As University of Virginia professor Daniel Willingham recently observed, “Just as body temperature is a reliable, partial indicator of certain types of disease, a test score is a reliable, partial indicator of certain types of school outcomes.”
Wahoo Nation lost one of its greatest legends late Wednesday night with the passing of Joe Palumbo.
If you take a trip to the mail corridor of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, it won’t take long to find David Davis’ office. A few signs on the outside will tell you he’s a fan of NASCAR and Jeff Gordon. Then you open his door, and you realize he REALLY likes Jeff Gordon.
Dorothy Sandridge Gloor clearly recalls the day that changed American history. The Albemarle County resident was working at the University of Virginia hospital 72 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941. “I was working in the delivery room when I heard that they had bombed Pearl Harbor,” Gloor said. “I just knew instinctively that my life had changed forever.”
There’s a new guy in Frisco and he’s developing an impact in a big little way. Nathan Glassman is but 25 years old and just built his first multi-residential development — and it’s already sold out.
(By Dr. Mike Mangrum, an electrophysiologist at the U.Va. Heart and Vascular Center) During the holidays, the spirits flow freely, the treats are always within reach and the to-do lists are endless. Perhaps more than any other time of year, this is the season we tend to overdo and overindulge. For some, all of this excess can lead to more than just a headache and indigestion. It can result in a condition called Holiday Heart Syndrome.
Legislators from Central Virginia will discuss issues facing the 2014 General Assembly session during a forum this month at the University of Virginia. U.Va. says the annual legislative forum is set for Dec. 18 at noon in the Rotunda Dome Room.
Implementing the University of Virginia’s five-year strategic plan could cost more than a half-billion dollars, much of the money going to faculty, according to school estimates.
Student volunteers of the Madison House at the University of Virginia hosted their annual holiday sharing event. Volunteers gathered a list of more than 110 families in need in the Charlottesville community. They then donated boxes of food and presents for this holiday season.
There are also "content hubs," institutions that generally have more than 250,000 unique records to add to the collective pool. ARTstor, the Internet Archive, the New York Public Library, and the libraries of Harvard University and the University of Virginia are among the content hubs. So is HathiTrust, the digital repository based at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor that encompasses millions of digitized volumes from more than 80 partner institutions.
Some cultural thinkers believe it’s almost impossible these days to rebel or to find music that’s secretive enough to be subversive: The Internet makes culture both ubiquitous and fragmented. “Nothing is ever lost now. No one is isolated, and kids have no time to feel alienated or bored,” says Grace Elizabeth Hale, a University of Virginia history professor who is writing a book about the rise of the music scene in Athens, Ga. – the fabled college town of R.E.M. fame.
University of Virginia student Katherine Ripley is not shooting for a comparison to Ebenezer Scrooge. She simply hates the holiday season.
Bill Sihler, a professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, agreed with the Wall Street Journal’s assessment of the situation. “The ironic effect of the [2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act] legislation is to put smaller banks out of business,” Sihler said in an email. “They can’t afford the regulatory requirements.”
Political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia has placed Walker in the first tier of 2016 GOP presidential aspirants, along with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. Sabato said Walker "is a hero to the conservative base" and his travels reflected a yearning by GOP activists to hear from him directly.
The dissenting vote came from Edwin T. Burton III, an economics professor at the University of Virginia and the longest-serving member of the board, who said the proposal was "open-ended" and would allow the $61 billion public retirement system to compete against private investment management firms. "This is a state agency," Burton said. "I don't think it should be in a private business. I hope we never see the day where they are."
A few years ago, someone took a snapshot of Jonathan Schneider and Richard Grossman, avid cyclists and close friends since childhood, after they finished a long charity ride. Their cycling jerseys sported flames and a beer brewer’s logo. The photo sparked a discomfiting realization: They looked like clowns. Thus was born Road Holland, a boutique maker of stylishly simple, high-end, high-performance cycling jerseys that don’t scream “cyclist’’ and won’t embarrass the wearer to be seen in off the bike.
As opponents will attest, the Virginia women’s team has played the most attractive style of soccer at the collegiate level this year. Many national observers would contend the Cavaliers are more artistic than anything offered in the men’s game as well. Both elegant and unforgiving, the Cavaliers (24-1-0) have arrived at the College Cup in Cary, N.C., as clear favorites to win their first NCAA championship. They will face UCLA, the nation’s top defensive side, in Friday’s 7:30 p.m. semifinal at WakeMed Soccer Park.
J. Hernandez never really expected to become a professional actor. "Personally, I didn't think I was very good at it," he laughs. Fortunately, others disagreed. Tonight, he opens in FROST/NIXON at New City Stage Company in Philadelphia. For Hernandez, who specializes in classical theatre, it marks a significant transition. It is his first role in a contemporary play in five years. Since earning his MFA at the University of Virginia in 2008, Hernandez has been in steady demand on the Shakespearean stage.
For the 13th year, the University of Virginia community is making the holiday season a little brighter, together. Thousands of Hoos gathered on grounds for the annual "Lighting of the Lawn" Thursday night.