By J. Sanders Huguenin, provost and senior vice chancellor, and an associate professor of history at U.Va.-Wise.In a few months, the University of Virginia’s College at Wise will be launching a free, early college program for high-performing high school seniors. The college is assuming the costs of bringing high school seniors onto its campus, because we see this as responding to a critical need.
The U.Va. Medical Center is picking up the hefty bill to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of various applications of focused ultrasound treatment, a technology championed by U.Va. neurosurgeon Dr. Neal Kassell. The machine’s $1 million price tag is a hard sell to other hospitals in the current cost-constrained environment, said Dr. James Larner, chairman of radiation oncology at U.Va. But if the cost-effectiveness of focused ultrasound is examined more broadly, the technology will be rapidly embraced by providers and insurers, said Kassell, because it allows patients to return to work...
University of Virginia scientists, including Deborah Lawrence and Hank Shugart, will lead a huge mapping and modeling project that could help answer an important question in climate change research: How does land use affect the planet's climate? The study is the first to win a grant under U.Va.'s new Global Programs of Distinction.
By U.Va. Rector George Keith Martin“For the best dollar-for-dollar investment, nothing beats the University of Virginia.” So reported The Atlantic in its March 2014 issue, which detailed the latest findings by the PayScale organization, described as the largest private tracker of U.S. salaries. Those findings are consistent with conclusions reached by other leading organizations, such as Princeton Review and Kiplinger’s, which consistently rank U.Va. among the top nationally in terms of quality and value.
Today at 1 p.m., third-seeded Virginia (21-5) will look to keep the momentum going when it hosts Youngstown State (14-11) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In each of the past three years, Virginia has reached the NCAA Round of 16. This year, the goal is to go further, preferably much further. A first-ever ACC championship will do that.
He has devoted more than 40 years to studying the outer reaches of the universe; teaching and writing about what he’s found. Now the nation of France has recognized his work by awarding U.Va. astrophysicist Trinh X. Thuan the Legion of Honor.
The Grand-Aides program, pioneered by academics at the University of Virginia, is an early example. The non-profit trains staff at healthcare systems to hire and supervise workers who visit patients at their homes once they’ve been discharged from the hospital. These people observe patients’ daily routines, enforce the nurse’s teaching, and connect patients with their nurses via a video conferencing platform.
University of Michigan professor Allan C. Stam will head the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership starting July 1.
By Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies and the author of “The Googlization of Everything”
By Kathleen A. Bogle and U.Va. law professor Anne M. Coughlin
On the way to commencement season, what’s college really good for? Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies, defends the value of college.
Rice and wheat do more than feed the world. They have also affected the way we think—in dramatically different ways. That is the result of a study published Thursday in Science comparing people from different parts of China. Researchers led by U.Va. doctoral student Thomas Talhelm found that people from rice-growing regions think in more interdependent and holistic ways than do those from wheat-growing areas. Talhelm thinks these differences arose because it takes much more cooperation and overall effort to grow rice than wheat.
Still, shareholders who care deeply about the environment should consider speaking up, according to Jared Harris, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business.
Rita Dove is a former Poet Laureate who has also published short stories, novels, and plays. Having won just about every major writing award, students at the University of Virginia are beyond lucky to have her in their English department.
The job of picking up the pieces at the IRS now falls to John Koskinen, the new commissioner, whose career history includes turnaround jobs in Washington, D.C., and Freddie Mac. “I don’t know exactly what he can do,” said George Yin, a tax law professor at the University of Virginia and a former chief of staff of the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. “I think it’s going to take more than simply his assurance to the American people.”
Recently, "WATERisLife" foundation, and researchers from Carnegie Mellon at the University of Virginia invented the first ever water filtration system that comes in the form of a book, called the "Drinkable Book." The "Book" aims to solve the problem of contaminated drinking water that causes diseases in impoverished areas around the globe.
One class at the University of Virginia is giving away $50,000 to five local non-profit organizations.
It’s not unusual for top college professors to win awards – Nobel prizes and Pulitzers – but one member of the University of Virginia faculty was recently honored in a surprising way. Little known in this country, he was knighted by a foreign government. Trihn Thuan has been named chevalier of the National Order of the French Legion of Honor, by decree of French President François Hollande.
How UVA's Elite Womens' Rowing Team and Jack Jouett Middle School Strengthen Each Other Through Care
The rowers have been paired with students who can use one-on-one attention. It's not unusual for the warm cry "The rowers are here!" to emanate from the middle school's classrooms. To put it mildly, the rowers are loved, and their students teach them too.