By Molly Shadel and Robert Sayler, professors of oral advocacy and rhetoric at the School of Law and co-authors of “Tongue-Tied America: Reviving the Art of Verbal Persuasion"
We all need to fess up on occasion. It’s important to do it well. The great architects of classical rhetoric are wincing: Mitt got it all backward.
Now, thanks to Thomas E. Barden [who received his doctorate from UVa] and the University of Virginia Press, the unedited dispatches in their entirety are now available. The book, “Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War,” provides a picture of that war as seen through the eyes of one of the world’s greatest writers.
... She quotes a 30-year study on post-divorce life from the University of Virginia that suggests that girls typically identify with their mothers after a divorce.
... [Charlottesville] had become a major medical site for several reasons. ... As the Grounds of the university became ever more saturated with blood, its cemetery grew. By war’s end, 1,097 graves held the remains of soldiers, including two Confederate generals — Turner Ashby and Carnot Posey. What initially had been intended as a temporary burial ground became the UVa Confederate Cemetery. ...
The facilities management team at the University of Virginia spent much of Friday getting ready for the university\'s 183rd Final Exercises. More than 50 workers placed 21,000 chairs on the lawn between Thursday and Friday.
Since its founding in 2001, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia has encouraged thousands of seniors to reconnect with their love of poetry, learn more about the criminal justice system and even take up a new hobby. “We had maybe 125 students in our first semester,” said James McGrath, OLLI’s president and CEO. Now about 1,800 adult students register for classes each year.
... During the Valedictory Exercises, UVa alumna Val Ackerman, a former basketball player who went on to become the founding president of the Women’s National Basketball Association, hiked up the microphone as she stepped to the podium to deliver her address. “My advice to you is just to relax, take a deep breath, accept that whole new chapters are about to unfold for you,” Ackerman said. “And embrace the journey. Trust me, it will be a journey.”
Persevere — it’s what Thomas Jefferson would have done, newswoman Katie Couric told the University of Virginia’s Class of 2012. ... “Thomas Jefferson was the ultimate optimist,” Couric said. She told the class that despite the adversity they’ll face, they should take risks, overcome rejection and outlast setbacks. She recounted the deaths of her husband and her sister, both of whom died of cancer. “Life can deal you some crushing blows, and we all need a deep reserve of resilience to survive,” she said.
... Which historical figure would you most like to have dinner with – and why?
This was very hard to answer. Ultimately I chose Thomas Jefferson, an interest that dates back to my visit to Monticello as a teenager. I was deeply impressed with his studies of science, which range from meteorology, to geology and paleontology, interest in meteorites (such as the Weston meteorite and the associated controversy), and his meticulous notes on nature, which includes chemically related phenomena. ...
Thirty former and current swimmers at the University of Virginia have a shot at making the 2012 Olympic team. Olympic trials will take place in Omaha, Nebraska at the end of June.
Ph.D. graduate Diane Cole Ahl is a consulting curator for the Michener Museum's first major traveling exhibition of European art
College graduate Derek Mitchell was nominated to be ambassador to Burma, completing the full renewal of diplomatic ties that had been largely frozen for two decades.
Kim Forde-Mazrui
Law professor
Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil right' comment
msnbc.com / May 17
Josipa Roksa
Associate professor of sociology and education and co-author of "Academically Adrift"
Opinion: Colleges fail students in liberal arts
Muncie Star Press / May 18
Dr. Nina Solenski
A neurologist in the Primary Stroke Center
A toast to good health
Culpeper Star Exponent / May 18
Ruth Stornetta
Associate professor of pharmacology who rides to work every day
Receive a Reward for Biking to Work Friday
NBC 29 News / May 17
Sarah Turne...
... "As a citizen of Charlottesville, I'm pretty excited," said Siva Vaidhyanathan, chair of the Media Studies Department at the University of Virginia. ... "Warren Buffett has chosen his newspapers very carefully," Vaidhyanathan explains. "He just hasn't bought any newspaper."
... According to a recent study by the University of Virginia, UK's in-state tuition now exceeds in-state tuition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and ...
... The district is working with the University of Virginia and the Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy to create an educational program for Hood Junior High ...