Norfolk Public Schools spokeswoman Elizabeth Thiel Mather will soon leave her post for a similar job at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Mather, who began working for Norfolk in 2009, will serve as director of communications for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Her last day working for Norfolk will be Sept. 11. Mather, a U.Va. alumna, will begin her job Sept. 15.
NCAA champions aren’t supposed to feel disrespected, but it seems Virginia has been since its run to glory last December. At issue is the conservative play that U.Va. employed throughout the tournament. Soccer “purists” were aghast at Virginia coach George Gelnovatch’s strategy, which entailed dropping 10 players behind the ball for most of the national final against UCLA and hoping to win in a shootout, which the Cavaliers did.
(By Geoffrey Skelley is the Associate Editor at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been under siege for months as additional revelations and developments regarding her use of a private email account continue to drip out. Last week, the Crystal Ball explored what might happen should Clinton drop out of the Democratic primary or, as the rumors swirl about the possibility, if Vice President Joe Biden enters the race.
A breakthrough at University of Virginia medical center could lead to the development of new fertility and contraceptive drugs. Researchers found that harpoon-shaped filaments or tubes of DNA, on the head of sperm are what they use to interact with the egg. Now, if scientists want to find out if they can block or aid those filaments in doing their job.
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan is pledging to continue to step up safety on Grounds for the new school year. UVa received national news coverage for all the wrong reasons last academic year, including the disappearance and slaying of second-year student Hannah Graham and a controversial arrest of a black then-third-year student Martese Johnson by agents with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. “We set a lot of things in motion last year and we’re going to continue them,” she said in a meeting with reporters Wednesday afternoon. “W...
University of Virginia biochemist Dr. Anindya Dutta was one of four faculty researchers who have been chosen to receive the university’s 2015 Distinguished Scientist Awards. The award honors longtime faculty members who have made extensive and influential contributions in the sciences, medicine or engineering.
U.Va. Professor of Politics Herman Schwartz explains the Chinese stock market crash and why markets have reacted the way they have- plus explores what’s REALLY the critical issues in the U.S. economy.
Media Studies’ Jack Hamilton considers the new hit movie Straight Outta Compton and the history of modern American music: rap and hip hop from James Brown to NWA.
The city of Charlottesville has a new fire chief. Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones named Andrew Baxter as the new fire chief for the city Tuesday. Baxter, a University of Virginia School of Nursing graduate, will begin working with the city of Charlottesville in September 2015.
All across Virginia this month, students are going back to school, including one very special school at the University of Virginia Medical Center. UVa's Hospital EducationProgram is one of only three in the Commonwealth, and helps pediatric patients keep up with their studies while they are in the hospital.
For decades, University of Virginia oncologist Dr. Craig Slingluff has studied melanoma. That's the aggressive form of skin cancer that's made headlines since former President Jimmy Carter announced he had the disease earlier this month and that it had spread to his brain. "It's a very exciting time. If you're going to get melanoma, it's much better to get it now than to have gotten it five or ten years ago," said Slingluff.
For more than 75 years, scientists have been trying to crack the code of a virus that devastates crops around the globe. It’s called the bamboo mosaic virus, and can be found in foods we eat every day — things like cucumbers and potatoes. It's harmless to humans, but deadly to plants. Now, a researcher at the University of Virginia, Edward Egelman, says he's made a breakthrough in understanding the deadly bug. Egelman says he was able to study the tiny virus in detail with the university’s Titan Krios electron microscope.
The University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies will present a panel discussion, “Engaging Race: Forum on Race, Citizenship and Social Justice,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 125 of Minor Hall. The forum, which is free and open to the public, is the first of a series that will be held throughout the academic year that will focus on race in American society.
Could a constitutional amendment help stabilize college funding in Virginia? That was a question debated Monday by presidents of public universities as they discussed proposed initiatives to support the goals of The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, which was approved last year by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan said in an interview later that higher-ed funding is a problem in all states and it’s not clear what the solution should be. “The issue is that the last thing you fund is higher education, so we are the ...
While federal cuts start the discussion about Virginia’s sluggish recovery from the recession, they’re not the whole conversation. The state has also been hurt by the sagging coal industry in Southwest Virginia and declining furniture manufacturing in Southside Virginia, according to Terry Terry Rephann, regional economist at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Radios are just one piece of the broad need for lower power chips, said Calhoun who conducts research in the area at the University of Virginia. “Today’s devices won’t get us to trillions of nodes people predict for IoT,” he said. The Internet of Things needs new lower power radios and a fresh approach to silicon design, said an expert with a startup designing IoT chips. “I think there’s a growing realization Bluetooth Low Energy and Zigbee are not the right solutions” because they consumer tens of milliwatts, said Benton Calhoun, co-founder of PsiKick...
Were you one of the cool kids? If not then don’t worry, you’re probably the better off for it. “The fast-track kids didn’t turn out O.K.,” said Joseph P. Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia. He is the lead author of a new study, published this month in the journal Child Development, that followed these risk-taking, socially precocious cool kids for a decade. In high school, their social status often plummeted, the study showed, and they began struggling in many ways.”
Were you one of the cool kids? If not then don’t worry, you’re probably the better off for it. “The fast-track kids didn’t turn out O.K.,” said Joseph P. Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia. He is the lead author of a new study, published this month in the journal Child Development, that followed these risk-taking, socially precocious cool kids for a decade. In high school, their social status often plummeted, the study showed, and they began struggling in many ways.”
It’s starting to cool down, it’s darker later in the morning and the traffic patterns have changed. It is time to go back to school. And this means packing lunches for picky children. You want to provide them with healthy and nutritious foods, while they want potato chips and cookies. Angie Hasemann, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Pediatric Endocrinology at University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, suggests getting the young ones involved in packing their own lunches.
Before every match, University of Virginia soccer star Makenzy Doniak wraps her lower left arm with athletic tape and, in black ink, prints "KD." The marking pays tribute to her big sister and role model, Kylie, a former Texas standout who almost lost her life 3-1/2 years ago when a drunk driver hit her crossing an Austin street and kept going. It symbolizes the eternal bond of sisterhood and strength of an athletic family rocked by tragedy.