In a petition prefaced with lofty language from Thomas Jefferson, lawyers for the University of Virginia asked a state court on Thursday to stay or overturn an "unprecedented" demand by the state's attorney general for more than a decade's worth of documents related to a prominent climate researcher formerly on the university's faculty.
Virginia's flagship university went to court Thursday to fight an effort by Virginia Attorney Gen. Ken Cuccinelli II (R) to get documents from a former climate scientist at the school, an unusual confrontation that will test the bounds of academic freedom and result in the college facing down its own lawyer in court.
Isaac Wood
Professor, Center for Politics
An Albemarle County judge denied a request Wednesday from a group of news media to unseal an order in the Yeardley Love killing case, saying the request was made improperly.
The family of slain Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love has announced an initiative to raise $1 million for a turf field to be built at Notre Dame Preparatory School, where Love graduated in 2006.
…Virginia (45-10, 23-7 ACC) is the clear frontrunner, the top seed for the first time since 1985 after spending much of the season ranked No. 1 nationally. The Cavaliers are on a roll, having won 16 of their last 17 games.
A new study has found that kudzu is a significant contributor to surface ozone pollution and the problem is projected to grow as the vine continues to spread.
Kathryn C. Thornton, retired NASA astronaut and associate dean of graduate programs at the University of Virginia's Engineering School, will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on June 5.
Tina Fey
Celebrated humorist and alumna of the College of Arts & Sciences
Tina Fey to receive Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Washington Post/ May 26
Robert F. Bruner
Dean of U.Va.'s Darden School of Business
European business schools opening U.S. campuses
Inside Higher Ed / May 25
Ed Murphy
Astronomy professor
Astronomy prof: "Sundog" seen over VB
WAVY-TV-10 (Virginia Beach) / May 25
John Owen
Politics professor
Sanctions against Iraq? The embarrassment of the United States (in Chinese)
Sanlian Life Weekly Magazine / May 17
Bobby Parmar and Andrew Wicks
Darden faculty members
Undercover Carlos: Analysis of Behavior
WCAV-CBS-19 (Charlottesville) / May 25
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Polit...
A program that was on the brink of extinction just eight years ago has been fully resuscitated. One year after reaching its first College World Series, Virginia spent most of the 2010 season ranked atop national polls and remains in the top five entering Wednesday's ACC tournament opener against Boston College in Greensboro, N.C.
A University of Virginia researcher has been honored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. UVA epidemiologist Stephen Rich has won the foundation's David Rumbough Award for Scientific Excellence.
A new research study indicates that EMRs can save infants' lives. The study, conducted by Amalia Miller of the University of Virginia and Catherine Ticker of MIT’s Sloan School of Business, shows that baby mortality rates drop in hosptals with EMRs.
The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business partnered with Amazon this year on electronic devices called Kindles. The hope was that students and faculty would embrace them as the next big thing in digital learning. The results are in and it turns out they are not so great.
When two systems engineering Ph.D. candidates at the University of Virginia were looking for a sustainable biogas fuel system to replace wood fuel for cooking in the village of Namawanga, Kenya, they found that the community's dairy project produced the perfect source: cow dung.
University of Virginia President John Casteen opened his home Tuesday for a picnic to say 'thank you' to hstaff who helped out with Sunday's Final Exercises.
The University of Virginia is trying to make it easier for faculty and staff to find better ways to get to work each day.
Joe Vide
Politics grad, former U.Va. and D.C. United soccer player
Joe Vide, battling cancer, gets help from former D.C. United teammate Bryan Namoff and "Couture for a Cure"
Washington Post "Reliable Source" / May 25
Jeffrey Barth
Chief of medical psychology and medical director, Neuropsychology Assessment Laboratories
Study raises questions about military’s brain injury assessment tool
Government Executive / May 24
Michael Kubovy
Psychology professor
Pigment of our imagination: The appeal of Yves Klein's International Klein Blue
Washington Post / May 25
Terry Rephann
Regional economist at U.Va.'s Weldon Cooper Center
Close to Home: Sales spring to life in Roanoke, Va.
USA Today / May 25
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
As Gulf of Mexico oil disaster wea...
Daniel Willingham
Psychology professor
Data shows kids shouldn't multitask
Washington Post "The Answer Sheet" blog / May 24