University of Virginia professor John Hawley and former UVa professor Steven Balbus have been selected to receive the 2013 Shaw Prize in Astronomy for groundbreaking work they performed at the school in the early 1990s. The Hong Kong-based Shaw Prize Foundation awards $1 million to individuals active in the fields of astronomy, life science and medicine and mathematical sciences. The distinction is considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize, and is awarded in categories not specifically considered by the Swedish institution.
Microphones need not limit themselves to listening to the human voice, however. John Stankovic of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville is using microphones to capture heartbeats. Researchers in his group are using earphones modified with accelerometers and additional microphones that detect the pulse in arteries in the wearer’s ear. This makes it possible to collect information about the wearer’s physical state, including heart rate and activity level, which is transmitted to the smartphone via the audio jack. The researchers even created an app, called MusicalHeart, that ...
But a psychiatrist retained by the government, Dr. Gregory B. Saathoff of the University of Virginia, disagreed with the defense expert’s findings, testifying in another hearing Wednesday that he did not believe Arbabsiar was suffering from a bipolar disorder.
Various research teams have been involved in a cordial competition to explain the science of capsid construction. One team led by Mark J. Yeager, chairman of the department of molecular physiology and biological physics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, did foundational research on how about 1,300 copies of the same protein chemically connect into groups of five or six to become the bricks from which the capsid is built. "It is gratifying to see this beautiful piece of work published with the insights into how we can do our next work," said Dr. Yeager, whose research ...
The nation’s state colleges and universities finally are getting some relief from declining taxpayer support, which has driven a steady increase in student costs. ... The University of Virginia’s state support is around 10 percent, though its endowment — at $5.9 billion as of March 31 — is the envy of even the best private schools. There has been talk of privatizing it, although that seems unlikely.
‘Tis the season of commencement addresses, and celebrities are in hot demand – especially celebrities with some connection to your school. The University of Virginia brought comedian Stephen Colbert to address the class of 2013, because he’s a funny guy, and because his wife went to UVA. Stephen himself, so he says, was not admitted, even as a transfer student. Colbert’s speech mostly hit the mark. As a former student, administrator and teacher at UVA, I’d have to give him a “B,” because his jokes about UVA were mostly the usual clich...
Thomas E. J. deWitt earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Manitoba and a master's degree from the University of Virginia. He also holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A in public management from Boston University.
The service allows local doctors in developing countries, who are often located in areas that lack specialized medical care, to send a request for specialist consultation. They can use the service to send X-rays, photos and patient notes to Swinfen. The organization then finds the most appropriate specialist from its network of 550 volunteer doctors who offer advice to the overseas doctors by email, said Dr. Karen Rheuban, director of the University of Virginia Health System’s Center for Telehealth and a trustee for Swinfen. “I can’t easily travel to Nepal or China,” sa...
For those taken in the draft's second half, a group lacking guaranteed contracts awarded to first-round selections, sticking in the league can be an uphill battle. Five years out, just seven of the 30 players taken in the second round in 2008 were still on rosters this season. Thirteen others who made a team at some point are out of the league. An additional 10 who were drafted never even played. It is against those odds that Mike Scott laced his sneakers on a recent evening at Old Dominion.
"It's pretty much a given that the first and second week are the hardest. And that's when we see moms drop off and not being successful with breastfeeding," said Katie Heck, a registered nurse. That's where the University of Virginia Breastfeeding Medicine Program comes in. It works with new mothers and babies, using the Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative, a global effort designed to promote and support breastfeeding starting immediately after birth.
(Commentary) It's true that, on average, minority students leave high school performing far behind their white counterparts. But selective colleges aren’t dealing with average students, only a tiny slice of the best and brightest. And here, according to Hoxby and Avery, there’s much less scarcity than anyone presumed -- an untapped pool of talented low-income students, many of them African-American or Latino, waiting to be recruited. A follow-up study by Hoxby and the University of Virginia's Sarah Turner showed that a little information can go a long way. They sent packets...
Nine years later, [Darden School of Business graduate] Adam Nelson can finally call himself an Olympic gold medalist. The American was officially elevated Thursday to shot put champion from the 2004 Athens Games, taking the gold that was stripped from a Ukrainian rival for doping.
In their book, “The Knockoff Economy,” law professors Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman argue that, in some industries, loose intellectual property laws are a boon for business.
Rita Dove, the former poet laureate of the United States and current Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, is the author of “Sonata Mulattica,” a 2009 book on George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower, a 19th-century Afro-European violin virtuoso.Now the story of Bridgetower is being made into a documentary film by Stone Soup Productions of Washington, D.C.
At 1 p.m., Friday, Virginia takes on Army to begin the NCAA baseball tournament. Jared King will be playing the 198th game of his UVa career. All of them have come since his father died. One-hundred eighty-four of them have come since his mother died.
Robert Bruner, dean of the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and an expert on mergers and acquisitions, said the proposed transaction appears to be a good deal for Smithfield investors. "The acquisition premium looks healthy and in line, if not slightly to the high side, for friendly mergers and acquisitions," Bruner said.
Erika James is the new senior associate dean for executive education at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, overseeing custom and open-enrollment programs. She notes that Darden, which has a national and international clientele, is employing the latest technology to complement its roster of professors in the executive education arena. “We’re using telepresence more and more to pull in key executives and case protagonists into the classroom,” she says.
“A lot of their motivation is trying to help people learn investment banking,” said Steve Momper, director for Darden Business Publishing at the University of Virginia. “They want to help others along.”
The Charlottesville Police Department and the University of Virginia Police plans to offer Rape Aggression Defense, a women's self-defense course, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 29 and 30 at City Space on the Downtown Mall.