Phi Psi members, speaking publicly for the first time since the allegations surfaced, told The Washington Post that they went into hiding for weeks after their home was vandalized with spray-painted messages calling them rapists and with bricks thrown through windows. They booked hotel rooms to avoid the swarm of protesters on their front lawn. They watched as their brotherhood was vilified, coming to symbolize the worst episode of collegiate sexual violence against women since the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal — which also turned out to be false.
A private security firm in Charlottesville says it's expecting a lot more business now that fraternities who sign new fraternal organization agreements with the University of Virginia are required to hire security at their events.
Can startups save the American dream? AOL co-founder Steve Case and former H-P CEOCarly Fiorina think so, and they’ve partnered with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center to propose ways to do it. In the report — actually titled “Can Startups Save the American Dream?” — the business leaders lay out a 5-point plan for kickstarting the country.
Students from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business are back in Charlottesville after getting a rare glimpse into a country most Americans have been barred from visiting for half-a-century. The 26 students spent the past week in Cuba, at a time the U.S. is restoring relations with the communist country. The students spoke with business owners and entrepreneurs, debated economic differences, and learned about Cuba's transitioning economy.
Prospects for an FDA approval of desmopressin (Nocdurna) as a treatment for adult nocturia remained dim as an advisory committee declined to endorse the indication. The FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10-5 against recommending approval of Nocdurna (desmopressin) to treat "nocturia due to nocturnal polyuria in all adult patients who awaken at least twice per night to void." Two members abstained from the vote. Stuart Howards, MD, a urologist with appointments at Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia,, was one of the abstainers...
(By Carolyn Long Engelhard, the director of the Health Policy Program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences) Proponents of ObamaCare are celebrating the end of year one with reports of favorable results: More than 23 million people have coverage provided through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including 10 million who were previously uninsured and 10 million more covered through the Medicaid Expansion program. Fans of the ACA are quick to remind us that year-two enrollment has started off well with a functioning website; over 6 million ...
University of Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett isn't just fighting to keep his team atop the Atlantic Coast Conference and in the national rankings, he's also competing off the hardwood, in the Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge.Bennett, along with Duke University's Mike Krzyzewski, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, and University of North Carolina's Roy Williams, are among 48 top college coaches competing for a $100,000 prize for his designated charity. Bennett has chosen to represent the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge.
After five tumultuous years that included 14 trips to western Africa, where expectations would rise only to fall again, Joanne Boyle learned that it takes a village, literally, to adopt a child from Senegal. Lawyers, political leaders, family friends from Senegal's capital city (Dakar), a Richmond pastor, athletic director Craig Littlepage and several kindhearted Senegalese locals all played a role in fulfilling a dream the University of Virginia women's basketball coach envisioned for more than 30 years.
(By Frederick P. Hitz, a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Center for National Security Law and an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law) As the new year opens, and the dust has begun to settle from the release of a report last month by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the CIA’s use of torture in the war on terror, it is time to ask what changes, if any, the report’s revelations will bring about for the agency in the coming years. Quite a few are necessary, but whether they will implemented is, of course, uncertain.
The University of Virginia recently released a study showing that one-third of children who start kindergarten in that state aren't well prepared for it. Today, the Oregon Department of Education released test results showing that fewer than 2 in 10 can name or sound out letters, or perform early mathematics operations.
Rising demand for gold is being met at the cost of some of the most biologically diverse regions in the tropics. It has stimulated new gold mining activities which come with removal of vegetation, construction of roads and railways and mushrooming of unorganised settlements in the eco-sensitive regions. Researchers from the University of Puerto Rico have shown that between 2001 and 2013 around 1680 square km of tropical forest was lost in South America to gold mining.Around 90% of this forest loss occurred in just four areas and a large proportion occurred close to protected areas. I...
Mission Secure Inc. (MSi), a cyber defense technology and solutions provider, and Perrone Robotics Inc. (PRI), a provider of robotic and autonomous ground vehicle solutions, announced a pilot project to demonstrate cyber attacks and protections targeted at ground vehicles. The University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering is sponsoring the pilot project.
The building was originally built in the 1970's, so the outside still resembles 1970's style architecture but the inside of the building has a completely different feel. The second floor of McLeod hall features a learning studio, several classrooms and two resilience rooms, the first of their kind at the University of Virginia, somewhere students and faculty to be able to de-stress and relax. School officials hope the new learning spaces will encourage more student interaction. School officials say the $10 million project was a collaborative effort among several departments at the Univ...
The University of Virginia is getting ready to roll out a bike-share program to get more people pedaling around the area. UVA is testing out the UBike program with a small group of cyclists. The smart-technology bikes are parked on the racks at 18 locations around the university. Students, staff, and community members will soon be able to buy memberships, reserve a bike by a smartphone app, unlock it, ride off, and return it to another UBike hub.
Two fraternities are standing up to the University of Virginia, saying they won't play by new rules. Kappa Alpha Order and Alpha Tau Omega have harsh words for UVA leaders. Both fraternities released statements on Tuesday, citing reasons why they won't sign on with new guidelines UVA is mandating for Greek organizations.
Police at colleges and universities would be required to report campus sexual assaults to local prosecutors within 48 hours after their investigation begins, under a proposal Virginia lawmakers will consider this year.
Virginia lawmakers, police and families deeply affected by violence against women are standing together to demand change. Tuesday, the families of Morgan Harrington and Alexis Murphy spoke out in support of a proposed bill that they believe could help save the next girl.
Campus police would be required to notify their local commonwealth’s attorney within 48 hours of starting a sexual assault investigation under a bill that’s been introduced at the General Assembly. Several measures have been proposed since November, when Rolling Stone magazine published allegations of rape at the University of Virginia. This bill was first introduced several years ago to make public college campuses safer and help victims obtain essential support.
Maryland’s second-highest court may re-consider an appeal of the case featured in the popular podcast Serial. Adnan Syed, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in 1999, has filed an application with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals for leave to appeal the Baltimore City Circuit Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The University of Virginia-based Innocence Project is trying to get the case reopened.
U.S. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in an interview Monday with NBC that he decided several weeks ago not to run for president in 2016. Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political analyst, moved Jeb Bush into the first tier of his Crystal Ball ranking of the 2016 Republican field last week. That tier had previously been empty with Bush in the second tiier with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and two governors, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Chris Christie of New Jersey.