Hanadi Al-Samman
Assistant professor of Middle Eastern languages
How Do You Say Gay in Arabic?
Slate.com / Aug. 16
John Duffy
Professor of law
Terra,com / August 17,
Analysis: Ruling could compromise U.S. administrative judges' autonomy
Deirdre Enright
Director of investigation for the Innocence Project Clinic
Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate death penalty for Justin Wolfe
Richmond Times Dispatch / August 17
Carlee Beth Hawkins
Graduate Student, and
Brian Nosek
Professor of Psychology
Will the Real Independents Please Stand Up?
HealthCanal.com / August 17
Larry Sabato
Politics...
Sunday on “This Week,” top Obama and Romney campaign advisers discuss all the week’s politics. Plus, a special “This Week” panel, in partnership with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, tackles the critical question “Is the U.S. Headed Toward Bankruptcy?”
A group of high school students is hoping reforms it has proposed for Virginia’s enterprise zones will be enacted. Lester Coleman of Martinsville was among the participants in the recent Sorensen Institute’s High School Leaders Program at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia faces an uphill battle convincing state legislators that they should allow the university to shift employees out of the Virginia Retirement System without bearing the cost of their pension liabilities.
In the space of just a few weeks, the boards at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Virginia both came under fire for highly public missteps. While no one should equate the tragedy of Penn State's sex-abuse scandal with the forced ouster and subsequent rehiring of Virginia's president, both stories put boards on the defensive and offered lessons for trustees everywhere.
With no detailed examination of the crisis that threw University of Virginia into turmoil in June, the school’s president and governing board sought to lay the groundwork this week for a new effort in strategic planning. The U-Va. Board of Visitors also took steps toward changing its own structure to become more effective and better define how the 17-member board interacts with President Teresa A. Sullivan.
A group of students from the University of Virginia is taking time before classes start to help kids facing tough challenges. In its seventh year, Camp Kesem at UVA helps children affected by cancer forget the stress, and just have fun.
Owned by the University of Virginia Foundation, the Boar’s Head recently completed a $9 million guest room renovation this spring. The revamp included new wall finishes, carpet, bathroom fixtures, furnishings lamps, accessories and televisions.
For a board that faculty often criticized for acting as if it always knew best, the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors on Thursday spent a great deal of time on what it could learn from other institutions. The board spent the majority of its annual two-day retreat here, listening to Terrence MacTaggart, a senior fellow at the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges and a former system head in two states, discuss the best practices of governing boards.
Over the next few months, six medical centers specializing in caring for the Medicare-age population will open in the Richmond area -- adding to options already available. The Riverside PACE, operated as a nonprofit, has two centers in Richmond and a newly opened center in Petersburg. It also has plans to open a Charlottesville location in 2013 in partnership with the University of Virginia Health System and the Jefferson Area Board for Aging.
Over the next few months, six medical centers specializing in caring for the Medicare-age population will open in the Richmond area -- adding to options already available. The Riverside PACE, operated as a nonprofit, has two centers in Richmond and a newly opened center in Petersburg. It also has plans to open a Charlottesville location in 2013 in partnership with the University of Virginia Health System and the Jefferson Area Board for Aging.
David Martin
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Launches Deferred Action Program
WVIR NBC29 / August 15
S. Jay Olshansky
Baby Boomers: Will We Really Rock On Forever?
The Fiscal Times / August 16
William S. Robinson
deputy director of the University of Virginia’s Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education
With NCLB Waiver, N.J. Lays Out Turnaround Plans
Education Week / August 16
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of UVA’s Center for Politics
RPT-U.S. Republicans gambling in taking Medicare issue head-on
Reuters / August 16
and
2012 elections review: Handful of incu...
David Martin
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Launches Deferred Action Program
WVIR NBC29 / August 15
S. Jay Olshansky
Baby Boomers: Will We Really Rock On Forever?
The Fiscal Times / August 16
William S. Robinson
deputy director of the University of Virginia’s Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education
With NCLB Waiver, N.J. Lays Out Turnaround Plans
Education Week / August 16
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of UVA’s Center for Politics
RPT-U.S. Republicans gambling in taking Medicare issue head-on
Reuters / August 16
and
2012 elections review: Handful of incu...
According to a report from the American Council of College Trustees and Alumni, administrative spending rose at 14 of Virginia’s 15 public four-year institutions for the six years prior to the 2008-09 academic year.
According to a report from the American Council of College Trustees and Alumni, administrative spending rose at 14 of Virginia’s 15 public four-year institutions for the six years prior to the 2008-09 academic year.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors met behind closed doors to discuss “legal and personnel matters” for about two hours on Wednesday evening. Inside were the governing board members; their leader, Rector Helen E. Dragas; and a lawyer from the state Attorney General’s office. Waiting outside were officials who typically are allowed to attend closed sessions: UVa. President Teresa Sullivan, the board secretary and the board’s usual attorney.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors met behind closed doors to discuss “legal and personnel matters” for about two hours on Wednesday evening. Inside were the governing board members; their leader, Rector Helen E. Dragas; and a lawyer from the state Attorney General’s office. Waiting outside were officials who typically are allowed to attend closed sessions: UVa. President Teresa Sullivan, the board secretary and the board’s usual attorney.
Four new members of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors and two new senior advisers are getting an introduction to the harsh limelight of national attention this week as the body meets for the first time since controversy consumed the board and the campus in June.
Four new members of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors and two new senior advisers are getting an introduction to the harsh limelight of national attention this week as the body meets for the first time since controversy consumed the board and the campus in June.
The University of Virginia is looking for a way out of a new requirement for institutions of higher education to pay a surcharge on employees who join independent university retirement plans.