Originally enacted in 1966, the University of Virginia attributes adoption of the 2% statewide retail sales and use tax and 1% local option sales tax, to a “public mood change to a desire for significant progress in public services and specifically to public education.” The primary purpose of the tax was for upgrading public education
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have made a discovery linking lupus, a potentially debilitating autoimmune disorder, and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
The list includes three UVA courses: “Introduction to Personal Branding,” “Marketing Anaytics” and “How ThingsWork: An Introduction to Physics.”
“Introduction to Personal Branding” is a free course offered by the University of Virginia on Coursera. It was designed to help learners understand personal branding and its elements, how to establish themselves on various social media platforms, the basics of digital security, reputation management, and brand maintenance.
The University of Virginia opened Newcomb Hall and Clemons Library during the day on Tuesday for people to use to get warm and charge devices.
The University of Virginia also offered Newcomb Hall (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Clemons Library (noon - 6 p.m.) for people to use to get warm and charge devices Tuesday.
That lukewarm reception has dismayed those across the political spectrum who advocate more generous aid to families. “I have been kind of surprised that this has not been as popular as many of us expected that it would be,” said Brad Wilcox, a UVA sociologist and senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative think tank.
The shift reflects not only the changing values of corporations but of investors, too, according to Yo-Jud Cheng, a UVA business professor. “You have large institutional investors, you’re thinking about retail investors, activist investors,” she said. “A lot of those groups are looking toward diversity on the boards of directors as a part of their decision process.”
(Audio and transcript) What does the letter “e” sound like as it’s being written down? Capital “A?” The word “steak?” Experimental musician Leah Reid, UVA professor of music, creates new music with the sounds of writing different letters and words.
Virginia is hiring Atlanta Falcons running backs coach Des Kitchings as its offensive coordinator on new head coach Tony Elliott’s staff, according to longtime UVA reporter Jerry Ratcliffe. Falcons head coach Arthur Smith confirmed the selection Monday.
Dr. Edward Scott, who has been the vice president and director of athletics at Morgan State University for the last five years, has been hired as deputy athletics director at the University of Virginia, as announced by Virginia athletics director Carla Williams on Monday evening.
[UVA alumna] Karla Ballard’s journey to founding the skill sharing platform Ying is a tale that traverses the country and beyond, from Germantown to Barbados, from Wilmington to the West Coast.
Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced today four additions to his senior staff, including UVA alumna Rebecca Glover as a deputy chief of staff and communications director.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge has announced the details of the upcoming IAC events at CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 3-8. Nineteen universities from eight countries – including UVA, represented by Cavalier Autonomous Racing – will form nine race teams and will seek to compete in the Autonomous Challenge at CES.
(Podcast) In this episode we speak with social scientist and University of Virginia professor Caitlin Donahue Wylie, who takes us inside the paleontology lab to uncover a complex world of status hierarchies, glue controversies, phones that don’t work—and, potentially, a way to open up the scientific enterprise to far more people.
Aynne Kokas, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the book "Hollywood Made in China," predicted that fewer Hollywood releases would be approved in China in the future, and those that are would face tighter regulatory approval. "There are Chinese blockbusters that Chinese filmmakers are making that people want to watch, and they feel less derivative than those made in Hollywood," she said.
(Subscription required) “It’s hard for faculty to understand sometimes that the science of teaching and learning is built on lots and lots of smaller studies that give us this broader picture,” says Lindsay Wheeler, assistant director of STEM-education initiatives at the University of Virginia’s teaching center, who has studied what prevents faculty members from changing the way they teach.
(Commentary) An incipient illegitimacy crisis is under way, whoever is elected in 2022, or in 2024. According to a University of Virginia analysis of census projections, by 2040, 30% of the population will control 68% of the Senate. Eight states will contain half the population. The Senate malapportionment gives advantages overwhelmingly to white, non– college educated voters. In the near future, a Democratic candidate could win the popular vote by many millions of votes and still lose. Do the math: the federal system no longer represents the will of the American people.
“It tells us that this papercut discrimination is pretty systemic,” said Dr. John Holbein, an assistant professor of public policy, politics, and education at the University of Virginia, and a co-author of the study. “It’s really troubling to think about potential policy solutions to address papercut discrimination in a world where those who control the policy levers also exhibit discrimination themselves.”
(Press release) New research reveals that Black and male teachers in Tennessee have received lower observation scores than white and female teachers every year since the state's evaluation system began in 2011. Jason A. Grissom, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt's Peabody College and TERA's faculty director, and Brendan Bartanen, assistant professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia, examined classroom observation score gaps over time along racial and gender lines using school data from the 2011–12 to 2018–19 school years....