A new study published by a professor (sociologist Brad Wilcox) at the University of Virginia reveals a significant difference in how Democrats, independents and Republicans view their marriages.
For each school’s grand total, TheDC just added up each raw score. The University of Virginia is once again the best school in the land, blowing away the competition.
Now, the last time a national publication wrote a story about rape and a subject named “Jackie,” things didn’t turn out so well, although it was that Rolling Stone magazine fiasco about a supposed gang rape at the University of Virginia that helped inspire Jackie Fuchs to come forward.
The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors met Sunday to discuss the school's finances and future.
The University of Virginia’s computer network was restored Sunday afternoon, two days after officials shut it down in response to cybersecurity threats.
Paul Gaston, a history professor who worked with Bond at the University of Virginia, said, “He opened students’ eyes to a world that was foreign to many of them. They told me they were very grateful for that course because it changed their lives.”
W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociologist and a professor at the University of Virginia, has published an analysis of data about individual families rather than geographical areas. And he argues this data continues to support his case that the so-called blue-state family model is overrated.
The book’s technology was developed by Teri Dankovich, now a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. Dankvoich perfected the book while conducting research at at Canada’s McGill University and later the University of Virginia. Researchers delivered the good news on Sunday at the 250th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Boston.
By Mark Edmundson a professor of English at the University of Virginia. This essay is adapted from his new book “Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals.”
By Elly Leavitt, U.Va. studentThe stereotype of Greek women as shallow, superficial robots who care more about parties than graduation is not only largely untrue but also harmful to these women’s reputations. Sorority women have much more to offer.
A recent graduate of the University of Virginia, Sabrey Garling has been chosen to be a part of the Virginia College Advising Corps. Headed up by UVA and Americorps, the university-based program sends recent college graduates to high schools throughout the state to work as college advisors.
Following up on these positive-result studies would be interesting, says Brian Nosek, a psychologist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the executive director of the Center for Open Science, who shared the study results on Twitter in a post that has been retweeted nearly 600 times.
A former poet laureate of the United States (and U.Va. English professor) has been honored for her work by Oregon State University.
“The email scandal has to play into the calculus here,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The fact that Biden is even considering this reflects that there are people in the Democratic Party establishment that are concerned that Clinton isn’t going to be able to hold up.”
Retired U.Va. President Robert O’Neil, senior fellow with the Association of Governing Boards, speaks about honorary degrees.
A University of Virginia associate professor of speech and voice has something to say about vocal fry. That’s a gutteral growl at the back of the throat. UVA’s Kate Burke notes studies that show many people find that particular vocal quality annoying or even repulsive. They also make people appear less competent, educated, trustworthy, attractive and hirable.
A brief interview with Tim Wilson, a University of Virginia professor of psychology, on his study of what would happen if you took away people’s phones for 15 lousy minutes and “gave them the opportunity to give themselves an electric shock” instead.
The original calculations in 1880s did not take into account the earth’s contours, according to a new study by astronomers at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia is launching the Compassionate Schools Project in Louisville. It’s part of a national study on health and wellness.
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, who’s set to appear at the second writers’ conference hosted by the Virginia Quarterly Review. … But her ability to arrive at emphatic conclusions has at least a bit to do with why she’ll be a part of the upcoming conference, playing a role in workshops and panels along with a bevy of other poets, fiction and nonfiction writers.