Pittsburgh has joined a network of cities committed to putting nature at the heart of growth, development, maintenance and infrastructure projects. The newest Biophilic City, Pittsburgh was anointed Friday in an announcement at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens by Tim Beatley, the founder of Biophilic Cities and a professor in the UVA School of Architecture.
First Lady Michelle Obama made her first campaign appearance for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the increasingly competitive presidential race at a Virginia university where she urged students to “work your hearts out” to register and get out the vote on Nov. 8. “It’s well known that Michelle Obama doesn’t like to campaign, so the fact that she’s doing it suggests the high importance that the Obama White House places on Clinton’s election,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics.
UVA political scientist Larry Sabato also noted that Republicans in every state are facing a similar dilemma. "All of them are stuck in a no-win situation," Sabato said. "In any race that's even remotely competitive, they need to either try to court Trump voters or figure out how to live without them. None of this is going to be easy for any of them."
Out-of-state students aware of the Buckeye State's political weight may opt to cast their vote away from home, if they think it will have a higher impact. “If you talk about your vote, quote, 'counting more in Ohio,' I think it probably does, but I think your vote matters in a lot of places,” Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics said.
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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ Sara Neher, who is admissions dean, said that they are completely focused on providing scholarships to more students and Indians in particular.
In an excellent report on New York City’s population dynamics, Luke Junday of UVA’s Demographics Research Group asks and answers the question: “How is New York City growing if it is constantly losing people?”
According to a recent study, the two options – high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, and endurance/aerobic training – yield some of the same health and fitness benefits. “With athletes, like everyone else, it improves VO2 max and lactate threshold,” said Dave Hryvniak, a doctor with UVA’’s athletic department.
The University of Virginia says it's never too early to get an art history lesson. Once a month the Fralin Museum of Art invites children ages 5-12 to come with an adult for a hands-on approach to history called Family Art Jams.
It has been known for some time that immune cells and their signals can induce changes in our central nervous systems. But the link between the immune system and social behavior was unknown – until recently, thanks to new research out of UVA’s Neuroscience Department and the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia.
Researchers have conducted the longest review of genetically modified crops and pesticide use yet. The team, which included four academics, led by economist Federico Ciliberto of the University of Virginia, studied data taken from 5,000 soybean and 5,000 maize farmers in the U.S.
A longtime benefactor is giving the University of Virginia a gift of $40 million to support a series of curricular initiatives designed to advance UVA as a national leader in liberal arts and science education.
Hundreds of people turned out for this year's NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Friday evening in Albemarle County. UVA Professor Ervin Jordan delivered the keynote address. He spoke about the importance of voting rights as well as his position on Confederate statues and Charlottesville’s Blue Ribbon Commission.
Friday, UVA’S Board of Visitors approved 13 grant proposals to start spending some of the controversial $2.3 billion fund it has. According to the university, the first round of investments from the school’s Strategic Investment Fund totals approximately $26 million and will “support pioneering research, enhance students’ academic experience and bring next-generation technology and research infrastructure to Grounds.”
Stephania Cash balances her UVA nursing career with professional wrestling matches.
A Paramount Theater audience howled with laughter Friday night when prolific British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie sat for a live interview. The New York-based essayist-novelist-professor brought his unique perspective as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ four-day Human/Ties event in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
The project restored the Rotunda to some of its original architecture, while also enhancing the space to give students more room for classrooms and study areas. The building has been closed to the public for the past two years, but will reopen Sept. 26.
A panel of UVA professors is helping people learn about Charlottesville’s history with race and heritage. The experts say memory is critical to link the past with the present.
A UVA School of Law audience got a briefing Thursday on the state of cybersecurity and other major threats to the U.S. Former U.S. Security Adviser Tom Donilon spoke at his alma mater on current major threats to cybersecurity and challenges the next presidential administration may face.
Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams on Mars formed much later than previously thought possible, according to new findings using data primarily from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These results provide insight into the climate history of the Red Planet and suggest the surface conditions at this later time may also have been suitable for microbial life. "We discovered valleys that carried water into lake basins," said Sharon Wilson of the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Virginia.
Albemarle County Public Schools learned Wednesday that they fell short of winning a $10 million grant from XQ: The Super School Project. But school officials said entering the nationwide competition to redesign high school education generated ideas that will shape the division’s schools in the years ahead. Keaton Wadzinski, a UVA fourth-year student and executive director of ReinventED Lab, said that a review of student responses identified two major themes: a desire for greater agency and ownership of learning, and more authentic learning experiences in the “real world.”