40 teams formed by students of high schools across the commonwealth participated in the FIRST Tech Challenge, which was held in the University of Virginia. ...
... A new study from researchers at the University of Virginia found that teens in dog-owning families logged about 15 extra minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity per week. ...
... Previous studies have shown that socioeconomic status has an influence on the expression of genes for mental ability across the life span, beginning at age 7. The UT research, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia and the University of Virginia, suggests that the interaction between genes and family income begins even earlier, effectively creating a performance gap between poor and wealthy children by the age of 2. ...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Colgan, D-Prince William, is pushing a proposal that would use more than $500 million in general fund-supported bonds to finance construction and renovation projects on public buildings across the commonwealth. The plan includes money to renovate the historic Rotunda at the University of Virginia. ...
Catherine Brown owes her life to a fellow University of Virginia student, a middle school health class and a dummy. Now, Brown and her lifesaver are hoping to raise money and awareness on the need for all people to learn basic life-saving skills. They have raised more than $29,000 to buy 100 CPR mannequins and other equipment to make training available for more people. ...
The University of Virginia unveiled a powerful new microscope Friday, one
that will let its scientists chart exactly how atoms line up with one another. Officially designated a Titan scanning-transmission electron microscope, the machine is one of only 18 such instruments owned by universities nationwide. ...
Flash mobs assemble in public spaces to dance, protest or do battle with lightsabers. And at the University of Virginia, thanks to Laura Nelson, they gather to learn. Once or twice a week, students at the state's flagship public university collect in some idle classroom or lounge for a "flash seminar," an ad hoc performance of pedagogy. The time and place, professor and students are always different. But the goal never varies: "to find learning outside the classroom," said Nelson, 22, a senior from Westwood, Mass., who is majoring in political and social thought. "To f...
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan will be inaugurated in April with a week of activities that will include an interfaith vigil, an academic symposium and a scenic walk on the historic Grounds. The new presidents of Virginia State University, the University of Mary Washington and Longwood University plan inaugural celebrations this fall formally recognizing the turnover in leadership at four public schools last summer. Nearly two years into his presidency, no plans have been set for an inauguration of Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao. ...
Brandon Garrett
Law professor
Forensics Under the Microscope
Newsweek / Feb. 17
Dr. Robert O'Connor
Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine
"They come well-equipped:" Rescue 57 faces funding crunch
Eastern Iowa Government / Feb. 18
Dr. Karen Rheuban
Director of the Center for Telehealth
Boucher recalled as region-builder
Martinsville Bulletin / Feb. 17
James E. Ryan
Law professor
Calvin C. Green, plaintiff in Va. desegregation case, dies at 79
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Feb. 18
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Experts: Chris Christi...
Kal Raustiala, a professor at UCLA Law School and the UCLA International Institute, and Chris Sprigman, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, are experts in counterfeiting and intellectual property. They have been guest-blogging for us about copyright issues. This week, they write about a recent Jeff Koons controversy.
Wisconsin is looking to Virginia as a model for restructuring its university system, and UW officials have approached Gov. Scott Walker about becoming a more entrepreneurial and independent university with more authority to raise tuition. But ironically, Virginia itself is effectively putting its own restructuring plan on a two-year hiatus to reevaluate it. A commission appointed by Virginia’s Republican governor is recommending reversing some of the plan’s most significant changes.
Going trayless is usually sold to students as an environmental move. Less water, soap and electrcity is used if there are no trays to wash, and less food is wasted. Among those that have completely ditched trays are Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, James Madison and Marymount universities and the University of Virginia.
Thomas is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the annual Federalist Society Student Symposium for legal scholars and students Feb. 26.
UVA budget leaders say a financial commitment from the state is important to getting more students on grounds, saying they need adequate resources to sustain real growth and provide resources for any new students.
The economic slump may have pushed more teens into part-time jobs, but researcher Joanna Lee Williams, assistant professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia is warning that too many hours of employment can spell trouble at school.
For his forthcoming book, "Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong" (Harvard University Press, April 2011), University of Virginia law professor Brandon Garrett examined the trial transcripts and other legal documents of the first 250 people to be exonerated by DNA in this country.
The University of Virginia has a new $1.5 million electron microscope, one of 18 such instruments at universities nationwide. The scanning-transmission microscope uses a high-energy beam of electrons to magnify samples up to about 2 million times, allowing scientists to view their structures almost to their atomic level.
Virginia will retire the No. 1 worn by Yeardley Love before its home opener on March 6 in Charlottesville. Love, the Virginia midfielder and Notre Dame Prep graduate, died last spring after she was assaulted in her off-campus apartment. Her ex-boyfriend, a Cavaliers' men's lacrosse player, has been charged with her murder. ... "I hope our fans can attend and join all of us -- our team, Yeardley's closest friends and her family -- as we remember and honor her," Virginia coach Julie Myers said in a new release. "Yeardley's presence and influence on all of us will be forever cheris...
Dr. Mary E. Jensen
Radiology professor
Spine Repair Effective in Cancer Patients
MedPage Today / Feb. 16
Eric Patashnik
Politics professor
Will We Ration Health Care? The Coming Public Policy Debate
Charlottesville Podcasting / Feb. 16
Larry Sabato
Professor of Politics and director of the Center for Politics
Public broadcasting backers fight GOP plan to gut funds
Kansas City Star / Feb. 16
and
South Carolina House backs move to boost state power
Reuters / Feb. 16
Dr. David Schiff
Neurology professor
Spine Repair Effective in Cancer Patients
MedPage Today / Feb. 16
Peter Sheras and Phyllis...