Cavalier Daily Editor-in-Chief Julia Horowitz was one of three student panelists on the hourlong show, discussing recent news developments on American college campuses.
The number of students applying to Virginia’s law schools seems as scant as last year. Midway through the application season, school administrators are continuing to deal with a dramatic drop in applications and enrollment. An expansion of law schools and a contraction in legal jobs have contributed to fewer students viewing a career as a lawyer as a sure path to lucrative employment. “Our university does not use our law school as a cash cow. We are financially self-sufficient,” said Paul Mahoney, dean of the University of Virginia law school. The law school keeps its tuition...
The beheading of a Japanese journalist does not represent Islam. Saddam Hussein did not represent Islam. Bashar al-Assad does not represent Islam. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya did not represent Islam. The regular beheadings in Saudi Arabia for ‘crimes’ such as adultery do not represent Islam. Nevertheless, it is probably true that in the late 20th century a high percentage of the world’s violent conflicts took place inside the Muslim world or against non-Muslims. Today, Professor John Owen of the University of Virginia argues in his new book, Confronting Political Isl...
(By Shira Lurie, in the first year of her PhD in Early American History at the University of Virginia) The 80/20 rule is an economic principle that asserts 80% of outputs are the result of 20% of inputs. It is occasionally referred to as the Pareto Principle, named for an Italian economist who proposed that 80% of the country’s wealth was held by just 20% of the population (I like to think of him as the original Michael Moore). As a historian, percentages and words like “outputs” tend to confuse me, but the important thing to glean from the 80/20 rul...
The Super bowl broke records with amount of viewership for the game and the commercials. One University of Virginia student made it into one of those well watched commercials. Brad Jaeger is a racecar driver that made it into the Nissan commercial, the one that ran for just about 90 seconds during the Super bowl. He had a behind the scenes role in the shooting and just barely made it onto the screen.
After being thrown into the national spotlight on sexual assault issues, a University of Virginia graduate is driving home her organization’s campaign promoting “better conduct among college men.” The organization, called the “Network of enlightened Women (New),” was started 10 years ago by Karin Agness, a lawyer and graduate of U.Va.
A breakthrough at the University of Virginia School of Medicine could help save cancer patients' lives. Researchers at UVA discovered a specific protein that allows lung cancer cells to spread throughout the body. “We basically took lung cancer cells and manipulated them in a way that they showed metastatic properties,” said Marty Mayo, associate professor in biochemistry and molecular genetics.
The University of Virginia is the highest-ranked public university on the Princeton Review’s “best value” colleges list. The Princeton Review released its book “Colleges that Pay You Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What it Takes to Get In” on Tuesday. The editors of the book looked at a number of factors, including financial aid for students and salary data and job satisfaction for graduates.
Public-high-school health-education classes would be required to include lessons about preventing sexual assaults and relationship violence under a bill introduced by Sens. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Tuesday morning. Kaine met with student leaders at the University of Virginia in December, following national attention being drawn to the issue of rape and relationship violence on campus.
The University of Virginia is launching a bikeshare program in which participants can grab a bicycle for a quick trip across Grounds and leave it at one of several designated locations for the next potential rider. The UVa program asks members to sign up in advance and receive a special code that will unlock a bike at one of several stations. Ride time is limited to 90 minutes per day per user. There are a variety of rates, ranging from $5 per day to $80 per year.
A University of Virginia study is asking why so many Virginia girls are not getting vaccinated for human papillomavirus. About 28 percent of adolescent girls in Virginia received all three doses of the HPV vaccine last year, compared with 38 percent of girls nationally. This is a major concern because HPV is often a precursor for cervical, anal and oral cancer, said Jessica Keim-Malpass, an assistant professor in the university’s School of Nursing.
A student group at the University of Virginia has helped create legislation that could stop sexual assaults before they happen. One Less was often at the center of the Rolling Stone article controversy, giving a voice to survivors of sexual assault. Now they have taken the next step to help craft legislation that they believe could get to the root of the issue.
Students from across the world visited with members of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. Dozens of Chinese students are learning about the inner-workings of the American business community. This is part of a series of activities arranged by the University of Virginia to help broaden the students' understanding of the United States and improve their English-language skills.
Pittsburgh-based RTI International Metals Inc. has become a member of the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, or CCAM, a public-private research consortium based in Prince George County. CCAM now includes 28 private industry, government and university members. Some of the industry members are Alcoa Inc., Canon Virginia Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce Plc, and Siemens. Academic partners are Old Dominion University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Tech.
Average annual salaries are expected to inch up to more than $54,500 for classroom teachers in Virginia’s public schools and nearly $100,000 for principals, according to a recent state report by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education.
First came the 36 questions that could make you fall for anyone.Now a new study has revealed that there are just two questions that married couples can ask on another to make sure they are definitely in love. Using data from a survey originally conducted in the 1980s, University of Virginia economists Leora Friedberg and Steven Stern analysed the answers of 4,242 couples who were asked two simple questions.
A doctor at the University of Virginia cancer center is being nationally recognized for improving patient's lives during various stages of treatment. Dr. Leslie Blackhall founded the Palliative Care Clinic in 2001. Her work helps patients through pain relief, and to manage symptoms during and after treatment. She is one of seven winners of the American Cancer Society's Quality of Life award.
Epigenetic changes in cells also occur at the histone level via posttranslational covalent modifications such as methylation, acetylation, and phosphorylation. One group has figured out how to image histone modifications in single cells. Delphine Gomez, a research associate working with Gary Owens at the University of Virginia, looked at histone modifications in smooth muscle cells using fluorescent probes and in situ hybridization. In their method, secondary antibodies light up modified histone residues though a modified proximity ligation assay. Although the technique works only in...
Kate Tamarkin, UVa music professor and director of the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia, discusses this year's UVa Valentine's Day weekend extravaganza.
Late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous victory for religious freedom in Holt v. Hobbs. It held that a federal civil rights statute requires prison officials to accommodate peaceful expressions of religious devotion, an issue arising from a dispute between a bearded Muslim inmate (named Holt) and the Arkansas Department of Correction. In ruling for Holt, the court adopted the reasoning of his pro bono advocates, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and professor Douglas Laycock at the University of Virginia’s Law School.