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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.”

Could one of the dirtiest places in your home be right on the table where you eat? Unfortunately, yes, according to a 2008 study by researchers at the University of Virginia.

You've probably heard the term “carbon footprint” – a measure of how much carbon individual activities generate.  Driving an SUV or traveling by jet, for example, give you a big, fat foot.  But a professor at the University of Virginia has another way to gauge individual impact, and it’s getting a lot of attention online.

Policymakers must understand that the key to success in public education lies in helping all students achieve and not just in passing test scores, a national expert on school reform said Monday. Pedro Noguera, an urban sociologist and professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, spoke to a packed audience at the University of Virginia's Rotunda about the need for change in public education.

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation will present their highest honors, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in architecture, law and citizen leadership, during Founder's Day activities on April 13.

The notion of restoring the University of Virginia’s iconic Rotunda to the original Thomas Jefferson design is not new. It dates to at least 1964, when the university’s Jefferson Society co-hosted the first Restoration Ball to raise funds for that purpose. The tradition continued last weekend with the 2011 Restoration Ball, which raised over $5,000 at a time when the Rotunda is in dire need of restoration.

The advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics, issued Monday, is based primarily on a 2007 University of Virginia study finding that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a crash if they are facing the rear.

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation have announced that their highest honors this year will go to the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court and a philanthropist.

Within hours of the release of the National Research Council's ratings of doctoral programs last year, individual departments and universities were stating objections to the methodology, the data or both. Six months later, the American Sociological Association has released one of the most detailed analyses of the ratings -- and the panel of sociologists was unsparing in its critique.

William J. Stuntz, an influential legal scholar known for his counterintuitive insights, who blamed liberal judges, conservative legislators and ambitious prosecutors for what he saw as a criminal justice system that imprisons far too many people, died on Tuesday at his home in Belmont, Mass. … [He] was born in Washington on July 3, 1958, grew up in Annapolis, Md., and graduated from the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia School of Law. He clerked for Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. and taught at the University of Virginia for 14 years.

The Wahoos held an open practice, their first in full pads this spring, in front of hundreds of Cavalier fans at Darling Stadium in Hampton.

Past members of the University of Virginia Glee Club were invited back this weekend to celebrate the club's 140th year.

University of Virginia law students and undergrads are teaming up to offer tax help to those who need it most.

Robert Bruner Dean of the Darden School of Business The Complication of Leadership Forbes magazine (blog) / March 18 James Childress John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life God's Wrath? Japan Quake Stirs Religious Debate ABC News / March 18 Robert Fatton Julia Allen Cooper Professor of Politics Not on the Ballot, but on All Minds in Haiti New York Times / March 19 Brandon Garrett Professor of law Law officials work to reduce chances for misidentification Richmond Times-Dispatch / March 20 Jonathan Haidt Professor of ps...

Short story writer Deborah Eisenberg says there is always a terrifying moment as she nears completion of a story. She told a reporter that when she is almost done she will say to herself, is this story going to work or is it going to fall apart?

By Rajkumar Venkatesan Bank of America associate professor in the Darden School of Business Communities that are critically aligned with a specific business objective, such as customer retention, are more likely to survive.

By Brent Cebul Fellowship coordinator at the Miller Center of Public Affairs and doctoral candidate in history A year after the passage of Obamacare, there's some great news for liberals: The Tea Party loves big government.

Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, sociology professors at New York University and the University of Virginia, respectively, in their book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses," suggest that a lack of vigorous coursework and a lack of student focus have undercut educational achievement.