After four straight years of decline, research grant funding at the University of Virginia is on the rise again. But uncertainty about the federal budget and government funding for science research has administrators looking for alternate sources of funding, such as private partnerships.
Once they were rivals. But on Friday, former Sen. John W. Warner, a Republican, made his case for why Virginians should re-elect his Democratic successor, Sen. Mark R. Warner, in November. John Warner said it “is not a good time” for a “flip flop” of Mark Warner’s seat. “We need seniority, and we’ll go to lowest in seniority in the Senate if this man is not re-elected,” John Warner said at the Annual Virginia Political History Project forum at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Larry Sabato, director of the school’s Center for P...
School is out, but some Virginia middle-schoolers are choosing to keep their minds sharp throughout the summer at the University of Virginia. Fifty-four students are currently staying at UVA for the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp. The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris partnership has brought in kids who would otherwise be unable to attend such a camp - free of charge.
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced today that a consortium of universities including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University have received a $5 million grant to conduct crucial research and development of energy efficient and environmentally sustainable modes of transportation.
The 10-month long Better Business Challenge to encourage new cost-savings strategies through efficient use of energy, water, transportation and reduced waste ended Thursday night with awards being presented to eight local companies and agencies. ... The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business was noted for saving 600 coffee cups a day from trash.
The Cavaliers (52-14) advanced to the College World Series finals for the first time in program history with a 4-1 win over Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon at TD Ameritrade Park. “We’re very proud to be moving on,” said UVa coach Brian O’Connor. Of the eight teams that came to Omaha, UVa is the only squad to start the tournament 3-0.
Just by reaching this stage, the Cavs have already added to what’s been a banner season for Virginia sports. UVa is eighth in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, an annual competition to find the nation’s best overall athletics program. When the baseball team’s journey ends, Virginia can finish as high as third, placing it in the conversation for the best sports year at UVa in at least the last two decades. Virginia finished third in the 2009-10 Directors’ Cup.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization will hold the sixth annual Summer Conference, co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science at Baylor University, Monday and Tuesday, at 21 W. Park Row. Dr. James Ceaser, Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, will direct the conference, which will focus on Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic study “Democracy in America.”
Based in part on some of the information provided by speaker Dewey Cornell, Jackson, Calhoun and Gadsden county schools may craft pilot programs aimed at identifying and helping troubled students resolve their issues peacefully, and with other goals that could reduce the threat of school violence. Cornell is a forensic clinical psychologist at the University of Virginia and has authored, co-authored and edited works on the subject school violence and how to prevent it.