I just completed a book by an old colleague of mine, Gerald Warburg, who after decades working in government and then as, of all things, a lobbyist, concludes that the system can work.In fact, during his time in government, he made it work. And he did so when he was all of 23. The book is called “Dispatches From The Eastern Front: A Political Education From The Nixon Years To The Age Of Obama.”
Great students and faculty fuel a “self-reinforcing cycle” of growth, excellence, innovation and influence at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Bob Bruner, the business school’s dean, said the challenge for Darden’s next leader will be to sustain that cycle while being mindful of the changes and challenges facing today’s educators, entrepreneurs and managers.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe heads to Charlottesville on Monday to mark two milestones. At a ceremony at the University of Virginia Medical Center with state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, McAuliffe will commemorate his signing of Senate Bill 260, the mental health legislation Deeds backed after his family tragedy in November. McAuliffe also will address Larry J. Sabato’s final Introduction to American Politics class at UVa.
Some city managers pull in large salaries based on their years on the job, said Tedd E. Povar, of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVa.
Reggie Aggarwal is founder and CEO of Cvent, a cloud-based event organizing tool. His story, and his personality, make him a local favorite for entrepreneurs who want to hear about surviving a near-death experience in the business world.
Have you noticed that the best businesses are typically built on easy-to-understand foundations? That is, one big idea. That was the message that Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank delivered last Friday in a keynote talk at a University of Virginia Entrepreneurs Symposium.
In the early 1960s, while teaching science at St. John Vianney Seminary in Goochland County, Roy Cosby earned a Master of Education in Science from the University of Virginia. He took classes at night after teaching during the day.
U.Va. men’s head tennis coach Brian Boland was named National Coach of the Year for tennis by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
(Podcast) Deborah Lawrence, a professor of environmental sciences, discusses University of Virginia’s lead in a massive climate change mapping and modeling project. She also talks about the 2℃ limit and the appearance that we cannot achieve that.
(Podcast) Dr. Christopher Ali, an assistant professor of media studies, discusses the possible ramifications of the proposed FCC net neutrality rules.
Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies, discussed the FCC’s proposed “Net neutrality” rules that would allow content providers like Apple and Netflix to pay for faster delivery over the so-called “last mile” of connection to people’s homes, but would increase oversight of those deals so they don’t hurt competitors or limit free speech.
Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom” agrees that we all have our own particular mix of abilities and talents, but explains that there is no specific data to show that children learn better when information is delivered according to a preferred style or mode. In other words, we may have disparate abilities, but the mode through which information is delivered has no bearing on how well we learn th...
A public-private research center in Prince George County focused on developing high-tech manufacturing processes has hired a new executive director. The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing said Thursday that Joseph F. Moody had been named president and executive director. Moody will start work May 5 at the center, known as CCAM. It is operated as a partnership among numerous private companies, government agencies and public universities in Virginia, including U.Va.
A group of students at the University of Virginia has launched a website to help other students buy and sell graduation tickets.
(By Kyle Kondik, political analyst at U.Va.’s Center for Politics) Yes, we know reporters have to react to news and find ways to make it relevant, but pardon us if we didn’t gag a little bit seeing headlines about the potential impact of Chelsea Clinton’s pregnancy on her mother’s potential presidential campaign. The minor media blip got us thinking about some campaign news from 2014: negative stories or gaffes that have at times popped up about this candidate or the other. Do these developments matter?
University of Virginia political scientists Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik predict that the GOP will gain five to eight seats in the fall and expand its current majority.
With a stroke, every moment counts, and now the University of Virginia Medical Center has proved to exceed national standards. The American Heart Association awarded UVA with two awards for excellent care. The program took home the “Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award,” the highest level possible, and made the “Target: Stroke Honor Roll.”
It has happened to all of us, I’m sure. You hit “send,” only to realize autofill has provided the wrong address. Or, you “reply all” when you meant your response to be private. How many times have you said to yourself, “If only I could unsend that email”? Now you can. Two Harvard Law School students, Lindsay Lin and David S. Gobaud, have launched a free service, Pluto Mail, that allows users to unsend emails after they’ve been sent. It also allows users to edit emails after they’ve been sent (but before they’ve been opened), set auto-...
Few experts were considering Thune as even a dark horse candidate for 2016. Rankings by political watchers, such as the Washington Post or Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, don’t include Thune in their lists of potential candidates.
“I think his secret was his utter unflappability and his ability to keep his eye on the ball no matter what else was going on,” said Gary W. Gallagher, a historian at the University of Virginia and author of numerous books about the war.