With a temperature of around 40-50C (104-122F), the exhaust from a rack of cloud servers could be a very cost-effective way of heating your house, according to researchers from Microsoft and the University of Virginia.
PAUL B. EBERT has earned a reputation as a tough but fair prosecutor over his four- decade career as Prince William County commonwealth’s attorney. But something apparently went terribly wrong with Mr. Ebert’s handling of the case of Justin Michael Wolfe. Failures were discovered only after Mr. Wolfe’s lawyers from King & Spalding, the University of Virginia’s Innocence Project Clinic and the Virginia Capital Representation Resources Center persuaded a court to force Mr. Ebert and his office to turn over all of their files.
A coalition of 29 American universities, including U.Va., is throwing its weight behind a plan to build ultra-high-speed computer networks — with Internet service several hundred times faster than what is now commercially available — in the communities surrounding the participating colleges.
A group of 29 U.S. universities, including U.Va., has banded together in an effort to accelerate ultra-high-speed broadband deployment to their campuses and surrounding communities, organizers announced Wednesday.
William Faulkner will be forever linked to Mississippi, but he was also the first writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia, arriving on that campus in 1957.
The artist and UVA professor William Bennett and his students created “Byron’s Telescope” to move people. Now Bennett’s students are staging a campaign on the fundraising site Kickstarter.com to bring the performance machine across the country.
From now through September, the Virginia Driving Safety Laboratory at U.Va. is evaluating drivers with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease at a reduced rate. The evaluation typically cost roughly $300 but depending on a person's income, patients could end up paying nothing.
The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Library has developed a new Web site for the up-and-coming generation of digital mapmakers. Bethany Nowviskie, the director of digital scholarship at the library, explained that the site serves as both a clearinghouse of projects and sourcebook of information for those interested in using Geographic Information Systems in their scholarship.
As the University of Virginia works on summer projects, upgrades and renovations, one group on grounds, The Raven Society, has taken on the special task of preserving a room thought to have been home to Edgar Allen Poe.
The University of Virginia Law School has concluded its most successful alumni giving campaign ever. Luis Alvarez Jr., president of the University of Virginia Law School Foundation, says 8,706 alumni donated more than $12.6 million during the campaign that ended June 30. Alvarez says that’s a record for both participation and giving.
As the Aug. 2 deadline for increasing the federal debt limit approaches with little sign of an agreement between President Obama and Congressional Republicans, the uncertainty is growing at colleges: what happens to financial aid and federal research funds if the government defaults?
So far, no one seems to know.
The Washington Mystics began the season as the youngest team in the league, with four rookies on the squad. That changed Monday when veteran forward DeMya Walker was added to the roster. … “I have always been known for my defense,” said the former University of Virginia standout [College, 1999].
The University of Virginia Law School has concluded its most successful alumni giving campaign ever. Luis Alvarez Jr., president of the University of Virginia Law School Foundation, says 8,706 alumni donated more than $12.6 million during the campaign that ended June 30. Alvarez says that's a record for both participation and giving.
Members of the University of Virginia community on the Eastern Shore gathered Thursday to support the 17 students from both counties who will head to Charlottesville next month as the Class of 2015.
Just over a month after completing his baseball career at UVa, Corey Hunt [College, 2010] is returning to his alma mater to be the new head baseball coach at Monticello High School.
Daniel McDowell
Ph.D. student in history
Four visiting graduate nurses from the University of Virginia bid adieu to Camp Curly Tail Friday with a presentation on nutrition and dental hygiene to close their two-week stay.
More than a million Americans a year travel abroad as volunteers to lend a hand in poor communities, according to a study on international volunteerism by Washington University School of Social Work. They go with schools, mission groups and nonprofit organizations. Many go with their save-the-world dreams during alternative spring breaks. “Within the realm of the college alternative spring break trip, it happens pretty frequently, that students go with the mentality of saving and fixing,” said Emily Pearce, a senior at University of Virginia and president of Alternative Spring Brea...
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Herman Cain’s Packed Speaking Schedule
Daily Beast / July 26
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White House aide: Not raising debt limit could lead to a depression
CBS News / July 26
Dr. Andrew Southerland
Neurology instructor
Brain Bleed Post Lysis Informs Outcome
MedPage Today / July 26
Eisenberg has been teaching, since 1994, at the University of Virginia.