Seeking revenge can backfire – but not for the reasons you may think. UVA psychology professor Timothy Wilson and colleagues conducted a study in 2008 on the "paradoxical consequences" of revenge.
The study found that white men hold nearly 78 percent of the AD positions while 5.4 percent of those positions are held by white women and there were just 22 people of color in those roles. The number of African-American men will decrease by one while the number of African-American women will increase once Carla Williams takes over for the retiring Craig Littlepage as Virginia’s AD.
(Editorial) Born in Greensboro, N.C., Judge Bill Sweeney and his family moved to Lynchburg, where he graduated from E.C. Glass High School. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, receiving his degree in 1949. Service in the Korean War interrupted his time at the University of Virginia Law School. Returning to the Hill City, he joined the firm of Caskie, Frost, Davidson and Watts. He presided over the cases of Elizabeth Haysom and her boyfriend Jens Soering, both honors students at the University of Virginia, who were charged in the killings of her parents. Sweeney died Sunday.
The seventh annual John E. Baker Legacy Dinner is taking place Friday at Farmington Country Club to raise scholarship money for the African American Teaching Fellows. As a UVA undergraduate, Camara Glover was approached by an admissions officer and told about the program, which Glover said sparked her career.
(Commentary by William Henagan, a 2017 UVA graduate and former chair of UVA’s Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition) What is promising is that nearly two-thirds of Americans now believe sexual harassment in the workplace is a “serious” issue. As the coverage of recent high-profile cases reaches a fever pitch, policymakers at the state and local level have an opportunity to realign the public discourse with our shared values.
UVA historian Larry Sabato complained that many of the documents in the latest release were still heavily redacted. He tweeted about a 144-page record, titled "Material Reviewed at CIA headquarters by House Select Committee on Assassinations staff members," that had writing on only a handful of pages.
While the numbers in the House look tantalizing for Democrats – they need 24 seats to take control, and 23 of those seats are in districts that Mrs. Clinton won – they’re not likely to win all 23 of those Clinton districts, says Kyle Kondik, of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said he sees this move as less about Tuesday’s election results and more about the end of Goodlatte’s chairmanship on the Judiciary Committee.
On Twitter, Larry Sabato, the director of UVA’s Center for Politics and the author of a book about Kennedy’s legacy and assassination, highlighted some of his discoveries in the files.
“I’m a big believer in the idea that the presidential party pays a penalty down-ticket for holding the White House, and that effect can be exacerbated when the person holding the White House is unpopular, as the president is,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics.
Siva Vaidhyanathan, a professor of media studies and director of UVA’s Center for Media and Citizenship, says the blue check mark denotes more than identification. “If that were true, then we would all just have to take photos of our drivers’ licenses. Clearly it has something to do with prominence and status and that means that Twitter is always making value judgments about applicants,” he says.
Dr. Eugene J. Barrett of the University of Virginia chaired the task force that developed the scientific statement. The Endocrine Society issued a new Scientific Statement today examining how diabetes damages the body's smallest blood vessels as well as how the condition affects the body's natural repair processes designed to protect the eyes, kidneys, nerves and other organs.
A video review of 459 reported concussions sustained during the last two NFL seasons has found far more occurred on passing plays than any other plays. The review was overseen by Dr. Jeff Crandall, chairman of the NFL’s Engineering Committee and director of UVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics.
Dr. Anindya Dutta and his team made the discovery while investigating a previously discovered gene his that plays an important role in repairing damaged DNA.
Learn your trigonometry, kids, and you might find yourself animating the next “Finding Nemo.” That was the message Tony DeRose, senior scientist at Pixar Animation Studios, spread to a mixed-aged crowd Thursday afternoon at UVA’s Newcomb Hall Theater, showing students that the studio’s universally acclaimed slate of animated films all start with a deep understanding of the mathematics taught in adolescence. The talk was part of the Virginia Film Festival.
Schools participating in Virginia College Application Week include: University of Virginia, University of Virginia at Wise, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military Institute and Virginia Tech.
Datapalooza 2017, a daylong event dedicated to bringing insight to data science activities and issues at UVA and beyond, will this Friday feature keynote addresses by leading “big data” experts from Google, the New York Times and Elder Research.
The Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Department is working in conjunction with the University of Virginia to distribute a parks usage survey to 2,200 city households.
One of the most obvious exceptions is UVA’s Darden School of Business. At Darden, where case study teaching is the rule, professors take great pride in their classroom performances. It’s not possible to gain promotion or tenure if you are a second-rate teacher.
Dylla grew up in Williamsburg and moved to Charlottesville to attend the University of Virginia, where she studied Roman archaeology.