Next September, NASA will send high-altitude balloons into the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere as part of an effort to collect data on cosmic radiation. If all goes as planned, one of the balloons will be attached to a satellite designed by students at a unique class at the University of Virginia.
Among the fastest runners was GYN oncologist surgeon Dr. Linda Duska of the University of Virginia. The mother of four also is the captain of the 200-strong surgeons' team for the race. Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable through early vaccination and routine screening. "Hopefully, if this country can adopt the HPV vaccine the way Australia has ... we could get rid of cervical cancer all together," says Duska.
The University of Virginia's sororities and fraternities are working toward fostering a better relationship with their Charlottesville neighbors. Sunday's Greek carnival at Madison Bowl aimed to promote unity within the community.
Hampton Roads school officials say they have measures in place to handle threatening behavior, such as through disciplinary action. Some divisions, including Virginia Beach, have partnered with a University of Virginia professor, the Secret Service and the state Education Department to train their teams.
Kids in Charlottesville listened to special guests read some of their favorite stories Saturday to kick off a benefit for the University of Virginia Children's Hospital. Pediatricians and physicians read to families at the Barnes & Noble store in Barracks Road Shopping Center for the start of this year's annual holiday book drive.
After successful runs the past four years, the Will Barrow Memorial Flag Football Tournament – organized by the U.Va. men’s lacrosse team – returns for the fifth annual event on November 9 with all proceeds going to the UVa HELP Line, a non-profit, student-run crisis hotline.
Geoffrey Skelley, an analyst and spokesman for the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said off-cycle elections like the commonwealth’s gubernatorial race have seen a steady drop in voter participation since 1997. But he believes the roughly 40-percent turnout in 2009 was an aberration. “I think we’ll see somewhere between the 2005 [45-percent] mark and 2009,” Skelley said. “One of the reasons turnout was that low last time was that it was a 17-point blowout. It looks like McAuliffe may win by 10 or more points by Election Day, but that’s not quite a...
Lu was inspired by the story of a customer from Ohio, who emailed the Coursera team to describe how she rallied women in her hometown to take a course. The group convened at a local community center to learn about business strategy from a professor at the University of Virginia. The majority of the participants were unemployed at the time. Over 60 percent completed the course, and two of the women landed marketing jobs.
Ira Hall, a professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Virginia who was one of the lead authors on the new study, was interested in whether DNA copy number variations were also prevalent in brain cells. “There was a really long-standing hypothesis that given the huge diversity of cell types in the brain, there might be [genetic] mechanisms . . . to generate [the] diversity,” Hall explained.
(By Russell Grieger, adjunct instructor in psychology) As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia, I regularly teach one-credit courses for professional educators in the Northern Virginia area close to Washington, DC. I created courses I believed to be solid in content but, beyond that, courses I believed had the potential to be of great use to the students. The long and short of it was that, for me, these courses took on much more importance than simply being a rewarding professional activity. They gave me an opportunity to express my passionate purpose—to make a significant,...
W. Bradford Wilcox, visiting scholar at AEI and a sociology professor at the University of Virginia, presented evidence that among less-educated families, children raised by married parents earn, on average, $4,000 more per year than children raised by divorced, unwed or single parents.
Three other entries earned honorable mention prizes; each will receive a $529 inVEST contribution. University of Virginia student Samuel Brott wrote from the perspective of a college savings account beneficiary. He credits his mother for making “the best investment any parent could make” by paying for his college tuition in advance using Virginia529 prePAID. “Many of my friends are paying for their own college tuitions and working hard jobs to pay their loans back,” Brott wrote in his entry. “I go to class, do my homework … knowing that I am financially sec...
This was the reason behind NASA’s project known as Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA). The ERA’s goals were to reduce aircraft emissions, noise and fuel consumption. This is what inspired the engineering students from the University of Virginia into focusing their time and energy into the simulation of an environment friendly plane. The result of this work is a simulation that employs a hybrid electric plane which is capable of flight with 50 passengers aboard.
Virginia Tech wants a long-term, home-and-home football series with Old Dominion, and the Monarchs are also discussing a series with the University of Virginia.
“But really, it is extraordinary that any Republican can win twice in New Jersey – whatever the margin,” says Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. “Christie's problem is not that Republicans don't think he can win blue states, but rather that he wins them at all, thereby suggesting he is too moderate for a very conservative party.”
People pushing JFK assassination-conspiracy theories—and those who blame Dallas’ “poisonous right-wing” atmosphere for the president’s murder—won’t find much to like in the new work of Dr. Larry J. Sabato, founder of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Sabato’s been in town flogging his new book, “The Kennedy Half Century.”
“It gave me, like, a taste of what is first world education,” said Alejandra B., a 21–year–old student studying business at a Catholic university in La Paz, Bolivia. She started the MOOC Camp in September, meeting weekly with other students who were taking Foundations of Business Strategy, a Coursera course taught by Michael Lenox at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Alejandra liked learning the real–world case studies and how to write a business plan.
(Video) Hundreds of kids were all over on the University of Virginia Lawn Thursday for a Halloween tradition.
(By Gregoris Kalai, a third-year student) I landed a summer internship and got featured on Business Insider, and most recently – scored a book. Not just any book – it was one that was written by someone I hold in high regard: Alexis Ohanian. Apart from being a UVA alum, he stands for many issues that have defined my generation: Internet freedom, transparency in politics, and extremely cute mascots.
A pleasant album of themes from various movies, seamlessly performed for an appreciative audience by five able musicians whose earnest labors affirm that there is an abundance of talented artists in this country whose endeavors pass largely unnoticed unless concerts such as this one are recorded and released so that a wider audience is able to hear and appreciate their proficiency. Saxophonist Tom Artwick leads the quintet, and he is a pleasure to hear on alto sax, tenor or flute, as are his teammates, trumpeter John D’Earth, bassist Paul Langosch, drummer Robert Jospe and especially pia...