Martin DavidsonA Daren professorDiversity Executive | May|June 2012Barbara PerryA senior fellow at the Miller CenterRisky Business (The Note)‎ABC News (blog) | May 15Josipa RoksaAn assistant professor of sociology and co-author of "Academically Adrift"Getting to the core of higher ed learning‎South Bend Tribune | May 16 Larry SabatoDirector of the Center for PoliticsSociety: 'We have no proof' of Liz Warren's claim‎Boston Herald | May 16Christopher L. ShaffreyA professor of neurological surgery and spine division director at the University of Virginia Sch...
Martin Davidson
A Daren professor
Diversity Executive | May|June 2012
Barbara Perry
A senior fellow at the Miller Center
Risky Business (The Note)
ABC News (blog) | May 15
Josipa Roksa
An assistant professor of sociology and co-author of "Academically Adrift"
Getting to the core of higher ed learning
South Bend Tribune | May 16
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Society: 'We have no proof' of Liz Warren's claim
Boston Herald | May 16
Christopher L. Shaffrey
A professor of neurological surgery and spine division director at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and...
By Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education and a professor of psychologyWhile it might seem counterintuitive, at least some of the answers to turning around our nation’s struggling K-12 public schools can be found at the nearest preschool. At a time of considerable urgency and demand for improvements in our nation’s schools, particularly when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of teachers, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Instead of looking to the development and implementation of new educational models and methodologies, K-12 educators would do well to...
By Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education and a professor of psychology
While it might seem counterintuitive, at least some of the answers to turning around our nation’s struggling K-12 public schools can be found at the nearest preschool. At a time of considerable urgency and demand for improvements in our nation’s schools, particularly when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of teachers, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Instead of looking to the development and implementation of new educational models and methodologies, K-12 educators would do well to learn from...
In his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at University of Virginia, argues that our intuitions come before our reasoning and our reasoning is usually a post-hoc justification for those intuitions. As a result, humans do a horrible job at understanding those with whom they disagree.
In his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at University of Virginia, argues that our intuitions come before our reasoning and our reasoning is usually a post-hoc justification for those intuitions. As a result, humans do a horrible job at understanding those with whom they disagree.
By Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and director of the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education, housed at U.Va.Arne Duncan, the tough, former chief executive of Chicago's schools who is now secretary of education, is on a mission to put teeth into teacher performance assessments. Recent research from the New Teacher Project, which surveyed 16,000 educators in four states, notes the preponderance of those who said they know teachers who should be fired.The report emphasizes the need for measures that can discrimina...
Are you ever baffled that perfectly intelligent, well-meaning friends see things very differently? Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, explains why in his new book, “The Righteous Mind — Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.” His research has important implications for our personal lives and national politics.
Are you ever baffled that perfectly intelligent, well-meaning friends see things very differently? Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, explains why in his new book, “The Righteous Mind — Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.” His research has important implications for our personal lives and national politics.
The University of Virginia is partnering with Virginia-based Warren Retrievers to do a four-year data study of the effect of diabetic alert dogs.
The University of Virginia is partnering with Virginia-based Warren Retrievers to do a four-year data study of the effect of diabetic alert dogs.
By Joseph P. Allen and Claudia Worrell AllenJoseph P. Allen and Claudia Worrell Allen are clinical psychologists on the faculty of the University of Virginia and the co-authors of "Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old" (Ballantine, 2009). “Why do most 16-year-olds drive like they’re missing a part of their brain? Because they are,” begins the full-page ad (accompanied by a drawing of a brain with a hole in it) that has been running prominently in national publications from Newsweek to the The Wall ...
CaseNEX, an online professional-development tool, was founded at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education
CaseNEX, an online professional-development tool, was founded at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education
By tracking the minute movements of the eye, University of Virginia researchers hope to gain new insights into how well high-functioning autistic teenagers can cope with the unexpected hazards encountered behind the wheel. Researchers at UVA’s School of Medicine and the Curry School of Education are partnering with the University of Iowa – one of the nation’s leaders in driving simulation – to take a high-tech approach to investigating how best to help high-functioning autistic teenagers learn to drive safely.
By tracking the minute movements of the eye, University of Virginia researchers hope to gain new insights into how well high-functioning autistic teenagers can cope with the unexpected hazards encountered behind the wheel. Researchers at UVA’s School of Medicine and the Curry School of Education are partnering with the University of Iowa – one of the nation’s leaders in driving simulation – to take a high-tech approach to investigating how best to help high-functioning autistic teenagers learn to drive safely.
by Farzaneh MilaniProfessor of Persian Literature and Women StudiesThe Arab Spring is inching its way into Saudi Arabia — in the cars of fully veiled drivers.On the surface, when a group of Saudi women used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to organize a mass mobile protest defying the kingdom’s ban on women driving, it may have seemed less dramatic than demonstrators facing bullets and batons while demanding regime change in nearby countries. But underneath, the same core principles — self-determination and freedom of movement — have motivated both groups. The Saudi regime...
Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some supernovas are much more powerful than others. Astronomer Roger Chevalier and graduate student Christopher Irwin are part of a team that published the results the May 1st, 2012 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some supernovas are much more powerful than others. Astronomer Roger Chevalier and graduate student Christopher Irwin are part of a team that published the results the May 1st, 2012 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Thanks to a new grant, the University of Virginia is speeding up its research to help teenagers with autism learn how to drive. Researchers are studying the nature of human eyes, which move three to five times every second. They say this could be a key factor in helping teens behind the wheel. "We're helping them acquire that skill in an environment that is more conducive for them to learn," said Dr. Daniel Cox, a professor of psychiatry at UVa. who is helping with the study.