“One hundred and fifty years later, we’re still fighting with many of the same questions,” said Andrew T. Mink, the director of outreach and education at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, who has administered a series of federal Teaching American History grants.
"I do not like it, even though you could say we have benefited from it," said Brian O'Connor, head coach at the University of Virginia, ranked No. 1 in one major college poll. "Our team has been able to make the adjustment, but I don’t think it is what is best for college baseball."
ROCS stands for Responsible Outgoing College Students. It has helped more than 1,000 local students — most are from George Mason University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland and George Washington University — launch careers. So what’s hot? "Information technology," said co-founder Brandon Labman.
... many of them — including the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, Howard University, Johns Hopkins University and Washington College. ... Check the Web sites or rule books of most American universities, including the ones above, and you will discover that they offer college credit to students who get good grades on Advanced Placement exams in high school but that they refuse to give the same credit to students who do well on similar International Baccalaureate Standard Level exams.
Tina Fey
Tina Fey's book funny because it's true
Winnipeg Free Press / April 16
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Tina Fey's 'Bossypants' aimed at women of all ages
Lexington Herald Leader (Ky.) / April 16
Derek Mitchell
Obama Appoints US Special Representative for Burma
Irrawaddy (Burma and Southeast Asia) / April 18
Steven Price
Debut novel conjures horror of a ruined city
Times Colonist (Victoria and Vancouver, Canada) / April 17
Alexander Yates
Yates' 'Moondogs' is a different look at Americans abroad
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review / April 17
Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and CEO of Dominion Resources, will deliver the keynote address during commencement exercises at the University of Virginia's College at Wise on May 14.
Last week an excellent editorial in the Cavalier Daily – the student newspaper at the University of Virginia – pointed out the independent advisory commission produced a far less disruptive redistricting plan for the General Assembly.
Dustin Cable
Demographer and policy associate, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
Redistricting plans could alter Lynchburg's clout in Richmond
Lynchburg News & Advance / April 17
Dr. Steven DeKosky
Vice president and dean of the School of Medicine
Brain may shrink in decade before Alzheimer's symptoms appear
USA Today / April 16
Bella DePaulo
Psychology professor
Modern Manners + Etiquette: Telling It Like It Isn’t
GoLocalProv (R.I.) / April 18
S. Max Edelson
Associate professor of history
At some Virginia churches, guns are an invisible part of the routine
Washington Post / A...
Bruce Vlk
Director of programs, Center for Politics
Polka dances in Prince George County? Decades ago this was a regular weekend occurrence in rural communities some 30 miles south of Richmond.
Marc Lipson
Darden professor of business
Darden Professor Lipson writes case in point
Boris Kovatchev
Associate Professor of Psychiatric Medicine and Health Evaluation Sciences
Kovatchev says artificial pancreas shows promise in a research setting, but needs further development in practice.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, in the April issue of Pediatrics magazine, is advising parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age two, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. The organization also advises that most children will need to ride in a belt-positioning booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years of age.
The recent change is based primarily on the data from a 2007 University of Virginia study that found that that children under the age of two were 75 percent less likely to suffer severe ...
When completed, the library will be the home for the Papers of George Washington, a monumental project now at the University of Virginia, said James C. Rees, president of Mount Vernon. "They have finished 60 of 90 volumes and in 15 years all the records will come to Mount Vernon."
The effects of the first dose of fingolimod (Gilenya) are transient and usually resolve within six hours without treatment, according to John DiMarco, MD, PhD, of the University of Virginia Health System, who presented pooled results from the two major clinical trials of the drug.
Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy featured in podcast
As victims and advocates looked on Friday, Gov. Bob McDonnell symbolically signed 12 bills designed to help victims of crime. One, arising from the slaying of University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, would allow someone in a dating relationship to get a protective order.
Some University of Virginia students are selling used clothing to raise money for Haiti relief efforts.