The providers of massive open online courses have rapidly expanded in the past year, aided in part by a series of potentially lucrative no-bid deals with public colleges and universities, including for services that may extend beyond the MOOC model. At least 21 universities and higher education systems in 16 states have signed agreements with Coursera, Udacity or edX without going through a competitive bidding process, according to interviews and open records requests by Inside Higher Ed. … Pennsylvania State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University...
Despite dark national economic clouds, Central Virginians still see silver linings. A University of Virginia study released Tuesday showed the Consumer Sentiment Index – how happy consumers are – rated 91.8 of 100 in Charlottesville and the surrounding counties. The national index is 84.1, according to the University of Michigan.
Two biotechnology startups, RioGin and Alexander BioDiscoveries, have begun operations at the University of Virginia Research Park in northern AlbemarleCounty. RioGin is working to improve the performance of pharmaceutical compounds by producing safer medicines that are taken less frequently. Alexander BioDiscoveries is seeking to channel new anti-viral drugs into the pharmaceutical market pipeline. Both companies were started by former UVa faculty.
A recent University of Virginia study found that blacks 10 to 17 are more than five times as likely to be referred to juvenile court than whites and 60 percent less likely to be diverted to a community assistance program. Blacks also were twice as likely to be placed in detention before going to court.
(Video features Lisa Toccafondi Shutt, director of undergraduate programs at U.Va.’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies.) In Mauritania, thin isn't considered beautiful. Skinny women are viewed as poor and not able to afford food. We speak with body image experts around the globe about why women seem to be subject to body drama whether big or small.
“The Department of Justice couldn’t bring this case unless they believe they could prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin because of his race,” said Rachel Harmon, a law professor at the University of Virginia and a former prosecutor in the Justice Department’s civil rights division. “It’s not enough to show that Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin because of his race,” Harmon added. “They would have to show that he attacked Martin for that reason. . . . Proving that motive is why it&rsqu...
We discussed last year how University of Virginia clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay made the distinction between these two types of couples. Those who cohabitate before marriage plans are known as "Sliders" while those who wait until after becoming engaged are the “Deciders.”
“If you have a family member who has a heart attack, what happens now is we can save people from a heart attack even if they drop over and turn blue because we can put in a stent into the main artery that’s been blocked,” said Thomas Skalak of the University of Virginia. “What happens then is over a period of five, 10, 15 years, they have progressive heart failure. Well, there is research that has just discovered the type of cell that may be able to regenerate both the muscle cells in the heart as well as the blood vessel. So if you want your family members to have acce...
(By Timothy Wilson, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia) Scientific practice is under intense scrutiny these days, including in research psychology. Due to some high-profile cases of scientific fraud, and concern by some about shoddy research practices, there is a lot of hand-wringing going on. This is ironic, because this should be a time for hand clapping, not hand-wringing.
The University of Virginia Medical Center on Monday reopened its front lobby following four years of renovations.
The University of Virginia Medical Center is now opening the doors to a new main lobby. Hospital officials spoke in front of a crowd of people before cutting the ribbon leading to the new entrance.
Mark Crowell, the associate vice president for research at the University of Virginia and executive director of UVa Innovation, was a featured guest at "Accelerating the Commercialization of Research," a conference that convened Idaho's leaders in business, research and med tech on the subject of commercialization.
Stafford Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Olsen and defense attorney Denise Rafferty are expected to take the witness stand this week in the case of a former Aquia Harbour teen seeking to clear his name. Edgar Coker was 15 years old when he was accused of breaking into a neighbor’s home and sexually assaulting a then-14-year-old girl. Coker’s legal team has included the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia law school, the law school’s Child Advocacy Clinic, Just Children Legal Aid in Charlottesville and an attorney with McGuire Woods in Richmond.
University of Virginia’s Kyle Kondik and noted poll Grandmaster Nate Silver both have stories to tell on 2014. That story? Be very afraid, Democrats. Republicans could take the Senate in 2014.
Political observers said Schweitzer's decision to duck out of next year's Senate race has tipped the balance in favor of Republicans in the fight to succeed Baucus. "It's not a runaway, but Republicans now have an edge," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, is old enough to recall how Nelson Rockefeller's presidential ambitions were thwarted in the 1970s simply for having been divorced. That changed with the election of Ronald Reagan, but the real shift came with Bill Clinton, "the watershed for sexual offenses," Sabato said. "If the president of the United States could fool around, lie about it, and not only survive but emerge more popular than ever, why would a mere congressman or governor be held to a higher standard? Clinton made shamelessness ...
Paul S. Martin, a public policy specialist and director of Professional Development at the Batten School of Leadership, is scheduled to be a guest on Thursday’s “Virginia Insight,” discussing the ongoing implementation of the affordable Care Act.
(By Douglas A. Blackmon of U.Va.’s Miller Center. This article was originally published by the Washington Monthly Magazine.) On July 31, 1903, a letter addressed to President Theodore Roosevelt arrived at the White House. It had been mailed from the town of Bainbridge, Ga., the prosperous seat of a cotton county perched on the Florida state line. The sender was a barely literate African-American woman named Carrie Kinsey. With little punctuation and few capital letters, she penned the bare facts of the abduction of her 14-year-old brother, James Robinson, who a year earlier had been sold...
George Keith Martin, a Richmond attorney, became the first African American rector of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia. Martin has served on the university’s governing board since 2011.
For the fourth summer in a row, minority undergraduate students have come to the campus of the University of Virginia to participate in the Virginia-North Carolina Summer Research Program. The students are paired with faculty members or graduate students who serve as mentors and conduct research in astrochemistry, biology, chemistry, and chemical engineering. The program has been successful in attracting minority students to graduate programs in STEM disciplines at the University of Virginia.