Siva Vaidhyanathan Professor of law and media studies Thank you Judge Chin / Why the Google Books setback is an opportunity to reassert academic values Chronicle of Higher Education / March 25 W. Bradford Wilcox Sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project Commentary: The Times Picks Up on the Rural Divorce Revolution National Review Online / March 24
Uncertainty itself -- not the thrill of the chase -- might rank among the greatest aphrodisiacs, according to a new study by Erin R. Whitchurch and Timothy D. Wilson of the University of Virginia and Daniel T. Gilbert of Harvard.
Next week, a local business-support organization will team up with a technological student society to help entrepreneurs get their ideas on track and online. The Charlottesville Business Innovation Council and the University of Virginia E* Society are sponsoring the E*-Tech Mashup at UVa’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration on Wednesday. The meeting will help meld the minds of business people and tech experts, organizers say.
The University of Virginia Health System has partnered with the Ghana Association of Charlottesville to send recycled medical supplies to Winneba, Charlottesville's sister city. Thursday, volunteers unloaded a trailer full of medical equipment.
A group of University of Virginia passionate about making video games are working hard to develop the next hit game.
Scientists have come up with new evidence in support of the controversial idea that humanity's influence on climate began not during the industrial revolution, but thousands of years ago. Proposed by University of Virginia palaeoclimatologist William Ruddiman in 2003, the theory says that human influences offset the imminent plunge into another ice age and helped create the relatively stable climate that we are familiar with today.
Lawrence Kochard, chief executive officer of the University of Virginia Investment Management Co., discusses the school's endowment fund and strategy. (He is questioned by Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan, a U.Va. alumna.)
Frank L. Thomasson U.Va. graduate, founder of Student Services, the Gleason and Thomasson public relations firm, and Thomasson-Grant Inc. publishers Frank Lewis Thomasson III Daily Progress / March 17
Sinead Farrelly Women's soccer standout and No. 2 overall selection in the Women's Professional Soccer League draft Independence sign Havertown’s Farrelly Philly Soccer News / March 23 William A. Jones III U.Va. grad, Vietnam War Hero, Medal of Honor recipient and namesake of a new federal building Warsaw's hometown hero honored in D.C. Northern Neck News / March 23, 2011
Alan G. Merten announced his impending retirement as president of George Mason University on Wednesday, closing a 16-year era that saw a provincial commuter campus transformed into a full-fledged university — with Nobel laureates, dormitory halls and a well-regarded men’s basketball team. … George Mason was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia and became independent in 1972.
Gerald Baliles Former governor and executive director of U.Va.'s Miller Center of Public Affairs Commentary: Virginia needs an authentic, homegrown leader Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star / March 24, 2011 Jason Papin Assistant professor of biomedical engineering Systems biologists predict complicated behavior of cells in living animals PhysOrg.com / March 23 Daniel Ortiz Law professor who sparred with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during orl arguments Tuesday Court delves into history in rare petition case FirstAmendmentCenter.org / March 23, 2011 and Guarnieri says Supreme Cour...
Siva Vaidhyanathan Professor of media studies and law Google Block: The Google Books settlement should teach the company humility. It won't Slate / March 23
While Americans households in general are purchasing life insurance at a slower rate, a new study has found single parents across all income levels are the least likely to own a policy. … The research project conducted in collaboration with the University of Virginia found that 69 percent of single parents with children in their household don't have a plan, compared with 45 percent of married parents with children in the household. … Gregory Fairchild, a University of Virginia researcher, said financial insecurity causes some to put off a life insurance purchase.
Congressman Robert "Bobby" Scott spoke to students in Larry Sabato's Introduction to Politics class on Wednesday.
Chasing antelope across Tibet, dropping into volcanoes, taking time-lapse photographs of remote and shrinking glaciers and photographing caves big enough to have clouds inside. Those are just some of the adventures National Geographic Society-backed explorers will present Saturday at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia is celebrating 40 years of full coeducation this weekend, with a conference recognizing "A Century of Accomplishments."
BURLINGTON Stone’s ability to buck the trend of the prevailing economic climate in 2010 was not solely restricted to the UK. … In 2010, Burlington’s stone was specified on a number of prestigious projects, the University of Virginia being a perfect example. Here Burlington saw a combination of its natural stones supplied in a variety of finishes being used to create a dramatic, circular landscape focal point, complete with perimeter, stone clad benching.
The University of Virginia’s law school was the top ranked law school in the state and the ninth best law school in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report.