Eleven principals will be trained… through the Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy. The principals were selected from schools with a history of low performance or because they were identified as potential future "turnaround" leaders. The program involves schools from five districts statewide working with specialists from the University of Virginia, which created a turnaround program in 2004 through its Darden School of Business and Curry School of Education. The program helps principals and other educators identify systemic problems in struggling schools and develop ways to ad...

A cast and technical crew of 48 University of Virginia students will premiere at 8 tonight the first episode of “Musical: The Online Musical” — a project being billed as the first ever interactive online musical production.

As the state faces an estimated shortage of 2,700 physicians by 2030, only 35 percent of graduates from Virginia's medical schools remain in Virginia to practice medicine, according to a new report issued by the Virginia Department of Health Professions. … University of Virginia Provost Arthur Garson suggested during Thursday's news conference … that the state should consider funding additional residency positions. Those state-funded spots should come with the stipulation that recipients work in Virginia for a specified number of years and treat a certain number of Medicaid patie...

On Wednesday, more than 50 employees from the University of Virginia’s human resources office will set up a carnival in the back parking lot of WorkSource’s Carlton Avenue location. They will trade their office garb for clown outfits and UVa shirts and help dozens of disabled adults have a great day. UVa human resources is just one of more than 100 teams that will participate Wednesday in the United Way — Thomas Jefferson Area’s annual Laurence E. Richardson Day of Caring.

Former Delaware Attorney General Charles M. Oberly III has been nominated by the Obama administration to be Delaware's next U.S. Attorney. … A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Oberly currently is of counsel at the law firm of Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP, where he specializes in criminal defense and corporate, commercial and civil litigation.

A.E. Dick Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs Survey: U.S. admires, but hasn't read, Constitution Charlottesville Daily Progress, Sept. 16 Larry Sabato, professor of politics and director of the Center for Politics Palin to make high-profile visit to Iowa Reuters, Sept. 17 Jerry Stenger, director of the state climatology office State's drought could quickly become much worse Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sept. 17 Daniel Willingham, professor of psychology Drill, Baby, Drill New York Times magazine, Sept. 16 Dr. Andrew Wolf, professor of medicine One-Time PSA Test at 60...

At the University of Virginia School of Architecture, Professor Elizabeth Meyer teaches a whole course on the Mall, in which students are asked to sketch out ideas for how the nation’s front yard might be reimagined …

No Child Left Behind, the most influential and infuriating federal education law in 40 years, is not quite dead, but getting close. … So I was pleased to see that two of those superbright economists who seem to be doing all the education research these days, Thomas S. Dee of the University of Virginia and Brian Jacob of the University of Michigan, have provided a quick summary of what NCLB did, before we forget it ever existed.

There is a common perception that the hand sanitizers are better than common soaps against germs and bacteria infection. However, a recent study carried out by the University of Virginia has hinted that their effectiveness may not be that good in reality.

All mental abilities appear to decline with advancing age, but the decreases aren't as sharp as some research has suggested, a new study contends. In the study, Timothy Salthouse, a University of Virginia psychologist, analyzed scores from 1,616 adults, aged 18 to 80, who completed tests of five key cognitive (or "thinking") abilities: reasoning, spatial visualization, episodic memory, perceptual speed, and vocabulary.

Hand sanitizers are no better than ordinary soaps in protecting you against colds and flu, but they sure protect you against gastrointestinal illness, found a new study. ...However, the University of Virginia research, funded by Dial Corp., which makes a hand sanitizer, did show that the sanitizers worked against gastrointestinal illness.

...The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia conducted a similar study, and found that couples who read the Bible together at home and who prayed together feel a strong marital bond. Interview subjects described prayer as "the great reconciler," saying that it helps to "pray over every important milestone."

Bird vomit is turning out to be a valuable research tool for scientists like the University of Virginia's Charles Clarkson, who is often covered with avian upchuck at the end of each work day in the field. Clarkson and others analyze the regurgitation, as he politely calls it, to determine bird diets, presence of pollutants, and other information.

University of Virginia President, Teresa Sullivan, is offering more specifics about the "Day of Dialogue" on Grounds. The event is a response to the violent death of UVa. lacrosse player, Yeardley Love. The day-long event is set for September 24. It will feature discussions involving students, faculty and staff about the issues raised by Love's death. Sullivan wants professors to incorporate the sessions in their classes, and she is asking supervisors to be flexible with staff members who want to attend.

The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors on Tuesday unanimously backed $22.9 million worth of repairs and renovations to the Rotunda. The Thomas Jefferson-designed Rotunda has been showing signs of aging. The roof is leaking, UVa officials say, and nearly all of the decorative Corinthian capitals atop its columns have deteriorated to such a degree that they need replacing.

Gerard Alexander A politics professor and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Why Liberals Are Wrong to Equate Conservatives with Racists Reason Magazine – Sept. 13, 2010 and Race and Beyond: Whistling Dixie Center For American Progress – Sept. 14 Edwin Burton A professor of economics Burton Discusses Virginia Jobless Rate, Election Impact: Video Bloomberg News Service – Sept. 13, 2010 Brandon L. Garrett A professor of law Confessing to Crime, but Innocent New York Times – Sept. 13, 2010 Dr. David S. Geldmacher An associate professor in the Depart...

College athletes including the University of Virginia men's soccer team and women's rowing team were honored by President Barack Obama on the South Lawn. [Includes video]