The moment Jason Woodle first saw his newborn son in the delivery room, his immediate gut reaction was to count the boy’s fingers and toes. The quick scan revealed something unusual. “I looked at the attending pediatrician and I said, I think we have some missing digits here,” Woodle, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, told TODAY. “It was quite a surprise for everyone in the room… it was actually quite unnerving.” People can obviously survive without thumbs, but even simple tasks become very challenging, said Dr. Bobby Chhabra, an orthopedic ...
Admissions officers at the University of Virginia say more and more high school seniors are taking advantage of the university's early action program. The admission plan gives students more freedom to look around before making the big commitment. This year, UVA received more than 16,000 applications by the early action November first deadline, a 7.5 percent increase from last year. UVA's Dean of Admission Greg Roberts says the program helps diversify the applicant pool and attract more foreign and first-generation college students. "That's significant for us because there are ...
When the University of Virginia launched its early action admission option in the fall of 2011, it offered applicants a chance to receive an admission decision earlier in their senior years, while also giving those students admitted early the ability to compare financial aid packages before making a college enrollment decision by May 1. Gregory W. Roberts, U.Va.’s dean of admission, thought the program might find a receptive audience. “We moved to this program because it is the most student-friendly early admission plan available and we believed it would be att...
The University of Virginia received a record number of early applications this year as the popularity of the program continues to rise.This year, the number of applications received before the Nov. 1 “early action” deadline is 16,185, an increase of 7.5 percent over last year. Early action allows students to apply early and receive an answer by the end of January.
"Early action" gives high school students a chance to get an admissions decision earlier in the year. This gives them more time to decide whether to go to UVa by the acceptance deadline of May 1st. "We're always pleased to see an increase because it shows the university remains popular with students," said Greg Roberts, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at UVa. "We spent a lot of time traveling in the fall to meet with students and families and to talk to them about the university and about going to college and how you pay for college and things like that...
The Virginia Film Festival break 2013's previous record with sales surpassing last year's by 45 percent. The 27th annual Virginia Film Festival, presented by the University of Virginia, featured over 120 films. “With the level of the film program that we were able to present and then to find out that we shattered the all-time box office and attendance record for the sixth straight year, but shattered it big time this year by 45% we are absolutely thrilled,” said Jody Kielbasa, Director of the Virginia Film Festival.
The Virginia Film Festival bested itself once again this year with record-breaking ticket and box office sales and 41 sold-out screenings. The line-up of more than 120 films brought in nearly $175,000 in sales with a historic 28,609 tickets issued, making the festival’s 27th year its best yet, organizers said Wednesday. “I’m thrilled with the way things turned out,” said festival Director Jody Kielbasa, vice provost for the arts at the University of Virginia. “We had the strongest, most diverse line-up we’ve ever had this year.”
In your sleep, you can probably name the top global brands, regardless of which order they're in and who did the survey on which the list is based. And it’s a good bet that Microsoft, Google, Intel and Disney are going to have the best seats. APCO Worldwide has its own list, but in this case it's the corporations that are championing their stakeholders most effectively who are up top. In APCO's study, which was done by its Insight market research division with the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, the top brands exhibit exemplary performance in four...
In June of 2013 I had the opportunity to hear Tom Brobson speak about his participation in the University of Virginia’s Artificial Pancreas Project. I was familiar with the AP project progress over the years and had gone to other JDRF research updates involving AP studies. I had watched some of Tom’s videos), where he spoke of his experience, showed off the equipment and explained how everything worked. No longer just inspiring and exciting, I wanted to be more involved. I too wanted to be a guinea pig to further the AP cause. My friend told me he wanted to do the same thing and ha...
Scientists from Virginia universities, warning that the state's coast and economy are vulnerable to climate change, are urging Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe to embrace the emissions cuts in EPA's upcoming power-plant regulations. Only with accurate information can your office, and the Commonwealth, chart a wise path in the coming years and decades," states a new letter from academics at the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and other schools.
Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Commission on Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government will convene its second meeting on Friday, November 14, in the Capitol of Virginia. A public forum on November 6 at the University of Virginia School of Law attracted speakers from Norfolk, Roanoke and Loudoun County as well as participants from Charlottesville and the surrounding region. The Commission was established on September 25 by Executive Order 28, which instructed the 10 members to provide interim recommendations to the Governor by December 1, 2014 with th...
Annual borrowing for higher education is falling significantly, the College Board reported Thursday, while growth in the sticker price of college is continuing a recent slowdown. The pricing report also compared tuition and fees at flagship state universities. Comparable prices are $9,427 at the University of Maryland in College Park and $12,998 at the University of Virginia. Among state flagships, the University of Virginia has the highest list price in tuition and fees for out-of-state students: $42,184, followed by the University of Michigan at $41,906.
When they march off Grounds for the final time to begin their military service, the University of Virginia’s corps of Air Force, Navy and Army ROTC cadets will be on the front lines of an important battle — the fight to keep the troops under their charge healthy and prepare them for their post-military life.Re-entering the civilian world “is a huge step,” said Major Gen. Timothy F. Ghormley, who was the featured speaker at a Veterans Day ceremony at UVa’s McIntire Amphitheatre. The Tuesday afternoon event concluded a 24-hour cadet vigil that honored prisoners of w...
The community gathered together Tuesday on Charlottesville's downtown mall to honor the men and women who serve and have served in all branches of the military. … The University of Virginia's ROTC units came together Tuesday afternoon to honor Veterans Day. The ceremony held in the UVA amphitheatre featured a joint color guard and a flag folding ritual. Members of American Legion Post 74 also provided a 21-gun salute. Retired Marine Corps Major General Timothy Ghormley spoke on the plight of veterans today. The event marked the end of a 24-hour vigil to remember prisoners ...
Hoping to tap an unmined source of revenue, the Clemson athletics department might join its peers by implementing a student tax to supplement its $72 million budget. Most, if not all, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference levy student athletic fees. The University of Virginia generates $13 million annually from student fees.
Single women find it harder to find men they want to marry, existing families feel the strain of what University of Virginia sociologist Allison Pugh calls “the age of insecurity.” Job insecurity causes anxiety and depression and, a 2012 study shows, makes fathers less supportive of their kids. Women in areas hardest hit by the recession report more “controlling behavior” by boyfriends and husbands, University of California, Berkeley sociologist Daniel Schneider says. When most Americans talk about their jobs and families, they sound stressed and frantic, Pugh&rsqu...
Although Ebola might have slipped out of the national spotlight, a host of other infectious diseases including the virus are still being watched by area hospitals. If a patient in Virginia is confirmed to be infected with Ebola, the first step would be to transfer him or her to one of the four national biocontainment facilities across the U.S. If those facilities do not have available capacity, the next step would be for the patient to be transferred to either the University of Virginia Medical Center or Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, each of which can care for two Ebola pati...
Siva Vaidhyanathan knows about net neutrality. As Robertson Professor in Media Studies a the University of Virginia, he's one of the leading voices on the issue. So when President Obama's clear backing of net neutrality on Monday was followed by a lukewarm reply from the Federal Communications Commission, we turned to Vaidhyanathan. Here, he translates the letter, which was signed by Chairman Tom Wheeler.
(Commentary by Brandon Garrett, a professor of law at the University of Virginia) With the same megabanks that have been prosecuted in recent years now being investigated for new crimes, doubts have been raised about the ability of prosecutors to clean up the largest corporate criminals. Cycles of recidivism will continue if prosecutors do not hold the most serious corporate offenders more accountable.
Last week's midterm elections saw Republicans win control of the Senate and expand their majority in the House of Representatives. Many of President Barack Obama's fiercest opponents are preparing to assume powerful positions in the chamber, which has been under Democratic control since 2007. With control of both houses of Congress, Republicans have a limited mandate, according to University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato.