Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies, discussed the FCC’s proposed “Net neutrality” rules that would allow content providers like Apple and Netflix to pay for faster delivery over the so-called “last mile” of connection to people’s homes, but would increase oversight of those deals so they don’t hurt competitors or limit free speech.
Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom” agrees that we all have our own particular mix of abilities and talents, but explains that there is no specific data to show that children learn better when information is delivered according to a preferred style or mode. In other words, we may have disparate abilities, but the mode through which information is delivered has no bearing on how well we learn th...
A public-private research center in Prince George County focused on developing high-tech manufacturing processes has hired a new executive director. The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing said Thursday that Joseph F. Moody had been named president and executive director. Moody will start work May 5 at the center, known as CCAM. It is operated as a partnership among numerous private companies, government agencies and public universities in Virginia, including U.Va.
A group of students at the University of Virginia has launched a website to help other students buy and sell graduation tickets.
(By Kyle Kondik, political analyst at U.Va.’s Center for Politics) Yes, we know reporters have to react to news and find ways to make it relevant, but pardon us if we didn’t gag a little bit seeing headlines about the potential impact of Chelsea Clinton’s pregnancy on her mother’s potential presidential campaign. The minor media blip got us thinking about some campaign news from 2014: negative stories or gaffes that have at times popped up about this candidate or the other. Do these developments matter?
University of Virginia political scientists Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik predict that the GOP will gain five to eight seats in the fall and expand its current majority.
With a stroke, every moment counts, and now the University of Virginia Medical Center has proved to exceed national standards. The American Heart Association awarded UVA with two awards for excellent care. The program took home the “Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award,” the highest level possible, and made the “Target: Stroke Honor Roll.”
It has happened to all of us, I’m sure. You hit “send,” only to realize autofill has provided the wrong address. Or, you “reply all” when you meant your response to be private. How many times have you said to yourself, “If only I could unsend that email”? Now you can. Two Harvard Law School students, Lindsay Lin and David S. Gobaud, have launched a free service, Pluto Mail, that allows users to unsend emails after they’ve been sent. It also allows users to edit emails after they’ve been sent (but before they’ve been opened), set auto-...
Few experts were considering Thune as even a dark horse candidate for 2016. Rankings by political watchers, such as the Washington Post or Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, don’t include Thune in their lists of potential candidates.
“I think his secret was his utter unflappability and his ability to keep his eye on the ball no matter what else was going on,” said Gary W. Gallagher, a historian at the University of Virginia and author of numerous books about the war.
A Falls Church family has turned the pain of the sudden loss of family member into something positive. Margo Schulman and her family started, “Shine On” Week at Jeb Stuart High School in Falls Church, the alma mater of Casey Schulman who died two years ago at the age of 22. Casey Schulman was a student at the University of Virginia when she died in a boating accident during a snorkeling trip that was part of her semester at sea in the Caribbean in 2012.
Karl Kuhn's world is all about the K. He has his wife Katrina, plus their two young boys: Kason and Kruse. And as pitching coach at the University of Virginia, Kuhn's Kavaliers... er, Cavaliers... are annually among the nation's leaders in Ks - baseball shorthand for strikeouts. But as top-ranked U.Va. enters a marquee ACC weekend series at No. 5 Florida State tonight - and then visits Norfolk's Harbor Park on Tuesday to play Old Dominion - the "whiff" is only part of why these Cavs (35-7) work so well.
Former University of Virginia and Tampa Bay Buccaneers standout Ronde Barber headlines the inductees in Portsmouth today and Saturday for the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Weekend. Barber, a three-time All-Pro cornerback who is the only player in NFL history with at least 40 interceptions and 20 sacks, will join his twin brother Tiki, a 2011 inductee, in the hall. The Barbers are the first brothers to be inducted.
Hillary Clinton's remarks about men aging and tiring more quickly than women are typical of her lopsided views on the sexes, according to Dr. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
(Guest post by Hannah Barefoot, Master’s of Landscape Architecture candidate) Renowned botanists Francis Hallé and Peter Del Tredici came to the University of Virginia to teach landscape architecture students about the architecture of trees.
Assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Virginia, Laura Smart says the human brain is wired to allow it access to the very thoughts that it's trying to suppress. And, under stress, it is even less able to suppress them, driving you to reveal a secret, most likely by accident.
At least two NCAA committees in recent weeks have been focusing on when academic misconduct rises to the level that it requires NCAA investigation. Members of those committees say their work is not specific to the scandal at UNC, but they are aware of it. “You can’t say that it’s not there and on people’s minds,” said Carolyn Callahan, an education professor at the University of Virginia and a member of the NCAA’s Division I Academic Cabinet. She said her committee has been working on the issue for two years.
With three members objecting, the University of Virginia board of visitors Wednesday approved a 4.3 percent increase in tuition and total mandatory fees for in-state undergraduates that opponents said far exceeds the rate of inflation.
The University of Virginia’s governing board approved a 4.3 percent increase in tuition and fees Wednesday for first-year in-state students, overwhelmingly supporting the price hike despite objections from critics who called it excessive.