The University of Virginia printed a UAV controlled by a relatively cheap Android phone whose camera was used to shoot aerial imagery. Designed for a top speed of 45 mph, the aircraft crashed on its first flight. The students just went back to the lab and printed out a replacement nose cone, a capability envied by any squadron maintenance officer.
Anchored by the University of Virginia’s “intellectual firepower,” Central Virginia has emerged as “a real hub for biotech work,” said Del. David J. Toscano, D-Charlottesville.
He was 10 when he watched his first Kentucky Derby in 1934, the midst of the Great Depression, hoisted on his father’s shoulders near the finish line on the clubhouse lawn at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, William Camp Jr. will attend his 75th Kentucky Derby after having missed just two since 1938 – one because he was serving in the Army in Germany during World War II and the other so he could pass final exams at the University of Virginia.
Feature story highlights the struggle of U.Va. graduates Matt and Elizabeth Kleberg and U.Va. art professor Dean Dass to reconcile their Christian faith with the secular art world.
If you’re a parent or grandparent with young children, you’ve probably heard about red-shirting – a term borrowed from the world of college sports. It refers to keeping a child back in school, so he or she will be a little older than classmates and have some academic and social advantages.
The Virginia Quarterly Review completed a total overhaul today with the announcement of W. Ralph Eubanks as editor. The hire leaves the prestigious literary magazine with a full leadership team for the first time since the highly publicized suicide of its managing editor, Kevin Morrissey, in July 2010. During a phone interview Wednesday, Eubanks said he intended to expand VQR’s content in the areas of book reviews and literary criticism, to publish photo essays in both print and digital formats, and to build on the magazine’s legacy in longform journalism and narrative nonfiction, ...
No doubt the funniest speakers graduates will hear this month won’t actually be at commencement. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert will speak at the University of Virginia’s valediction ceremony the day before former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb gives the keynote address at final exercises May 19. Both talks will be live-streamed on U.Va.’s website.
Nelson County Middle School students are in the midst of a weeks-long dose of Japanese culture, all stemming from art teacher Starla Shaeff’s participation in an initiative to bring global themes into core subjects. The art exhibit is just one aspect of her lesson proposal, “Printed Things: The Influence of Japanese History and Culture on Calligraphy and Printmaking,” which was selected for the University of Virginia’s Tsunagaru Initiative.
A 2010 report by Zinch, a popular US education website, reminded US universities to watch out for fabricated recommendation letters, essays, transcripts, financial aid applications and awards of Chinese students.
"We have difficulties doing background checks on every applicant so we are inviting more alumni to help with interviews for more stringent screening," an admissions officer with the University of Virginia told the Global Times.
"Women stopped hormones in droves (after the WHI), but 1 out of 4 restarted," because they were having severe symptoms affecting quality of life, Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, medical director of the Midlife Health Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, told Reuters Health.
Harboring dreams of attending prestigious Harvard University since he was 7 years old, friends and family were more than a little surprised about Kevin Cao’s decision to turn the school’s admissions offer down. In an effort to explain his decision to friends, teachers and family, Cao wrote an essay, “Why I Chose UVA,” and posted it on social media and Google Documents. The essay has received hundreds of reads, shares and applauds by those also looking to answer the tough college question.
Smith said some districts with similar demographics, including one in Ohio, were thriving because of an intense focus on administrator leadership and the analysis of test scores, resulting in more effective teaching. Smith said Ogden School District is doing the same things, using information from a school turnaround program taught through the University of Virginia. Mount Ogden will be among the next group of district schools to send an administrator for University of Virginia training, Smith said.
Hunter Craig has a way of snatching victory from defeat. Craig's masterstrokes in the field and in the courtroom follow a tumultuous year for the now 52-year-old media-shy banker, developer, and UVA Board of Visitors member.
When asked privately, most presidents don't seem sure at all that MOOCs are going to transform student learning, or reduce costs to students, two of the claims made by MOOC enthusiasts and an increasing number of politicians and pundits.
Article recounts George Washington’s last words, based on an account by his confidant kept in the Washington Papers at U.Va.
Does preventive care save money? Will “Obamacare” crash the nation’s economy? In his Wednesday presentation, “Myths and Truths of American Health Care,” Dr. Arthur Garson tackled the political soundbites surrounding health care. Garson is professor of Public Health Sciences, and director of the Center for Health Policy at the University of Virginia.
There are new calls for diversity at the University of Virginia where critics say the African-American population has dropped from 12 percent in 1995 to just 6 and a half percent today. Critics say UVA must up its financial aid to compete as Sandy Hausman reports.
More than a year after Ted Genoways resigned as the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, the literary journal has named a successor.
Nearly 6 million Americans – most of them women -- suffer from a mysterious condition called fibromyalgia. It causes widespread pain, and there is no cure, but researchers at the University of Virginia report low-level electrical stimulation can cause changes in the brain – and for many study subjects bring relief.