A drafted “statement of expectations” scheduled for discussion Wednesday would limit public dissent by members of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia.
Crews renovating the Rotunda at the University of Virginia now have firsthand experience with pieces of Thomas Jefferson's original dome.They thought the original structure was completely lost in the Rotunda fire of 1895 but that's not the case. In a wall cavity beneath brick and mortar, workers found a distinct new layer of material. It contained pieces of glass and burnt wood, thought to be remnants from the original dome.
Renovations on the University of Virginia's iconic Rotunda began two years ago, but recently some planned probes in the Lower West Oval Room uncovered something exciting for the university and historians alike. Artifacts believed to be from President Thomas Jefferson's original Rotunda are now in the hands of university conservators and a lot is being learned from the pile of old rubble.
(Video) A U.Va. student from Nigeria is featured approximately 13 minutes in.
This September, the newly formed Jefferson Education Accelerator will join the ranks of emerging edtech incubators. Supported by the Curry School of Education Foundation, the Jefferson Education Accelerator will take full advantage of its connections to faculty at University of Virginia and other universities to provide research and mentoring services to growth stage edtech companies.
History buffs can now dig deeper into the events surrounding President Richard Nixon's resignation with new resources from the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
At the Town Hall, I talked with a woman from the University of Virginia about the cohort of kids who spent time at UVA during the first part of their fellowship. She said a professor told her that he had never had a better group of students in thirty years of teaching.
The 50 presidents of Virginia institutions of higher education who signed the letter — including the leaders of the University of Virginia, College of William & Mary and George Mason University — said that while they applaud Obama’s efforts to make higher education more affordable, a federal ratings system would wind up limiting the amount of financial aid that many poor students can receive.
16. Known as a “public Ivy,” the University of Virginia offers in-staters a top-notch education at one of the country’s lowest total college costs. What’s more, students live and study inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site (the only U.S. college to have that designation), featuring a spectacularly beautiful campus designed by university founder Thomas Jefferson. Students seem to thrive: U.Va. has the highest graduation rate of any public school in the country: 93%. The undergraduate programs in English, history, education, business and many sciences (especially astr...
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday lost one of his sons, Hamza El-Rufai, in a fatal motor accident in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Hamza attended the University of Virginia and the United World College of the Atlantic, according to information on his Facebook page. His age as well as the course he studied are unknown at this time.
Oday Aboushi gently placed the young boy on the hospital room bed, and quickly stepped aside. The child's mother broke down at the sight of her suddenly unrecognizable son. His once-misshapen mouth appeared nearly normal. She turned to Aboushi, an offensive lineman for the New York Jets, and hugged him. Aboushi wasn't ready for it. And then, he cried, too. "I was like, "Man. Just, wow,"' Aboushi recalled after a recent training camp practice. "That's when it hit me what we were doing there." There are 185 new smiles in Sudan these days, and Aboushi help...
A University of Virginia student is experiencing the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza firsthand. She's spending the summer interning in the Israeli capital city. Jennifer Keltz is living in Jerusalem. She's been there since June. The third-year public policy major is interning there through Hillel International. It's a program run independently from UVA.
Hey, US taxpayers: Want to hear what your money is buying in northeastern Brazil? "It's sort of this metallic structure and it has these leg stands jutting out from the sides," says Elizabeth Duffield, a student at the University of Virginia. "It actually reminds me of a lizard stretching out along the boardwalk along the beach." She's describing the new, massive aquarium that's going up in Fortaleza, one of Brazil's biggest cities. It will be the largest in South America, and the United States is helping foot the bill.
(By Larry J. Sabato, politics professor and director of U.Va.’s Center for Politics) If there is one nightmare common to all U.S. senators, it’s the possibility of an unexpected upset by an underdog challenger come Election Day. Not only do they lose their seat, but the shock of defeat becomes one of the most notable parts of their biography. This November, no one wants to be the Senate’s Eric Cantor. For my money, one of the most jaw-dropping Senate results in modern history occurred exactly 50 years ago.
The article examines election forecasters’ take on the upcoming U.S. Senate races, including the predictions of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, published by politic professor Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik of U.Va.’s Center for Politics.
Sarah Palin’s new pay-to-view online news channel represents the next big thing in how some politicians will communicate with followers. “You have to already have intense followers, like she does, to make this work,” said Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “You have to have people who are ready to go where you go.” Such subscription-based Internet channels are more likely to be used by conservatives than liberals, he said. The sites “are a natural followup to conservative dominance on talk radio,” he said.
The Virginia gay marriage case is one of several that could go to the U.S. Supreme Court. A professor at the UVa law school says it is a complicated case that could be challenged. “This case, like the case is California, has a complicated standing question,” says Deborah Hellman, F.D.G. Ribble Professor of Law. “That is, who is it that gets to challenge what the Fourth Circuit has done. Normally the state defends its own law, and with the elected officials in Virginia no longer wanting to defend the law, it has an additional complication. It won't just be about the issue ...
At a time when McDonnell's political and personal reputation is in tatters, his transportation funding solution has won some wonkish admirers. “I really think it is the kernel of a well-balanced approach,” said Andrew Mondschein, an urban planning professor at the University of Virginia, told Capital. “There are other alternatives out there that are more controversial, like congestion pricing or vehicle miles traveled [fees], but I don’t think that those are realistic in the near future or even the longer term," he continued. "I’m always happy to be ...
In “Chasing Shadows,” Ken Hughes, a Nixon-tapes expert who has done valuable work for the University of Virginia’s Miller Center Presidential Recordings Program, explores why Nixon was so eager to break into Brookings and retrieve the file on Johnson’s bombing halt.
We’re both older and younger, and whiter and poorer than the average for Virginia. We’re also the third fastest-growing area of the state. That’s the profile of Central Virginia, as drawn by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. The profile, one of eight the center developed for regions across the state, is based on recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics and the center’s population estimates.