Governor McDonnell has named several new members of the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors. They include Allison Cryor DiNardo of Alexandria, Dr. Stephen Long of Richmond, George Keith Martin of Hanover County, and John Nau of Houston, Texas.
A.E. Dick Howard
Professor of Law
Roberts Court Partisan Split Shows New Justices Are Predictable
San Francisco Chronicle / July 1
Tracey Krupski
Professor of Urology
Life After Prostate Surgery Worse Than Men Expect
Fox News Online / July 1
Brian Parks
School of Engineering
VDOT Report Says VA Secondary Roads Getting Worse
WVIR NBC29 / June 30
Larry Sabato
Director of Center for Politics
Clout: Is Pa. more bird in a mine than battleground state for Obama & foes?
The Philadelphia Inquirer / July 1
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Poll shows 2012 presidential and U.S. Senate races in Va. as toss-ups
Richmond Times Dispa...
Many students see summer as a time to get away from books, but at the University of Virginia a unique program is bringing people closer.
A study by Harvard and University of Virginia researchers that “found little evidence that high school Advanced Placement (AP) courses significantly boost college performance in the sciences… (and) the best predictors of success in college science courses to be high school classes that foster mathematical fluency, value depth over breadth, and feature certain types of laboratory work.”
Since 1974, the Heritage Theatre Festival has taken over the University of Virginia's drama building during the summer months, bringing world-class productions to the city of Charlottesville.
The University of Virginia has announced plans to refurbish rooms along the West Range and to landscape the area to prevent erosion.
Two professors and two students will leave Friday for villages inside Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa. For 14 days, the team will show health workers there disease management techniques to improve care and provide comfort.
Bob McDonnell has announced the recipients of the Governor’s Public Service Awards. The UVA Medical Center is the winner of the Innovation Award. McDonnell says several workers there reduced drug costs, decreased medication dispensing errors, and improved order turn-around time.
Bob Gibson
Executive director of the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership
Morning Roundup: June 30/Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
The Washington Times / June 30
Jonathan Haidt
Professor of Psychology
Aspen Ideas Fest: One-sided morality the liberal downfall
Post Independent / June 30
Douglas Laycock
Professor of Law
An Amen for Albany
The Wall Street Journal / June 30
Larry Sabato
Director of Center for Politics
Presidentially, Perry urges U.S. to halt Gaza flotilla
Chronicle / Houston & Texas News / June 30
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Obama fires back in defense of Libya campaign
DOD Buzz / June 30
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BioPontis Alliance has established research alliances with a group of the nation’s leading academic research institutes, in which BioPontis Alliance searches for innovative science that has the potential to be translated into new treatments for cancer, neurology, inflammation and infectious diseases.
James A. Browne, M.D., from the University of Virginia, and Arlen D. Hanssen, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., investigated the outcome of a new surgical method that uses synthetic mesh for patellar tendon reconstruction.
Some middle school students from across the state have made their way to the University of Virginia for the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp where they're designing everything from spacesuits to building rockets.
The Curry School of Education has a long history of lauded practices in teacher education, including a five-year combined bachelor’s and master’s program for students that straddles both the Curry School and the U.Va. College of Arts and Sciences.
The Darden School of Business is helping 12 startup businesses get rolling. It's all part of the school's incubator program.
Richard Harding Poff
1948 Law School alumnus – ck Richmond Times-Dispatch
Former Congressman And State Supreme Court Justice Dies
June 29 / WINA 1070 AM
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Former Va. Supreme Court justice and congressman, dies
June 28 / Washington Post (Associated Press)
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Richard Poff was among early Republican leaders in Virginia
June 29 / Roanoke Times
Barbara Vines Little will be the featured speaker at the 31st Annual Conference for the Ozarks Genealogical Society. Little specializes in Virginia and West Virginia genealogy, finding women ancestors, using manuscript records, land platting and problem solving. She holds a master’s degree in education from the University of Virginia and has been a professional researcher since 1982.
Ralph Gingles Jr.
Law School alumnus and Gaston County Chief District Court Judge
John Casey
English professor and National Book Award winner
Write stuff: The workshop that shapes American literature
Christian Science Monitor / June 25
Rob Cross
Associate professor at the McIntire School of Commerce
Is Your Personal Network a Smart Network?
IT Business Edge/ June 28
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Rick Perry no stranger to controversial views
Monitor (Rio Grande Valley) / June 28
Jerry Stenger
State climatologist
State Leaders Highlight Drought Concerns
Leesburg Today / June 28
Rick Webb
Senior scientist in the Department of Env...