Scott became just the sixth UVa player in the last 24 years to be taken in the NBA Draft, joining Bryant Stith, Cory Alexander, Junior Burrough, Roger Mason Jr. and Sean Singletary.
Former Virginia standout Mike Scott (College '12) was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft on Thursday night. Scott was the 43rd overall pick of the draft.
Elaine Krieger, 51, is the woman who turned lemons into lemonade when she was let go at 39 years old from a health-care association where she worked for nine years. With an MBA from the University of Virginia and a career that already included being a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and the editor of a magazine, Krieger found herself inspired by the resale business.
Ambrose will be succeeded by Tim Reardon (College, economics).
Jonathan Green (College \'07, drama) directs a new play based on John Wayne Gacy, the Chicago murderer.
Douglas Laycock
Law professor
Supreme Court puts new limits on Commerce Clause. But will it matter?
Washington Post (blog) / June 28
C.J. Livesay
Director of career development in the Engineering School
Once stereotyped as gearheads, engineering graduates are in great demand
Virginia Business / June 28
Larry Sabato
University Professor of Politics and director of the Center for Politics
The spinning on health-care decision starts almost immediately
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch / June 29
Ray Scheppach
Professor of practice in the Batten School
States Confront Tough Choice on Medicaid Funds After...
The Supreme Court's health care ruling may be a victory for President Barack Obama, but health advocates say the real winners are the millions of uninsured. (Features Dr. Arthur Garson Jr., University Professor of Public Health Sciences; Carolyn Engelhard, director of the Health Policy Program; and Mimi Riley of the Law School.)
While a clear victory for the Obama administration, Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling still leaves a series of hurdles to clear on the way to implementing the health care overhaul the Affordable Care Act envisions, according to legal, health care and public policy experts. (Features Dr. Arthur Garson Jr., University Professor of Public Health Sciences; Eric Patashnik, professor public policy and politics in the Batten School; Mimi Riley and Thomas Hafemeister of the Law School; and R. Edward Howell, vice president and CEO of the U.Va. Medical Center.)
These results were demonstrated particularly in patients with a slow early response, “who have historically fared poorly,” noted Kimberly Dunsmore, MD, of the Children's Oncology Group and University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA; and colleagues. The article was published online June 25 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Transparency in this sense refers to the openness of the governance process: what and how much should the university community (and other “stakeholders”) know about decision-making and how it happens?
U.Va. is one big happy family again. Or maybe not. What the past two weeks have given us is a glimpse into what goes on in higher education. Boards, at least in Virginia, are plum political appointments, handed out by governors to large donors.
Thursday, the University of Virginia reported yet another big gift in the wake of President Teresa A. Sullivan’s reinstatement. Dr. James W. Orr Jr. and his wife, Vicki, pledged $2.2 million for an endowed chair in gynecologic oncology.
Some of the gifts were large — like the two anonymous donors who each pledged to give $1 million each in support of Sullivan. And some gifts consisted of just five bucks submitted online. The total amount collected since the reinstatement, as of Wednesday evening: $2.5 million in major gifts. And $218,910.95 from 657 online donors.
"Children with the metabolic syndrome have more than 11 times the odds of developing type 2 diabetes within 30 years than do those without this cluster of medical abnormalities," explains Mark DeBoer, MD, of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and one of the current study's authors.
It’s not really a surprise anymore that, when there’s a major controversy at a university — say, this month’s ouster and reappointment of University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan, social media light up. One of the things that was notable about the public uproar that surrounded the drama at the Rotunda was the huge role that social media, and technology in general, played in rallying the pro-Sullivan forces.
The surprising but welcome decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act is more important for higher education and the students it serves than many observers may have realized.
Aaron Copland’s opera, "The Tender Land," captures an in-flux family and explores need and necessity from within. "It’s got that American story of dreaming of a bigger life," said David Volk, associate professor of music at The University of Virginia College at Wise, and producer of "The Tender Land." "It speaks to this region."
Dr. Scott Henson of Hurricane, a neurosurgeon who became a nationally syndicated cartoonist, died Tuesday at home after a two-decade struggle against heart disease. He was 52. He entered a seven-year neurosurgery residency at the University of Virginia Medical Center. While at UVa, he treated movie star Christopher Reeve who was paralyzed by a horse fall.
One of the reasons the UVA football program has received six verbal commitments for the class of 2013 in June alone is the construction of the new indoor practice facility on grounds.
The greatest men\'s tennis player in UVA history is heading to the Olympics. Somdev Devvarman received a wild card entry Tuesday into the men\'s singles tournament in London