The table below shows the fall 2012 yield for each ranked National University that reported the figure to U.S. News. The rate can be affected by a school's early decision or early action options, as some of those programs bind students to attending if accepted. (U.Va. ranks near the middle of the chart at 42.3 percent.)
The rate of population growth in Arlington from 2010 to 2013 was nearly three times the statewide average, according to new estimates, perhaps part of a trend of people abandoning the farther-out suburbs for a more urban lifestyle. The new data, released Jan. 28 by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia, suggest Arlington’s population is significantly higher than the county government’s own estimates – and also could belie Weldon Cooper’s previous assertions that Arlington’s population would be heading down, not up, in coming dec...
(By Sarah Annunziato, lecturer in Italian studies) Amanda Knox has faced three verdicts in six years over a case in which it was alleged she was part of a brutal knife attack on Meredeth Kercher in Perugia in 2007 that resulted in her death. Although Knox maintains her innocence, the Italian prosecution case against her continues. Why?
Scientists have made important advances in detection and treatment of some cancers, but doctors have few tools when it comes to the diagnosis of ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Now, a surprising discovery at the University of Virginia may lead to new tests for and treatment of those and other deadly forms of cancer.
The University of Virginia on Thursday announced the receipt of a $10 million grant for its data research institute from the foundation of alumnus Jaffray Woodriff.
The Olympics came to life for students at Greer Elementary School in Albemarle County Thursday, when two-time U.S. Olympian Alice Schmidt stopped by the school. Schmidt is a middle-distance runner who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is currently in the University of Virginia's pre-med program.
University of Virginia political scientist Larry J. Sabato said on Thursday that “No one has been able to detect any organizing by Ryan for a presidential run, but as the most recent VP nominee, he could start later than most. My sense is that he'd rather not do it, and he's only 44 years old in any event,” Sabato said. “He could make a bid in many cycles to come. But I suppose if the powers-that-be in the GOP were restless or panicking that an unelectable presidential nominee might be chosen, Ryan could be persuaded to make a bid. But so could Jeb Bush. And Governors...
When Eduardo Montes-Bradley set out to make a documentary about poet Rita Dove, he wasn't interested in information readily available in the public domain. After creating more than a dozen films about famous writers, the Argentinian-born filmmaker and local resident has become a master at cutting through the superfluous to get to the human within. The result of his two-year journey to document the evolution of Dove from a young girl to a world-renowned poet can be seen for free this evening at the Paramount Theater.
Enrollment in a free online course on the legacy of Thomas Jefferson is scheduled to open next month. The six-week course, “Age of Jefferson,” begins Feb. 17. “Age of Jefferson” is a collaborative effort between the University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
University of Virginia Center for Politics analyst Kyle Kondik says Republican Barbara Comstock and Democrat John Foust will probably emerge from the primaries, and then face each other in a very expensive race. "A million dollars isn't going to do it. It's going to be, you know, two, three or four million dollars probably," he says.
Richard Greene is a self-described contest junkie who has scored the freebie of a lifetime: two tickets to the Super Bowl. Greene was surprised this week with the pair of tickets during an assembly at Benjamin Bannecker Academy in East Orange where the 41-year-old works as a social worker and anti-bullying specialist.
The 2013-14 University of Virginia Chamber Music Series begins its new year this evening with a performance by the Rivanna String Quartet. The quartet will perform a program of classics starting at 8 this evening in Cabell Hall Auditorium. Listen for Felix Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13,” Giacomo Puccini’s “Cristantemi” and Bela Bartok’s “String Quartet No. 1 in A minor.”
Delores Schrock returned to her job as a nurse at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital recently after a two-month hiatus. But her time away from the hospital wasn’t a vacation — she spent it volunteering off the coast of Africa. Schrock spent two months, including Christmas and Thanksgiving, aboard the Africa Mercy, a medical ship that travels along the coast of the continent.
Author Bob Latham was at the Spirit of ‘76 Book Store in Marblehead last night signing copies of his book “Winners and Losers”. Latham, a graduate of Stanford and the University of Virginia law school, is a very successful attorney in Texas, specializing in commercial litigation.
Neoantigenics, a Charlottesville-based, privately held biotechnology company, has entered an early-stage research and development collaboration with Pfizer. The collaboration is focused on the development of antibody-based therapeutics and diagnostics that target biomarkers present in human cancers.
Virginia Tech and University of Virginia alumni and fans started a food fight in grocery stores and schools across the region Thursday — to donate goods and money to FeedMore.
All morning long chainsaws were going to remove the seven large magnolia trees that surround the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. This is just the first step of many to come as the university begins the second phase of a $50 million renovation project.
It seems easy at the time. You have unexpected bills, extra expenses or a drop in income. So you reach for the plastic. Then, for months, you drag that balance with you. "Credit cards are one of the most difficult things" for consumers to manage effectively, says James E. Burroughs, a University of Virginia commerce professor who specializes in consumer behavior.
Rita Dove has built a big, public career with an extravagant set of accomplishments and accolades.
Robert Mitchell Coggin, a longtime D.C.-area resident who played a key role in helping to pass a gay rights law in Montgomery County, Md., in 1984, died Jan. 19 from complications associated with Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy. He was 62. His friends Tanner Wray and Karl Debus-Lopez said Coggin became active in gay rights activities in 1972 when he co-founded the first gay student group, the Gay Student Union, at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1976.