Georgia Institute of Technology, John Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Virginia, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University are just a few of the top undergraduate schools offering degrees in the field.
A University of Virginia professor of mathematics, Irena Lasieckahas, has been selected by her peers worldwide to receive one of the top prizes in the field of differential equations and control theory. She is the first woman to receive the award.
Trapped in a small plane at high in the sky, University of Virginia Health System nurse Jacque Griffin didn’t even have space to stretch out her unexpected patient. But her medical expertise and prompt action saved a father of two who would have died long before the plane could touch down.
What started as a flight home to Charlottesville for University of Virginia nurse Jacque Griffin ended with saving the life of a passenger on a small plane.
Larry Sabato, professor of politics
Jeff Goldsmith, professor of public health sciences
J. Anderson Thomson, MD, psychiatrist, Student Health Services and Institute of Law and Psychiatry
The University of Virginia's endowment has rebounded from the recession. The Daily Progress reports that the endowment has regained about $1.5 billion that it lost when the economy sank.
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics is hosting a delegation from Afghanistan. The group toured Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Monday afternoon. The 11 member delegation is made up of female public service and legal professionals.
The greatest pitcher in Virginia baseball history could have a new employer in a matter of days. Danny Hultzen, an All-American pitcher at Virginia, was drafted Monday night by the Seattle Mariners with the second overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft.
A Charlottesville nurse is being credited with saving the life of a Mississippi man who had a medical emergency while on an airplane earlier this year. Jacque Griffin, director of clinical care operations at the University of Virginia Health System’s Transitional Care Hospital, performed CPR on 51-year-old Steve Beagles.
Founded in 1607 by a venture-backed company in London, Virginia has long been the destination of choice for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. That same tradition of discovery continues today with nearly 300 biotechnology and medical device firms who are expanding the frontiers of modern medicine.
One UVA student is going home after graduation to make sure kids like him have a chance to succeed. He's returning to his roots to teach kids that no matter where you come from, with education, everyone has a chance.
Andrew Snyder (Darden ’11) quoted
Bob Bruner
A Dean’s Summer Reading List for MBAs by Darden Dean
Bruner recommends five books for summer reading
Poets & Quants / June 3
Ed Hess
Darden professor
The Business of Growing: The Top Nine Challenges of Growing an Entrepreneurial Business and How to Tackle Them
The American Surveyor Magazine / June 2
Raj Venkatesan
Darden Professor
Summer Reading List: The B-School Edition by Francesca Di Meglio
Bloomberg Businessweek / June 2
Review by Brantly Womack
professor of foreign affairs
Henry Kissinger’s “On China”
The Washington Post / June 3
Complaining about the young is a time-honored tradition. Josipa Roksa says she knows this … but her latest study goes far beyond it. Roksa, assistant professor of sociology, is co-author of a new book about what is happening, or not happening, when it comes to learning on America’s college campuses. The book chronicles what the authors say is an amazing lack of education taking place for large numbers of students. We delve into the new findings and their implications.
A pair of research buildings going up at the University of Virginia were designed by the same firm that created a much-vaunted Apple Storeon Fifth Avenue in New York City, one of that city’s most-photographed locations.
Researchers at the University of Virginia are working on technology that could diagnose soldiers with traumatic brain injuries right on the battlefield. Dr. James Stone, an assistant professor of radiology and medical imaging at the UVa School of Medicine, said the work could lead to better treatments and protective gear for soldiers.
He earned his bachelor's degree with distinction from the University of Virginia in 1964 and master's degree from U.Va.'s Darden School of Business.
Four years removed from the equation, former Virginia pitcher Mike Ballard still looks back on his final days with a smile.