The University of Virginia has expressed its sorrow over Thursday's deadly incident at Virginia Tech. Chief Student Affairs Officer Pat Lampkin has sent emails to parents of UVA students. Lampkin says the Resident Advisors in the UVA dorms can be resources for students who are shaken by the violence in Blacksburg.
"Honey, I'm a little chilly. Can you reboot the server please?" Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Virginia don't think that line is a joke--not if you have a "Data Furnace" in your house. A paper titled, "The Data Furnace: Heating Up with Cloud Computing," argues that "servers can be sent to homes and office buildings and used as a primary heat source."
Having kids stresses a marriage -- but some couples manage to keep the joy in their relationship while also being great parents. What's their secret? "When Baby Makes Three," a report by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families of the Institute for American Values, finds that one-third of married couples keep their relationship strong even after parenthood.
Adm. Mike Ratliff, president of the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History, surveys a number of programs—at the University of Virginia, MIT and the University of Texas, for example—that pointedly teach the American political tradition, often by using a great-books approach.
A panel convened Wednesday by the Critical Incident Analysis Group at U.Va. discussed the attack that finally pulled the United States into World War II and the lessons learned.
A Christmas tree at the University of Virginia is making a difference in the lives of hospital patients and their families.
The University of Virginia Medical Center held its annual "Lights of Love" tree lighting tradition Thursday.
There was a common buzz in the locker room at Virginia before and after a practice session Sunday night. The Cavaliers, knowing they were secure of a bowl game thanks to an eight-win season, wanted to know three things: where would they play, what program would they play and what type of gift would accompany the trip to the postseason.
Thomas Nachbar, law professor
Bob Gibson, executive director, Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership
It’s not every day you hear about research projects designed to glean more insight about the trauma to the human body dealt by vehicle crashes and football tackles simultaneously.
Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center is expanding to the University of Virginia, University of Iowa and George Washington University, according to Automotive News.
Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) has announced four new research projects plus three new research partnerships focused to advance innovative vehicle safety technologies across the industry. UVA is part of the research.
Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the United States entry into World War II. A group on Grounds wanted people to know that we still have things to learn from that event when it comes to national security.
Researchers from the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project recently studied the role of generosity in the marriages of 2,870 men and women.
Must parenthood make your marriage miserable? Contemporary depictions in the press and popular culture might make you think so.
Article by W. Bradford Wilcox, director, National Marriage Project