Americans aren't just dividing by region, state, and cities anymore. They are increasingly choosing to live in bright red or blue neighborhoods — and, according to Pacific Standard, they are feeling happier because of it. "When people feel like their values match their environment, they experience greater subjective well-being and increased self-esteem," researchers from the University of Virginia wrote. "Without fear of reprisal for expressing one’s values, one may be able to more easily form strong interpersonal bonds and accumulate social capital."
University of Virginia's Homer Statue: Speaking of statues, the University of Virginia has an equally bizarre tradition that revolves around its statue of Homer. Students streak at the Rotunda steps, run across the lawn, either kiss or smack Homer's bum (depending on what the streaker's height permits), and then runs back to the Rotunda.
Researchers at the University of Virginia participate in a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat patients with leaking heart valves.
To help train new workers, IBM, for instance, has created a new assessment tool that gives university students feedback on their readiness for number-crunching careers in both the public and private sector. Eight universities that have a big data and analytics curriculum -- including the University of Virginia -- will receive the assessment tool.
As with criminal records, colleges evaluate the severity of the suspension on a case-by-case basis. Most institutions do not have a blanket policy. "There's a difference between a youthful indiscretion and something violent," said Greg Roberts, University of Virginia dean of admission. Roberts could not recall whether he participated in a senior prank more than 30 years ago, but he said there were mistakes he made as a young adult. "That's part of being a teenager," he said. "It's a learning process."
Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia Law School, who worked with four peers from across the country to get religious exemptions expanded in the Hawaii bill, said the final draft is “disappointing.”
Teachers’ words, of course, can alter students’ images of themselves. In Growing Capable Kids, University of Virginia’s Carol Ann Tomlinson recalls instances when a teacher’s words and actions affected students (including her adolescent self). She writes, “Powerful teachers help students grow their capacity to be resilient by mindfully providing students with three elements: affirmation, opportunity, and support.”
A third of this year's class in the University of Virginia’s Accelerated Master's Program in Systems Engineering is made up of veterans.
A federal advisory panel recommended approval of Sanofi SA's experimental multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada on Wednesday, but said the drug should be reserved for patients who have failed other therapies. In a surprise decision, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 0 that the drug should be approved despite its potential to cause cancer and other serious conditions. "Do I want to take this drug? No way!" said Dr. Nathan Fountain of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the panel's chairperson. But for some patients, he said, it could be...
This expansion project -- like many others at the 70-bed hospital -- is possible thanks to the $40 million partnership started in January 2009 between the Culpeper Regional Health System, CRH's parent company, and the University of Virginia Health System, providing CRH $24 million toward capital improvement projects, which will also create more local jobs.
(By Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics) The fascination with President John F. Kennedy is never-ending: There have been hundreds of books, TV specials and films about his New Frontier, as well as the enduring controversy surrounding his assassination. Let’s debunk some of the most pervasive myths.
(Commentary) Finally, the main flaw in the WPR was the lack of a workable consultation mechanism, something President Ford pointed out. A bipartisan study in 2009 by the University of Virginia's Miller Center proposed one effective way of dealing with this problem: a Joint Congressional Consultation Committee. Congress should consider this worthy proposal.
On this edition of UVa Today Bob Beard talks with Associate Director for Building Services talks about how UVa won a Green Seal. The University of Virginia is the third college in the nation to win a certification from Green Seal for its environmentally safe cleaning services.
Would you expect MBA programs to be one of America's hotbeds for activating people to show support for their LGBT friends? Neither would I, but 12 of the country's top business schools – including U.Va.’s Darden School of Business – are proving me wrong.
Fifty years after John Kennedy's assassination, authors continue to find him fascinating. In addition to the 40,000 books already published about Kennedy, there are a shelf's-worth of new titles, including: … “The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy” by Larry Sabato (Bloomsbury). The director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia argues that the assassination was inevitable, if not in Dallas, then someplace else.
A University of Virginia student is being honored for his award-winning sneakers. Oliver Vranesh is the winner of Complex Magazine's "Next Sneaker Design Star" contest.
When you keep a secret, you naturally try to push it out of your mind so that you don't reveal all at exactly the wrong time. The problem: That only makes you might only think about it more, according to research from the University of Virginia.
(By James Mumford, a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture) ‘I am walking in some mountains’. That’s the out-of-office that pops up when I email Johnny Flynn to request an interview. The folk star and West End actor is on holiday. But he’s not doing the Three Peaks Challenge. No, he’s tracing St Paul’s third missionary journey across southern Turkey, a 30th birthday present from Bea, his wife and teenage sweetheart.
The University of Virginia Medical Center has negotiated a deal to join a managed care Medicaid program launched last year by Carilion Clinic and Aetna Insurance. Known as MajestaCare, the program is similar to a health maintenance organization for Virginians who qualify for Medicaid, said Larry L. Fitzgerald, the medical center’s associate vice president for business development and finance.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is bringing educational leaders from across Virginia to the nation's capital for a conference aimed at promoting research in science, engineering and medicine. Warner's office says in a news release that participants in Friday's conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., include representatives from Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University.