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According to a newreport from two University of Virginia economists, some Virginians are not getting adequate dental care and the cost is to blame.

According to a newreport from two University of Virginia economists, some Virginians are not getting adequate dental care and the cost is to blame.

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors on Wednesday started work on a proposed process for strategic planning, which was among the concerns U.Va. Rector Helen Dragas cited when she sought to force the resignation of President Teresa Sullivan in June.

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors on Wednesday started work on a proposed process for strategic planning, which was among the concerns U.Va. Rector Helen Dragas cited when she sought to force the resignation of President Teresa Sullivan in June.

After earning a master’s degree from the University of Virginia, Rebecca Beach Smith returned to W&M to study law.

Halifax County Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Freshour is set to fill the position of acting commonwealth’s attorney, following the appointment of Commonwealth’s Attorney Kim White to the 10th Judicial Circuit last week. He graduated from the University of Virginia and attended law school at Oklahoma University School of Law.

Greg Fairchild Associate professor, Darden School of Business How Immigrants Are Changing US Businesses CNBC | Aug. 14 Kyle Kondik Communications director, Center for Politics New Haven Register | Aug. 14 McMahon, Murphy called winners of Senate primaries in Connecticut Brian Nosek Associate professor of psychology iTechPost.com | Aug. 15 More Trial, Less Error - An Effort to Improve Scientific Studies William S. Robinson Deputy director, Partnership for Leadership in Education With NCLB Waiver, N.J. Lays Out Turnaround Plans Education Week | Aug. 15 Chris Ruhm Professor of public policy ...

The ease with which a manta ray can zoom through the water has offered scientists and engineers an incredibly challenging task: They want to see if they can build a mechanical substitute for one of nature's best performers.

Professor Farzaneh Milani has been recognized with two international awards relating to her overall career and to the publication of her most recent book, "Words Not Swords: Iranian Women Writers and the Freedom of Movement."

Mark Harril Saunders’s first novel, “Ministers of Fire,” is a brilliant, exciting and profound spy tale about, among other things, what it means to have faith. Saunders, who was raised in the Washington area and works for the University of Virginia Press, has a highly literate style and a deep understanding of politics and people.

Work on a new indoor practice facility for the University of Virginia football team is moving forward.

Tuesday night, doctors and nurses at the University of Virginia Medical Center gave a big "thank you" to some Charlottesville High School students.

Darden’s entrepreneurship professor Ed Hess will teach an online course from January 2013, and more than 15,000 people have already signed up for it.

Indiana University was the first college to pilot a program three years ago by making students buy the e-textbook in selected courses. Five more universities have adopted similar programs: University of California-Berkeley, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, University of Virginia and Cornell University.

The University of Virginia has received high marks from Forbes Magazine and U.S. News & World Report on both magazines’ annual list of top U.S. colleges.

A senior member of the University of Virginia's board offered a public confession Tuesday for his role in the forced departure and subsequent rehiring of the school's president, which he said "brought embarrassment" to the university.

In her Madison Hall office lined with shelves of sociology books, U.Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan reflected on Monday afternoon on the crisis that made her one of the best-known university presidents in America — the celebrated survivor of a clash that has come to stand for the uncertain future of public higher education.

Dr. Robert Christopher Harmon Who completed his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship at the University of Virginia Harmon joins staff at Augusta Health Augusta Free Press / August 13 Austin Pasztor An offensive lineman now in the Minnesota Vikings camp Cory Boyd now an Eskimo largely because Toronto Argonauts ... Toronto Star / August 13  

Dr. Scott Commins An assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Allergy and Immunology How a Tick Bite Made Me Allergic to Meat Discover Magazine / August 13 Kyle Kondik An analyst with the Center for Politics A Stark Choice: Candidates in Special Election Are on Opposite ... Virginia Connection Newspapers/ August 13 Brian Nosek A psychology professor More trial, less error: An effort to improve scientific studies WTAQ / August 14 Larry Sabato Director of the Center for Politics Christie for veep chatter: Was it real? Asbury Park Press / August 13 and How Paul Ryan transformed a Sei...