Matthew Coleman, Darden rising second-year
Radford University has hired James Pennix as its new dean of admissions. ... Out of 15 four-year state-supported colleges and universities that report enrollment figures to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, only Radford posted a decline last fall, losing overall 252 students, or 2.8 percent of the student body. ...
E. Mavis Hetherington
Professor emeritus of psychology
Why the So-Called "Marriage Gap" Is Good for Your Relationship
The Huffington Post / June 16
Larry Sabato
Professor and director of the Center for Politics
With Whitman and Fiorina, can GOP compete again in California?
Christian Science Monitor / June 16
William M. Shobe
Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at the Cooper Center
Protect the Air Like You Would Your Home?
WMRA-FM 103.5 / Virginia Insights / June 14
Mike Spar
Cooper Center demographer and associate professor
Housing booms in Virginia over last de...
Erika James
Bank of America Associate Research Professor of Business Administration at UVA's Darden School and co-author of the 2010 book, "Leading Under Pressure"
When Thomas Jefferson embarked on his grand tour of France in 1787, he
claimed the journey was for his health. ...
University of Virginia [adjunct] professor James Durand, engineering student Philip
Richardson (left) and high school volunteer James Doernberg convert old cars
such as this 1993 Honda Accord into electric battery powered vehicles
through the “Ride Forward” course. ...
... Community college transfers rose ... 34 percent in Virginia from 2000 to
2008... Transfers to the University of Virginia doubled in that time, to
more than 280 annually, which represents just under 10 percent of the
typical junior class. ... The evolving system fulfills the vision of Thomas
Jefferson -- the nation's third president and founder of U-Va. -- of a
college within a horse ride of every home. ...
Janie Bowen
Master's graduate who was Virginia state tax commissioner
Janie Bowen, Virginia’s tax commissioner, dies
Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 16
Mary Capers Bledsoe
English graduate, now executive director of the South Carolina YMCA's Youth in Government program
Bledsoe lets kids in on government ways
Greenville (S.C.) News / June 16
Phillip Tang
U.Va. grad now being recognized as one of Boston's top chefs
Fresh heir / Rising East by Northeast chef thinks seasonally
Boston Herald / June 16
Isaac Wood
Political analyst at U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Pa. legislators shy away from town hall-style meetings
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review / June 16
The clock had struck midnight literally and physically for the collection of Virginia baseball players that lingered near at Davenport Field. It was just over an hour after the most productive season in program history had come to a grinding halt.
Recaps the women's rowing team's national championship season.
Features research by U.Va. psychology professor Shigehiro Oishi.
Gov. Bob McDonnell said yesterday that he's optimistic the state will end this fiscal year on June 30 with a surplus that's significant enough to trigger a bonus for state employees.
Recaps a debate sponsored by U.Va.'s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
The Halifax County Industrial Development Authority and Dominion Power have announced plans to develop a pilot demonstration facility for solar power generation and battery storage in the county. … The University of Virginia … will work with both Dominion and the manufacturer through its Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering and its Department of Systems Engineering to conduct all its research related to this project in the county.
Glen Tittermary
Holds a master's in public administration from U.Va.
New executive director of JLARC selected
Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 15
Robert Carraway
Associate dean for degree programs at the Darden School of Business
The MBA Marketing Machine
Bloomberg BusinessWeek / June 14
Steven Levitt
Economics professor
The changing climate of freakonomic theory
Cambridge (u.K.) News / June 15
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
NRA endorses Strickland over Kasich
Toledo (Ohio) Blade / June 15
and
Paul's Washington fund-raiser contradicts pledge
Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader / June 15
Daniel Willingham
Psychology professor
Willingham: The unrealized promise of whiteboards
Washington Post ...
During UVA President John Casteen’s final Board of Visitors (BOV) meeting before he retires in August, the board approved a $2.4 billion operating budget for the 2010-2011 academic year.