(Commentary by Edward D. Hess, a professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business) I’ve spent years researching the DNA of high-performing companies, and much to my surprise the leaders at most of those companies did not fit commonly espoused theories of leadership. Many people believe great leaders are charismatic, have a commanding presence, are visionary and educated at elite schools. Almost all of the leaders of the high-performing companies that I studied had none of those traits. Instead, they are what I ...
PureMadi, a non-profit organisation at the University of Virginia in the US, has produced a ceramic water purification pot that offers rural communities affordable and effective means of purifying water. The pot, produced in Limpopo, was brought to South Africa in partnership with the University of Venda and local communities.
George Mason University’s new president staked out a position Friday somewhat unusual for the leader of a school deemed an up-and-comer: He’s explicitly not trying to make it the best in the world. “What we’re going to try to become is the best university for the world,” GMU President Angel Cabrera said. “That’s our goal.”
Last week Christie was named to Time magazine’s list of top 100 most influential people, and Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, put him in his top tier of Republican presidential hopefuls, along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
The state Court of Appeals has agreed to hear two grounds of appeal by former University of Virginia lacrosse player George W. Huguely V, who was convicted of murdering fellow student-athlete Yeardley Love.
An investigation into the death of U.S. student Casey Schulman who died in a boat accident last year is reportedly complete however; the Director of Public Prosecutions is to determine the next course of action.
"The court seems to have been leaning away from allowing affirmative action for some time," said University of Virginia law professor John Jeffries, a former law clerk and biographer of Justice Lewis Powell. "If they close the door that, potentially, is a very big deal."
One bastion of bibliophiles can be found in Bemiss House on the Grounds of the University of Virginia. This is the home of the University of Virginia Press, which is celebrating its 50th birthday this month.
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors voted to increase 2013-14 tuition and fees for all classes of students at a special meeting today. First-year Virginia resident students will pay 4.9 percent, or $532, more for tuition and fees in the coming academic year than their counterparts last year. Nonresident undergrads will pay 5 percent, or $1,296 over last year.
Leora Friedberg, a professor of public policy at the University of Virginia, said Virginia is in better shape than states, such as California, where entire cities have declared bankruptcy. Part of the reason for Virginia's relative comfort is a recent move by the state to have public workers contribute to their retirements, she said. "The other thing that helps Virginia is we do not have a big retiree health insurance liability," Friedberg said. "Virginia, among other states, is in pretty good shape, but it is still a pretty big problem."
The National Football League has its first Palestinian-American player now that Oday Aboushi has been drafted by the New York Jets. The 6’6”, 310 pound offensive lineman, a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, was selected by his hometown team with the No. 141 overall pick in the fifth round on Saturday.
The commercial success of these printers is also fueling their use as educational tools. Visionaries like Glen Bull, a professor of instructional technology at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, are using 3-D printing systems to change the way teachers present science concepts and, in turn, how students learn and retain the material. Bull's collaborative efforts with numerous academic, industrial, state and local partners, have led to a major education initiative in the Commonwealth of Virginia. "Glen's work is absolutely transformative," says Robert ...
At the University of Virginia this month, Dean of Students Allen Groves called an early end to pledging and suspended two fraternities pending an investigation after students were found “significantly impaired” as the result of alcohol consumption. Groves said that in the fall, he plans to bring together fraternity leaders, including national representatives and alumni, to talk “collectively about how do we make this better, how do we overcome these challenges that the fraternity system has faced for years.”
(First in a two-part series) The University of Virginia has a spending problem when it comes to financial aid. Roughly a decade ago, the school's Board of Visitors signed what was, in effect, a blank check, approving a new marquee financial aid program called AccessUVa. Compared to similar programs at other leading public universities, AccessUVa is generous, according to consultants hired by the school. It also has grown far faster than university officials expected. And the bill is staggering. AccessUVa now costs about $92 million, $40 million coming directly from the university, accordin...
The word of the Chechen origin of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects came as a shock for lots of people. Equally shocking was their story of turning from regular American students to terrorists. What was at the root of this menacing transformation? The Voice of Russia put this question to Dr Alexander Domrin, a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.
(Second of two parts) The University of Virginia's signature initiative to aid needy students has the school stuck on the horns of a dilemma: State funds are dwindling, need is growing and matters are worsened every time the school increases tuition, its largest single source of money for the program.
The Journal asked a panel of experts – including Saras D. Sarasvathy,
Isidore Horween research associate professor of business administration, University of Virginia's Darden School of Business – where good business ideas come from.
It was a routine strategy meeting between officials from The Players Championship and the PGA Tour in the summer of 2010. Matthew Rapp, the Players executive director, remembers the moment Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem broke up the humdrum nature of the session with a succinct statement. “We need to do something … now,” Finchem said. That was the first act that led to a bold move: A year later, Finchem pledged $50 million over a 10-year period from Players Championship proceeds to be used for education, health and wellness and character development programs for the youth of ...
Jeannine C. Lalonde, senior assistant dean of admissions at the University of Virginia, posts regularly, as Dean J, in College Confidential's UVa forum, where respect for her is evident. Ms. Lalonde answers questions and looks for "teachable moments" when she can step in, like when someone says UVa considers an applicant's "demonstrated interest." (It doesn't.) She avoids pro-UVa cheerleading. Although she dislikes some aspects of College Confidential, she considers engaging students there an essential part of her job. If you imagine a college's forum as a r...
Other times, small companies don't hand off work—they join together to get something done. Businesses might team up to negotiate a volume discount, lobby for regulatory changes or land contracts neither would be big enough to get independently, says Gregory Fairchild, E. Thayer Bigelow associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business. But the terms of these partnerships should be spelled out in advance, he warns. Among other things, he says, companies should agree on how to divide up work, who will lead and how the ...