The students drew 57 legislative maps without consideration of politics. The University of Virginia, College of William & Mary, University of Richmond and George Mason University were the winners, with first place awards of up to $2,000. The winners were announced at a reception at the Library of Virginia on Tuesday.
Students from William and Mary and the University of Virginia split prizes in a unique competition pitting college students against one another in trying to draw up fair and reasonable congressional and state Senate districts in response to the 2010 Census.
Grant Goodell
A research professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences
Lisa Ann Plowfield
Who earned a doctorate in nursing at U.Va.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
A media studies professor and author of “The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)”
Dr. Eileen Ryan
An associate professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences and medical director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
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.
Members of the University of Virginia community on Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of UVa’s first civil rights march. On March 25, 1961, black and white students began marching in protest of the University Theater, which had a whites-only policy. Representatives of the university will speak, along with Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris and author Coy Barefoot.
The students drew 57 legislative maps without consideration of politics. The University of Virginia, College of William & Mary, University of Richmond and George Mason University were the winners, with first place awards of up to $2,000.
At the University of Virginia, history undergraduates have produced a digital visualization of the college's first library collection, allowing them to consider what the selection of books says about how knowledge was classified in the early 18th century.
Fifty years ago, John Kennedy’s first 100 days as president were drawing to a close and his approval ratings topped 80 percent. On his 100th day, Kennedy made headlines for throwing the hardest first pitch of the baseball season in presidential history. Two days later, the Russians put a man in space. Less than a week after that, the Bay of Pigs invasion failed spectacularly, and Kennedy would never again enjoy such popularity. And yet, his assassination guaranteed that he would be remembered as an icon, an avatar of all that is fundamentally American, rather than as a complex human bein...
Students from William and Mary and the University of Virginia split prizes in a unique competition pitting college students against one another in trying to draw up fair and reasonable congressional and state Senate districts in response to the 2010 Census.
For thousands of University of Virginia students finding the perfect place to live is all about having the best amenities. But huge crowds are also vying to live in the shadows of the rotunda in bare-bones rooms that date back to President Jefferson.
What thoughts must have been racing through Claire Crippen’s mind during the recent NCAA women’s swimming championships in Texas.The Virginia senior, a member of the most successful class in Cavalier women’s swimming history, earned honorable mention All-American status for her 13th-placed finish in her speciality event, the 400 individual medley. Crippen was swimming for her brother, Fran, who tragically died during the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup in Fujairah in the the United Arab Emirates last October. Fran Crippen, a former UVa swimmer and a medal-winning swimm...
The first step toward energy independence for America is to rein in the Obama administration’s continuing assault on the nation’s fossil fuel resources, U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said Monday. Griffith addressed energy issues during the Southwestern Virginia Technology Council’s fourth annual Energy Technology Summit hosted by the University of Virginia’s College at Wise…
Proposals to grant more autonomy to state universities are not new. In 2005, Virginia lawmakers granted the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and the College of William and Mary more autonomy from the state. Routine administrative business such as purchasing or payroll no longer has to go through officials in Richmond. In return, the state required the universities to meet objectives on student access and affordability.
At the University of Virginia, history undergraduates have produced a digital visualization of the college’s first library collection, allowing them to consider what the selection of books says about how knowledge was classified in the early 18th century.
Jennifer Leyton
Curry School of Education graduate student
Jennifer Leyton spends several days a month mentoring a group of teenage girls in Charlottesville. They discuss things like the highs and lows of their day, work on math and reading skills and always end with some fun.
Eben Alexander
Instructor in the School of Medicine
Re-Thinking Near Death Experiences
Virginia Insight, WMRA Public Radio (Harrisonburg) / March 21
Gal Raz
Associate professor in the Darden School of Business
Reusing materials discarded in the manufacturing process is a growing force behind a fresh new industry
Entrepreneur magazine / March 22
Larry Sabato
Commonwealth Professor of Politics and director of the Center for Politics
Hollywood Goes Republican? On the Big Screen
ABC News / March 21
Saras Sarasvathy
Associate professor in the Darden School of Business
Business Jazz
New York Time...
In “Inventing George Washington,” Edward G. Lengel — editor in chief of the Papers of George Washington and a professor at the University of Virginia — says he intends to examine “Washington myths and mythmakers” and trace “the means by which they have defined and redefined the founder from the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day.”