Researchers at the University of Virginia found that the child of a single mother is two to three times more likely to drop out of high school and boys raised by single mothers are more than twice as likely to be arrested before they are 30.
Newport resident Matt Plumb has lived the life that many enthusiasts dream of — taking your love of cars from weekend hobby to a career at the track. His story illustrates the dedication, and sometimes luck, that it takes to become a professional racecar driver.
Too many colleges still see their alumni as a source of revenue for the annual fund or attendees at reunions, not as lifelong learners who might need, and be willing to pay for, additional education. Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, told me that one of the advantages of offering MOOCs through Coursera "is that it’s a great way to reach out to alumni."
“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.”
(Video) Basketball fans at the home of the University of Virginia were out in full force at sports bars across Charlottesville Sunday night to watch the ‘Hoos take on Memphis in the third round of the NCAA basketball tournament.
Using life experiences and her love for fantasy, a fifth-grader from Tye River Elementary School crafted a short story that won her first place in a statewide literary competition. Cailin McCool drew inspiration from the sculpture “Oriforme,” by Jean Arp, for the 27th annual Writer’s Eye competition, organized by The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.
Next year, the University of Virginia will begin classes in its first degree in data science, a graduate program that could help train people to analyze data for corporations, scientific researchers and the federal government. It’s a growing field, especially in health care, where collection of patient data can help researchers study entire populations for risks and trends.
There was a whirlwind of activity at Oakland Raiders headquarters in Alameda on Friday. The Raiders announced that they acquired quarterback Matt Schaub from the Houston Texans in exchange for a draft pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Scientists studying the genomes of nearly 5,000 people have pinpointed a genetic variant tied to an increased risk for stroke, and have also uncovered new details about an important metabolic pathway that plays a major role in several common diseases. Together, their findings may provide new clues to underlying genetic and biochemical influences in the development of stroke and cardiovascular disease, and may also help lead to new treatment strategies. "Our findings have the potential to identify new targets in the prevention and treatment of stroke, cardiovascular disease and many other ...
Larry Sabato, director for the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said Snyder Republicans are pinning unpopular aspects of the law — canceled insurance policies, premium hikes and bureaucratic red tape — on Schauer, while boasting about Obamacare’s popular coverage for the poor. “Our entire political history is filled with politicians having their cake and eating it to,” Sabato said. “It just depends on whether the winds are at your back or your front, and this year the winds are at the backs of Republicans.”
Lois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medal recipient and author of more than 30 children’s books, never starts a novel with a plot mapped out. Instead, Lowry told a packed auditorium at the University of Virginia’s Culbreth Theatre, she pieces together the main character down to the last detail, and plans out the story’s beginning and end. Lowry spoke at StoryFest on Sunday, the last day of the 20th annual Festival of the Book.
(Commentary by U.Va. history professor Philip Zelikow; subscription may be required) In the west, the conversation is dominated by discussion of how to punish and isolate Russia for its role in the invasion and annexation of Crimea. That is a reaction not a strategy. A strategy begins with a clear understanding of the operational objective.
Dean Robert Bruner of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business is an astute observer of graduate business education and the MBA game. In a recent post on his excellent blog, Bruner opined on the winner-take-all theory as it applies to higher education and business schools in particular.
Paul A. Lombardo, Director of the Program in Law and Medicine at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, is quoted in an article on the victims of sterilization, which was practiced by the state of Virginia until the late 1970s to prevent births among people who were judged genetically inferior.
UVA law professor Jason Johnston is quoted in an article summarizing key issues discussed at the second annual conference of the Alliance of California Judges.
(Audio) Industrial Hemp... Heard of it? Then maybe you know it can be used to create paper, plastics, food, fuel, clothing, rope, insulation, building materials ... and more. We talk with some of those who want to make it legal to once again produce industrial hemp in Virginia, including Manuel Lerdau, a plant physiologist and ecologist and professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and the Department of Biology, University of Virginia.
Another way to understand happiness might be to track it over time — deep time. Researchers at the University of Virginia, reporting in a 2013 issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, did just that. They analyzed definitions of happiness from 30 nations, including definitions in Webster's dictionaries from 1850 to modern times.
Valadao's strong drought-relief advocacy could pay off come November, Pitney said. The freshman congressman is in one of the most Democratic districts held by a Republican, said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
“Back in the 1960’s, the 70’s, and the 80’s, cohabitation was a more unconventional way of getting together. The types of people who were cohabiting were less likely to conform to the traditional standards of marriage such as responsibility, fidelity, and commitment,” says Bradford Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.