When Natalie Roper, 22, was a freshman at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, she and her friends were passionate about having a college experience that wasn't just on campus, she says. "We were eager to be a part of the Charlottesville community and go downtown and explore the city," says Roper. "We found the farmers market and I just fell in love."
The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech are partnering on a research project to test connected vehicle technology, and one of the primary test sites will be in the Fairfax area. These technologies allow vehicles on the road to communicate with one another, and to receive messages about construction, lane closures, detours and other important information for drivers.
Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said that in a Northam versus Jackson race, Northam will stress his experience in the Senate while Jackson will likely be the center of attention because of his "red-hot statements that are likely to alienate plenty of voters from the get-go."
WSJ reporter Melissa Korn looked at the 2012 graduate class from Columbia Business School in New York and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. She noted that 30-40% received job offers from their summer internship placements. Many companies offering these competitive internships start their recruitment process in early Fall, meaning that students need to be focused from day one of the school year.
(Commentary) In 2012, World Cerebral Palsy Day launched the “Change My World in One Minute” competition. They asked individuals who are affected by cerebral palsy to suggest ideas for a new product that would change the lives of people with disabilities. One of the chosen ideas was a solar-powered wheelchair. Graduate students at the University of Virginia accepted the challenge.
“The U.S. is not going to go and take this guy as a matter of realpolitik … especially if he’s been granted asylum,” said Ashley Deeks, a University of Virginia law professor and former State Department adviser on matters of extradition. “The U.S. probably wants to do this right because it doesn’t want to litigate more issues in court than it has to.”
Two University of Virginia graduates are running a successful business by giving Mason jars a new purpose as cocktail shakers. A few years ago, Eric Prum was mixing drinks in his UVA apartment with his roommate, Josh Williams, when they decided the Mason jars they used were perfect cocktail shakers.
The system is breaking down, says Brandon Garrett, a professor at University of Virginia School of Law. He claims this ruling could backfire, increasing the likelihood of false positives. “As taking more DNA from arrestees has increased, the backlogs have increased at the expense of testing DNA from actual crime scenes,” he said. “A lot of innocent people will have their DNA in these databases. That dilutes the databases and weakens their power.”
Emmet Street will be closed overnight Monday and Tuesday as the Virginia Department of Transportation continues work on the McCormick Road bridge project at the University of Virginia. Closures are scheduled to occur each night from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. to allow for VDOT and construction crews to install the new bridge’s beams.
Get Joseph C. “Papa Joe” Smiddy near a microphone and his banjo generally won’t be too far behind. Such was the case on Tuesday during rededication ceremonies for a building named in his honor at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Accompanied by his son, Dr. Joe F. Smiddy, on guitar, the duo led a singalong of a favorite Papa Joe tune, “Just a Bowl of Butterbeans,” much to the delight of a crowd of well wishers that included UVa President Teresa A. Sullivan and current UVa-Wise Chancellor Donna P. Henry.
The NCAA baseball super regional series was extended for a day, but it didn’t change the result. Mississippi State is heading to the College World Series after a 6-5 win over Virginia in a game that started Sunday at 7:05 p.m. and ended Monday at 4:55 p.m.
A recent study by Jennifer Doleac, an economist at the University of Virginia, found that DNA testing has systemic consequences, too. “I do find there are big reductions in violent crime as these DNA laws are introduced,” she said of laws allowing testing after conviction. Professor Doleac’s most intriguing hypothesis was that rational people who know that the police already have their DNA may opt not to commit crimes in the first place. That could justify testing not only people arrested but everyone else, too.
Under the merger, the two banks “should be able to gain considerable economies, probably by eliminating duplicate functions,” said Bill Sihler, a University of Virginia professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. “These are typically found by cutting the headquarters functions at the acquired bank, using only one [certified public accountant] and one-sourcing many functions.”
James E. Ryan, a scholar at the crossroads of education, law, and policy, will become the new dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education on September 1, President Drew Faust announced this morning. Ryan will succeed Kathleen McCartney, who becomes president of Smith College on July 1. Ryan is now the Matheson and Morgenthau Distinguished Professor of law and Weber Research Professor of civil liberties and human rights at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1998 (and where the Yale alumnus graduated first in his law school class in 1992, before clerking for then Supr...
Cases of the unusual allergy were first identified at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 2007, and are now being reported as far north as Nantucket, Mass., and on the east end of New York's Long Island.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is renaming a section of I-81 after the late former congressman William C. “Bill” Wampler Sr. A ceremony takes place Monday, June 17 at 10 a.m. at the Virginia Welcome Center on northbound I-81 in Bristol. The section of Interstate 81 being renamed "Congressman William Wampler, Sr. Memorial Highway" is from the Tennessee/Virginia state line to mile marker 118 in Christiansburg.
The cost of attending Virginia’s public universities has been driven up 150 percent in the past two decades largely as the result of spending not directly related to instruction and declining state funding, according to a study mandated by the General Assembly. … The state’s six research institutions – University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, College of William and Mary, and Virginia Commonwealth, George Mason and Old Dominion universities – decreased the amount spent on instruction, according to the report.
After more than 60 years on the job, one former University of Virginia employee clocked out for the last time Friday. The facilities management worker topped the list of honorees at this years' service awards ceremony. Lindsay Baker wore many hats throughout his six decades at UVA. Now he is reflecting on the experiences and friendships he's had along the way.
(Press release) Route 29 Business (Emmet Street) will be closed overnight on June 17 and 18 as work continues on the McCormick Road bridge project at the University of Virginia.
Last week, the University of Houston Law Center hosted its second Ethics and Compliance Symposium before a packed house. The event is designed as an open forum where attendees can share ideas about their companies’ compliance programs and issues. But at this Greatest Compliance Show on Earth, two speakers really stole the show. Dr. Philip Tetlock (supported by University of Virginia's Greg Mitchell) impressed the audience with his discussion of forecasting.