The inspiration for the major motion picture “Hidden Figures” is among the finalists for the Library of Virginia 20th annual Literary Awards for books about a Virginia subject or by Virginia authors. UVA alumna Margot Lee Shetterly’s book tells the story of three African-American women who were among the NASA mathematicians behind sending the first man to space.
That simple act of crossing a border, no matter how close the college may be, often means tuition rates are at least double those paid by students who live in the state. But not always. UVA’s College at Wise announced that students in Tennessee and Kentucky who live within 50 miles from the college will be able to attend paying in-state tuition rates.
John Kluge and his wife, UVA professor Christine Mahoney, co-founded the Alight Fund, which is a for-profit investment fund that aims to assist refugee and host country entrepreneurs.
Alexander Slotnick, a UVA creative writing alumnus, interviewed author James Salter in the fall of 2014. The Q&A was published in UVA’s literary journal, Meridian, several months later, and Jim died shortly thereafter, on June 19th, 2015, at the age of 90. As far as Literary Hub’s editors and I know, this was Jim’s last interview. It’s republished here in full with thanks to Meridian and Jim’s family.
It’s extremely difficult to do the kind of legwork that leads to an exoneration, particularly if the case hinges on more than DNA, said Brandon L. Garrett, a law professor at the UVA School of Law
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An Oregon judge who reportedly displayed a portrait of Adolf Hitler at his courthouse and twice provided a felon with a gun, directed his staff to lie about his availability to same-sex couples looking to marry, according to the state’s Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability. “The commission’s findings have him doing so many bad things that trying not to marry same-sex couples should be the least of it,” UVA aw professor Douglas Laycock said.
“This congressional seat is 1/435th of one house of one of three branches of the federal government. It doesn’t determine control of the House, either. And we know from past experience that even if the Democrats win it, it’s far too early for this one special election to predict the results of the 2018 midterm elections,” UVA politics professor Larry Sabato said.
Otto F. Warmbier, the University of Virginia honors student who was released from a North Korean prison last week after spending 17 months in captivity and more than a year in a coma, died on Monday at the Cincinnati hospital where he had been receiving treatment, his family said.
President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died after being imprisoned in North Korea for the past 17 months.
A coroner's office in Ohio is investigating the death of a 22-year-old college student who died less than a week after his return to the U.S. after nearly a year and a half in North Korean detention, a spokesman said Tuesday.
A group of fellows from 18 different African nations was officially welcomed to Charlottesville on Monday at UVA. Twenty-five Mandela Washington Fellows with the Young African Leaders Initiative will tour the commonwealth for the next six weeks.
After a record number of applications, the i.Lab at UVA – an initiative of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – is welcoming 22 new ventures to its 2017 Summer Incubator program. The selected startups are developing innovative ideas in a range of industries, spanning cloud computing, micro-farming, the refugee crises, medical technology and much more.
A Norfolk man sentenced to 132 years for a 1997 armed robbery is getting help from the University of Virginia Innocence Project to clear his name.
A new book, “The Key to the Door,” tells the stories of some of UVA’s first African-American students, documents their struggles and achievements, and discusses their impact on the generations of black students and faculty who followed in their footsteps.
UVA students are grieving the death of classmate and friend, Otto Warmbier, who died Monday afternoon in his hometown of Cincinnati days after being released by North Korea in a comatose state.
A campus rabbi who knows Otto Warmbier, the student who was released by North Korea last week, has said the 22-year-old was heavily involved with the Jewish community at the University of Virginia.
His parents, Fred and Cindy Warmbier, were told he had been in a coma since shortly after being sentenced March 16, 2016, to 15 years of prison with hard labor. If life had gone to plan, he today would be in his first month as a new graduate of the University of Virginia.
U.Va. recently completed $6 million in upgrades that include control rooms and a spacious studio. Years in the planning, the project awaited only last summer’s green light from the conference and its broadcast partner, ESPN. If the ACC Network launched today, Virginia would have the tools in place.
UVA’s W. Bradford Wilcox and the Institute for Family Studies are less inhibited about recommending life decisions that will conduce to happiness and human flourishing. The latest IFS paper examines how Millennials are doing on what Haskins and Sawhill have labeled the “success sequence.” What is the sequence? It’s the same three things that the Annie E. Casey Foundation noted back in the 1990s – finish high school, get a full-time job (any job), and wait to be married before having your first child.
Members of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Twenty-First Century have gathered to hear from experts, debate ideas and try to formulate solutions for a more effective and efficient array of services. Its work group heard an update from its expert advisory panel led by Dr. Richard Bonnie, director of UVA’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy. His testimony nodded to the achievement of having passed legislation expanding services provided through the community services boards, but outlined the challenges of proceeding without the funding needed for implemen...