If you’re anything like me, with eyes that roll over to the back of your head whenever you hear words like “reincarnation” or “parapsychology,” if you suffer great paroxysms of despair for human intelligence whenever you catch a glimpse of that dandelion-colored cover of Heaven Is For Real or other such books, and become angry when hearing about an overly Botoxed charlatan telling a poor grieving mother how her daughter’s spirit is standing behind her, then keep reading, because you’re precisely the type of person who should be aware of the late Profes...
Major college football coaches’ stocks rise and fall with the sound of the final gun every Saturday, but scrutiny and pressure are constants, both for the men on the sideline and their employers. The University of Virginia is a case in point. Two years ago, Coach Mike London was a hot commodity, fresh off an 8-4 regular season, a bowl berth and ACC Coach of the Year honors. That led to a contract extension. Then the tide turned.
High-rise mixed-use developments soon could dot the western end of West Main Street in Charlottesville as out-of-town developers seize on an improving economy to build new apartment complexes catering to University of Virginia students.
Her physicians at the University of Virginia Medical Center sent a letter to the medical staff at the Fluvanna Correction Center for Women, recommending Kidd be given medical clemency and released early on "humanitarian grounds."
University of Virginia emergency services personnel are giving the Fluvanna County Rescue Squad’s volunteer ambulance crews a manpower boost. UVa crews are running calls with county volunteers from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. as a way to help Fluvanna’s ambulance service deal with daytime manpower shortages.
The University of Virginia Center for Politics is looking for high school students for its first U.S Youth Ambassadors Program. Students can apply online to be part of an exchange trip to Argentina and Chile next summer.
(Editorial) The problem was brought into greater focus recently by research conducted by W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. In a piece he wrote for The Atlantic, he reported on data that clearly shows how the children of parents in intact marriages are more likely to graduate from college and earn high wages, and that this is especially true among children from less-privileged homes.
(Editorial) Failure to keep these plans healthy has had Charlottesville’s Ed Burton fuming for years. Mr. Burton is a VRS trustee and an economics professor at the University of Virginia. “Everyone likes to pretend these [retirement] systems are in good shape when they’re not,” he said. “This system is not in good shape.”
At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, a constitutional issue returns to the Supreme Court after a three-decade absence: the role that prayer may play in government meetings. Arguing for the local government in Town of Greece v. Galloway will be Thomas G. Hungar of the Washington office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, with twenty minutes of time. Supporting the town, at least in part, for the U.S. government as an amicus will be Deputy Solicitor General Ian H. Gershengorn, with ten minutes. Arguing for the town residents who challenged the prayer practice will be Douglas Laycock of Charlot...
(By Janie Heath, Thomas A. Saunders III Professor of Nursing and associate dean for academic programs at the University of Virginia School of Nursing) Several weeks back, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the increasing ubiquity and purported safety of e-cigarettes by touting its own fictitious product – “e-meth.” The skit, which included “Breaking Bad’s” Jesse Pinkman (actor Aaron Paul), offered e-meth as a sensible smokeless alternative to crystal meth itself – a completely far-fetched and ridiculous claim. It was also quite laughable –...
(Audio) Andrew Patterson speaks to Professor Jeanne Liedtka from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia who was in NZ last week to address delegates at NZ Trase & Enterprise's Better By Design Summit
The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business announced last week that next spring’s graduating class will have the largest proportion of women in its 59-year history – 36 percent.
As a result, state political experts are now echoing a similar refrain about the region becoming a must-win for Cuccinelli. “If he can’t hold off Terry McAuliffe in Southwest Virginia, then it’s over,” said Geoffrey Skelley, of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia political professor Larry Sabato said the state race has national implications. "If Republicans continue to nominate hard-right candidates, they will probably continue to lose a state once thought to be part of their Electoral College base," Sabato wrote.
Williamsport native and author Mary Szybist recently was named a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for poetry for her book "Incarnadine."
Do you remember this politician? His face is so familiar, but what the heck was his name? Or how about the celeb pictured next to him him? He was in a bunch of movies, but his name….darn, it’s on the tip of my tongue. Exactly. These annoying “tip-of-the-tongue” moments — when you know the name but just can’t retrieve it from your memory — seem to happen more often as we age and we often wonder if it signals some kind of brain decline. Don’t worry, say two University of Virginia psychology researchers.
While there is no surefire diet to whittle the waistline, new research offers hints. Arthur Weltman, an exercise physiologist at the University of Virginia, recommends staying away from trans fats found in packaged foods because it’s been shown to pack on abdominal fat.
Sabato says most of the races look like toss-ups to him. He's not calling any as even leaning Democratic at this point. "It's very hard to predict just where the (Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry) McAuliffe-led Democratic wave may crest," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. "It may be a very small breaker, carrying only one or two of these seats on election night. Or it could be a tidal wave, taking as many as seven or eight of them."
The University of Virginia's fraternities and sororities ended their Greek weekend with a carnival that benefited children. The free event brought people out to UVA grounds for an afternoon of fun. Sororities and fraternities set up booths with different activities for families, including a bounce house. All of the proceeds that were collected will go to the City of Promise, an educational program that strives to help kids in low income communities.
"My sense is that it is largely a story of interrupted promise," said Russell Riley, co-chairman of the Presidential Oral History Program at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. "The elevation of Kennedy in the public mind is inextricably linked with the tragedy of his death. So much would have been possible had he lived." … Johnson's war on poverty was also deeply rooted in Kennedy's agenda, University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato said at a news conference last month promoting his new Kennedy book.