University of Virginia Health System Dr. Jeffrey Barth, who served as the center’s primary neuropsychology consultant, said he was disappointed to see the center close. “Our job at [the Brain Injury Center] was to help to normalize these folks … to introduce them [back] to daily activities,” said Barth.
Meredith Woo, dean of the University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2013 Elizabeth Zintl Award from the UVa Women’s Center.
University of Virginia researchers and seven local biotech companies will share more than $1 million in state funding from the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund, university officials announced on Wednesday.
“I think when people think about it, they’ll ask, ‘How do we know Spitzer is over his problem? Did this leopard change his spots? Maybe he’s just like Weiner,’” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
Architect Magazine bestowed its 2013 Research and Development award to the ecoMod project, which consists of two demonstration homes on Poplar Creek Street. The high-efficiency, low-cost modular units were named the R&D award winner in the July edition of Architect Magazine. The two houses represent a collaboration by the Virginia Tobacco Commission, the University of Virginia School of Architecture, and Cardinal Homes of Wylliesburg. University faculty and students developed the homes with the assistance of a $1.2 million Tobacco Commission grant, and Cardinal Homes is manufacturing the m...
In the ensuing decades, as the national divisions over slavery sharpened, the South escalated its resistance to federal activism, opposing even non-controversial matters like disaster relief. As University of Virginia historian Brian Balogh noted in his book, A Government Out of Sight, Southerners asserted an extreme version of states’ rights in the period from 1840 to 1860 that included preventing aid to disaster victims. Balogh wrote that the South feared that “extending federal power” – even to help fellow Americans in desperate need – “might es...
The dizzying varieties of American religious experience, scholars say, has roots nearly as deep as old-time religion. At the University of Virginia, Matthew S. Hedstrom teaches a popular class called “Spiritual but Not Religious,” which traces the evolution of American spirituality from the 19th-century Transcendentalists to Alcoholics Anonymous, yoga and “the gospel of Oprah.”
Larry Sabato, the University of Virginia’s political sage, says that Republicans aren’t likely to change course in reaction to their internal divisions because redistricting in 2010 made congressional seats resistant to national trends. “I see it playing a much bigger role in 2016 than 2014,” Sabato said. “I think it’s likely that Republicans will gain seats in one or both houses and they’ll misinterpret those gains. They’ll see this as a validation of their positions when, in fact, the presidential election will reopen their problems.”
Another proud moment of Vaticano’s career came when he not only received a bachelor’s degree in sociology and criminal justice from Centenary College in May 2008, but also received a master’s degree in human resources training and development in December 2009. “I just kept on going after my time in Quantico,” he said. Since 1972, FBI National Academy students have been able to earn undergraduate and graduate credits from the University of Virginia due to the accreditation by the university of the many courses offered.
The quest to define Michelle Nunn's political persona began in earnest Tuesday as she made her formal entry into Georgia's U.S. Senate race.
A new hedge fund in Cleveland has attracted more than 40 investors and is investing in the stock of small companies, a strategy it will keep even as it grows, its founder says. Ben Mackovak, a 32-year-old Willoughby native, commenced operations on March 1 of Cavalier Capital LLC — named for his “beloved” Cleveland Cavaliers and the mascot of the University of Virginia, where he earned his MBA. His two employees and he have grown the fund's assets under management by more than 60% since then, though he wouldn't say how much of the fund's maximum $300 million has be...
(Editorial) The issue, though, isn’t excellence. The issue is opportunity. The specter of six-figure debt causes some students with more potential than capital to turn away from college. Plans like the one being born in Oregon offer opportunity. Pay it Forward, Pay it Back deserves contemplation by other states, including Virginia. If it works there, it can work here.
A study at the University of Virginia shows that children of older moms score higher than other kids in math and reading tests. And for every year older the first-time mother is, the scores go higher.
John Forbes started out a reluctant gym member. "I developed a hostility towards physical education that lasted me for something like 80 years," he said. Now at the more mature age of 103, this founding professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School is building up his body with trainer Krystyn Dotson during 30-minute sessions twice a week.
The question seemed innocuous enough. A reporter approached Mike Pettine Jr. during his high school coaching days and wanted to know how it felt to have reached 40 career wins faster than his father, legendary Pennsylvania preps coach Mike Pettine Sr. That seemingly good news left the younger Pettine (now defensive coordinator for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills) evaluating just what it was he wanted in life.
Jack Oakes, co-chairman of the group’s research committee and assistant dean for career development at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, says the tepid growth of the economy since last year is the main reason for the overall stagnation. The drop-off at top schools may be a sign that more MBA students are getting offers from summer internship employers, who then do less on-campus recruiting in the spring. “We don’t know the exact reasons yet, but I believe that is one factor,” Oakes says.
Larry Sabato, a political analyst from the University of Virginia, said Cuccinelli is still tainted by the gifts, and that he, McDonnell and Williams are linked in the public's mind. "The more McDonnell is hurt, the more Cuccinelli will suffer," Sabato said.
For nearly 10 years, a team of University of Virginia (UVa.) architects and engineers, called ecoMOD, have been working to create affordable and sustainable housing. Now, they have created that housing in a way that can be mass produced and they recently won an award for their work.
It's crucial for a manager to set the tone in the office, said R. Edward Freeman, professor and academic director at the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. When asked about coming layoffs or cutbacks, for instance, managers need to be honest. But an awkward silence or half-truth meant to keep the opacity of the details is damaging – it sends too dire a message and breeds distrust. "In today's world, most employees are pretty smart, so they're going to read into the lack of an answer," Freeman...
As an intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame, Haley Alvarez treasures the bonding power of the place. Every day this summer, the Ross native and Branson School graduate has watched families marvel together at memorabilia from their favorite teams. "It's great to see fathers and sons cry over the same artifact," she said. "Everyone is so happy when they walk in the door. No one is unhappy to be walking in there. You can't say that about a lot of places."