Twenty career colleges agreed to a "pledge of public accountability," under which they will publish information about themselves (prices, curriculums, and faculty qualifications) and their students (debt levels, loan repayment, and employment outcomes). Their meeting in February was co-moderated by David Breneman, University Professor and Newton & Rita Meyers Professor of Economics of Education, and Robert Zemsky of the University of Pennsylvania.
Half of all states cut higher-education funding in their fiscal year 2012 spending plans, some by hundreds of millions of dollars. … The University of Virginia is raising tuition 8.9 percent, Virginia Tech by 9.2 percent.
David Stone, a 2002 College of Arts & Sciences graduate and Cavaliers baseball player, ended his pro career in 1993 and returned to the U.Va. School of Medicine. He's now in residency at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Victoria King, 22, will be heading off to the College of Law in Manchester, England in September to undertake the Graduate Diploma of Law (GDL) course. Ms King is a recent Bachelor of Arts graduate from the University of Virginia where she double-majored in philosophy and Spanish.
Yacov Y. Haimes
Professor of systems and information engineering
Nation's fight against cyber intruders goes local
Associated Press via Atlanta Journal-Constitution / July 21
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Tax Bills Imperil Slavery Museum
New York Times / July 21
Brad Wilcox
Associate professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project
Commentary: Closing co-ed dorms right for students' best interest
Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal / July 21
Alison Threatt, adviser in the International Studies Office
How do you get a house that is perfectly calibrated to your needs and sensibilities for only $150,000? Well, it helps if your lifelong best friend is an architect and partner in a design-build firm, one in which the architects are also experienced contractors.
More single people can be found in Waynesboro and Staunton than Augusta County, according to 2010 Census data released today. Families occupy about three-fourths of Augusta County households, while families make up just 63 percent of Staunton households and 57 percent of Waynesboro households. Those findings are to be expected, according to Qian Cai, director of the Demographics and Workforce Group at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
It has been four years since Virginia was in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll (finishing the 2006-07 season at No. 24), but the Cavaliers are slowly building a [men's basketball] roster that could return them to the rankings.
Hundreds of University of Virginia Health System volunteers are packed and ready to head to southwest Virginia to create a scaled-down, mobile hospital.
Duke de Haas
Who received his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia
The Herd: New hires, promotions and departures for 7.19.11
RichmondBizSense / July 19
Pamela Hetherington
Who obtain a masters’ degree in English
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Kat Richter and Pam Hetherington
Live Arts and Fringe Festival (blog) / July 19
Bryant J. Thomas
Who played football for three seasons at the University of Virginia.
Norfolk fills jobs for PR, mayor's assistant, other posts
The Virginian-Pilot / July 20
Robert M. O’Neil
Law professor and former University of Virginia president
Thomas Jefferson free speech center changes leadership
The Daily Progress / July 19
Olivier Pfister
An associate professor in the Department of Physics
Quantum Entanglement Breakthrough Could Yield Faster Quantum Computing
Forbes / July 19
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Kentucky governor race may be target for outside advertising
Louisville Courier-Journal / July 19
J. Anderson Thomson
A psychiatrist at the University of Virginia, he serves as a trustee of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
Thomas Guterbock
Director of the Center for Survey Research
Paul A. Cantor
The Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English and author of “Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization”
Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia are coming together to improve safety response times in the area. Those three areas are merging their dispatch communications for fire and rescue crews. That way everyone gets the information at the same time and those people can react to emergencies more efficiently.
A $100,000 federal grant is helping young adults with a mild form of autism and Asperger's get their driver's license. It's part of a study taking place at UVA's Behavioral Medicine Center using a driving simulator. … Dr. Daniel Cox is a professor of behavioral medicine at UVA's School of Medicine and is part of the research team. He said driving can be a challenge for those with high functioning autism like Riley.
Two researchers at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, David W. Grissmer and Andrew J. Mashburn, have been awarded with a $2.8 million grant for the purpose of evaluating the WINGS for Kids program right here in the Holy City. If you're not familiar with WINGS for Kids, know that it's an afterschool learning program that currently takes place at four local elementary schools. Participating children experience heightened levels of economic and social risks; WINGS for Kids strives to teach these students how to build healthy relationships and make sound decisions. The program...
Five medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked among the top in their field in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" guide.
UVA specialties ranked in the 2011-2012 guide are: •Diabetes and endocrinology (13) •Neurology and neurosurgery (35) •Ear, nose and throat (39) •Gynecology (44) •Cancer (48) "These rankings are one example of the teamwork and dedication our employees bring to work each day to provide the best care for our patients at the UVA Health System," said R. Edward Howell, vice president and ...
Somdev Devvarman
A former stand-out tennis player with the Cavaliers
ATP Atlanta - Ryan Sweeting v Somdev Devvarman
Crunchsports.com / July 18
Sonya T. Smith
The first African-American female to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Virginia.
Matoaca High School graduate has been appointed chair of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University
Progress Index / July 19