Regional business leaders should applaud a new resource for executive training and leadership development made possible through the Southwest Virginia Executive Education Program. This is a newly minted partnership between the elite Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and UVa-Wise to offer world-class business training here at home.
Author David Baldacci, who has written 19 full-length novels, seven screenplays and essays and numerous short stories, spoke at the University of Virginia’s Valedictory Exercises on the Lawn on Saturday.
It took nearly an hour for about 6,000 University of Virginia graduates to "walk the Lawn" through the heart of the historic campus during commencement Sunday, past tens of thousands of relatives and friends. … As soon as everyone was seated, the crowd quieted for a moment of silence to remember four members of the Class of 2010 who did not live to see graduation.
Joe Gieck
Former head of U.Va. Sports Medicine
Jennifer's Heroes: Joe Gieck (with video)
WCAV-CBS-19 / May 20
Dr. Christopher Holstege
Director of the U.Va. Health System's Division of Medical Toxicology
Sargent Solutions: Checking Kids for Lead Poisoning (with video)
WCAV-CBS-19 / May 20
Mike London and Gerald Baliles
Head football coach and director of U.Va.'s Miller Center of Public Affairs, respectively
Area United Way honors nonprofits
Charlottesville Daily Progress / May 21
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UVa Football Coach Helps United Way Hand Out Awards of Excellence (with video)
WCAV-CBS-19 / May 20
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The settings will be different for the University of Virginia lacrosse teams this weekend in their respective NCAA quarterfinals. But the goal is the same, to be able to extend their seasons for one more week and stay together.
The Chamber Business Women's Round Table Meeting received a visit from Lola Poisson-Joseph, the wife of Haiti's ambassador to the United States. Poisson-Joseph spoke about the devastation in Haiti she's seen first-hand and about the relief efforts continuing to take place.
The University of Virginia is getting ready for another rite of spring. The Sofa Shuffle is an opportunity for departing Wahoos to donate their unwanted furniture and household items.
A man who walked the University of Virginia's Lawn more than 80 years ago will see his great-grandson earn a degree this weekend.
As thousands of students at the University of Virginia prepare to graduate on Sunday, the university is welcoming a new commencement marshal. CBS19's Tiffani Sargent chats with Commencement Marshal Karen Ryan.
In nearly a decade as coach of the University of Virginia men's tennis team, coach Brian Boland has led his players to every title available at the NCAA level -- except the team championship. The Cavs get another shot at the elusive team crown starting today, when a weekend of tennis begins at the University of Georgia's Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
A researcher at the University of Virginia says Kudzu poses a new threat to the environment that is worse than anyone ever thought.
With tens of thousands of people expected to descend upon Charlottesville for this weekend's Final Exercises at the University of Virginia, local businesses are expecting a boost for the city's economy.
U.S. Air Force Capt. Mike Hawkins
U.Va. ROTC graduate and newlywed
Face of Defense: Couple Has Dream Wedding
Armed Forces Press Service / May 19
Thomas Dee
Incoming professor of public policy and economics
Major review of No Child Left Behind. Kids moved ahead in math, but in little else
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Get School blog / May 19
Robert M. O'Neil
Former president of the University and law professor
Former U.-Va. president urges Cuccinelli court challenge
Washington Post Virginia Politics blog / May 19
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Washington establishment counts cost after outsiders' Super Tuesday success / Republican and Democratic parties suffer series of spectacular prim...
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Angry Boomers and Other Election Clues / Incumbents May Still Win
New York Times Room for Debate / May 19
The recent tragic death of Yeardley Love transcends words. It would compound that tragedy, however, to denigrate either the men’s or women’s lacrosse programs as a result. As parents and parents-in-law of former University of Virginia lacrosse players and long-time residents of Charlottesville, we want others to know what a positive experience the lacrosse programs provide and what important contributions its players make to the community.
A kiss gone awry isn’t the typical route that lands a person in the emergency room, but that’s just how Maggie Craytor ended up in the University of Virginia Medical Center’s emergency department in August. … The Craytors, a family of five with private health insurance, are just as likely to use the emergency room as people without insurance, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Culpeper Regional Hospital announced Friday that FamilyCare Home Health, its facility located on Laurel Street, will consolidate with the University of Virginia’s Continuum Home Health Care.