traces of long-gone readers live on, preserved in the books themselves, in the stacks of the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library. The volumes aren’t housed in the library’s special collections but in the regular stacks, where they’re free to circulate—or to be discarded someday. Like countless other 19th-century volumes in libraries across the country, they enjoy no special protection. That worries Andrew M. Stauffer, an associate professor of English at Virginia. Mr. Stauffer is leading a new crowdsourced project, Book Traces. It’s designed to call gr...
A narrowly divided Supreme Court upheld decidedly Christian prayers at the start of local council meetings on Monday, declaring them in line with long national traditions though the country has grown more religiously diverse. The content of the prayers is not significant as long as they do not denigrate non-Christians or try to win converts, the court said in a 5-4 decision backed by its conservative majority. Though the decision split the court along ideological lines, the Obama administration backed the winning side, the town of Greece, N.Y., outside of Rochester. Douglas Laycock, a Universi...
Glycated hemoglobin or HbA1c is the standard measurement for assessing glycemic control over time in people with diabetes and blood levels of HbA1c are typically measured every few months in a laboratory. The relationship between HbA1c and average glucose levels could determine whether HbA1c could be expressed and reported as average glucose in the same units as used in self-monitoring which could increase individuals' motivation to improve diabetes control. Scientists at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA, USA) working with those at Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt,...
Packaging designer Walter Landor once said, "Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind." One of the most iconic and long-lasting brands was born in the imagination of a teenage boy, Antonio Gentile.
"[Mitch McConnell] strikes me as someone who takes down names and remembers who was with him and who wasn't," said University of Virginia politics professor Larry Sabato. "Local officials call a senator often, requesting this and that. The old saying in politics is that those who endorse early get the favors, and those who endorse late get good government."
Impact committee members studying youth employment had asked UVa Health System to start a pilot program of tuition waivers for 30 students to train in entry-level medical positions. They estimated the cost to be $90,000. UVa officials agreed to look into grants that would create a similar program with other funding coming from local organizations and “stakeholders.” They stopped short of promising a unilaterally funded program should the grants fail or stakeholders not be found.
Ensuring that school divisions certify that their students are learning non-SOL subjects adequately is a key piece of moving away from the tests, said Tonya Moon, professor at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. “The legislators dropped the assessments, but then put the onus on the school division that the children are getting the information,” she said. “Often the areas that are not on tests do not get taught.”
Students listen to the jazz band and cheered on their teachers as they danced. They also heard a motivational speech from University of Virginia football player, Khalek Shepherd. This was all in an effort to get students pumped for the big exams.
The son of movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn is one of the famous alumni of UVa, and a member of the class of 1947. He returned to his alma mater on March 2, 1964, as a visiting artist in the Emily Clark Balch lecture series. The film director and producer would spend a week at the school giving lectures, visiting classes and meeting with student groups. He, as would be expected, talked mostly about the film industry, but the story of his own life likely would have had listeners taking in every word.
Elizabeth Alleen Wilson is the youngest daughter of Kemmons Wilson, Jr. and the grandson of Kemmons Sr., founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels which the family still controls. Lizzy attended the University of Virginia, where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
University of Virginia was one of four schools tied for second place in the All-America Student Analyst Competition — each school finished with five students in the top 100. More than 2100 students from 81 schools participated.
A third-year student at the University of Virginia has been awarded a scholarship that will pay for tuition and room and board for her final year. She was selected out of 50 nominees for the Sky Alland Scholarship. Allie Griswold was nominated for the award anonymously and after a long review process, was chosen to her surprise.
Even students from the University of Virginia have found ways to get involved.“[Engineering Students] Without Borders … have identified this [ecovillage] as a project they would like to be involved in,” Freeman said.
For many young students in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, lacrosse is a sport they never knew existed. And as Anne-Marie Green explains, it's changing their lives, one game at a time. Law School third-year Simon Cataldo is featured.
A month after being approved by the General Assembly, Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed House Bill 206 into law at the beginning of April. The legislation requires each four-year public institution of higher education in the commonwealth of Virginia to create and feature on its website information dedicated solely to the mental health resources available to students at the institution. The bill was drafted and proposed by a group of students from the University of Virginia, including Hannah Bondurant, a third-year student at the university.
Alison Traub, after helping the University of Virginia wrap up its $3-billion campaign, joined Cambridge University last June as development and alumni-relations director.
“If he wants to accomplish this, this may be the only way for him to be able do it, it just has consequences,” said Geoff Skelley, political analyst with the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia, added two more names to that list — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
"We've heard this before," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.