The program included a robotics project, a chemistry exploration, a visit to the McCormick Observatory, a question-and-answer session with a panel of UVA STEM students and staff and a talk from UVA professor and former astronaut Kathryn Thornton.
In MONEY magazine’s recently released rankings of the 705 best-value colleges in the U.S., more state schools than ever before landed near the top. The University of Virginia ranked No. 3.
William H. Goodwin Jr. , rector of the UVA Board of Visitors, argues that the Strategic Investment Fund is important, not only to the university and its students, but to the commonwealth.
An Albemarle County man who delivered a passionate speech at the Democratic National Convention says one of the most memorable moments was off-the-cuff. Hillary Clinton invited Khizr Khan to represent his family and honor his son, a University of Virginia grad who died serving as a Marine in Iraq.
“It’s safe to day the ratings have no electoral meaning,” according to Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. And their convention viewership often is linked to dramatic appeal that may be irrelevant to voters’ preferences.
Brandon Garrett, a University of Virginia law professor who wrote a book detailing the degree to which false testimony from jailhouse informants contributes to wrongful convictions, suggests that such testimony should be banned altogether. "If they are to be used there should be reliability review by a judge and all statements and interviews they give should be videotaped. All leniency offers should be documented and disclosed," he said in an email interview.
To better understand the behaviors, characteristics, and skills of future C-Level leaders, I interviewed Dr. Kristin Behfar, Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizations at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, who has conducted extensive research on how to lead teams and global strategic change effectively. In full disclosure, I work with Behfar; I find her research on conflict management and team leadership extremely helpful in providing unique insight into the traits, behaviors, and characteristics required of future C-Level leaders. What follows are her ...
(By Robert Pianta, Novartis Professor of Education and Dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia) “Most of the ‘effects’ of private education are attributable to families’ influences on children as they grow up, and the family resources and decisions that place these children in private schools - not the private school per se. If there is an effect of private schooling, it is due primarily to the influence of peers on learning and motivation, which tends to be somewhat greater in private school classrooms. In contrast, the evidence is reasonabl...
Throughout the Albemarle County Police Department, officers say they are grateful for the community support they have received, but most still feel the need to have a heightened sense of awareness and vigilance. Doughnuts, cookies, fruit and cards cover the table and countertops in the department’s kitchen, along with kind notes left on patrol car windshields—evidence of a supportive community, they said.On Monday, the Charlottesville and Albemarle County police foundations will give city, county and University of Virginia officers a free barbecue lunch to thank them for their work...
At a time when concern over the price of college is ubiquitous and populist fears of deepening inequality are pervasive, it's easy to fall prey to the idea that state university systems are failing low-income students. But the reality is much less sinister: State tuition subsidies actually favor these students over their wealthier peers, contrary to what many seem to believe. Rich students, for example, are more likely to have the admissions test scores (SAT and ACT) and financial resources necessary to attend selective state flagship universities, such as the University of Virginia or the...
When Capt. Humayun Khan was ordered to Iraq a dozen years ago, his father wanted to talk to him about being an American Muslim soldier sent to war in a Muslim country. His son, though, was focused only on the job at hand.
(By Daniel Willingham, UVA professor of psychology) I’ve been asked this question a lot and I hate it. I’ll describe why in a bit, but for now I’ll just change it to “does your mind do more or less the same thing when you listening to an audiobook and when you read print?” The short answer is “mostly.”
(By Allan Stam, dean and Gerald Warburg, a professor at the Batten School) The tumult in global markets caused by the Brexit vote and the overheated rhetoric coming from the U.S. presidential campaign obliges a reassessment of the role nationalism should play in the 21st century.
Khan is the father of Capt. Humayun Khan, a 27-year-old killed while serving in Iraq in 2004. The elder Khan moved to the United States nearly 40 years ago. His son attended the University of Virginia, participating in ROTC before he joined the Army after graduation.
U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan, a graduate of the University of Virginia, was one of 14 American Muslims who died serving their country in the 10 years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that John Hinckley Jr. could be released from a government psychiatric hospital and live full time with his mother in Virginia. Richard Bonnie, a UVA professor of law and psychiatry and author of "A Case Study in the Insanity Defense: The Trial of John W. Hinckley," explains.
Even if Clinton does top Trump’s number, convention ratings have no predictive value for the presidential election. A 2012 analysis by Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, showed the political party with a higher-rated convention lost the White House in seven out of the last 14 presidential elections.
Bans on same-sex marriage and civil unions can hamper efforts by same-sex couples to adopt, divorce, make medical decisions for spouses or inherit property, added A.E. Dick Howard, a UVA law professor. While it is not unusual for vestiges of overturned laws to linger in state and local codes, this can cause unnecessary litigation and conflict, he said.
UVA political scientist Larry J. Sabato: "It's obvious this was the best speech she's ever given. This is bound to help her. She laid out a positive agenda while going after Donald Trump effectively. But it's mid-July and this has to be sustained for 100 days. It will be an extraordinarily difficult campaign, one of the nastiest ever."