Lacy Newman
Who holds a masters' of business administration degree in finance and general management from the University of Virginia
Lacy Newman Named Chief Credit Officer of Southwest Securities, FSB
Sacramento Bee / Nov. 14
J.R. Reynolds
Who played basketball for four years while attending the University of Virginia
Red Claws get ready: They all have a story
Press Herald / Nov. 15
Betty Shotton
Who graduated from the first class of women admitted to the University of Virginia
Shotton book examines qualities of leadership
The Outer Banks Voice / Nov. 14
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Liftoff Leadership
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Joel Anderson
A post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the School of Nursing
Is yoga the magic bullet?
Livemint / Nov. 14
Tanya Denckla Cobb
Associate director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation, founding executive director of the Virginia Urban Forest Council and author of "Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement is Changing the Way We Eat."
Grassroots Food
Virginia Insights / Nov. 14
Amato Evan
An assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences
Kicking up a storm
Deccan Herald / Nov. 14
Dorrie Fontaine
Dean of the School of N...
From the University of Virginia, Matt Conrath has been named the ACC’s defensive lineman of the week, and Chase Minnifield has been named defensive back of the week. Conrath and Minnifield helped the Cavaliers knock off Duke, 31-21, on Saturday. Conrath had two tackles for loss, forced a fumble and blocked a Duke field-goal attempt. Minnifield ran an interception back 54 yards for a touchdown.
Questions abounded when the University of Virginia football team kicked off training camp in early August. The Cavaliers weren’t sure what to make of their quarterback situation. They didn’t know how a group of talented but inexperienced true freshmen would fit into the mix.
While most women already undergo mammograms to check for breast cancer, there has been considerable debate about how frequently women need to be screened. To help answer that question, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System are developing a personalized risk model to recommend how often a woman should have a mammogram based on her unique risk factors.
This year’s Virginia Film Festival is now history, and planners are looking ahead to 2012, making plans on what we can expect next year based onwhich films proved most popular this time around. The Virginia Film Festival once again set a record, with more than 24,000 tickets sold for 115 different movies. Twenty-seven sold out, including The Artist, which won the audience award for Best Narrative Feature. Best documentary went to Elevate, a film featuring UVA basketball player Assane Sene, and best documentary short, Wounded Warriors Resiliance, was made by another local, Jay Laven...
The number of Chinese undergraduates on U.S. campuses in the last school year increased 43 percent from the previous year, according to the annual Institute of International Education Open Doors report that was released today. … At the beginning of this school year, I tagged along with a group of Chinese students traveling from Dulles International Airport to the University of Virginia. In the last decade, U-Va. has seen its international student population increase 44 percent, with China being the most popular country of origin.
The first year of the University of Virginia’s non-binding early-action admissions program drew 11,417 applications from high-school students, according to the school. Students who applied by Nov. 1 hear back by Jan. 31, but aren’t obligated to enroll if accepted. Some students are neither accepted nor declined, but deferred to the regular admissions pool.
The University of Virginia says 11,417 high school students applied for the school's early-action admissions program. High school kids met a November 1st deadline, and they hope UVA will notify them by January 31st. The students are not obligated to enroll if UVA accepts them. There are some students who don't get accepted in the early action program, and they get placed in the regular admissions pool. UVA had a binding early decision program for many decades, but it was scrapped during the closing years of John Casteen's Presidency. School officials fear it...
Dr. John Risher can't say he played in the first football game at Scott Stadium, which opened 80 years ago last month. He can say he was in uniform that day. … Risher did play in the opening game of the 1931 season, when the Cavaliers defeated Roanoke College 18-0 at UVa's former football venue, Lambeth Field. But he never played again.
The University of Virginia is drawing up plans to begin the first phase of a $50 million rotunda restoration this spring. But plans to cover the iconic dome could make for an eye-sore just in time for graduation ceremonies. Architects are working on the final details for construction to start in March or April. The latest plans put up a tent-like cover over the dome to protect it from nasty weather and it could be in place for more than a year.
Ryan Collins
Who earned All-America honors in cross country while competing at the University of Virginia
UW men's cross country: Collins takes a page out of Russell Wilson's playbook
Capital Times / Nov. 12
Eugene S. Grecheck
Who completed the Executive Program at the Darden School of Business.
Profiles of Times-Dispatch's nuclear power Public Square panelists
Richmond Times Dispatch / Nov. 13
Reginald Jacobs
Who graduated from U.Va. in the 1950s
Dazzling dahlias dot St. Albans retiree's yard
Charleston Gazette / Nov. 13
Susan Lacy
Who graduated from the University
Susan ...
Ann Beattie
A professor of literature and creative writing
Novelist Ann Beattie imagines life of Pat Nixon
San Francisco Chronicle / Nov. 14
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Self-absorbed ‘Mrs. Nixon’: It’s all about Ann Beattie
The Washington Post / Nov. 13
Kristin Behfar
A professor of business administration at the Darden School of Business
Why venting at work doesn't help
Fortune / Nov. 11
Najib Ben Brahim
A researcher in the Department of Psychiatry and NB Sciences
A Young Tunisian Researcher's Scientific Breakthrough in Cure of Diabetes
Tunisia Live / Nov. 13
Greg Fairchild
A...
It wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t quick, but it was the desired outcome for the University of Virginia. The Cavaliers beat Duke 31-21 Saturday afternoon, breaking a three-year losing streak to the Blue Devils while moving to 7-3 on the season.
Organizers of Charlottesville's Saturday City Market are pouring through the results of a new survey that shows the market's popularity and economic impact. They're hoping the numbers make the case to city council to find a permanent home for the market. … University of Virginia Urban Planning Graduate student Carla Jones and her team randomly surveyed more than 400 market-shoppers over seven weeks this year. "We just wanted to figure out how many people are coming to the market, what are they purchasing, that sort of information," said Jones.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among college students. That’s the chilling conclusion of a new study commissioned by James C. Turner, executive director of health services for the University of Virginia. Alcohol-related incidents were second. That means the top two causes of death among students are eminently preventable.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among college students, according to the first study in more than 70 years that looks at the major causes of death on student campuses. Suicides account for 6.18 deaths per 100,000 students, while alcohol factors in 4.86 deaths per 100,000.
The University of Virginia will host Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser to former President Jimmy Carter, and Nicholas R. Lardy, an expert on the Chinese economy, in a town-hall style meeting on China on Wednesday night. The China Town Hall is part of a national day of programming on China.
Friday the University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved a regulation prohibiting weapons at the University, its medical center and the College at Wise. The regulation, which will be submitted to the state next week, will go into effect upon publication in the Virginia Register and will be published later in the Virginia Administrative Code. No further state approvals are required.
The University of Virginia quietly replaced its weapons policy with a regulation Friday afternoon, bringing it into line with recent legal opinions on the issue. “The attempt was to codify our existing policy in such a way that it would be consistent with the attorney general’s guidance and the Supreme Court decision,” said Rector Helen Dragas after the day’s Board of Visitors meeting.