A University of Virginia psychology study says apologies are important to everyone, even young children. The study, published this week in Social Development, finds that while apologizing may not heal the hurt caused, it does mend relations between people. "What was surprising was that children who experienced a minor transgression and heard an apology felt just as bad as those who did not hear an apology," said Marissa Drell, a PH.D. candidate in psychology at UVa and the lead author of the study.
The state Board of Education decided Thursday to continue to keep a close eye on the Pine Bluff School District, which has nearly half of its traditional schools in academic trouble. The district has been using a University of Virginia school-improvement model, which Education Department officials have said has helped. The university has committed to the Pine Bluff district a year at a time and has had a better relationship with the district this year, Wilde said. The School Improvement Unit is working alongside the University of Virginia to have a unified plan to elevate student achievement.
In the early 1800s, Thomas Davenport, a poor, young, self-taught blacksmith in Vermont tinkered with magnets to create, and eventually receive a patent for, the first electric motor. Nearly 200 years later, middle-schoolers in Albemarle, Virginia, are tinkering with modern 3-D printing technology to reconstruct and model his historic invention. The Albemarle County Public School District—in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Virginia—is creating this project-based curriculum with nearly $3 million in support from the Department of Education's I...
The University of Virginia announced Monday two faculty members who will address students this spring during Finals Weekend. English professor and former Poet Laureate Rita Dove is slated to address the graduates of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences on May 21. Paul G. Mahoney, dean of the School of Law, will speak to the graduates of the university’s other 10 schools and the Data Science Institute on May 22.
The University of Virginia will hold a survey on diversity and race relations on Grounds next spring. UVa President Teresa A. Sullivan made the announcement at a Thursday afternoon meeting of the Board of Visitors. Sullivan said the survey would give the administration “a benchmark so we can understand where we have issues and show us how to address those issues.”
The University of Virginia’s Cavalier Marching Band will take part in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. UVA’s marching band is only one of 10 bands selected in April 2014 out of more than 170 applicants to take part in the traditional Thanksgiving parade in New York City. The parade, set for 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 26, generally draws in 50 million television viewers and more than 3 million live viewers.
UVA offers no merit scholarships to its students, but the Charlottesville-based Jefferson Scholars Foundation does. “We exist to serve the University of Virginia,” says James H. “Jimmy” Wright, the foundation’s president.
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce named Dr. Marcus Martin as the 2015 McIntire Citizenship Award recipient. Martin is the vice president and chief officer for the Office of Diversity and Equity at UVA.
The “Black Girls Matter” forum was the second in a pair of public meetings arranged by The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at UVA.
A new study has revealed that apologies are important even to six to seven year-old children as they are undergoing dramatic and important changes in cognitive development. Lead author Marissa Drell of the University of Virginia was surprised to see that children, who experienced a minor transgression and heard an apology felt just as bad as those, who did not hear an apology. However, those who heard the transgressor say "I'm sorry" actually shared more with that person later. The apology repaired the relationship even though it did not mitigate their hurt feelings.
UVA’s Applied Metabolism and Physiology Lab has been testing individuals to see how and to what degree exercise can be used to combat the disease.
The Darden School of Business has been named one of the best graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies. Darden ranked 13th among graduate schools in a survey by The Princeton Review that will be published in Entrepreneur magazine.
Focusing on the child, and not the parents’ inter-personal relationships with each other, is essential. “The goal is pretty simple: Put your children first,” Dr. Robert E. Emery, professor of psychology at UVA, tells Yahoo Parenting.
To suggest a person cannot lead from behind is to ignore all that happens in front of Emily Sonnett, the defender who is very much in charge of a UVA team that enters the first round of the NCAA tournament ranked No. 1 in the country.
(Andrew Isaac Burrill, a student at the University of Virginia) Last week I was at the University of Virginia Career Fair that helps get graduating students full time jobs after walking down the Lawn in May. From what I've heard from friends last year, people got offers from the White House, the FBI, Art Museums, Wealth Management Firms, and Architecture Firms, even some positions with starting six figure salary offers. It was awesome to hear that all of these newly employed students came from a vast array of different academic backgrounds and majors. Needless to say, I was excited to go i...
In place of prosecutions, there has been a rise in deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) and non-prosecution agreements (NPAs), which allow defendants to avoid jail time, a trial and even a no-contest plea. “If they are bringing more cases—but stronger ones—or settling cases more readily and more favorably, that does speak in favor of the current approach,” said University of Virginia Law Professor Brandon L. Garrett.
The ability to defeat Hillary Clinton in a general election debate is the ultimate test of 2016’s Republican presidential hopefuls. That’s why, following tonight’s GOP primary debate in Milwaukee, Politico Magazine asked political experts on left and right which Republican candidate would fare best against Clinton. ‘The best debate opponents for Clinton will be ones who manage to hold her accountable without looking harsh’
By Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, and Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal B...
Virginia Film Festival officials announced today what attendees and special guests of the Festival saw all weekend long – that by every possible measure, the 28th Annual VFF was an unqualified success. Record numbers of film fans streamed into theaters across Charlottesville throughout the four-day festival to take in more than 130 films and special events in what was one of the VFF’s deepest and most diverse programs in its 28-year history.
Virginia Film Festival officials announced today what attendees and special guests of the Festival saw all weekend long – that by every possible measure, the 28th Annual VFF was an unqualified success. Record numbers of film fans streamed into theaters across Charlottesville throughout the four-day festival to take in more than 130 films and special events in what was one of the VFF’s deepest and most diverse programs in its 28-year history.
To attract and keep younger customers, community banks are swallowing the costs of offering products like free checking in exchange for the potential long-term gains that come with serving the generation’s mortgage, investing and eventually retirement needs, said Karin Bonding, a recently retired finance professor from the McIntire School of Commerce.