The report sprang from an unusual collaboration between natural and social scientists at a 2008 conference at the University of Virginia, where participants shared research about pregnancy and parenting. The proceedings were published last year in a book, “Gender and Parenthood: Natural and Social Science Perspectives,” edited by W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at UVA, and Kline. They were principal investigators and wrote the "Bodies" report, released today.
Children with involved fathers are more likely to graduate from college—particularly among middle- and upper-income families but also among those from lower-income backgrounds, a recent study found. According to this new research by Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia, the family structure that best promotes this involvement is a married, intact family. This is the case for youth from lower-educated homes as well as those from more highly educated homes.
Two readers suggested that a follow-up to last week’s Health section story on ticks should focus on research that suggests a tick bite can cause a person to develop an allergy to red meat. University of Virginia researchers Dr. Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills and Dr. Scott Commins are among the leading experts on this phenomenon.
One glass of red wine three to four times a week may be enough to starve certain cancer cells, according to researchers at the University of Virginia. When resveratrol was given to human cancer cells, it was found to turn off the cancer-feeding proteins, which slowed cancer progression.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors on Friday approved a $2.79 billion budget for the next fiscal year. The plan funds the university from July 1 through June 2015. The budget is an increase of 3.7 percent over the current fiscal year and includes funding for enrollment growth of 155 students, 70 percent of whom will be Virginia residents.
The silk wedding dress was made in Italy during World War II and is on display at the University of Virginia’s Health Sciences library. WVIR’s Matt Talhelm reports.
Hooray for Helen Dragas. The Board of Visitors member was spot-on in saying that the University of Virginia, including its governing board, should put the public interest first.
By Stephen E. Hanson, vice provost for International Affairs at the College of William & Mary, and Jeffrey W. Legro, vice provost for Global Affairs at U.Va. This year, those visitors will include 25 exceptional young men and women from the Young African Leaders Initiative — Washington Fellowship. Virginia’s Presidential Precinct — a strategic partnership that features William and Mary, the University of Virginia, James Monroe’s Ash Lawn-Highland, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, James Madison’s Montpelier and Morven, a U.Va. property on Monticello Mountai...
Other Ivy League schools have a smaller footprint on the Coursera catalog as of this week. Princeton University lists 14 courses, Columbia University 10, Yale and Brown universities four each. The University of Maryland at College Park lists 13 courses on Coursera, and the University of Virginia lists 11.
He believes Virginia's education resources will also be a strength and attraction, citing the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech and George Mason University.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors is deeply divided ideologically, according to a consultant who spoke with the board Thursday afternoon. Two years after the attempted ouster of President Teresa A. Sullivan, there are still questions about which powers fall under the purview of the board and which should be handled by the administration.
A University of Virginia School of Law School administrator accidentally sent an email Wednesday with a spreadsheet attached to 155 law students that contained their GPAs, class ranks and personal biographical information, officials confirmed Thursday. The email did not include social security numbers or financial information.
Road trip tip: Time your drive to spend time in Charlottesville, site of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, and the University of Virginia. It will be a sure hit with lovers of history, shopping, food and college towns, Jensen says.
Myth #2 – Medicaid Expansion Costs State Taxpayer MoneyMultiple experts project Medicaid expansion will save Virginia taxpayers about $200 million per biennium because the federal government will pay 90-100 percent of the cost of prison healthcare, charity healthcare at university hospitals (e.g. the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Virginia), community service board programs (mental health), free clinics and other Virginia-taxpayer funded programs.
Declaration of Independence signer Caesar Rodney is best known for his horseback ride through thunder and rain, along dirt roads and across water swollen creeks to break the tie in the Delaware delegation to the Continental Congress. He arrived in Philadelphia on the afternoon of July 4, muddy and with his spurs on, just in time to cast the vote that ultimately led to independence. Rodney’s letter recounting that episode was sold at auction for $440,000 in 1989 to Albert H. Small. He later donated the letter along with a collection of other important Declaration of Independence doc...
Hurt came to Charlottesville to visit new exhibits at the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society and the University of Virginia. ... Hurt then made a trip to UVA to see a piece of the Berlin Wall on display there. He says he hopes the exhibit makes the past a little more real for students there.
U.Va. law professor Mila Versteeg co-authored a study that scoured the world’s constitutions looking for “rights to resist.” At present, 37 countries, representing roughly 20 percent of all nations, have such rights. The percentage is growing, having more than doubled since 1980. Is the clause making the world more unstable?
The most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, kills just about 95 percent of its victims within just five years of diagnosis. UVa biomedical engineering professor Richard Price teamed up with his colleagues at Johns Hopkins to create a technique that will push through the blood-brain barrier at specific locations to enable "the passage of drug-bearing nanoparticles."