The University of Virginia will honor retired director of operations and maintenance Jay Klingel as part of its Founder's Day activities. The school says it will plant a tree in Klingel's honor on the west side of the Lawn.
By Jane Alison, professor of creative writing and author of "Change Me: Stories of Sexual Transformation from Ovid."...Bodies do change, and who feels this more acutely than teenagers? Ways of talking about sexual changes and encounters—the strange borders of the self when first touching another—change too, from the metaphorical psychologies of Ovid to the popular teachings of a modern icon. But the truths inside both bodies and the tales we tell about them seem indeed to stay the same.
Not everyone thinks three-parent families are a good idea. There are religious groups that disapprove, believing that parenting and marriage should be between a man and a woman. And there are other skeptics, too. Bradford Wilcox, a professor at the University of Virginia and director of The National Marriage Project, says this is uncharted territory. "I think the concern here is that three parents will have more difficulty giving their children the kind of consistency and stability that they need to thrive as children and as young adults as well," Wilcox says.
A graduate of the University of Virginia, Mathisen didn’t simply rely on Lady Luck—each new résumé entry added precious new skills to his now impressive curriculum vitae.
Public investments in the safety net—specifically, programs that target poor children—have been shown to generate exceptionally high returns that benefit all Americans. For example, University of Virginia professor Chloe Gibbs; University of Chicago economist Jens Ludwig; and University of California, Davis, economist Douglas L. Miller estimate that Head Start produces a benefit-cost ratio of more than 7-to-1.
You kept waiting for the circumstances to get to Virginia, for the wide-eyed factor to take over, for the Cavaliers to wilt in the flaring theatrical lighting of Madison Square Garden and the screaming brass horns of the bands and the deep drone of the roars that circled the rotunda. They never did; instead, they just got a little tired and outmanned, and it took every bit of experience for Michigan State to beat them in Friday’s East Region semifinals, 61-59. ... By the end, the only question was just how soon they will be back because this is a program that clearly belongs.
Dan Bonner answered the phone Tuesday on his way through West Virginia. He had roughly seven more hours to drive until he reached Evansville, Ind. The Staunton resident and U.Va. alumnus is widely known as a college basketball analyst for CBS. Even though the 60-year-old sportscaster is done calling games for CBS at the 2014 NCAA Division I Tournament, he will finish out his broadcast season in Indiana on Saturday at the NCAA Division II college basketball national championship (3 p.m., CBS), where he has called the final for the last 11 years.
James R. Schlesinger, a tough Cold War strategist who served as secretary of defense under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford and became the nation’s first secretary of energy under President Jimmy Carter, died on Thursday in Baltimore. He was 85. From 1955 to 1963, Mr. Schlesinger taught economics at the University of Virginia.
Then there are the pols who have flirted with showbiz careers during a political hiatus. “Maybe they have something to prove. Maybe they are just addicted to the spotlight,” offers University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato, director of its Center for Politics and perhaps the dean of quotable political experts. “Only a tiny proportion of the population runs for office. Some motives are noble, others self-serving, but these unusual individuals have a thirst to be at the center of the action,” he said by e-mail. “Better a column than nothing at all. You’ll ...
(Podcast) UVA law professor Micah Schwartzman offers commentary on the significance and implications of the Hobby Lobby case.
On Tuesday’s Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon did a ‘Pros and Cons’ segment about the NCAA tournament. Somewhat predictably, Fallon used the opportunity to play off the name Virginia coach Tony Bennett shares with a famous singer (and a stripper).
This Virginia team, the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament’s East Region, will play fourth-seeded Michigan State on Friday night in the Sweet 16 at Madison Square Garden. Perhaps more impressive, the Cavaliers have captured even skeptical fans’ attention, forcing them to forget about an up-and-down program that, as it drifted further from the days of star center Ralph Sampson and former coach Terry Holland, seemed content to chase 20 wins, hope for an upset or two and make the occasional NCAA tournament.
Virginia (30-6) will continue its NCAA tournament run Friday night in the East Region against No. 4 seed Michigan State (28-8), a game in which the Cavaliers will be the rare No. 1 seed that enters as an underdog.
Q: Which discovery (or discoveries) in the solar system has most surprised you, and why? Anne Verbiscer, planetary scientist, University of Virginia: I know this sounds awfully self-serving, but the discovery that surprised me the most was that of Saturn’s Phoebe Ring! Yes, we planned our Spitzer observations with the intent of finding a ring, but we were really surprised (and delighted) to find that it was there!
(Letter to the editor by State Sen. Barbara Favola) In a recent study funded by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services with the University of Virginia’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, we learned that nearly 50 percent of the voluntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals could have been avoided if early treatment and community based services had been available; 25 percent of involuntary admissions could have been avoided.
Thursday afternoon, the University of Virginia band is on its way to New York City for the Sweet 16. The band packed up and boarded a bus for the trip to New York Thursday morning. That will give them a chance to sight see and possibly check out a few shows before the big game Friday.
High school student Richard Bohmah has dreams of becoming a doctor, and now he's getting support from not one but two generations of mentors. University of Virginia student Awaksi Asante mentors Richard through Collegiate 100, an off-shoot of 100 Black Men, the organization that put Awkasi in touch with his mentor, Dr. Marcus Martin.
BOSS (The Biannual Online-Journal for Springsteen Studies), the first academic journal devoted to all things Springsteen, will feature scholarly writings on the Boss himself, expanding the field of “is this actual learning?” academics into new territory. Its first edition is slated to be released in June of this year. The managing editor is Jonathan D. Cohen, a Ph.D. student in the Department of History at the University of Virginia.
Every year, some students will be left reeling when they do not get accepted into their first-choice college. In Fairfax County’s competitive academic environment, with more and more students applying to top-tier schools, those golden tickets can be particularly hard to come by, Nelson said. From 2008 to 2013, the University of Virginia had a 19 percent increase in applicants from the county, according to SCHEV data. “Many schools have been increasing their spots for in-state students, but the demand just remains so strong,” Nelson said. “In Northern Virginia, there can...