We need strong regulations to check what social-networking sites are sharing about us, says Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor in Media Studies Chair, Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia. Vaidhyanathan, who has written four books, including The Googlization of Everything - and Why We Should Worry, says we should never believe what Google delivers is the last word.
Most psychology research takes place under laboratory conditions allowing tight control over the exact interventions and procedures participants are exposed to. That makes for neater science but leaves the discipline vulnerable to claims that the results aren't relevant to real life where things are far messier. Now Gregory Mitchell at the University of Virginia has tested this very issue by poring over the literature looking for previously published meta-analyses that compared findings in the lab to the same issue addressed in a field experiment.
Interview with Tim Laseter, lecture in the Darden School, about the General Services Administration's efforts to track greenhouse gas emissions by federal agencies and promote sustainable procurement practices.
"What that plays on is that we want to see Edison as the early grounded, highly practical commercially minded inventor and that [Nikola] Tesla as the more intuitive, spiritually tuned in, person who is reaching for, discovering the secret forces of the universe," said Bernard Carlson, a professor of science, technology and society at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia Alumni Association has awarded 13 Jefferson Trust grants to support university projects.
Researchers from nursing schools at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University said their primary goal is to identify pregnant abused women and help them move toward a better, sounder, safer future — for themselves and their children.
Automatic expulsions for students who threaten or commit acts of school violence may be politically popular, but research raises questions about the policy's effectiveness. University of Virginia professor Dewey Cornell finds that careful assessment and measured action is a more effective response to school violence than a one-size-fits-all.
The plan to energize public support was outlined Monday in a report by transportation experts brought together by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
Most public research universities "undercharge for their services," [former Board of Visitors member] Austin Ligon, co-founder and former chief executive officer of CarMax, told a crowd attending the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities 2012 National Conference on Trusteeship.
One hundred cancer patients at the University of Virginia Medical Center got a welcome surprise Friday. Staff members and volunteers delivered floral arrangements to care units. Patients received daisies, mums, carnations and a card with words of encouragement including "we're here for you."
Dr. William Muller began the open-heart surgery program at the University of Virginia; he developed the pulmonary artery banding procedure for infants and children with certain types of congenital heart disease; and he oversaw the construction of a new U.Va. hospital.
L. Harvey Poe Jr., a former professor at St. John’s College in Annapolis and a lawyer who had his own practice in the District, died March 30 at Washington Hospital Center. He was 96…. Luke Harvey Poe Jr., a Richmond native, was a 1938 mathematics graduate of the University of Virginia and a 1941 graduate of its law school.
On Sunday in Durham, in a match that was delayed two hours and moved indoors due to rain, second-ranked Virginia won its sixth consecutive ACC Tournament title with a 4-1 win over eighth-ranked Duke. It marked the third consecutive season that the Cavaliers defeated the Blue Devils in the final.
On April 5, the Marshall Expedition began its upstream journey on the James River, covering 138 miles between Richmond and Lynchburg in ten days. Led by Andrew Shaw, a Lynchburg native and recent graduate of the University of Virginia [College '11], their mission is to follow the James River and Kanawah canal lines across the Appalachian Mountains into West Virginia.
Interview with 2004 MFA graduate Chad Harbach, who was appearing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this past weekend.
Mike Cubbage, a University of Virginia alumnus who grew up in Charlottesville and still resides in the area, is in his seventh season as a Tampa Bay Rays scout.
Coker, a 2000 graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences, portrays Larry Bird in the new Broadway play, "Magic/Bird."
Sunday, several University of Virginia students held "Lick for a Cure," an ice cream fundraiser. Their goal is to raise money for the Emily Couric Cancer Center at UVa.
Dewey Cornell
Linda K Bunker Professor of Education in the Curry School
Campus Tweaks Bomb-Threat Response as Finals Begin
Wall Street Journal / April 22
Maurice Cox
Associate professor of architecture
Charlottesville residents evaluate downtown connectivity, diversity, and equality
Charlottesville Tomorrow / April 23
Steven DeKosky
Dean of the School of Medicine
Alzheimer's cause still a puzzle
Richmond Times-Dispatch / April 23
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
How Moral Are You? Quiz Gives Answers
Southwest Florida Online / April 22
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Commentary: The Left's righteous mind
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Three U.Va. astronomers, Steven Majewski, John Wilson and Gail Zasowski, discuss APOGEE. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment is giving scientists views of the universe never before seen.