The University of Virginia Darden Business School announced on Feb. 3 that it will offer its Executive MBA and its Global Executive MBA in the Washington, D.C. area starting in August.
“The win has clarified the minds of most party activists. Basically you’ve got three finalists now in Trump, Cruz and Rubio and people can focus on that,” UVA political analyst Larry Sabato said.
Future teachers who received multimedia instruction about how to use a specific teaching strategy outperformed peers who read the same information in textbooks, according to a study from UVA’s Curry School of Education.
UVA’s Darden School of Business is adding a Washington, D.C.-area location to its executive MBA programs starting in August.
Tony Bennett is once again involved in a competition to raise money for a local charity. In the Infiniti Coaches' Challenge, he and other college basketball coaches compete for votes online, and the winner receives $100,000 for their charity.
There is also something else childlike in the current electorate, said Vikram Jaswal, director of UVA’s Child Language and Learning Lab. A child’s default is to believe what they are told, without thinking critically.
“Just about everybody has accepted the fact that Bush is not going to be the nominee, but (donors) don’t want to show disloyalty because it’s remembered by the Bush clan,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, referring to former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
UVA political scientist Larry Sabato said it's still possible Trump could take New Hampshire and South Carolina and restore his domination.
UVA political analyst Kyle Kondik points to Trump's lack of a traditional retail politics campaign of grassroots door knocking in Iowa as his downfall. For all his crowd sizes, his support base also indicated low propensity to actually show up to caucus.
"Christie did terribly in Iowa, barely rising above the proverbial asterisk," said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. "His sole chance is in New Hampshire. Either he scores an improbable, big victory there – winning or placing high up – or he's out."
Surprising new research suggests that indulging in upbeat fantasies may exacerbate symptoms of depression in the long run, even if it gives a boost to one's mood in the here and now. For the research, a research team including UVA’s Sam Portnow conducted four related experiments involving a mix of adults and children.
Provocative new research suggests positive fantasies about how future events will turn out can help you feel good in the present, but they may actually lead to increased depressive symptoms in the long run. In a series of four studies, a research team including UVA’s Sam Portnow found that the more positively participants fantasized about the future, the fewer depressive symptoms they showed at that moment, but the more symptoms they showed at a follow-up session.
(By Edward G. Lengel, editor of the Papers of George Washington at UVA) Five principles that inspired George Washington’s many business accomplishments may still serve to guide entrepreneurs in the 21st century.
UVA Professor Craig Volden and a Vanderbilt colleague developed a complex system for scoring congressmen and applied it to every member since 1973. What they concluded was surprising.
Martin O'Malley “never found a lane that really made any sense," said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. "He never found an issue that propelled him forward.”
Virginia's relatively new swing-state status means "all the candidates will want to get an early start in the Old Dominion," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato.
(By William Antholis, the director and CEO of UVA’s Miller Center) In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming months of 2016 may well determine success or failure during the new president’s critical first year in 2017.
The University of Virginia was named the fifth-most beautiful campus in America by Great Value Colleges.
At the University of Virginia, which sets aside about two-thirds of freshman seats for state residents, the geographic balance barely changed.