Some analysts say that because of his background Obama has been held to higher expectations. “He was elected by a constituency that would expect him to be more sensitive to civil liberties,” said author Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Fairfax High School's Drew Bonner received the Andrew Mullins Courageous Achievement Award for his continued involvement in baseball and basketball while facing the progressive, life-threatening disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Drew plans to attend the University of Virginia to study computer science.
Anne Coughlin, a law professor at the University of Virginia, filed suit against the exclusion before the Pentagon decided to drop it. "There is the prospect not only of the process being slow, but at the end of the process, there may well be some jobs that remain closed to women," Coughlin says.
The announcement of his retirement brought praise for his tenure from Gov. Bob McDonnell, Sen. Mark Warner, among others, and from Steger’s counterpart at the University of Virginia, Teresa A. Sullivan. “During his term as president, he has strengthened Virginia Tech’s programs in Blacksburg while extending the university’s reach on the state, national and international levels,” she said in a statement.
Steger’s announcement drew statements of support from SCHEV Director Peter Blake, who said Steger “has been willing to set aside his institutional hat to serve the greater needs of the commonwealth,” and from University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, who said Steger’s passion for higher education is appreciated across the nation. “We are rivals on the playing field, but united in seeking the best for Virginia,” she said.
(Commentary by Charles Barzun, associate professor of law) Dear Grandfather, Not long after your death on October 25 of last year, friends and relatives wondered whether I might write something about you. They knew that we had corresponded and that I regularly visited you in San Antonio, so they felt I should put something on record. But when I tried my hand at it, I found it impossible to convey my thoughts or feelings. It then occurred to me that the best way to write about you would be to write to you, as I did for so many years.
(Commentary by Bob Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business) These visits got me thinking: Why do businesses reorganize? Critics claim that this is all terribly distracting and of doubtful value. A "Dilbert" coffee mug says, "Change - What We Do To Give The Illusion of Progress." If, as the critics allege, reorganizations are so bad, why do they remain such a regular and prominent feature of business life?
As of the first of this year, five-time author Laura Ingraham has reunited with Norm Pattiz, as the illustrious broadcaster-2009 Radio Hall of Fame inductee-iconic Los Angeles Lakers fan is distributing Ingraham’s daily talk program through his recently-minted Courtside Entertainment Group.
(By Janie Heath, associate dean for academic programs in the School of Nursing) Our Charlottesville’s air just earned a “C” from the American Lung Association’s newly released State of the Air report. While that’s a better mark than Richmond and Northern Virginia received, the ratings are hardly something to celebrate. If we insist on the best from our children and ourselves, why would we accept an “average” for the air we breathe?
As part of the 2013 Best Undergraduate B-Schools ranking, Bloomberg Businessweek asked undergraduate business students from the Class of 2013 to tell us, via an online survey, about the full range of their business school experience, from getting in to getting a job. One section of the survey singles out specific aspects of the business program and asks the students to grade them on a scale from A to F. Over the next few weeks, we will publish the top 10 B-schools in each of 10 specialty areas, from accounting to entrepreneurship, culminating with publication of the entire undergraduate specia...
Virginia athletics director Craig Littlepage announced today Eileen Schmidt has resigned as the Cavaliers' head softball coach.
Teresa A. Sullivan, University of Virginia president since August 2010, received about $732,000, ranking 15th nationally.
Ordinarily, a professor would worry if only one out of every 10 students passed a class. But University of Virginia historian Philip Zelikow seems enormously pleased with such results from the course he just finished teaching on the history of the modern world.
When college buddies Eric Prum and Joshua Williams tinkered with an empty Mason Jar early last year, and transformed it into a hip-looking cocktail shaker, they had no inkling they'd created a potentially million-dollar idea.
Perhaps not surprisingly the top reason for happiness, cited by 42% of respondents was the pleasure that came from individual self development. “Nothing makes MBA students happier than the tangible and enduring evidence of personal growth,” says Peter Rodriguez, a senior associate dean at Darden. “It’s a bit like getting into shape and feeling that burst of confidence from knowing and showing that you’re stronger, faster and fitter than before.”
General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt tried to sell off the company’s appliance and lighting businesses in 2008, only to have the effort derailed by the financial crisis. Now Chip Blankenship has the job of proving the division was worth keeping. The new Home & Business Solutions CEO has a doctorate in materials engineering from the University of Virginia.
Graduation at the University of Virginia is this weekend. Although the job market seems to be improving, that may not translate into employment for recent graduates.
Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) hasn’t ruled it out, but she’s made no moves suggesting a bid. “We believe as long as Noem doesn’t challenge him, Mike Rounds is now a clear favorite to be the next senator,” said Larry Sabato, the head of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
Bennett and his co-author, an associate producer on Bennett’s radio show, purport to offer new, fresh, well-researched information and perspective. But this is really just the latest product in the fast-growing “College is Overrated!” menagerie, and the argument is familiar: too many people are going to college, they’re picking the wrong majors, borrowing too much, and emerging from the experience worse off than if they hadn’t gone at all.