For the fourth straight year, the Virginia men's tennis team entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed but could not capture the title. This time, the Cavaliers came up one victory short. USC defeated Virginia, 4-3, to win its third straight NCAA championship.
Someone is going to discover silicon's successor – something that makes faster, smaller, cheaper computer chips – and probably soon. And whoever does stands a good chance of dominating the chip industry for years to come. To encourage such research, the University of Virginia will unveil a new research center today.
Patty Heenan
Non-traditional student entering her fourth year at U.Va.
Arlingtonian Named Miss Congeniality in State Pageant
Arlington Sun-Gazette / May 24, 2011
Gary Nickerson
Earned a bachelor's degree in psychology
Gary Nickerson Elected President of West Virginia State Bar
WTRF-CBS-7 (Wheeling. W.Va.) / May 23, 2011
Gregory B. Fairchild
Executive director of the Tayloe Murphy Center and associate professor at the Darden School of Business
Expert: Charlottesville lags on minority-owned businesses
Charlottesville Daily Progress / May 23, 2011
Brandon Garrett
Law professor
The Truth About False Confessions
Huffpost Chicago / May 23
Kyle Kondik
Media relations coordinator for U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Could Ryan’s Medicare Cuts Cost Republicans the Election?
U.S. Election News / May 23, 2011
Shigehiro Oishi
Associate professor of psychology
A Cultured Man Is a Healthier, Happier Man: Study
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Planning kids’ summers is a top topic of concern for many Jugglers. One option, which has grown increasingly popular, is sending kids to academic summer programs, often on college campuses. At the University of Virginia, around 1,200 students as young as nine have applied for around 790 seats this summer.
The cost of an in-state college education is going up again next school year all across Virginia. It's the result of years of funding cuts from the General Assembly.
On Monday, seven Cavaliers earned the All-ACC honors, which were voted upon by the league’s 12 coaches. Virginia also took home two of the four individual awards as junior standout Danny Hultzen was named the ACC Pitcher of the Year and Brian O’Connor was tabbed the ACC Coach of the Year.
USC tennis coach Peter Smith believes that Virginia will have to exorcize some demons if it wants to beat his Trojans and win its first-ever NCAA championship. Virginia coach Brian Boland strongly disagrees. Yes, one of college tennis’ budding rivalries is doing quite well, thank you. Second-seeded USC, which beat Georgia 4-0 on Monday, has knocked Virginia out of the past two NCAA Tournaments.
A natural disaster that wipes out either hospital here in Charlottesville is considered a level three emergency. There are very detailed plans for both the University of Virginia Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospital about what happens to the patients inside, as well as the ones outside seeking medical aid.
Last March, a crowd of nearly 100 gathered in Williamsburg, Virginia, for an all-day symposium about slavery and reconciliation. The event, put on by the College of William & Mary, wasn't a broad, rhetorical discussion of the past. It was personal. In 2009, the school acknowledged that it, "owned and exploited slave labor from its founding to the Civil War." It's a conversation taking place on campuses around the country as they, too, discover and come to terms with their past ties to slavery.
Behind strong top-of-the-lineup singles performances, top-seeded Virginia roared back to defeat Ohio State, 4-2, advancing to the program’s first-ever NCAA finals. UVa (34-0) is the first ACC school to ever accomplish the feat.
Greg Fairchild
Darden professor and executive director of the Tayloe Murphy Center
60 Seconds With...Greg Fairchild
Richmond Times-Dispatch / May 23, 2011
Joan Fry
Special assistant to the president
Commentary: Take Your Cat
WVTF-NPR (Roanoke) / May 20
Gary W. Gallagher
History professor and Civil War expert
Commentary: Quick Overview From VA Tech Civil War Conference
Kingsport Times-News / May 22, 2011
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Commentary: How the Northern view shaped the Civil War
Charlotte (N.C.) Observer / May 22
Owen Hendley
U.Va. pediatrician
Don't Share That Clarinet / Bacteria can linger on woodwind in...
W. Bradford Wilcox
Sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project
Commentary: Sex and the married American
Washington Post "Guest Voices" blog / May 22
Daniel McDowell
Doctoral student in international relations
Commentary: U.S. Should Push for Deal on IMF Post
World Politics Review / May 23, 2011
The Virginia women's golf team finished fourth at the NCAA Championships on Saturday, the best showing in the program's history.
Heading into the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, it almost seemed like there was a greater chance of the world ending than the Virginia men's tennis team losing at the No. 1 and 2 singles spots. Before Saturday, Michael Shabaz and Alex Domijan had a combined record of 45-3. But against Stanford, both players lost in straight sets. While senior Sanam Singh saved the day and kept the season alive with a clutch win at No. 3, Virginia probably needs to revert to its top-of-the-lineup domination if it has hopes of getting past fourth-seeded Ohio State (32-4) in this afternoon's semifinals in Stanfor...
On a day of individual achievements, the first thing coach Dom Starsia mentioned was the team. No. 7 Virginia had just knocked off No. 2 Cornell, 13-9, to advance to the NCAA men's lacrosse semifinals, doing so with a remarkable 9-0 run to close out the first half. Starsia brought the Cavaliers in and congratulated them for winning with teamwork, but couldn't avoid being the center of attention for long. One of the players reminded the hall of fame coach that the victory, his 327th, made him the all-time winningest lacrosse coach in Division I.
While physicians routinely prescribe statin therapy combined with ezetimibe for some patients with high cholesterol, a study by University of Virginia Health System researchers adds to mounting evidence that ezetimibe may not stop significant artery wall thickening, or atherosclerosis, in some patients.
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. Reggie Benbow is using his life as an example for other kids in Baltimore.
Final exercises will take place this Sunday at the University of Virginia. For one student the road to his diploma has been full of challenges. UVA soccer goalie, Jay Tison, had to give up the game he loved after two years on the team and decided to change his career path, too.