The massive open online course (MOOC) provider edX took a step toward boosting the credibility of its “graduates” on Thursday, announcing a partnership with Pearson’s testing centers that would allow students in edX’s free, online courses to take proctored exams. “On the order of 20” students either have signed up to take the exam or have already taken it — including the course’s instructor, University of Virginia computer science professor David Evans, who passed the exam at a Sunnydale, Calif. testing center, according to Udacity officials...
Home cooking means heavy traffic on Saturday, as Virginia hosts more than 275,000 people at a dozen big sporting events, plus an appearance by a presidential candidate. The busy day includes U.Va.'s home football game with Penn State.
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan will open the Miller Center Forum season next week with a presentation on the summer leadership crisis.
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Kevin Ogletree, a U.Va. alumnus, came home and introduced himself to the nation by ruining opening night for the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants.
Indonesia is missing out on potential development because of an overly complex tax code despite reform efforts two years ago that were meant to encourage investment, business figures say. Robert F. Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, warned that lowering the tax rate was likely to worsen Indonesia’s budget deficit.
Founding father Thomas Jefferson stands as the intellectual giant associated with the University of Virginia. Only one individual has ascended to the rarified height as an athlete in the minds of the Cavalier faithful – the towering figure of Ralph Sampson.
When Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back (and U.Va. alumnus) Ronde Barber steps onto the field in Raymond James Stadium for this 16th season on Sunday, the magic number will be 200. It's the almost unfathomable number of consecutive starts Barber has made in his illustrious tenure with Tampa Bay, and an ongoing NFL record for defensive backs.
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia is bracketed in scaffolding, with steps, ladders and platforms that workers need to do repairs. It could also be a tempting target for students looking to see UVA from a unique perspective, but not if the University has its way.
President Barack Obama will take the stage tonight to accept the Democratic nomination for president, but there is one group in particular he needs to reach: the business community. “Romney is cleaning up with small businesses,” said Larry Sabato, director at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “A lot of the larger businesses and Wall Street that went with Obama in 2008 are with Romney this time around.”
Just as college students head off to campus, a list of schools that hold the First Amendment above political correctness is out — with a slew of Southern schools leading the way, including the University of Virginia.
More than two dozen colleges and universities -- including U.Va. -- are examining whether a different business model for textbooks works for their institutions.
Even as the spotlight has shifted to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week, millions are still scratching their heads over the now-infamous “empty chair” speech that actor/director Clint Eastwood made last week at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. “It was campaign malpractice that the Romney managers sent out a dithering, clueless Clint Eastwood,” wrote Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “The Romney campaign will be lucky if Eastwood’s antics don’t linger as a national p...
Bill Clinton’s “magisterial” speech to the Democratic National Convention will only help Barack Obama if the president follows suit with his nomination acceptance speech on Thursday, pollster Doug Schoen tells Newsmax. Larry Sabato, the University of Virginia political pundit, said, "Clinton can probably sell Obama better than Obama can.”
A little less than four years ago, a lot of people opposed government stepping in to rescue General Motors and Chrysler, but President Barack Obama wasn't among them. "Think of the last four years," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "What does Obama really have to brag about other than Osama bin Laden's death and the auto bailout? Everything else is controversial."
The stage Thursday night will be the biggest, and brightest, its ever been for Tammy Baldwin, a Congresswoman from Madison running for one of the most important U.S. Senate seats in the country. “Baldwin had a run of bad luck recently,” said Larry Sabato, a national political expert and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “First Thompson, probably the only Republican in that primary who could beat her, wins the nomination; then Paul Ryan is put on the presidential ticket. I think on Thursday she has to create a little luck of her own and
As the number of professors using social media multiplies, the ease with which we can get a real-time view of the opinions of today’s thinkers is increasing exponentially. Especially now, as professors report from the convention floors and their couches with an off-the-cuff mix of aggregation, commentary, news, and personal anecdote. Among the people @Chronicle followed Thursday night during President Obama’s address was U.Va. media studies professor Siva Vaidhanayathan.
While the Republicans were celebrating the potential and might of American business at their convention in Tampa, Mr. Obama was validating one example of business success on an entirely different platform. Reddit, which was founded by two fresh graduates of the University of Virginia in 2005, has just 20 employees, but serves up more than three billion page views a month.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (USA TODAY) — Penn State goes on the road Saturday and visits the school founded by Thomas Jefferson, who once said, "I envy those who stay at home, enjoying the society of their friendly neighbors.
Backpacks will soon fill the lawn at the University of Virginia to bring attention to mental illness. "Send Silence Packing" is a traveling display of 1,100 backpacks representing the 1,100 college students who commit suicide each year.
University of Virginia officials have created a new position to focus on strategic planning. J. Milton Adams, who had been vice provost for academic programs and had previously served as interim provost, has been named senior vice provost.