Throughout Virginia’s run to the NCAA tournament, the Cavaliers usually would put away opponents in the second half with the grinding style that has become their calling card. On Sunday night, with a chance to extend its memorable season, Virginia didn’t even bother waiting for halftime.
(By Andrew King, senior research associate, and Jeanne Liedtka, business professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. This was based on an original case by King, Liedtka and Kevin Bennett.) The big idea: Design thinking helped tap into the creative capacity of Dublin’s residents and city leaders. In 2009, a coalition of city officials and citizen volunteers used design-thinking methodology to help an innovation-averse bureaucracy marshal residents’ energy and ideas and equip citizens with the tools to create their own future.
On a recent afternoon, McQuinn pointed to the spot in Shockoe Bottom where a slave named Gabriel was hanged in 1800 for planning an uprising — not far from where Patrick Henry, a quarter-century earlier, urged Virginia troops to join the American Revolution with the words “Give me liberty or give me death.” “Until the Slave Trail Commission really began studying this stuff . . . I bet most Richmonders had no idea,” said Maurie McInnis, vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia Children’s Hospital will have a new home starting this June, if everything goes as planned. The UVa Medical Center’s Battle Building has been under construction for nearly three years, and officials say the $141.5 million project is nearly completed. When done, the building — located on West Main Street behind the hospital’s 11th Street Garage — will house all of the Medical Center’s children’s care departments in one place.
Frantz said the general idea is to create a nationally prominent advanced health care cluster, a center that includes companies, higher education institutions and other partners collaborating to advance research, development, businesses and jobs. He cited the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Petersburg, where Rolls Royce, Boeing, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech are engaged in pooled research and other synergies. "We're not sure if that's the exact model, but that's what we're thinking of," he said.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe may be a come-here from New York, but like any politician worth his salt he evidently knows it's good business to root for the local team. Perhaps with that in mind, McAuliffe's NCAA men's college basketball tournament bracket predicts the University of Virginia as the eventual 2014 national champion of the 68-team event that began this week.
(By Julian Bond, chairman emeritus of the NAACP, is a School of Public Affairs scholar at American University in Washington and a University of Virginia professor emeritus) This month we've honored the anniversaries of events that we hoped would change America forever. On March 21, 1965, hundreds of men and women began a peaceful march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to stand up for one of the most cherished and fundamental rights in our democracy — the right to vote. But on Sunday, March 7 — two weeks before this successful march — the demonstrators were stopped on the E...
As they take their shot at March Madness glory, University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University have a lot more on the line than just school pride and new banner for the rafters. A share of a nearly $200 million purse is up for grabs for VCU and UVA over the next three weekends during the NCAA tournament.
“The midterm dynamic is that the president’s party almost always loses seats or ground, and that’s particularly pronounced when the president is not popular,” said Kyle Kondik, who analyzes congressional races at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
It was an emotional day for medical students at the University of Virginia and across the country. Fourth-year students gathered to find out at the same time where they are headed for their residencies.
According to the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, there’s been a double-digit seat gain by a party just eight times since 1914, the start of popular vote Senate elections.
The University of Virginia sponsored a day-long discussion on sustainable water usage Friday, bringing in speakers from around the world to offer different cultural perspectives.
“This race is quickly becoming ‘likely Republican' if things continue to come together for Capito,” said Kyle Kondik, a University of Virginia political analyst. “... She is one of the few moderate candidates out there and has the right profile in this state to become the first Republican senator since the 1950s.”
The University of Virginia will celebrate the life of Dr. Richard F. Edlich — former professor, surgeon and founder of the university’s Burn and Wound Healing Center — at a memorial service Tuesday.
Hundreds of runners hit the pavement for a good cause Saturday morning in Charlottesville. The Zeta Tau Alpha chapter at the University of Virginia held its 20th annual Run for Life 5K. Zeta Tau Alpha raised nearly $20,000 for the UVA Breast Care Center through last year's Run for Life 5K.
There have been times during this postseason run that University of Virginia men’s basketball fans have cheered so loudly that U.Va. trumpet player Jacob Barnes struggled to hear himself or his fellow U.Va. band members play.
Larry Sabato told the Austin American-Statesman’s chief political writer that Texas is No. 1 among populous states whose voters lean Republican. Speaking to Gov. Rick Perry’s possible resurgence as a presidential candidate, Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, told Jonathan Tilove there’s a reason “why so many Texas politicians have had a high profile in the national GOP. Texas is by far the largest state that reliably votes Republican, plus it is a very conservative state that probably reflects the (Republican) base throughout the ...
(Commentary) There is a long tradition of Americans looking past the misdeeds of leaders who provide good stewardship, from Presidents Ronald Reagan (Iran-contra) and Bill Clinton (impeachment) on down. And often that comes down to jobs, dollars and sense. Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, explains, “Because the economic expansion was so strong, and Reagan often appeared to be disengaged, [voters] preferred to believe Reagan didn’t know what was going on rather than accept that he was trying to trade arms for hostages.” And Clinton, he notes, ov...
Victoria Harker is the CFO of Gannett and a proud University of Virginia alum. So when she joined GE's CFO Bracket Challenge for charity, it came as no surprise she picked the Cavaliers to win it all. Just as fitting is her charity of choice, AccessUVA, which provides financial aid to many students.
The University of Virginia's Nanoscience Institute opened its labs to the public Saturday to share hands-on demonstrations as part of its annual Nano-Days program.