About four years ago, a group of admissions directors from the Yale School of Management, the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business brainstormed at a retreat on how they could work together on marketing and operations during a time when many schools were facing tighter recruiting budgets.
Prof. Fredrick Schauer of the University of Virginia Law School argues: “In contrast to this international consensus that various forms of hate speech need to be prohibited by law and that such prohibition creates no or few free speech issues, the United States remains steadfastly committed to the opposite view. … all such speech remains constitutionally protected.”
Deborah Ruth Malac, the new U.S. ambassador to Liberia, earned a master's degree in foreign affairs from U.Va. in 1981.
Sally Southard hopes to one day see a cure and new technology that makes controlling blood sugar easier. That's why she volunteered to take part in a clinical trial at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia's Board of Visitors says its failed attempt to oust President Teresa Sullivan was flawed but not to the extent that its accreditation should be jeopardized.
A Charlottesville man's home is undergoing a fix-up thanks to a dozen volunteers from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Volunteers got to work on Saturday for the Building Goodness in April Foundation's first fall project.
Saturday kicked off the first day of an arts mentoring program in Charlottesville. The Art Buddies program pairs University of Virginia students with Charlottesville Public School students to attend art events together throughout the year.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, compared Thompson to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the way he is portraying himself. "He has the same problem Romney has," he said. "They're both pretending to be more conservative than they are . . . They're both running as hard conservatives and no one believes them."
The clinic started in 1991 when Dr. Mohan “Mo” Nadkarni and Dr. Paul DeMarco — then residents at the University of Virginia Medical Center — saw an increasing number of people without health insurance shut out of the system.
The University of Virginia's Child Development Laboratories is giving back to families. Saturday marks the fourth annual Family Fun Day, a time for researchers to thank those who participate in experiments.
“The district is just really tough for a Democrat,” said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst with Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia.
To the long list of those upset over the General Assembly's pension reform bill, add public colleges and universities. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors was criticized last month by some lawmakers for passing a resolution opposing two new state surcharges on retirement plans for UVa employees, which could cost the university $163 million over the next eight years.
Bob Gibson, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia, sees the hand of political consultants at work. "The game as consultants play it is to take something out of context and spin it," he said. "They're more scorched earth than the politicians are."
Linda Gonder-Frederick, an associate professor with the University of Virginia Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, said no one knows exactly what diabetic dogs detect, “but it is highly likely that different physiological changes are being detected for low blood sugar levels and high blood sugar levels.”
"You can't have one strategy and you shouldn't want one," said William Quandt, a professor of Middle East studies at the University of Virginia, who worked on the first Camp David peace talks under President Jimmy Carter. "It's not a single phenomenon that we're witnessing, it's colossal upheaval."
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said a Romney loss of Ohio’s 18 electoral votes would signify trouble for him beyond the state’s borders.
Profile of local photographer Edwin S. "Flash" Roseberry, whose pictures of U.Va. student life are legendary.
The University of Virginia’s competitors have seen a sharp increase in federal research funding since 2008. UVa hasn’t, and the school’s Board of Visitors is worried.
A group trying to repair racial divides between the University of Virginia and Charlottesville community is preparing to release a report demanding action to heal the wounds of the past.
The lead author on the study is Ahmed Abass of the University of Virginia.