(By Michael Lenox, a business professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and Rebecca Goldberg; Darden professor Jeanne Liedtka co-authored the original case) The big idea: The lens had changed on the optical industry when Warby Parker launched in 2010. An online retailer, it offered $95 single-vision frames in 27 proprietary styles. And with each pair it sold, it donated one to a nonprofit partner. In a move that might differentiate it from its many “me-too” competitors, the company recently has opened two full service brick-and-mortar stores in New ...
Finding a balance between the two will be hard to navigate, said Douglas Laycock, a professor at University of Virginia Law School. “It’s hard to get the middle that protects the rights of gay individuals to marry and protects the rights of those who don’t want to participate,” he said. “Both gay rights and religious liberty people want rights for their side but not for the other.”
The College Board recently awarded 18 graduates of Suffolk’s public high schools for strong achievement in 2013’s advanced placement exams. Thirteen were named AP Scholars, three were named AP Scholars with Honor, and two, Lakeland High School graduates Matthew Bradshaw and Jonathan Defreeuw, are AP Scholars with Distinction. “It takes time management, but it’s definitely doable, as long as you are dedicated to the course,” Bradshaw, now at The University of Virginia studying chemical engineering, said of the six AP classes he took.
“Museum,” Tina Howe’s play about the final day of an art exhibition, will continue at 8 tonight, Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Ruth Caplin Theatre. The University of Virginia Department of Drama’s new production features Phillip Rodgers as the Guard, who keeps a watchful eye on the artworks and the opinionated visitors who view them. Together, the actors present an absurdist perspective on critical responses to contemporary art.
There’s no holding it back. Just ask Dr. Karen Rheuban, director of the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth in Charlottesville. The center she co-founded and directs goes back to the mid-1990s, when telehealth visits were not reimbursed by insurance companies. Three developments since then have played roles in expansion.
Musical ensembles at the University of Virginia are heating up a busy winter week with diverse performances.
A program at the University of Virginia is preparing veterans to transition back into civilian life. The Darden School of Business is hosting the weekend-long Accelerated Master's Program in Systems Engineering.
"It’s probably the only year [Florida Gov. Jeb Bush] could run," says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, the dynasty issue disappears. It will simply be a choice between dynasties." John King, on CNN's "Inside Politics" on Sunday, reported hearing from Republican fundraisers that Bush "is starting to ask some serious questions" about a run in 2016.
Dozens grabbed hula hoops and got in a good workout Friday night in honor of National Heart Month. The University of Virginia Heart and Vascular Center's Club Red program hosted "Hoop for Your Heart" at the aquatic and fitness center.
"These are the incumbents running for their second term. And governors usually win their second term. Even in places where they are shaky," Larry Sabato, the director of University of Virginia's Center for Politics, told CBS News. "There are only a handful of incumbents who really are in trouble. So you're going to have a lot of stability."
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, recently wrote that it is a seat "almost certain to flip to the Republicans."
Created following the 1985 arrest of a state senator on conflict charges, the panels not only operate in the dark, they lack teeth, said Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “In addition to stringent limits on gifts to public officials and their families, a solid ethics reform bill would create an independent, nonpartisan ethics commission with subpoena power,” Sabato said.
In December 2009 Mark Onetto, chief of operations and customer relations at Amazon and a close collaborator of Bezos, gave an hourlong lecture on the Amazon Way to master’s of business administration students at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Onetto is a disconcerting figure, because once he starts talking, style and substance are in sharp contrast. He is French born, and he still speaks with the rather faded insouciance of Maurice Chevalier and “Gay Paree,” and he makes much of this in his lecture. But there was nothing gay (in the traditional ...
As Todd prodded Pence, the governor touted facts about Indiana’s economy without directly addressing his questions. But Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said it’s unlikely that Pence’s name will crop up as a serious contender for 2016.
“The kids are so intense, and they’re so young,” said Naveed Tavakol, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Virginia who volunteered to help administer an experimental design test to middle school students. Tavakol said he used to compete in the Olympiad as a student in Northern Virginia, and the experience motivated him to pursue the pre-med track at UVa.
The University of Virginia is planning to offer master’s degree programs in data science and European studies. Officials say the university’s Board of Visitors approved the degree programs on Friday.
Details surface in tantalizing fragments of newspaper ads, sales receipts, directory listings, family records and archaeology. The complete story may never be known, to some extent because it was so woven into ordinary life. “It wasn’t anything that Richmonders thought much about,” said Maurie D. McInnis, guest curator for an exhibition, “To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade,” that will open in October at the Library of Virginia.
Dewey Cornell is an education professor at the University of Virginia and has consulted on numerous efforts to prevent school violence. He thinks school safety is essential to learning. "We know that teachers are much more effective in schools that are safe and orderly," he wrote in an email. Cornell also noted that most schools will never endure a shooting. For that reason, he thinks resource officers need to do more than serve as security guards. "The rush to fortify our schools is not a cost-effective practice, since there are many more risks to students outside of school tha...
A mental health bill put together by a group of University of Virginia students is getting closer to passing through the General Assembly. The bipartisan group called Legislators of Tomorrow originally drafted a bill to raise awareness about mental health resources on college campuses.
(Commentary by State Del. Kirk Cox, R-66th) We have added $6.2 million dollars to create 1,700 additional in-state slots at The College of William & Mary, Virginia Tech, James Madison University, and the University of Virginia. We've also committed $20 million in new funding to help mitigate increased tuition costs. Tuition increases for the last two years, at 4 and 4.7 percent, are some of the lowest tuition increases in the last decade. Our goal is to continue with this trend so more Virginia students can attend the Commonwealth's world-class universities.