For a rural hospital, Augusta Health has some unusual features. New this year through a partnership with University of Virginia Health System, it can perform critical lung and esophagus cancer surgeries on site so people don't have to travel long distances for care.
The Kluge-Ruhe Museum – America's only permanent institution displaying Australian Aboriginal art and educating Americans about it through associations with the University of Virginia – re-opened earlier this year after refurbishment with a semi-permanent exhibition called Art and Country. It's a selection of 34 works on canvas, paper and eucalyptus bark drawn from the permanent collection, exploring the range of ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists develop and maintain relationships with “Country,” their homeland.
(Commentary by Gregory Orr, a professor of English at the University of Virginia) When I was 12 years old, I killed a younger brother in a hunting accident near our home in upstate New York. I returned to that memory this week, when I read about what happened to the young New Jersey girl who lost control of a submachine gun at a shooting range outside Las Vegas, killing her instructor.
(By Arlene Keeling, Centennial Distinguished Professor of Nursing and director of the Eleanor C. Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical; and assistant professor of nursing Pamela DeGuzman) As in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, it was the hottest part of summer back in July 1967 when violence erupted in inner-city Detroit.
One year ago yesterday, a promising 19-year-old Jefferson Scholar named Shelley Goldsmith lay in a hospital bed just hours after grooving to electronic dance music and taking a controlled drug called Molly. She died. Now her family hopes to have her memory live on with the creation of a University of Virginia scholarship in her honor.
Nam Pham, 21, a rising senior at the University of Virginia, says he sees a future in STEM. As a summer intern with Honeywell and a passion for STEM education, he thinks he has a good shot at a job after college.
There’s a knife-to-the-gut feeling that only a true ‘Hoos fanatic feels at the outset of football season. It all starts again at noon Saturday, when the University of Virginia opens against No. 7 UCLA at Scott Stadium. The Cavaliers’ new season follows their worst in 32 years. And the memory of every single defeat does more than just hurt — it tears at you.
An Accomack County native will have her film screened at the New York Film Festival and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival this fall. “It’s very exciting. The New York Film Festival is one of the biggest festivals ... and it’s just an honor to be accepted by Trinidad (the film’s subject),” said Vashti Harrison, a 2010 U.Va. graduate.
Her obsession with really good natural juice drinks started when she was growing up in South Florida, Hillary Lewis said. Lewis, 28, is founder and CEO of Lumi Organics, a Charlottesville-based company that makes fruit and vegetable juices under the Lumi brand, using a cold-press process that Lewis says preserves the nutrients and fresh-from-the-farm flavor of the ingredients.
(Q&A) Rookie left-hander Kyle Crockett is a reliever on the rise. Drafted in the fourth round out of the University of Virginia in 2013 by the Indians, he was in the big leagues less than a year later. The quick rise through the Indians minor league system made Crockett, 22, the first player from the 2013 draft to make it to the big leagues.
Public universities now must make across-the-board cuts; UVa facing $15 million in budget reductions
Following a similar mandate to other state agencies last week, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office this week notified public colleges and universities to submit strategies to cut their operating budgets by 5 percent this fiscal year and 7 percent next year. The University of Virginia estimates the 5 percent cut this year will cost $6.5 million and next year’s 7 percent reduction will total $9.14 million. UVa is evaluating its options but has “no specifics to share” at this point, spokesman McGregor McCance said.
The architect behind a massive, $50 million project to restore the Rotunda at the University of Virginia will step down in October. David J. Neuman, who has been the university’s architect for 11 years, is leaving to become a consultant with Architectural Resources Group Inc. in San Francisco.
University of Virginia astronomers brought some high-powered star gazing tools to families in southern Albemarle County Saturday night. Albemarle Cider Works hosted the "Star Party" where people could set up their telescopes to gaze upon the heavens. The event is part of the “Dark Skies, Bright Students” program, which is geared at getting kids excited about astronomy.
Two universities in the Washington region made the list of the 50 schools producing the most undergraduate entrepreneurs and companies: University of Maryland ranked 30th and Georgetown University came in 40th. The University of Virginia in Charlottesville also made the list at 29th.
A noise analysis of gunfire of a planned police firearms training range in Albemarle County suggests neighbors will barely hear the bullets flying. Officers from Albemarle, Charlottesville, and the University of Virginia will share the $4 million to $5 million facility once it's built.
One pedestrian-only crossing on U.S. 29 spans 85 feet over Emmet Street and connects the University of Virginia’s central and northern Grounds. The 18-foot-wide Goodwin Bridge was designed by Ammann & Whitney and was completed in early 2005 at a cost of $3.6 million.
Yesterday we took a look at number 8, a number worn by Ryan Longwell, the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leading scorer who kicked his way through a very successful career with the Packers and Minnesota Vikings. So, today we move away from Longwell at number eight and on to one of the most popular quarterbacks to play with the team over the past three decades - Don Majkowski.
The University of Virginia's DC Hoos alumni group has organized weekly game-watch parties at Arlington Rooftop Bar and Grill