice Park has been closed for more than a week, but a deal for its sale will likely happen this Friday. The University of Virginia did not contribute money to help keep the ice park open, so its hockey team is without a place to practice nearby.
The UVA Law School’s most recent giving campaign was highly successful. The school announced it has set a new donors record with 8,430 graduates contributing—52.7 percent of alumni, the fifth consecutive year with contributions from more than 50 percent of alums. According to a news release, annual gifts were in excess of $10.3 million.
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating to the following revenue bonds issued by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA): Approximately $190 million taxable general revenue pledge Build America Bonds, series 2010.
Members of the Alpha Omicron chapter of the now dormant Chi Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia are making sure retired fraternity handyman and housefather Billy Hearns has what he needs, from food to jazz.
M. Carter Borman
Who received a bachelor’s degree in government in 2001
PERSONNEL FILE: Borman joins Bell Law Firm
West Virginia Record / July 12
Tyler Cannon
Former Cavalier shortstop
LOCALS IN THE PROS: Jeremy Hall to pitch near his hometown this weekend
TriCities.com / July 13
VN Dalmia
Who received an MBA from the Darden School of Business
Interview with VN Dalmia, Indian Olive Association
Olive Oil Times (blog) / July 13‎
Mark Marcon
A senior analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co. who received a bachelor’s of Arts degree in economics
Kforce (KFRC) Bolstered By Posi...
Robby Andrews
Named the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Outdoor Track Performer and Freshman of the Year
David Breneman
A professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education
Mergers and Survival
Inside Higher Ed / July 13‎
Kristi D. Kimpel
An advanced practice nurse on the Medical Center’s surgical trauma burn intensive care unit and recipient of the 2010 Circle of Excellence Award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
CBJ: Personnel File
Charlottesville Daily Progress / July 12‎
Dr. Damien J. LaPar
A surgical resident and postdoctoral research fellow
Data Confirm Effect Of Insurance on Surgical Outcomes
General Surgery News (registration) / July 1...
All of the Fredericksburg area's school divisions will grow over the next five years, according to the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. ‎