(By Robert Pianta, Dean & professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education) The nation's school children and their families are well into the time of year we know as "back to school," filled with excitement and anxiety that accompany a new school year. Summer is also over for teachers and school leaders, who face controversies over testing, teacher evaluation, and even the academic standards used to guide their work. Add to this a presidential campaign that's bound to stir up the politics of what we teach our kids and how we teach it, and you've...
About one-third of Virginia's students aren't prepared for kindergarten in at least one learning indicator, according a University of Virginia study published this year. Bridget Hamre, a research associate professor at U.Va., said the scope of the curriculum and the teacher training will set apart this program. U.Va. researchers plan to collect and measure student data to assess the program and develop ways to replicate its outcomes in a cost-sustainable way and reach more children.
UVa-Wise is ranked second in the nation of the list of top public liberal arts colleges whose students graduate with a low debt load by the latest U.S. News & World Report's annual college guide and national college rankings in a range of categories.
A group at the University of Virginia is participating in National Suicide Prevention Week by holding events around Grounds all week long. The nonprofit organization To Write Love on Her Arms is offering a host of events to spread awareness about mental illness and suicide prevention.
University of Virginia's $7.5 billion long-term pool returned 7.7% in the fiscal year ended June 30. The total return exceeded the policy benchmark by 580 basis points, said the annual report of the University of Virginia Investment Management Co., Charlottesville.
The image of “Appalachia” many people have today came from a 1964 Life Magazine story that featured the town. Now researchers are looking to add another chapter to the story of the small southwestern Virginia town, written in the voices of people who live there today. Meredith McCool is a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, working on the project. “I carry the burden of that of sharing these stories in a way that honors these people instead of re-enforcing these stereotypes.”
Before crowning Donald Trump or burying Hilary Clinton, it is worth keeping this reality in mind—and a few others, too, such as the fact that early leads in primary races often prove ephemeral. It is certainly possible that Trump will go ahead and win the Republican nomination, but as Larry Sabato and his colleagues at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics said of Trump, in a post at Politico on Monday, “It’s far more likely he will fade long before the primary season does.”
The discussion of substantive issues by U.S. politicians has never been mistaken for the Dialogues of Plato, or even the College Bowl. Candidates rarely are eager to spell out proposals in detail. "Why give your opponents ammo to attack?" said Larry Sabato, longtime political observer and professor at the University of Virginia. "That's been true for a long time." But the 2016 campaign, especially on the GOP side, is setting a modern record for vacuity and even pride in ignorance about government.
LeiLei Secor applied to restaurants and stores for a summer job when she was 16, and got no response — except for one grocery store, which rejected her. That’s when she decided to start her own business. Now, three years later, that idea has earned her well over $100,000 in pure profit — even as she juggles sales and marketing, shipping and production with her classes at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia slipped to third while the College of William and Mary remained sixth among national public universities in rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is being recognized as second in the country whose students graduate with a low debt load. That’s according to the latest U.S. News and World Report annual college guide. UVa-Wise ranked #2 among top public liberal arts colleges.
Entrepreneurship can start from anywhere. That understanding underlies the University of Virginia’s creation of a brand new major. Students can now earn a minor’s in entrepreneurship, no matter their major.
A federal appeals court is set to decide whether judges can tear up corporate prosecution agreements they deem too lenient, in a case that Justice Department officials fear will disrupt the agency’s deals with companies under criminal investigation. Brandon Garrett, a law professor at University of Virginia who studies corporate prosecutions, questioned the Justice Department’s resistance to judicial intervention, saying it could give the agency more leverage in negotiations rather than less.
A conversation with Dr. William A. Petri Jr., chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health at the University of Virginia, led to the idea of applying an interesting cancer treatment technique to infectious disease. Along with Dr. Chelsea Marie, postdoctoral researcher in the Petri Laboratory at Virginia and first author of the paper, the researchers tried to silence genes in human cells to see if the loss of any one single gene would confer immunity to the parasite E. histolytica, which is responsible for 40,000-110,000 deaths worldwide via severe diarheaa.
Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced last week that he would take a pass on the 2017 governor’s race and run for reelection instead, opting to aim for four more years in a job that allows for gutsy legal maneuvers rather than one saddled with legislative gridlock. A. E. Dick Howard, a University of Virginia law professor and constitutional scholar, said partisan gridlock in Richmond means “the attorney general in some way is able to make more impact on the shape of Virginia law and policy than the governor. It makes perfect sense to me for an attorney general, who’s abl...
Scientists have developed a novel approach to protect humans from infections by adjusting the genes of the human cells to remove the mechanism that allows pathogens to cause diseases. "This amoeba is a cluster bomb - a voracious killer. In the back of my mind I was thinking the parasite was going to decimate the host cells no matter what we did with their genetics," said Chelsea Marie, postdoctoral researcher in the Petri Laboratory at University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia sends about 1,700 undergraduates and around 750 graduate students over seas every year, to gain international experience, make new friends and learn new things.
Medical facilities in Charlottesville will soon be seeing a new group of volunteers from the University of Virginia coming through to give their time. Students lined up outside of Madison House Sunday to sign up for the Medical Services Volunteer Program.
University of Virginia undergraduate students can now minor in entrepreneurship, no matter their major. Many schools at the university have had informal entrepreneurship programs, but now an interdisciplinary minor will allow for collaboration between the schools.
A "liberal-conservative divide" exists when it comes to whether people are happily married, according to a research brief just released by the Institute for Family Studies. "It suggests partisanship is one cultural factor linked to the prevalence, quality and stability of family life in America," wrote W. Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas H. Wolfinger. Wilcox directs the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and is a senior fellow at the institute, among other titles.