Noting their heart-wrenching wait for answers, the parents of a missing University of Virginia student appealed Saturday for whoever is responsible for her disappearance three weeks ago to help them find their daughter.
The episode features alumna Allison Orr Larsen ‘04 and Virginia Law Review.
About 110 law enforcement officers from around the state were in Albemarle County this weekend to search for clues in the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham.Officers covered more than 70 percent of an eight-mile radius around the city of Charlottesville, following guidelines set by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.Searchers did not report any new findings Sunday afternoon but said they’re continuing to follow up on nearly 3,300 tips that have been received.
... Then I swing over to Reddit, often described as the front page of the Internet, but which describes itself as “an entertainment, social networking and news website.” It was founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, who sold it to Conde Nast Publications in 2006. It contains a large number of “subreddits” curated by the regular readers itself, who vote on submissions and comments to increase or decrease their visibility and submit links and comments.It is this self-policing which gives it such a high degree of reliability, and is o...
Ben McKenzie has had some dicey days at the coal face recently.On the set of his new series Gotham, in which he plays the young brave rookie detective James 'Jim' Gordon, he came crashing down to earth while performing a stunt."It involved driving a guy back into a concrete pillar. It's safe, if you look where you're going, but I dropped my head and I caught the edge of it," recalls the Texas-born actor, smiling.
Margaret Nimmo Crowe is focusing on protecting gains made for children’s mental health programs from state budget cuts. She lobbies lawmakers at the state Capitol as executive director of Voices for Virginia’s Children.... Born in Baton Rouge, La., Crowe moved to Henrico as an infant. She graduated from the University of Virginia with distinction in 1994 with a degree in religious studies, and then spent nearly three years in Jackson Hole, Wyo., working at Yellowstone National Park and volunteering in a domestic violence program, as she had while at U.Va.
Orange ribbons adorn lapels and backpacks throughout the campus here known as the Grounds, a reminder that the University of Virginia yearns for the return of sophomore Hannah Graham three weeks after she vanished in the night.Anxiety over what befell the 18-year-old from Fairfax County, believed to be a kidnapping victim, grips the U-Va. community even as officials redouble efforts to protect students and provide counseling to those in need.... “U-Va. is as safe as we can make it,” university President Teresa A. Sullivan said in an interview with The Washington Post. “We con...
... Recently unearthed artifacts of Poe's life are shown here as well, most notably an engraved engagement ring given by Poe to his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Elmira Royster. Poe and Royster's relationship ended shortly after he entered the University of Virginia in 1826. More than two decades later, the two reconnected, and in August 1849 they became engaged. But they never married: Poe died only two months later in Baltimore. The ring was kept by Poe's sister Rosalie, and remained within the family and unknown to scholars until 2012.A previously unknown portrait of Poe made from...
People change. Our values, goals, and personalities are always shifting. People marry and then divorce. People raised liberal become conservative. Happy people become depressed. Fashions come and go. I used to hate spicy mustard. Now I put it on everything. But there's a funny thing about change: Most people don't think it'll happen to them in the future. A year ago, three psychologists from Harvard, the National Fund for Scientific Research, and University of Virginia wrote a paper about this phenomenon. They called it the "end of history illusion.""Peopl...
After five years, the rusty-patched bumblebee has finally resurfaced in the eastern United States. Bill McShea of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and T'ai Roulston, a research associate professor with the University of Virginia, were part of a Virginia Working Landscapes study that surveyed bee populations in 17 Virginia sites, according to a Smithsonian news release.
... Coming amid widespread concerns by the Obama administration, Congress and others about sexual violence on campuses, the unsettling disappearance of Ms. Graham — and the revelations of Mr. Matthew’s history — underscore the continued vulnerability of women in college communities.“Things here have changed,” said Olivia Raines, a sophomore. “Sexual assault is an important issue for girls on campus now.”... Students at the University of Virginia have moved to better protect one another, forming groups to walk home from late classes and using a phone ap...
Officials from Albemarle County, Charlottesville and the University of Virginia have formed an advisory committee to evaluate safety initiatives and programs in the Charlottesville area following the disappearance of Hannah Graham.The committee will look to install more blue light emergency phones, surveillance cameras and lighting, according to a news release. It also will commission a study to find areas of high foot traffic and analyze crime data to identify potential hotspots.Lastly, it will “consider best practices in community policing, safety awareness and alcohol education progra...
Charlottesville's police chief said Sunday that an anguished statement from the parents of a missing University of Virginia student has given investigators fresh resolve to carry on with the difficult search of hundreds square miles of countryside. ... A team of about 100 law enforcement officers and other trained searchers were combing the countryside over the weekend for any sign of the college sophomore. ... On Saturday, her parents made an emotional plea for whoever is responsible for the disappearance to help find their daughter. In the videotaped statement, Sue Graham said: "Ple...
In Albemarle County 13% of students are African American, but only about 7% of teachers are African American. That disparity is what sparked a group of volunteers in 2004 to create the African American Teaching Fellows program, which gives aspiring teachers the financial and professional support needed to make a difference."There are 19 alums of the program teaching in Albemarle County, Charlottesville and throughout the state, but 13 total in Charlottesville and there are 10 new fellows in the pipeline," said Dr. Marcus Martin, Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equi...
The University of Virginia will hold a panel discussion on the challenges posed by the Ebola outbreak. The discussion is scheduled for Tuesday at the U.Va. School of Medicine. Among the panelists are U.Va. medical professor Frederick G. Hayden and Christiana Koisey Hena, a front-line Ebola caregiver and founder of Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia. The program is free and open to the public.
From stunning examples of Gothic revival to Brutalism’s giant box-like constructions, the world’s most impressive law school buildings span decades and even centuries. ...31. University of Virginia School of Law … Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia School of Law is the fourth oldest active law school in the country.
Charlottesville's police chief said Monday that it's important not to rush the case against the man accused in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student, despite criticism of some of his decisions.... At a briefing earlier Monday, investigators asked people who knew Matthew, a former college football lineman and sometime cab driver, to come forward with information so that they can develop a better profile of him. As they did, about 35 people scoured an area of hundreds of square miles surrounding downtown.
...The outpouring of compassion in the days immediately following the disappearance was intense, as has been news coverage of the case ever since.On the campus now, though, students say the initial sense of shock has faded. A suspect is in custody. The police presence seems robust. Most students are simply exercising a little more caution."I think, for a lot of us, daily life has resumed" out of necessity, says Jalen Ross, president of the Student Council. "We’ve got exams, we’ve got school, we’ve got football games."Even before her disappearance, students...