Here is a productive way to waste some time today: listen to some of the audio recordings made available by the Presidential Recordings Program and the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. The transcripts and audio have been accessible to researchers for a few years, but now they're on a website for all to enjoy.
The Virginia Quarterly Review has created a digital edition specifically tailored for the iPad. The literary magazine from the University of Virginia has become one of the first magazines to create such an edition and sell it directly through Apple's iBookstore.
A dozen components of the University of Virginia’s baseball stadium — such as locker rooms, bullpens and dugouts — will be officially named today in honor of major benefactors, former players and the head coach of UVa’s No. 1 ranked team. The list of the stadium’s 12 new namings will be presented today to a committee of the university’s Board of Visitors.
The University of Virginia is asking its employees to save two megawatts of electricity later today. The Demand Response Program wants to do a practice run of energy reduction between 2-3 p.m.
Ken Clausen, Brian Carroll and Ryan Nizolek
Jarrett Parker, Phil Gosselin and Robert Morey
Bob Gibson
Director of U.Va.'s Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership
Hurt picked to challenge Perriello in 5th District
Roanoke Times | June 9
John Eric Goff
Adidas Shoots -- and Misses -- With New World Cup Ball
Fox News | June 9
Antje Gottschalk
Anesthesia During Cancer Surgery May Impact Outcomes
Modern Medicine | June 7
Michael London
U.Va. football coach, and former police officer, Mike London spoke at Walker Elementary's D.A.R.E. culmination ceremony.
London Drops In On D.A.R.E. Class
WVIR NBC-29, June 7
Isaac Wood
Communications director at U.Va's Center for Politics
On primar...
The University of Virginia baseball team will play Oklahoma in a best-of-three NCAA Baseball Super Regional showdown this weekend.
UVa’s quest to return to the College World Series begins Saturday at 3 p.m., in game one against the Sooners at Davenport Field. The second game is Sunday at 4 p.m. A third game will be played, if necessary, on Monday at either 1 p.m. or 7 p.m.
Several hundred general admission tickets are available for this weekend's series between Virginia and Oklahoma.
Republicans will probably pick up about 32 House seats and seven in the Senate, according to the latest projections by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics
Daniel Willingham, cognitive scientist and a psychology professor at U.Va. is the author of “Why Don’t Students Like School?”
The final versions of the Common Core standards for math and English Language Arts were just released. What are their likely impact on learning over the next decade? Will students be better educated? From a quick read the standards look pretty good, but most would agree that high-quality standards are necessary but not sufficient for positive impact.
Visitors to the University of Virginia in 1877 were amazed at the 16-foot-tall, life-sized replica of a woolly mammoth displayed in one of its buildings on Grounds. Initially, newcomers to the University were met with the stunning architectural beauty designed by founder Thomas Jefferson. His unique form of Neo-Classicism could be seen at every turn, which made it shocking to see an out-of-place, three-story Gothic structure just yards away from the Rotunda at the epicenter of the University.
Minority students have a chance to conduct research during a summer program on the UVA Grounds. An effort called the Virginia-North Carolina Alliance is hosting its first Summer Research Program. Rising second-year and third-year college students from under-represented minorities are at UVA for eight weeks. The Virginia-North Carolina Alliance is dedicated to increasing the number of minority students who earn doctorate degrees and become professionals in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Anne Beattie
Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Creative Writing
A Reliving of a Time of Fame
New York Times | June 7
Larry Sabato
Director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Anti-incumbent mood as 11 states pick candidates
Reuters | June 7
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Incumbents Fight for Political Life, Newcomers Eyeing Victory in Tuesday Elections
Fox News | June 7
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Outsiders strive for upsets in US primaries
Financial Times | June 7
Doctor Jason Sheehan
Associate professor of neurological surgery
UVA Patient Gives Back With The Gift Of Music
WVIR- NBC-29 | June 7
C. Alphonso Smith
Taught at U.Va. during the early part...
Vinegar Hill will host a screening of Samson and Delilah: True Love tonight, a film about two aboriginal teenagers who steal a car to escape the isolated life of an Australian village—and all of its trappings, like boredom and rampant gasoline huffing. It won last year's Camera d'Or (that's the Golden Camera to you) at last year's Cannes Film Festival and boasts an all-too-impressive 100% on Rottentomatoes.com Tomatometer. In all, an excellent chance to put a real-time face to the work we've enjoyed at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
Voters in ten states across the nation from Virginia to California go to the polls in primaries on Tuesday, but the real war worth watching will be in the west. ... This far out, however, it looks like they'll fall short of those goals. Republicans will pick up 32 House seats and seven in the Senate, according to the latest projections by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
Jeff Sturek, Ph.D., from the University of Virginia, was lead author on the paper and Dr. Hedrick, who was a faculty member at the University of Virginia before joining the La Jolla Institute in late 2009, was senior author.
Baseball will be played this weekend at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers held off third-seeded St. John’s 5-3 in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,801. Next they will host Oklahoma next weekend in the NCAA Super Regional.
Want to get deep into the question of who lived around here in TJ’s time? Start digging.
Archaeology related to the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and William Short may shed light on a relatively unknown class of people. Artifacts from tenant farmers were found at Morven, the farm donated by philanthropist John Kluge to the UVA Foundation in 2001.