“I’m happy for the Creighton program and how they’re now playing in Ameritrade. But I’m in my dream job now, and I’m very, very fortunate to be here.’’ Before O’Connor took over the program, Virginia had played in the NCAA tournament three times. They haven’t missed one since he became coach, and the Cavaliers have reached the super-regional round five times since 2009.
... baseball remains predominantly white. The same could be said about players on the field. ... the number of African-American players in the major leagues peaked in the early 1980s, when nearly one in every five players was black. The two teams in this year’s College World Series may be emblematic. There are four African-Americans on Vanderbilt’s team. Based on a glance of photos in its press kit, the University of Virginia baseball team has just one African-American among its 32 players. Damani Leech, the first African-American to oversee college baseball’s championship se...
At the end of the month, the University of Virginia will say goodbye to one of its longest-tenured and most beloved employees. Alexander “Sandy” Gilliam, the university’s historian, is one of a few people who can truly say he has lifelong ties to UVa. The men in his family have been attending UVa since the 19th century. As a child, he remembers visiting the old natural history museum in Brooks Hall. He graduated in 1955 and came back to work at the university in 1975. He hasn’t left since.
In a blog post published last week, Timothy D. Wilson, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and the author of “Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change,” declared that "the field has become preoccupied with prevention and error detection—negative psychology—at the expense of exploration and discovery." The evidence that psychology is beset with false positives is weak, according to Mr. Wilson, and he pointed instead to the danger of inept replications that serve only to damage "the reputation of the original research...
Since 2008, other historians, such as David Coleman of the University of Virginia, have cited the same CIA data about the Kimovsk and other Soviet ships when writing about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cristina Della Coletta, a professor of Italian and an associate dean at the University of Virginia, has been appointed dean of arts and humanities at the University of California, San Diego.
Vladimir Skosyrev, political commentator at "Nezavisimaya gazeta" daily, Alexander Domrin, Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and Kirill Koktysh, Associated Professor at the MGIMO, shared their opinion on the subject with Radio VR.
What will happen this time if 91 percent of Republicans stay home? Kyle Kondik, who tracks House races for the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, says an upset is always a possibility under such circumstances.
“Those very serious life-altering injuries generally bring more money than wrongful death,” said Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia who specializes in damages. Each case, he said, “can be many, many millions.”
"This could qualify as a black cloud or not, depending on how it develops," said Larry Sabato, who leads the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "He has to resolve it."
Larry Sabato, a longtime national political analyst and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, has closely watched Schweitzer over the years. Sabato said Schweitzer can survive the gaff, but it makes him seem “weird” and unpresidential to many voters.
Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said that as long as prosecutors do not charge Walker and as long as he wins his re-election bid Nov. 4, Walker will have a strong shot at competing for the Republican presidential nomination.
Is the Y chromosome dangerous to your health? Are men destined to live shorter lives than women? Why? What can men do to live longer healthier lives? Dr. William Steers joins Les Sinclair to talk about men’s health.
Madelyn F. Wessel, associate general counsel at the University of Virginia, suggested that universities wouldn’t be the only party to benefit from contract negotiations where a conversation about privacy is a given.
Consider a recent study by two law school professors—Yale University's Ian Ayres and the University of Virginia's Quinn Curtis —that looked at investment choices in more than 3,000 employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plans with a total of more than $120 billion in assets. It found that participants in an average plan paid almost a full percentage point more in annual fees than they would pay for low-cost retail index funds available to all investors.
“We’re trying to push this system to the limit by having the kids eat a lot and get out and run,” said Prof. Marc Breton, with the Center for Diabetes Technology at the University of Virginia. “We want to drive the system to the ground, so whatever errors that still exist are found today, as soon as possible.”
Today’s manufacturing is not the same as it was during its heyday 50 or 60 years ago. Some manufacturers now use 3D printing, cloud computing and other customized processes to meet the demand of the 21st century global economy. However, there is “no efficient mechanism to match supply and demand within the labor market, leading to systemic inefficiency,” according to a report issued last week by the University of Virginia Miller Center Commission. The report focused specifically on small- and medium-sized manufacturers. “The pipeline of skilled workers is impeded by a K...
Each year, students who seem like they should be going to college — their transcripts look college-ready, they've applied and been accepted and even applied for financial aid — don't show up for class in the fall. In some communities, the attrition rate over the summer can be as high as 40 percent; nationally, it's estimated to be between 10 and 20 percent. What happens to these recent high school graduates that stops them from going to college, and how can colleges and counselors keep them on track? Benjamin Castleman, an assistant professor at the University of ...
Evidence shows that tenure reform can boost teacher quality in schools where good teachers are needed most. A new study of New York City schools by researchers at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education and the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education found that many ineffective teachers voluntarily left their positions when their probationary periods were extended in lieu of tenure.