The Thomas Jefferson Area Planning District held an open house at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Around 60 people attended an open house at the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration on Thursday to provide input on how the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission should track progress for the Livable Communities project.
Get ready for a building boom at public universities across Virginia. The state is releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds that will fund construction projects on college campuses, including on grounds at the University of Virginia.
The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a new two-way radio replacement system for firefighters that's designed to work in extreme heat and disaster situations--and is disposable. WISPER is a tiny, one-inch square disposable router that is waterproof and heat-resistant up to 500 degrees Farenheit. Each contains an integrated two-way digital radio, antenna, and 3-volt lithium cell. The devices were developed for the DHS by Hawaiian firm Oceanit Laboratories and the University of Virginia's Department of Computer Science.
Brevy Cannon
Media Relations writer
Democrat City Council hopefuls back up to 6
Charlottesville Daily Progress / June 23
W. Mark Crowell
Executive director and associate vice president for innovation partnerships and commercialization
UVa innovation chief sees region's future as 'extremely promising'
Charlottesville Daily Progress / June 22
Brandon L. Garrett
Law professor
Myths Of The Criminal Justice System: Part 2
Huffington Post / June 22
Kyle Kondik
Political analyst, Center for Politics
NJ unions borrowing images from tea party playbook
Greenwich Time (AP) / June 22
Douglas Laycock ...
Struck by an errant University Transit Service bus last October, a nine-foot section of wall on the famed graffiti-laden Beta Bridge was reconstructed last week.
In addition to Sullivan, these administrators made the list: Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget; R. Edward Howell, Medical Center vice president and CEO; Craig Littlepage, athletic director; Thomas Skalak, vice president of research; and Carol Wood, assistant vice president for public affairs.
"It is important for Virginia residents to use our website as a tool to understand the type and amount of drugs that are present in their local wastewater," said Lisa Colosi, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, who co-led the website development project. ... James Smith of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a number of students worked on the project as well. ... Drugs get in the water when people flush them or put them through a garbage disposal. An alternate method is to mix them with coffee grounds, kitty litter or other unpalatable su...
The Miller Center Foundation has received $165,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to create a program that will make state codes easier to understand.
Waldo Jaquith, who also is behind the Virginia legislative tracking website Richmond Sunlight, will work on The State Decoded through his employer, the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs, for the next year-and-a-half.
Associate professor of art Kevin Jerome Everson's film is being shown at the National Gallery.
Tyler Wilson has pitched in four College World Series games in his career. He delivered 39 pitches just days ago as a relief pitcher in Virginia's win over Cal, but Thursday will be his first start.
A University of Virginia study has shown that the Virginia Preschool Initiative improves the performance of participating students when they get to kindergarten and first grade. ... The study was conducted by Francis Huang and Marcia Invernizzi of the Curry School of Education.
Phil Davis
Earned an MBA from U.Va.
One Entrepreneur's Tale: First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again
Fox Business | June 21
Eleanor Henderson
Received her MFA in fiction in 2005 and now she teaches at Ithaca College. She is the author of "Ten Thousand Saints."
Loud Music, Clean Living
New York Times Sunday Book Review | June 19
Nicole Kelleher
A medical student who competes for The Ragged Mountain Racing Team and is currently ranked as the number two female triathlete in the nation
Edmund Brodie
Professor of biology and director of the Mountain Lake Biological Station
A Beautiful Web of Poison Extends A New Strand
Discover Magazine (blog) | June 21
Nora Decher
A nutrition support specialist with the Health System
New bakeries seek rising dough
Lynchburg News and Advance | June 20
Jonathan Haidt
A professor of social psychologist
When it comes to hating, conservatives have nothing on the Left
Telegraph.co.uk (blog) | June 22
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Make or break for gay marriage as rival camps clash ahead of vote over New York sa...
Having conquered the college world a second time, University of Virginia track standout Robby Andrews will step up in competition this week. Andrews won his second NCAA Division I 800-meter championship in typical come-from-behind style in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 10. This week he will be competing in the USATF Nationals in Eugene, Ore.
Having amassed a nation-leading 55 wins with a team that was strong in all three phases of the game, particularly pitching and defense, the top-seeded Cavaliers faltered in both in a 7-1 pasting by reigning national champion South Carolina.