Early in her career, Barbara was a pioneer in breaking down gender barriers in the legal profession. Now a U.S. District Court judge, she has presided over some of the most controversial and important trials in North Texas during the last 15 years, and Mike is a pit bull trial lawyer who stunned the legal community two decades ago by leaving the comforts of a large silk-stocking law firm to start what has become one of the most successful and respected litigation boutiques in Texas. Mike and Barbara Lynn are Dallas’ undisputed legal power couple.
Brian Breslin started Refresh Miami, the largest tech entrepreneur organization in South Florida, in 2006. The group has grown to 8,500 members and routinely attracts 300 to 500 people to every monthly event.
University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato for instance, currently predicts Republicans will net five to eight seats in November.” (For decades, I have viewed Sabato as one the nation’s most astute political commentators.)
“The common thread is that there’s a Democrat in the White House who’s not that popular,” said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan research group at the University of Virginia. “It wouldn’t be surprising if any of those states went Republican.”
“We use music as a carrot to bring young people in and off the street at a time when statistics indicate adolescents get in the most trouble,” said Sibley Johns, director of the Music Resource Center and a musician with a master’s degree in counselor education from the University of Virginia.
Fuller Seminary professor 'transformed the old conversation between just war theorists and pacifists.' Also rethought Sermon on the Mount and 'incarnational discipleship.'
Hazing is legend on American campuses, but scrutiny is tightening. The University of Virginia is an example. The school recently suspended two fraternities. Pi Kappa Alpha ordered pledges to take bites out of an onion and lined up the prospects in the basement where condiments were dumped on their heads, according to Dean of Students Allen W. Groves. A student was hurt at Sigma Nu, an anti-hazing fraternity where pledges were forced to engage in physical activity Groves deemed excessive, he said.
Those trends look troubling, said University of Virginia professor of business administration William Sihler, who reviewed the company’s statement at the newspaper’s request.
"Today's action by the FDA has given women a better alternative method to reassure themselves they do not have this deadly yet preventable disease," Mark Stoler, professor emeritus of pathology and clinical gynecology at the University of Virginia Health System, said in a statement provided by Roche.
Sunday, a group of Albemarle High School varsity baseball players and members from the University of Virginia's Athletes for Hope stopped by to help the foundation.
I just completed a book by an old colleague of mine, Gerald Warburg, who after decades working in government and then as, of all things, a lobbyist, concludes that the system can work.In fact, during his time in government, he made it work. And he did so when he was all of 23. The book is called “Dispatches From The Eastern Front: A Political Education From The Nixon Years To The Age Of Obama.”
Great students and faculty fuel a “self-reinforcing cycle” of growth, excellence, innovation and influence at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Bob Bruner, the business school’s dean, said the challenge for Darden’s next leader will be to sustain that cycle while being mindful of the changes and challenges facing today’s educators, entrepreneurs and managers.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe heads to Charlottesville on Monday to mark two milestones. At a ceremony at the University of Virginia Medical Center with state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, McAuliffe will commemorate his signing of Senate Bill 260, the mental health legislation Deeds backed after his family tragedy in November. McAuliffe also will address Larry J. Sabato’s final Introduction to American Politics class at UVa.
Some city managers pull in large salaries based on their years on the job, said Tedd E. Povar, of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVa.
Reggie Aggarwal is founder and CEO of Cvent, a cloud-based event organizing tool. His story, and his personality, make him a local favorite for entrepreneurs who want to hear about surviving a near-death experience in the business world.
Have you noticed that the best businesses are typically built on easy-to-understand foundations? That is, one big idea. That was the message that Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank delivered last Friday in a keynote talk at a University of Virginia Entrepreneurs Symposium.
In the early 1960s, while teaching science at St. John Vianney Seminary in Goochland County, Roy Cosby earned a Master of Education in Science from the University of Virginia. He took classes at night after teaching during the day.
U.Va. men’s head tennis coach Brian Boland was named National Coach of the Year for tennis by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
(Podcast) Deborah Lawrence, a professor of environmental sciences, discusses University of Virginia’s lead in a massive climate change mapping and modeling project. She also talks about the 2℃ limit and the appearance that we cannot achieve that.
(Podcast) Dr. Christopher Ali, an assistant professor of media studies, discusses the possible ramifications of the proposed FCC net neutrality rules.