William J. Garland, vice president of finance for the Retail Merchants Association for three decades, died early Sunday almost two months after being diagnosed with cancer. … A University of Virginia graduate, he served in the Army for two years in Washington state.
Unlike his forebear, Brad Tazewell [Architecture 1949] - his formal name is E. Bradford Tazewell Jr. - has no taste for politics. He likes to design buildings. Of the nearly 500 buildings he estimates he's had a hand in designing, Tazewell figures 95 percent were constructed in the region. Plenty are hard to miss.
By Haley Stephens (Nursing 2011)
It’s official. It’s real life. It’s what I’ve been writing about for the past year and the reason I went to college: I am a registered nurse and even better, I am employed!
Eric Nichols [College '85], the special prosecutor for the Texas attorney general, has kept a steely eye and his poised, shaved head directed toward the defense. His speech is methodical through most of his examinations of witnesses in trials, occasionally flaring angrily in final arguments. Occasionally he smiles bemusedly at arguments from the defense.
As soon as Chase Minnifield gets back to Charlottesville on Tuesday, he'll head to the University of Virginia's practice fields to start working on drills with one of the best cornerbacks he has ever known. Even after earning first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors last season, Minnifield understands there's more work to be done if he hopes to lead a turnaround for U.Va.'s defense.
Profile of basketball player Ataira Franklin, who was named the top rookie in Virginia.
Bob Gibson
Director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
For Virginia companies, campaign donations to lawmakers just another cost of doing business
Associated Press, via the Washington Post / July 24
Dr. Ann Kellams
Assistant professor of pediatrics and newborn-nursery medical director
Panel to study ways to encourage breast-feeding
Richmond Times-Dispatch / July 25
Douglas Laycock
Law professor
Newcomers Facing Traditionalists in a Tug-of-War Struggle
Spiritual Herald / July issue
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
If Perry runs, late sta...
Review of "The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry)" by Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies.
Dr. Scott Commins of University of Virginia is credited with discovering the connection between tick bites and the red meat allergy only a couple years ago. Unlike Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the condition is not considered a disease. Rather, the tick's saliva is suspected of triggering an allergic reaction that results in hives or anaphylaxis.
In an accompanying editorial, Richard D. Stevenson, MD, and Mark R. Conaway, PhD, from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, note that these data provide a clear cutoff point associated with an increased risk for death. "Certainly children whose measurements fall below this cutoff value require careful assessment and probably a trial of some intervention, such as placement of a gastrostomy tube or increased intake," Drs. Stevenson and Conaway write.
Dr. William Brady, emergency medicine professor at the University of Virginia advises people to "call 911, and have them transported to the hospital. I would not attempt any other interventions if the person has some altered level of consciousness you do not want to make them drink, because they can certainly choke on the fluids. Let the professionals in the ambulance and ultimately in the hospital take care of that."
By Joseph Thorndike, visiting scholar in history
Ultimately, the distinctive tax treatment of IMF and World Bank salaries remained intact. But it also remained a sore point. Critics of the burgeoning international bureaucracy have always been quick to point out lavish pay packages.
By Rajkumar Venkatesan, Bank of America associate professor
and Paul Farris, Landmark Communications professor, Darden School of Business
Industry is focused on coupon redemption rates and sales lift among coupon redeemers to measure the effectiveness of coupons. But they are looking at the wrong place, and redeemers are a small portion of the consumers affected by coupons.
The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum (WWPL) and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia (OLLI at UVA) will present “Late 20th Century Presidents and Their Families: Personal Observations and Reflections."
The Youth-Nex Center at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education is helping young adults live a healthier, more productive life. It's doing that by learning more about how kids develop.
More than 650 students from 290 colleges and universities throughout the United States and around the world arrived in Varna Sunday as part of the Semester at Sea program. … The University of Virginia in Charlottesville serves as the program's academic sponsor.
A University of Virginia performance art group took to the streets of Charlottesville Saturday night to give passers-by a look through Byron's Telescope.
A group of volunteers from the University of Virginia are returning home Sunday night after a weekend providing medical care to patients in southwest Virginia at the Remote Area Medical Clinic.
For this week's segment of UVa: Today Susan Carkeek, of UVa Human Resources joined CBS19's Jim Hanchett to discuss the recent employee pay raise.
Dawn Staley, arguably the most heralded player in Virginia women's basketball history, became more so Saturday afternoon. Staley, a University of Virginia icon who was a three-time Kodak All-American and won three Olympic gold medals, was announced Saturday as a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2012.