Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss promotes civic — and civil — engagement at the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership’s fifth annual conference at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
Despite the recession, Northern Virginia Community College has experienced a renaissance in the past few years. ... enrollment at the college's eight campuses has increased from 58,587 in 2005 to about 78,400 this year ... The college projects enrollment to be 84,000 by 2015. ... Students can attend a community college in Virginia for their first two years and then transfer to larger four-year universities ... as long as they meet the other schools' GPA requirements. ... William & Mary University requires a 3.6 grade point average while the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech require at 3...
... Once selected, the schools build leadership teams typically made up of the principal, assistant principals and selected teachers. They receive training at the University of Virginia, where the program was developed in 2006. ...
The Vine that Ate the South may be burping out ozone pollution as well, according to collaborating researchers from Harvard, the University of Virginia and Stony Brook University. ... University of Virginia ecologist Manuel Lerdau said the research is just a beginning ... "But the take home message is this: We knew that kudzu was a bad plant in terms of taking over forests and killing trees, now we know it is potentially a very serious pollutant." ...
Sister Anna Marie Mack
College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (master's degree in English)
E.D. Hirsch
Professor emeritus of English and Education
The Making of an Educational Conservative
The Claremont Institute (book review) / June 21
Ricky Patterson
Senior scientist in astronomy
Summer Solstice 2010: Why It's the First Day of Summer
National Geographic / June 21
JoAnn V. Pinkerton
Professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder makes some women a bit crazy every month
Washington Post / June 22
Larry Sabato
Professor and director of the Center for Politics
Rand Paul has long history of controversial views
Louisville Courier-Journal / June 21
Francis E. W...
... “If you are told in a courtroom to tell nothing but the truth, can you do that?” Chad Dodson, associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, asked. “Or is it what you believe to be the truth?” This is what he and his colleagues are trying to find out, particularly when it comes to individuals older than 60. ...
... There has been talk for years that some cancer patients say taking various pain medicine has helped rid their body of cancer. ... Further research on the relationship of pain medication to cancer will continue in America at the University of Virginia and in Belgium.
Workers at the Kluge Rehabilitation Center ... help very ill children and their families ... Kacey Carneal is the artist in residence ... Dozens of Carneal's folk paintings hang on the walls, and she works with the kids so they can paint whatever they want and however they want. ... The results, she says, are paintings that are never unhappy. ...
... Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program, held at the FBI Academy, offers 10 weeks of advanced investigative, management, and fitness training for selected officers ... Since 1972, National Academy students have been able to earn undergraduate and graduate credits from the University of Virginia ...
The University of Virginia is hoping to lose weight, one ream of paper at a time. There is a lot to lose in the school's effort to get very nearly, paperless and lots of work to get them to that goal. ...
A Greene County principal is back from a trip to India and sharing his experiences. William Monroe Middle School Principal Kyle Pursel was chosen by the Curry School at the University of Virginia to go to Delhi for a conference of principals. Pursel was struck by how much more responsibility principals in India have, and came back appreciating what he has here.
High school seniors from all over the country are at the University of Virginia for the Leadership Education and Development program with the Darden School. The three week course is business boot camp where students take classes with Darden professors. This year's focus is social media; students are building websites and consulting with entrepreneurs.
More than 50 Albemarle County students are in a boot camp of sorts for the next two weeks. It is called the M3 Algebra Readiness Program, and it is geared towards preparing black male students in Albemarle to succeed in upper level math. ... "We're trying to capture those boys who, with a little boost, they can become above average," explained Robert Berry of the University of Virginia Curry School of Education.
The Halifax County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) on Friday morning adopted a resolution of support for a 2011 $5 million application by the IDA and Dominion Virginia Power to the Research and Development Program of the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. ... [U.Va.] will work with both Dominion and the manufacturer through its Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering and its Department of Systems Engineering ...
Ten UVA engineering students are interning this summer at a Rolls-Royce jet-engine factory in Indianapolis. Next summer, the same internship may be much closer to home ... Rolls-Royce’s $500 million Crosspointe jet engine factory, currently under construction, is one of several research facilities created from the business’ partnership with UVA. ... UVA engineering professor Barry Johnson helped write the proposal that convinced Rolls-Royce to build the center in Virginia, and says he is excited that his students and colleagues will be linked to “some of the most advanced aer...
Donald T. Cowles
Alumnus
Ex-Reynolds executive is here to lend a hand
Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 21
Daniel McKinney
College of Arts & Sciences, rising third-year
Work wanted: Summer jobs hard to come by
Martinsville Bulletin / June 20
Leo Wolpert
Law School, rising second-year
Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Championship Starts Today at the WSOP
Poker Room Review.com / June 18
Joseph P. Allen
Psychology professor
Peeking at the Negative Side of High School Popularity
New York Times (Shortcuts) / June 18
Malcolm Bell III
Art history professor
Cleveland Museum of Art's Apollo sculpture is a star with intriguing past
The Plain Dealer / June 20
Hal Burbach
Professor emeritus of education
Push for charter schools reignites: Officials disagree about system's value
Staunton News Leader / June 20
Dr. Anita H. Clayton
Psychology professor
Drug for Sexual Desire Disorder Opposed by Panel
New York Times / June 18
Claire Kaplan
Director of sexual and domestic violence serv...