... Such degrees (one-year masters in management (MiM)), long popular in Europe, have become more attractive in the US as the financial crisis prompted undergraduates to reassess the value of taking two years off to earn an MBA. ... Recruiter demand for liberal arts students with a strong business foundation encouraged Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business to launch its programme in 2009.The economy also drove University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, whose inaugural class graduated in 2009.“Starting with such a [bad] job market had its advantages in the recr...
Over the next 100 years, scientists estimate the sea level along Virginia’s coastline will rise between 2 and 5 feet.And researchers at the University of Virginia say the rise — and the climate change driving it — will cause major problems for coastal communities.The university has received $3.5 million in federal grants to investigate the effects of climate change on those communities and to look at ways to prepare for rising sea levels.Over the next century, residents can expect not only higher sea levels, but more frequent storms, said Karen McGlathery, an environmental sc...
Summary translation by Justin O’Jack, director of U.Va.’s China Office:The article is almost entirely about the UVa honor code. The last paragraph underscores how UVa has one of the highest standards of personal integrity for students and that our University website highlights that international exchange students are held to the same standards as American students, the author pointing out the unique implication expulsion would have for international students by losing their visa status. It ends on this serious note but the piece overall is positive and fact based.Based in Guangzhou...
University of Virginia workers are replicating Thomas Jefferson's roof on Hotel D, on top of the original.The hotel, located on the East Range of the University's Academical Village - the original, Jefferson-designed University precinct - was one of the first buildings to be completed, opening in 1821 as a dining hall. Its roof consisted of tin-coated iron shingles, locked together in a folded-seam system designed by Jefferson.About one-third to one-half of that roof remains intact, hidden under subsequent roofs. The hip roof, with a brick chimney rising up through its center poin...
The University of Virginia is positioning itself to be one of the major institutions involved in the development of Big Data in the US. CivSource reported earlier this year on the launch of its Big Data degree program. The Big Data Institute will be a cross-departmental research initiative aligning several parts of the university system, and will be a key part of the university’s strategic plan moving forward.The internship program announced yesterday will bring in complementary efforts and include the university’s business school. In the program, students will look at ways t...
The Charlottesville chapter of the Society of Human Resources Management recently presented its annual Human Resource Excellence Awards to the Community Investment Collaborative, the University of Virginia Health System’s Clinical Faculty Hiring Project, University Human Resources’ Job Families Project and the myuvajob.com website. An honorable mention was presented to the Boar’s Head Inn.
“This paper is a great example of how we can drill down and study micromorality, all those judgments we make in daily life, about how people treat each other, about how we size up other people in the moment and size up ourselves,” said Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia, who was not involved in the research.
The court can choose to take one or multiple cases that deal with whether a state can ban same-sex marriage in its own state, and likely alongside that, even if they do ban same-sex marriage, whether a state must they recognize same-sex marriages performed lawfully out of state. “Just in the interest of judicial economy, and only having to go through this once, they would probably want to take one case that had both issues or take at the same time one case that posed issue and one that posed the other,” said Dan Ortiz, a constitutional law professor at the University of Virginia.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities don't give nurses enough recognition, support or appreciation--and the effects are far-reaching, according to an opinion piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The lack of appreciation, combined with stress and burnout from an emotionally draining, time-consuming job, leave nurses wanting to abandon the field. It can even lead to high job turnover and more error-prone nurses, according to authors Dorrie K. Fontaine, the dean of the University of Virginia's School of Nursing; and Kenneth R. White, the associate dean for strategic partnerships and innov...
A quick YouTube search shows a procedure for release of first dorsal compartment, as demonstrated by Dr. Aaron Freilich at the University of Virginia. That isn't to say that Pedroia's surgery was done the same way, but it gives you a little idea of what the surgery entailed.
University of Virginia law professor Brandon Garrett identified several immediate lessons for local law enforcement officials. “The public knows that something happened; they know that something has gone wrong,” he said. “Whether the force turns out to have been justified or not, it’s never something the police are supposed to do. … Even if the police officer didn’t use excessive force, there may have been something they could have done to prevent it.”
Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, noted that Clinton was “a heavy favorite” to be the 2008 nominee, but her vote for the Iraq war and ignoring several other state caucuses contributed to her campaign’s demise. “If she’d voted the other way, she’d be in her second White House term right now,” he said.
“He can cite an example like this [veto] and say, ‘The popular thing to do would have been to sign this bill. I don’t want people smoking … but I saw this as another big government intrusion on individual rights,’” said Larry Sabato, a political analyst from the University of Virginia. “Now, there’s a talking point.”
(By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley of U.Va.’s Center for Politics) For several months, we've held steady on our range of expected gains for Republicans in the Senate: a net of four to eight seats. With Labor Day in the rearview mirror and with less than 55 days to go until the midterms, we're giving Republicans a slight bump: Our new range is a Republican net of five to eight Senate seats.
(By Saras Sarasvathy, Isidore Horween Research Professor, Darden School of Business) Just as writers sometimes get blocked waiting for a story idea, entrepreneurs can also get blocked waiting for a good venture idea. It seems logical. First, you have a good idea, then you start to implement it. So it's even more logical to ask: where do great ideas come from? But a close look at the data reveals three interesting facts.
Scott and Jack Voigt are going all out to help families of patients receiving cancer treatment. In the most grueling way imaginable: running, swimming and biking as far as they can. The brothers from Darien are putting themselves through the paces and training hard for a Half Ironman event, taking place on Sept. 21 in Princeton, N.J.
Harrison Wilson III, star tight end Winslow’s training camp roommate in that summer of 1980, graduated from Dartmouth College. The elder Wilson followed that Ivy League degree by going to the University of Virginia School of Law, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson. Only after that did Wilson’s dad briefly try out among eventual Pro Football Hall of Famers Fouts, Joiner and Winslow with that “Air Coryell” offense that electrified the relatively staid NFL 35 years ago.
Chris Long's ankle injury has created the opportunity for Matt Conrath to rejoin the active roster for the St. Louis Rams.
But a new study by Michael Gilbert of the University of Virginia Law School suggests that both sides are probably asking the wrong question. What if, he asks, voter ID laws in fact increase the risk of vote fraud? In a forthcoming paper to be published in the Columbia Law Review, Gilbert argues that ID laws can actually worsen the problem of voter fraud.
(Book review) Mark Edmundson transformed himself from a large but pudgy teenager into a gamer, if not a starter, as a guard and linebacker on his suburban, working-class Boston high school team. He had been a poor student, without a vision of his future. But that experience of working tirelessly at a difficult task, he contends, made all the difference. He's now an honored teacher and distinguished professor of English at the University of Virginia.