The study looked at a larger volume of research than has been examined in previous studies on bias in behavioural research, says Brian Nosek, a psychologist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. However, he and other researchers say that this study shows only a correlation, so it does not prove that being a behavioural researcher or working in the United States causes the more extreme results.
President Obama said last week he wants to rate colleges on value and performance. The Washington Monthly, an independent magazine for policy wonks, released annual rankings Monday that attempt to do just that. (U.Va. ranked 51st among the top 100 national universities in the Washington Monthly list.)
Most law enforcement agencies in Virginia continue to use outdated eyewitness identification procedures two years after the state recommended a model policy, a study by a University of Virginia law professor found.
(Commentary) The Council for Aid to Education has stepped in with a new assessment test that is rapidly gaining market acceptance. This academic year, some 200 colleges will administer Collegiate Learning Assessment tests to create objective, benchmarked report cards measuring college students’ critical thinking skills. The CLA+ test constitutes yet another force eroding the traditional model of higher education.
In the last election cycle, South Carolina Republicans broke the state’s perfect record of picking every eventual GOP nominee since Ronald Reagan by choosing Newt Gingrich. But that hasn’t significantly diminished the state’s importance in presidential politics, according to Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The question of whether South Carolina hurt itself by picking Gingrich is being answered by the 2016 candidates flocking to the Palmetto State,” he said.
The 5th District remains "safe Republican" according to Crystal Ball, a political report put out by Larry Sabato and his team at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
That Linda Ronstadt would lose her powerful voice after a four-decade singing career is the ironic curse of Parkinson's disease. The neurological degenerative condition affects more than 1 million Americans, robbing them of speech, mobility and their cognitive abilities. "I am old enough to remember the beautiful vocalist and that is exactly the cruelty of what is taken away," said Dr. James Bennett, director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease at the University of Virginia. "Typically, people with Parkinson's develop a softening of their voice, a loss of volume ...
At 9:15 tonight, University of Virginia Professor Sidney Milkis discusses Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal economic programs enacted between 1933 and 1936, including the Emergency Banking Bill, the Works Progress Administration, and Social Security.
(Commentary) Should we be concerned that gay and lesbian employees of Virginia's public universities and colleges do not receive equal benefits, namely health insurance for their committed partners? Do we care if that hinders our ability to attract or retain talented faculty and staff, who opt for competitors that offer domestic partner benefits that we still do not?
Q&A with James Smith, a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Virginia and the founder of PureMadi. In this interview, he talks about the unique properties of their ceramic filters and why water filtration so important for the health of many countries.
The University of Virginia is getting back to its normal, busy state and students are making last minute preparations before the first day of classes. Monday, an On Grounds Bike Sale was held to encourage students to get off their feet and onto a bike.
(Co-written by Ryan McElveen, a 2011 alumnus of the College of Arts & Sciences) A rising political star. A murderous wife. An attempted cover-up. A runaway police chief. A playboy son. A secret French villa. A corrupt official. A political downfall. This conflagration of events surrounding the former high-ranking Chinese official Bo Xilai has captured the imagination of China watchers around the world. After 18 months of speculation, preparation and anticipation, Bo’s trial on charges of corruption and abuse of power began Thursday in Jinan, China.
(By Robert Spekman, professor in the Darden School of Business) Though Facebook, Twitter and a host of social networking sites are hugely popular among young and old alike, businesspeople who market to other businesses once ignored social media to their detriment. No more. Many are now experimenting with LinkedIn, blogs and Webcasts, but they often still miss a key point: Companies don’t join communities — people do — and if you sell to businesses, you should recognize your customers may already be part of a community that shares certain characteristics.
More than nine in 10 Virginia police agencies have failed to fully implement guidelines for police lineups and other eyewitness interviewing techniques despite a 2005 state law and several wrongful convictions tied to misidentifications, according to a new study. The finding marks a lack of progress in a state where officials have taken steps to cut down on police errors, while allowing police to apply changes themselves, said report author Brandon Garrett, a University of Virginia law professor.
Research published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience shows that the reason humans feel empathy toward friends is because we associate others close to us with our own selves. "A threat to ourselves is a threat to our resources," study research James Coan, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, said in a statement. "Threats can take things away from us. But when we develop friendships, people we can trust and rely on who in essence become we, then our resources are expanded, we gain. Your goal becomes my goal. It's a part of our survivab...
Former U.S. transportation secretary Norman Mineta’s remarks came as part of a recent event hosted by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center at the National Press Club in Washington. Six former transportation secretaries came together to discuss, among other things, highway financing.
The University of Virginia is kicking off a research initiative on data analysis and application that it hopes will be a model for future research institutes at the university. The Big Data Institute is a collaboration between different departments at the university that looks at ways to use what Rick Horwitz, UVa associate vice president for biosciences, calls the “overwhelming” streams of data collected by the government, corporations and academic researchers. The institute has a prominent role in UVa’s new strategic plan because, administrators say, it’s an example o...
“I’m sure it had an impact nationally, but I don’t remember a strong reaction in the community to the speech,” said Paul Gaston, professor emeritus of history at the University of Virginia, and a local civil rights activist in the 1960s. “That’s because we’d had a wakeup call a few months earlier at Buddy’s Restaurant that had a definite impact.”