The University of Virginia's Human Resources Dept. received the 2013 HR Innovation Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Geoff Skelley, political analyst with the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said, "I think the way it's worked out is that Ken Cuccinelli could probably be viewed as the most moderate candidate on the Republican ticket."
David Adams was preparing for a road trip with his teammates at Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a couple of weeks ago when he was made aware of several news reports speculating that he might be called up by the Yankees. Adams, a versatile infielder, decided to squeeze a few extra items in his suitcase, just in case.
Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? Questions about “intellectual property” are everywhere today – but what exactly is intellectual property? And what are these kinds of rights supposed to achieve? Among the guests is media studies and law professor Siva Vaidhyanathan and law professor Christopher Sprigman.
University of Virginia Professor of Education Marcia Invernizzi has won two new grants to help American children read. The program she’s developed is already in use statewide and has spread to every state and five other countries.
A higher education consulting firm had a blunt message for the University of Virginia’s governing board Tuesday: Despite the university’s vaunted stature as a “public Ivy,” school and state leaders have been complacent in the past 15 years and U-Va. is now falling behind many of its competitors.
When Mitchell Frank received one of the rarest reprieves that a player ever could, he only thought of one thing — and it had nothing to do with tennis. Playing in the decisive match of the NCAA Tournament finals, Frank had a scene from the movie “Dodgeball” stuck in his head.
At last, the Virginia men’s tennis team can call itself a champion. On Tuesday, UVa defeated top-seeded UCLA, 4-3, in the finals of the NCAA Tournament to cap an undefeated season and notch the program’s first-ever outdoor championship. Virginia had won five ITA National Team Indoor titles, but had been unable to break through outdoors, losing in the finals against USC in each of the two previous seasons.
A University of Virginia analysis of census data finds that two in three people who live in Illinois were born in Illinois. Wisconsin's rate is even higher, with more than seven in 10 residents having been born there. Compare those numbers with Nevada, in which just one in four residents are native born. The U.S. average is 58.8 percent.
They played a combined 26 seasons in the NFL, yet the worst injury sustained by the Barber twins may have been on a bicycle.
A new report on Medicare payments and hospital pricing suggests possible business paths that Sentara could take as it moves into the rural Southside Virginia market. Sentara hospitals in Hampton Roads are considerably pricier than the local hospital — but by the same token, its Charlottesville hospital is one of the least expensive in Virginia, with lower sticker prices than Halifax Regional. Using Medicare cost data for more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide, the News & Record examined pricing practices at 10 Virginia hospitals — including Halifax Regional, five others located n...
The University of Iowa will be looking for its second women's rowing coach in just 10 months. The school announced Monday that coach Steve Pritzker is leaving to become the chief financial officer for the athletic department at the University of Virginia.
Today's pick: Stephen Colbert Salutes U.Va.'s Class of 2013 on YouTube. The topic: It's cap and gown season, and the University of Virginia YouTube channel has uploaded comedian Stephen Colbert's Valedictory Address to the school's class of 2013.
Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, also said that Jackson might cause trouble for the Republican ticket. “What we have here is another demonstration of the wisdom of the old Chinese proverb ‘Be careful what you wish for,’ ” Sabato said. “Ken Cuccinelli forced the party to abandon its primary and move to a convention, in order to eliminate any possibility Bill Bolling could win the nomination. But now the convention has delivered unto Cuccinelli a problematic ticket that can fairly be characterized as hard-rig...
Over the 10 years since head coach Brian O’Connor arrived from Notre Dame, the names have changed, but the results have not. Once pedestrian, UVA’s baseball program is now a perennial power.
Patients at the University of Virginia Medical Center will see increased rates at the hospital this October – a result of the rising cost of health care services, according to hospital executives. The UVa Board of Visitors Finance Committee approved an overall rate increase of 7 to 9.9 percent Monday afternoon, part of the hospital operating board’s $1.22 billion budget for the 2014 fiscal year that will come before the board today for final approval.
As part of its commencement celebrations this past weekend, the University of Virginia announced that its long-term fund-raising campaign had met its goal of bringing in more than $3-billion. In making the announcement, the university’s president, Teresa A. Sullivan, called the Campaign for the University of Virginia “the most ambitious capital campaign in the history of public higher education.”
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors on Monday appointed William H. Goodwin Jr. vice rector and preliminarily approved a $2.7-billion budget.