Michael J. Wolf, former president of MTV and now with entertainment industry consultant Activate, said Participant's social-action campaigns have inspired many people because they are "heart felt" and gimmick-free. But Siva Vaidhyanathan, chairman of the Media Studies Department at the University of Virginia, questioned the value of activism that lives mainly online. He said real political change requires deeper sacrifice — from individuals giving their money, time or long-term commitments.
A few University of Virginia students took a break from work and research on Friday to help protect water quality in the Shenandoah River and Chesapeake Bay. They teamed with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to repair and maintain a riparian buffer that is intended to filter runoff from fertilizer and sediment at a farm along Cub Run in Penn Laird.
Previous research has found that both black and white people assume that black people feel less pain than whites after the same injury. Psychologists at the University of Virginia have now traced this bias as far back as childhood.
In Virginia, they said, racial disparities narrowed in long-term suspension rates in schools that used threat assessment guidelines that provide procedures for examining the intent and risks associated with student misbehavior, according to research by Dewey Cornell of the University of Virginia and JustChildren, a child advocacy program of the Legal Aid Justice Center.
(By Kyle Kondik, political analyst at U.Va.’s Center for Politics) In what order should we expect upper chamber seats to flip? To demonstrate just how Republican this year’s Senate playing field is, consider this: Of the 36 Senate elections this year (33 regularly scheduled and three specials), the Crystal Ball sees 16 as at least potentially competitive at the moment. Of those races, 14 are currently held by Democrats, and just two are held by Republicans.
Over the last three years, Cavaliers Against Cancer has raised over $30,000 and Saturday's goal was to raise an additional $20,000. "We've got three different levels of tournaments -- we've got a beginner, main and high stakes tournament, so folks can come out and have an opportunity to play in a tournament in their appropriate skill level and a chance to win over $10,000 in prizes," said Shawn Brydge, Co-founder of Cavaliers Against Cancer. All net proceeds from the event will be donated to the Rebecca Clary Harris Memorial Fellowship at the University of Virginia Cancer...
1. Love lessens our physical perception of pain and threat: In a groundbreaking experiment, Dr. Jim Coan at the University of Virginia gathered a group of happily married women and put them in a functional MRI machine.
High Point native Anthony Gill partied like it was 1976 with his University of Virginia teammates on the floor of the Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday.
Doctors at the University of Virginia will talk about the latest breakthroughs in blood cancer research at a free public breakfast on Grounds on Thursday. The breakfast, hosted by UVa Patients & Friends, also will feature the new director of the UVa Cancer Center, Dr. Thomas Loughran. It all starts at 8 a.m. at Alumni Hall.
Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said he doubts Republicans, wary of facing primary challengers from their right flank, will hand McAuliffe a win.
Only a few hundred dollars separate the costs of the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, but the price paid by their poorest students sets the two schools worlds apart. U.Va.’s average total in-state cost — all expenses including tuition and fees, room and board, and books — was $23,986 for the 2011-12 academic year. Yet first-year students whose family incomes were below $30,000 paid a net average price of only $4,405. VCU freshmen in the same income bracket paid more than three times that amount. Their net price of $13,672 was more than half of VCU&...
Nixon routinely used congressmen and senators to do his bidding, to make charges for which he didn’t want to take responsibility, according to Nixon tapes expert Ken Hughes of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center’s Presidential Recordings Program. Nixon sometimes had his aides write speeches or talking points for the lawmakers, who would deliver them as if they were their own, Hughes explains.
The College of William & Mary will host 25 young African leaders this summer, as part of a new program by President Obama to foster communities abroad. The Obama administration selected the college to become a part of the Young African Leadership Initiative’s Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The new flagship program aims to propel economic growth, prosperity and democracy in Africa. William & Mary is joined in the Presidential Precinct by the University of Virginia and three presidential homes in the commonwealth: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, James Madison...
Researchers in the US have, for the first time, quantified the amount of freshwater that would be needed to replace marine protein in our diets with protein produced on land. Jessica Gephart and her colleagues from the University of Virginia, US, believe that quantifying water footprints in this way is an important tool for evaluating food and water security.
An Australian research has shed new light on how dead and dying cells are removed from the human body, a breakthrough which can help potentially reduce numerous diseases. The discovery, made by cell biologist Ivan Poon in conjunction with colleagues at both La Trobe University and the University of Virginia, has been scheduled for advance online publication on Nature.com.
The movie “Field of Lost Shoes,” written and produced by Thomas F. Farrell II of Dominion Resources, will make its world premiere in Richmond on April 13. The movie, filmed in Virginia last year, tells the story of seven youthful Virginia Military Institute cadets caught up in the American Civil War, and the fatal charge of their corps at the Battle of New Market. … Working during his spare time from his day job at Dominion Resources, Farrell wrote and produced the movie with fellow University of Virginia graduate Dave Kennedy, who went into the movie industry after a career...
“The Civil War-related holdings of the Museum of the Confederacy and the Virginia Historical Society rank among the richest in the nation,” said Gary W. Gallagher, John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia. “The combined resources will attract wide and productive attention from scholars and other researchers.”
Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, told Newsmax that Democrats "are deeply disappointed by this loss, and should be."
Book review of “Rot, Riot and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson’s Struggle to Save the University That Changed America,” by Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos. The book is reviewed by Luther Spoehr, a senior lecturer at Brown University who teaches courses on the history of American higher education.