The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia comes to one rather surprising but very strong and well-supported conclusion. It is that the more educated people are, the better chance they have of getting married and staying married.
the report from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics also shows that Obama may suffer the fewest losses of House seats for a second-term president since Ronald Reagan in 1986, itself a big victory. "While it would be foolish to rule out any outcome, there is no indication at this point that the Republican House majority is in jeopardy," said Kyle Kondik, the House analyst on Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball team.
+ Stephen Colbert Wants You to Choose the Hard Path:Stephen Colbert might be used to easy laughs on Comedy Central, but he had some serious moments while delivering his address to the graduates of the University of Virginia: “Your life will not be defined by the society that we have left you. ... If you must find your own path, and we have left you no easy path, then decide now to choose the hard path that leads to the life and the world you want.”
A University of Virginia student team placed in the top 16 out of about 380 college teams in a national exposition of student entrepreneurship. UVa’s Enactus team placed first among eight teams at a regional competition in March, advancing to the Enactus national exposition, with a field of 156 teams.
Macy Lauren Early, a 2013 graduate of Henry Clay High School, has been selected as one of 33 students to join the new class of Jefferson Scholars at the University of Virginia
Thanks to Lou Bloomfield of the University of Virginia, Skip Rochefort of Oregon State University and tea expert Bruce Richardson.
In fact, modern liberal historians have accused Douglass of having a “pro-capitalist bias,” in the words of the University of Virginia’s Waldo Martin.
Even so, political commentator Larry Sabato said there might be less than meets the eye in the impact of McCaskill’s encouragement. “If you put the 2016 nomination to the vote of the Democratic Senate caucus and other Democratic establishment figures today, Hillary would be the overwhelming choice. It was the same in 2008. But they don’t pick the nominee,” said Sabato, who heads the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
Qualifying registered nurses who received their degrees from a Virginia community college will now receive guaranteed admission to the University of Virginia through a new RN-to-BSN program.
According to a new study, first impressions of experiences have a greater impact when consumers share the experience with others. "When consumers consume an experience alone, the end of the experience has a greater effect on their overall evaluations. On the other hand, when consumers consume an experience with others, the beginning has a greater influence on how they judge the entire experience," write authors Rajesh Bhargave (University of Texas, San Antonio) and Nicole Votolato Montgomery (University of Virginia).
University of Virginia law professor Gordon Hylton, who has studied the legal history of American sports, said he "never thought that the division of the Bay Area into two distinct areas made much sense." He added that organized baseball's monopoly is "almost certainly a violation of the federal antitrust laws." But Hylton was skeptical a San Jose lawsuit against the baseball monopoly would succeed.
Four exceptional nurses have been awarded nursing scholarships by the March of Dimes for graduate and doctoral studies in the field of maternal-child nursing. Donna Schminkey, PhDc, MPH, RN, CNM, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, is seeking to obtain her doctorate in nursing from the University of Virginia. She is specializing in multidisciplinary research on how social, emotional, and psychological factors influence the biological processes of birth, including the social and psychological impacts of tobacco use during and after pregnancy, and its effect on babies.
The vast majority of the 1,430 education programs that prepare the nation’s K-12 teachers are mediocre, according to a first-ever ranking that immediately touched off a firestorm. ... Bob Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, which received one and a half stars, said he would study the review to see whether U-Va. could learn from it. “Almost everyone who’s working in teacher preparation now explicitly acknowledges we need to do a better job,” Pianta said. Still, the review is limited, he said. “This is a paper audit, really. ...
W. Bradford Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia published an article last week in The Atlantic on the distinctive contributions dads tend to make to their children's lives. Some of his conclusions: Fathers encourage risk, protect their children from threats in the larger environments and children who have a high-quality relationship with dad are less likely to suffer from depression.
Eight local autistic children are participating in a nationwide study that could change the way developmental disorders are perceived and treated. Most existing autism medications only treat the irritability and aggressive aspects of the disorder, and for the first time, doctors are testing a drug that could improve social interaction and communication skills. ... The University of Virginia Child and Family Psychiatry Clinic is participating in the trial, and Clinical Research Coordinator Leigh Gayle said parents and doctors alike are excited to see the results.
Here is a counterintuitive piece on what we consider the “natural” way to learn, from cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham. He is a professor and director of graduate studies in psychology at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School?”
Beyond these institutional and geographic expansions, MOOC providers have introduced new teaching applications. First, Coursera rolled out free professional-development courses for elementary- and secondary-school teachers, on subjects from classroom skills to early-childhood development. Participating institutions include the University of Washington; the University of Virginia; Johns Hopkins; the American Museum of Natural History; the Museum of Modern Art; and others. Can courses for K-12 students be far behind? The potential market, and demand among hard-pressed school districts, would see...