The author interviews her father, William Harris, and her uncle, Wesley Harris, who recall the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to the University Grounds in 1963.
Virginia families are saving more for their children’s college education, according to the Virginia529 College Savings Plan. … Virginia Tech received $24.3 million, the highest distribution made by the plan. The University of Virginia was second at $20 million, and James Madison University was third at $13.5 million. Rounding out the top five were Virginia Commonwealth University, which received $12.2 million, and the College of William and Mary at $10.6 million.
It's already known, of course, that lawyers may choose to call only experts who support their cases. So there's probably a biased sample of psychologists going on the stand in the U.S., anyway. But four psychologists from the University of Virginia and Sam Houston State University wanted to see if a large sample of psychologists, chosen without a side in mind, might also be vulnerable to bias.
Psychology apps and websites mimic behavioral therapy, explains Lee Ritterband, Ph.D., only it’s “fully automated, using technology instead of other means” such as one-to-one counseling. Ritterband, director of the Behavioral Health & Technology Laboratory in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia, thinks apps can definitely serve some of the same purposes as human therapists.
Being a playwright requires a person to be mentally in many different places at once. What do the actors say? How should they move? What’s the point of this? Over time, and after several rewrites, the playwright might have enough material for a solid one-act play. Laurel Mill Playhouse will be celebrating those short plays during its One-Act Festival starting Sept. 6. The first weekend will highlight some of the works of Mark Scharf.
(Commentary) I could hear frustration in Brandon Garrett's voice. The University of Virginia law professor has prodded the state's police and sheriff's departments to use witness identification procedures that reduce errors - and avoid targeting people who are innocent. The state Department of Criminal Justice Services adopted so-called "best practices" in 2011, but most agencies continue to use outdated techniques, according to a study Garrett released this week.
When Noriega's puppet candidate lost in the 1989 Panamanian election, Noriega nullified the results. U.S. President George H. W. Bush "was appalled by Noriega's thwarting of democracy and began to focus on removing him from power," according to the University of Virginia Miller Center website.
(Editorial) A University of Virginia study published this week in the Virginia Journal of Criminal Law found that many agencies have neither adopted written policies as urged nor instituted best practices for eyewitness evidence. The study was based on a survey of state law enforcement.
The University of Virginia officially welcomed its newest Wahoos on Tuesday for the first day of classes on Grounds.
Tuesday, the University of Virginia's student newspaper officially unveiled the first edition of its biweekly newsmagazine format. The Cavalier Daily announced in January the shift from a daily print publication to what they call a "digital-first newsroom."
University of Virginia student Walter Keady says the first essential step all incoming underclassmen must take is setting aside the “ideal for what college is supposed to be: perfect.”
But the lucrative IPOs depend on continued enthusiasm — which could evaporate if investors decide that the market is too unstable. After a bubble bursts, investors can shun a field for years, says Chris Yung, an associate professor of finance at the University of Virginia. “As a society, we seem to be pretty poor at determining when we’ve hit the right point to stop.”
In my case, hip-hop culture not only piqued my intellectual curiosity, but also inspired me toward college and graduate school. It was there (thanks to the University of Virginia's Claudrena Harold) that I learned about a different King and realized my friends and I had digested a "Disney-fied" King.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute of Health. The money will be used to conduct a worldwide research project on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
An example of a local daylighted stream is the Dell at the University of Virginia. That project also restored native plants and created an attractive public space adjacent to the university’s Curry School of Education.
FiberLight has won a 20-year contract to provide its dark fiber services to The University of Virginia, connecting the main university data center to Northern Virginia.
Huge protests still happen, of course, and organizers believe they still can be effective. But influencing public policy has become more sophisticated. Interest groups have learned to target specific lawmakers, and not always in Washington. Pushing specific legislation can make more sense. “The system today is incredibly open to external influences,” said Gerard Alexander, associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia.
Post-graduate business schools are beefing up their efforts to prepare students to start and run their own business, new research shows. The study – sponsored, in part, by the University of Virginia Darden School of Business' Batten Institute, the University of Louisville's Forcht Center for Entrepreneurship, and the University of Texas at Austin's Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship – was based on surveys of 137 full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs.
Decisions made by large employers, such as the University of Virginia, have a ripple effect throughout the region, said Darla Rose, an employee benefits consultant at Bankers Insurance. UVa last week announced that it will no longer provide insurance coverage to spouses of university employees who can get insurance through their own employer. “I have some municipalities and school systems that are affected, because a lot of [UVa employee spouses] were waiving coverage, and now they may have 20 or 30 employees that need to jump on their health insurance.” Rose said those employers a...
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced the 39 members of the 2014 Leadership Charlottesville class. Established in 1982, the program’s goal is to build a cadre of engaged civic and community leaders. More than 850 participants have graduated since the program began. The University’s participants include Thea Grover-Patrick and Gary Nimax.