Joseph J. Thorndike
Director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts and a visiting scholar in history
In the real world, tax incentives for job creation have a less-than-stellar record. Most have been expensive and inefficient, delivering windfalls to employers without doing much to alleviate unemployment.
The staff at the Virginia Driving Safety Laboratory will assess a driver’s vision, driving knowledge, reaction time and driving-relevant cognitive abilities and provide an evaluation in a driving simulator.
Zeta Psi fraternity was notified Monday that Dean of Students Allen W. Groves had decided not to renew the affiliation agreement, Groves said. He came to the decision after consulting with a number of other university officials, as well as university police, he said.
The only independent study, (by Arthur Weltman, professor of kinesiology in the Curry School of Education, and colleagues,) seems to have been done at the University of Virginia where investigators asked 15 women to take a brisk walk on a treadmill, once while wearing regular workout clothing and then again while wearing toning tights.
Rob Cross, associate professor at the McIntire School of Commerce, co-authored the article, in which he says, "The old adage 'It’s not what you know, it’s who you know' is true. But it’s more nuanced than that. ... The data we’ve collected point to a different model for networking. The executives who consistently rank in the top 20 percent of their companies in both performance and well-being have diverse but select networks like Deb’s—made up of high-quality relationships with people who come from several different spheres and from up and down the corp...
A District Model for Supporting the Needs of Diverse Learners was drafted, which was reviewed by expert professors at the University of Virginia. It includes how to implement differentiation in their own classrooms.
Paul W. Jones
Earned a master's degree from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in 1985.
Jim Lark
Professor of systems engineering
Libertarian Party of West Virginia elects Tom Thacker Chairman
Huntington News (W.Va.) / June 27
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Bachmann joins GOP race for president
Washington Times / June 27
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Gov. Cuomo is just a guy who can't say no on 2016 presidential run
NY Daily News / June 28
Christopher Sprigman
Law School professor
Sprint’s Hesse Pushes to Stop T-Mobile/AT&T Deal
Bloomberg / June 28
Barbara Wixom
Associate professor in the McIntire School of Commerce
Study: Colleges lack BI, analytics conc...
Gerard Alexander
Associate professor of political science and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Alexander reviews "Fortunes of Change: The Rise of the Liberal Rich and the Remaking of America," by David Callahan
The annual event supports the University of Virginia Cancer Center Breast Care Program.
Like all of Virginia's community colleges, TCC (Tidewater Community College) has agreements with public and private universities in the state to accept transfers from its graduates. About two-thirds of those who receive an associate degree enroll in a four-year institution within a year. Studies have shown that those students do as well at the College of William and Mary, at the University of Virginia - and at the 18 other colleges and universities - as students who spend four years there.
"We thought it would let people look and see for themselves what types of chemicals are flowing through the waters. People recognize names like amoxicillin and penicillin,” explained Lisa Colosi, UVa Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
"It's clear that evidence-based decision-making and the data analysis required to support it are now part of the fabric of many areas of business across many industries," said Barbara Wixom, associate professor at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. "This requires that business intelligence be part of the curricula of many different university majors.
Professor James S. Kim of Harvard Graduate School of Education and researcher Thomas G. White at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education have compiled promising evidence that summer reading -- done right -- can boost comprehension scores of struggling readers. In their April 2011 article, "Solving the Problem of Summer Reading Loss," Kim and White presented the elements for success.
UVA was one of five organizations to receive two-year grants from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.
The Henley Royal Regatta begins Wednesday on the River Thames near London. The article features Scott Stuard, a second-year College of Arts & Sciences student, and the U.Va. rowing team.
Adam Nelson
Nelson has an MBA from the Darden School.
Shotputter Adam Nelson wins gold at U.S. championships and dreams of bigger conquests
June 27 / Los Angeles Times
Carolyn Miles
Darden School graduate
New CEO of Save the Children
June 24 / Westfair Online (NY)