So far, people from several different organizations have labored on the house. In addition to regular WRTR volunteers, members of the Ohio University Student Chapter of HFH and of Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action have spent time at the build. Collegiate Challenge groups from the University of Virginia and from Providence College have spent their spring breaks helping out.
(By Sunny Peng, U.Va. undergraduate from China) On May 14th last summer, I was enjoying a casual layover at Istanbul Airport and my brief immersion into Turkish culture, when I suddenly started to wonder where exactly I was going. Technically speaking, I was going back home. But where counts as “home”?
Lisa Tucker, associate professor in the School of Architecture + Design in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies, has received the university's 2013 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching. Tucker earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree, as well as a certificate of historic preservation, from the University of Virginia.
Renovations on the University of Virginia's Rotunda will be picking up speed this week. Crews will start removing the scaffolding Wednesday on the west side of the Rotunda. The work should take a couple of weeks. They will also start painting the copper roof white. The project manager, Jody Lahendro, says crews are well ahead of schedule.
With the trees mostly leafed in and the dogwoods in bloom, the University of Virginia is marking the 80th Garden Week with tours around Grounds. The signs are up, the docents are ready and landscapers are hard at work. While the week is celebrated across the commonwealth, UVa is remarkable because its tours, most of which are scheduled today, are free.
With computer hackers hijacking everything from the University of Virginia website to federal government records, colleges are putting more emphasis on programs that improve the security of computer networks.
Volunteers will join several Charlottesville organizations for the Rivanna Trail Work Party. It's a chance to get a little dirty for a good cause. The University of Virginia Parking and Transportation, the Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club and the Rivanna Trails Foundation are hosting the event.
Princess Haya Award for Special Education (PHASE) hosted “Breaking Boundaries, Creating Excellence,” a two-day symposium at Dubai Knowledge Village, which started Monday in Dubai to highlight the latest research and practices in the field of special education. On the first day, Dr Daniel P Hallahan, professor of education at the University of Virginia, discussed the special education instruction.
Through his “Birdies For Boston” initiative, James Driscoll’s goal is simple; raise as much money as he can to aid the victims and their families of the Boston Marathon tragedy. Driscoll spent much of Tuesday and Wednesday at Harbour Town educating players about the idea and encouraging them to spread word of “Birdies For Boston” via their Twitter and Facebook pages.
“It’s not just the sticker price and the net costs,” said Sarah Turner, professor of economics and education at the University of Virginia. She added, “How likely is it that you will get into medical school or law school or have some other opportunities” if you choose the more prestigious college?
A new study shows that a certain aspect of DNA use could both help stop crime, and save taxpayers money. The featured guest was sstudy author Jennifer L. Doleac, assistant professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia. She is the author of the Batten School working paper “The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime” (January, 2013).
“This is one of the most alarming social media events of our time,” said Siva Vaidhyanathan, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia. “We’re really good at uploading images and unleashing amateurs, but we’re not good with the social norms that would protect the innocent.”
Rubenstein said he was inspired to visit Monticello after purchasing four copies of the Declaration of Independence and mulling Jefferson's assertion that "all men are created equal," a phrase later echoed in struggles for women's suffrage and civil rights. To understand the words, you have to understand what Jefferson was trying to do with them, said Peter Onuf, professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and author of "The Mind of Thomas Jefferson." "The reaction that it's hypocritical because he owned slaves is really a boring response," Onuf s...
Samantha Lull said she paid a deposit Sunday to secure her spot in the Class of 2017 at the College of William and Mary. Patrick Linehan, her classmate at Chantilly High School, said he is still weighing whether to enroll at William and Mary or the University of Virginia. Because of a major overhaul of William and Mary’s pricing policy, such choices took on a new level of complexity.
Almost 300 people got active Saturday morning to give back to the University of Virginia Children's Hospital. UVA's Phi Sigma Pi co-ed fraternity held a Zumba warm-up and 5K to benefit the hospital's Heart Family Fund. The fund would make it easier for families with children in the hospital to get the treatment they need.
Before Eppa Rixey heard of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1963, his 10-year-old grandson Eppa Rixey IV answered the phone call that delivered the news. Without ever playing a day in the minors, Rixey went from the University of Virginia to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1912-1917 and again from 1919-1920 after serving in World War I.
This month, 44 percent of Americans said they view Bush unfavorably, compared with 35 percent who view him favorably, according to a NBC/ Wall Street Journal survey. "Bush is still very controversial," said Larry Sabato, political analyst and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "We'll see whether and how that changes over time."
(Commentary) In June, the failed effort to topple University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan cast the McDonnell-Farrell bro-mance in a darker light.
Will McComb, a freshman at University of Virginia, says that thinking about how much information companies are likely able to gather about him from his online profiles makes him slightly uncomfortable, but that the benefits of targeted advertising or following a brand on Twitter outweigh his diminished privacy. "It makes it easier for them to try to sell me things," says the 19-year-old, who bought a tie last week after seeing a post about a flash sale in his news feed from a retailer he had "liked" on Facebook. "I can see how it's helpful for me."
(Editorial) The fact is, it doesn’t take study committees and years of research to figure this problem out. Simply adopt a comprehensive honor code. It could be modeled perhaps on the one in force at the University of Virginia since 1842, where a simple and comprehensive pledge is repeated and signed often during the student’s career. It states that the student has neither given nor received aid on a test or assignment, and violations carry a single sanction – expulsion.