Ash Lawn Opera and the Oratorio Society of Virginia’s production of Candide promises to be far more spectacular than flowering cacti, but the message is the same: There is a small window to see something truly special. Don’t blink. ...The planning began two years ago when the newly appointed music director of the Charlottesville-based Oratorio Society, Michael Slon, approached Krisel with an idea. Could the two groups join together and pull off what couldn’t be done alone? Could they join together and perform Candide?
Virginia Republicans in the House of Delegates are holding firm against Medicaid expansion, despite mounting evidence the state’s hospitals would face catastrophic consequences. Centra, for example, stands to take a $17 million hit to its bottom line, while medical centers at the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University stand to lose close to $500 million each.
Patient characteristics and preferences and clinician risk tolerance are critically important guideposts in selecting among the various treatment choices for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, says Myla Goldman, MD, the director of the University of Virginia’s multiple sclerosis (MS) program.
In a 2012 study, “Deterrence and the Dealth Penalty: Partial Identificaiton Analysis Using Repeated Cross Sections,” authors Charles F. Manski (Northwestern University) and John V. Pepper (University of Virginia) focus on the third challenge. They note: “Data alone cannot reveal what the homicide rate in a state without (with) a death penalty would have been had the state (not) adopted a death penalty statute.
Research shows that kindergarten is skewing farther away from being a children's garden (translation) as teachers prepare students for standardized tests. A study by Daphna Bassok from the University of Virginia found that teachers in kindergarten are spending substantially more time on tested subjects.
In 2007, the Miller Center at the University of Virginia convened a panel of experts who have grappled with these decisions as members of Congress, Secretaries of State, White House officials, diplomats, military leaders, judges and scholars. Under the leadership of former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher, the National War Powers Commission reviewed the history, including the 1973 War Powers Resolution, and concluded that there is no clear decision-making norm for initiating military action. The commission then developed a straightforward process to honor the...
In a recent breakthrough paper in the journal Science, researchers from the Salk Institute and the University of Virginia reported that they had studied DNA taken from brain cells and found that many neurons had mutations. Before this discovery, scientists believed all cells in a single brain shared the same DNA. The findings blew the field of brain study wide open.
“The commitment to liberal learning that Jefferson described has been attacked for its potential elitism and irrelevance for more than two hundred years,” he writes. Jefferson saw education as both a key preparation for citizenship, essential for the health of the republic, and a means for fighting abuses of wealth and privilege. As the founder of the University of Virginia, he stressed that students would have the freedom there to pursue study that they found meaningful, not prescribed coursework.
In July, about 75 percent of the 1,632 people who took the state bar exam received a passing score. The University of Virginia and George Mason University once again led the pack with 72.73 percent and 72 percent of students passing the test, respectively.
U.Va. said in a statement that it has been working with OCR since summer 2011 on a review of “policies and systems in the area of Title IX/sexual misconduct.” The university noted that it hosted a national conference about sexual misconduct policies in February. “The conference included candid discussion among college and university presidents, students, survivors of sexual misconduct, student affairs professionals, legal and sexual violence experts,” it said.
Catherine E. Lhamon, assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, believes Title IX has great potential to show colleges how they can improve the way they deal with sexual misconduct. The message Ms. Lhamon and her office send to colleges is alternately collaborative and tough. In February, at a gathering of about 250 college presidents, Title IX coordinators, and student-affairs leaders at the University of Virginia, she urged them to act quickly to update their policies on sexual assault and improve the climate for victims. "I know we can do that together,&q...
America is the spiritual home of the MBA. Indeed, US schools dominate our global ranking of full-time MBA programmes. (The Darden School of Business is ranked #4 in the nation, and globally, by the Economist.) ... In our survey, students give stellar marks to the faculties at many of the big American schools, including Chicago, Tuck and Virginia. ... American schools also boast the best careers services. Chicago, Tuck, Virginia and Columbia all rank in our global top-five schools when it comes to opening new career opportunities.
The freelance cartoonist will receive the award and accompanying $15,000 prize from journalist Bob Woodward.
“He was perfectly within his rights to make that determination,” said University of Virginia law professor David A. Martin, a specialist on immigration and constitutional law. “He is certainly making pretty ambitious use of the powers of the office, generally, and he’s quick with the press release on it,” Martin said. “But this decision seems like a pretty solid part of what attorneys general are supposed to do.” “I think it’s a sea change,” said University of Virginia law professor A.E. Dick Howard, who played a leading role in draft...
For affected students, securing an in-state discount would remove a financial hurdle that is insurmountable for many moderate-income families. At the University of Virginia, undergraduate tuition and fees in the coming school year for Virginia residents will total $12,998. For those from out of state, the charge will be $42,184.
At ultra-selective Harvard University, federal data show that the yield tops 80 percent. The University of Virginia’s yield is more than 40 percent. At William and Mary and the University of Maryland at College Park, it’s about 33 percent.
The University of Virginia on Wednesday named a new dean for the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Ian Baucom, a longtime English professor at Duke University, will head the college starting July 1. He replaces Meredith Jung-En Woo, a professor of international political economy who has served as dean for the past six years.