The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia is starting a new summer program designed to groom young Virginians with backgrounds in state government as potential players in public policy and public service.
A new philanthropy class at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy announced the recipients of $100,000 in grant money this week. The Once Upon A Time Foundation donated the money so that students could give it away again to community groups. It was announced as $50,000 but it was increased because of the class' large enrollment.
A mix of local officials, investors, innovators and start-up incubators gathered to talk about the work that's already happening to grow the [Charlottesville] area's biotech sector. The group discussed the challenges facing start-up companies, their connections to UVa faculty and students, and some of the factors that make Charlottesville a special place to do business.
The who's who of Black entertainment, leadership, business, and education gathered last night for the Celebration Gala at The Plaza Hotel in New York to honor human rights icon Julian Bond, who is retiring as a U.Va. history professor.
Pegge BellSchool of Nursing alumnaNew University of Arkansas director of nursing school namedThe City Wire / May 2
Wahoo Nation is joyous. Phillip Sims is a Virginia Cavalier. Sims, ranked by some as the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation coming out of Chesapeake's Oscar Smith High School in 2010, was officially welcomed to the UVa program late Wednesday afternoon by coach Mike London.
Katherine AlfordAssistant director of admissions the Darden School of BusinessHow to Take Advantage of Facebook in MBA AdmissionsBloomberg Businessweek / May 2Larry SabatoPolitics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for PoliticsRomney wants voters to see Jimmy Carter in ObamaReuters / May 2
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt presents his book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion."
The Virginia Film Festival announced today that it is expanding its acclaimed Community Outreach and Education programs to include a new high school filmmaking competition. The Virginia Film Festival is presented by the University of Virginia's College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Aimee Hunt, associate academic curator of the University of Virginia Art Museum, is interviewed about some special programs at the museum for people with Alzheimer's and children with autism. In addition, Amy also talks about the Writer's Eye Competition, and the May 10 "Art in Heels" event.
Are pregnant women more likely to admit they're victims of domestic violence to a computer than a querying human? And if they are, could a tablet computer be a better route to encourage abused women to get help in a safer, more expeditious manner? Those are the questions being asked, among others, in a new $4 million, government-funded research venture that partners the nursing schools at Johns Hopkins University and University of Virginia.
Billy Shulman, a Prince George's County high school government teacher, often adapts civics lessons from a repository on the University of Virginia Web site. "I don't really use my traditional textbooks," Shulman said. "There's almost too much good stuff online."
Researchers using mice to explore the initial triggers of Alzheimer's disease believe they've fingered a prime suspect – a highly toxic protein that converts other proteins into more toxic forms in a behavior that mimics mad cow disease.
WTJU, the community radio station operated by the University of Virginia, is about to turn 55. The 2012 Folk Marathon is currently under way. It began on Monday and continues through midnight this Sunday.
Julian Bond 's retirement from the University of Virginia marked the end of his 20-year era teaching civil rights history. To show what Bond has meant to the U.Va. community and to the country, U.Va. threw a farewell gala in New York City, complete with celebrities, to honor the historical icon.
Robert F. Bruner
Dean of the Darden School of Business
Plugging The Globalization Knowledge Gap
Eurasia Review / May 2, 2012
Jim Burroughs
Professor of marketing
Preppy look has a Southern feel
Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram / May 1
Lavahn Hoh
Drama professor and circus expert
Dream Job: Running away to join Cirque du Soleil
"The Madeleine Brand Show," KPCC Public Radio (Pasadena, Calif.) / May 1
Robert M. O'Neil
Emeritus professor of law and a former president of the university
Taking a Stand
Inside Higher Ed / May 2
Alan Rogol
Law professor
Commentary: Is the government wasting tax dollar...
Novelist Fernanda Eberstadt reviews "The Right-Hand Shore," by Christopher Tilghman, an English professor and head of U.Va.'s Creative Writing Program. "Tilghman unfolds his harsh lesson with precision, delicacy and startling humor. … 'The Right-Hand Shore' is the dark, magisterial creation of a writer with an uncanny feel for the intersections of place and character in American history."