State Alcoholic Beverage Control agents erred in their arrest of a University of Virginia student wrongly suspected of buying beer while underage, an agency commissioner said Friday. "This whole thing has embarrassed these people who have worked here all these years, all because of the poor judgment of six agents in that one incident," said Sandra Canada, an ABC commissioner listed behind only Chairman J. Neal Insley on the agency organization chart.
Among those quoted: J. Ben Rountree, 19, of Virginia Beach, a second-year pre-Commerce major interning this summer with Monarch Bank.
Inside organizations, givers not only find personal success; they turn into energizing forces that boost productivity among those around them. Citing research by University of Virginia professor Rob Cross and Andrew Parker of Stanford, this contrasts with the takers in organizations, who act like "black holes" sucking the energy from others.
My first thought at staring down a serve from a tennis professional: “It’s not that bad.” I saw it coming the whole way – even watched it as it whooshed by my unorthodox two-hand backhand flail. By the time 6-foot-4 Dominic Inglot started blasting serves toward my forehand, I’d seen enough to know exactly where they would bounce. I could shift and make contact. But contact was all it was – racket on ball doesn’t equate to ball in court. And of course, tennis isn’t baseball: a foul ball counts as a point for the other team; a weak mishit a setup f...
Eighteen-year-old Gabrielle Turnquest has made history becoming the youngest to pass the Bar exam at England’s University of Law. This may be just a natural progression for the youngster who graduated from the University of Virginia at 16 with a degree in psychology.
University of Virginia students’ Social Security numbers no longer are downloaded in a central database, the school will halt sending health mailers to students and a “particular query” that pulls information from the database no longer will be used, school officials announced Friday.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said there’s little chance Christie would give up the governorship of his home state for anything less than a sure thing. “I don’t believe there is much of a chance that Christie will resign as governor unless he is actually elected president or vice president,” Sabato said. “He relishes the governorship and isn’t about to give it up voluntarily just to run for the GOP presidential nomination.”
Five-year-olds who drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks or juices every day are more likely to be obese than those who have sugar-sweetened beverages less often, according to a new study. Although the link between sugary drinks and extra weight has been well documented among teens and adults, researchers said that up until now, the evidence was less clear for young children. "Even though sugar-sweetened beverages are relatively a small percentage of the calories that children take in, that additional amount of calories did contribute to more weight gain over time," said Dr. Mar...
In “Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch” (404 pages, Norton, $27.95), Charlottesville resident Barbara A. Perry, a senior fellow in the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, explores the life of the woman who gave birth to a president, two would-be presidents who served in the U.S. Senate, an ambassador to Ireland and five other exceptional children.
(Editorial) Virginia is the only state that frees families from any government oversight once a religious exemption is granted. This was highlighted in a report released last September by the University of Virginia School of Law’s Child Advocacy Clinic. The report, while recognizing the need to protect the rights of families to practice their religion and beliefs, pointed out the flaws of a law that subjugates the independent interests of a child in his or her education, also a fundamental right, to the beliefs of the parent.
If college is, as many people are wont to say, the greatest four years of your life, what are the next five years supposed to be? For former Virginia star Sean Singletary, they’ve been like the old Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock song, “Joy and Pain.”
“It’s indisputable that this is a year when many thousands want an alternative to the two major-party candidates,” said Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “Any analyst hears this constantly from Virginia voters who are dissatisfied with the choices.”
The question of whether state employees should accept gifts has received little attention, said Kyle Kondik, communications director at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "There's this kind of gray area where just because it's legal doesn't mean it's OK," Kondik said. "I think it's reasonable for the public to read about the tickets and say, 'That seems fishy.'"
Students entering the University of Virginia’s AccessUVa program starting in fall 2014 will have loans included in their financial aid packages. In a 16-1 vote Saturday, the Board of Visitors rolled back the “no loans” policy under the school's signature financial aid program.
Babies who regularly spend nights in another person’s home will be less securely attached to their primary caregiver parent as they grow up, a University of Virginia study found. Samantha Tornello, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at UVa, studied 1,000 children whose parents didn’t live together at the time of the child’s birth.
Charlottesville's Westhaven community gathered together on Saturday for its annual community day. And along with the good food and music, dozens of kids had an opportunity to get a free check up. Volunteers from the University of Virginia Children's Hospital were on hand to give children free sports physicals.