Note to public relations gurus in Washington: There is more to life than putting words in people’s mouths. Just ask Tom Madrecki. The UPS communications manager has garnered a cult following via his clandestine Chez Le Commis.com soirees, hush-hush dining experiences that have attracted the likes of D.C.’s hottest chefs, award-winning restaurant critics and a number of high-ranking government officials.
Dewey Cornell, a clinical psychologist and professor of education at the University of Virginia, said that even if Duncan’s statistic were true, "it would be misleading and incomplete," because it does not address how many people grew up in father-absent households and did not commit felonies. "We could point out that 99 percent of felony offenders drank milk as a child, too, but it is easy to see the fallacy here because we have no preconceptions about milk the way we do about father absence," he said. "Father absence is surely an important concern, but it is on...
At a meeting repeatedly disrupted by student protesters, a divided University of Virginia board approved increases in tuition and fees of 3.8 percent for in-state undergraduates and 4.8 percent for out-of-state students.
Two-and-a-half years ago, at a meeting in Cambridge, leaders of 42 of America's top libraries and research institutions decided that the time had come to build something together. But what was that thing? After a half hour, the group was able to agree on a single sentence: "It's a worthy effort, and we are willing to work together toward it." The "it" in question: a national, digital public library. If that moment was the Digital Public Library of America's conception, then today is its birth, with the launch of DP.LA, the effort's online home. (The U.Va. Li...
Ten Virginia schools – including U.Va. – made The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 322 Green Colleges,” released earlier this week.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the sleeping lion in a list of possible Republican candidates for president in 2016, surging to the top of some politicos’ lists who see his scandal-free past as a big boon. Mr. Walker stands above even “first tier” Republican candidates like Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Christ Christie, political analyst Larry Sabato with the University of Virginia said.
College student Hawa Ahmed says she remembers nothing about her first four years of life in a refugee camp on the Chad-Niger border. All she knows is she survived the desperate circumstances of her early years and then grew up in Lancaster watching her parents navigate language barriers and low-wage jobs to try to make ends meet and support their four children. Now 20 years old and thriving as a sophomore at the University of Virginia, Ahmed is a bit amazed at how far she's come.
The only way to get big things done in a divided Congress is to control everything, like Obama did for his first two years. Democrats would need to net 17 House seats, a near impossibility for an incumbent president’s party in the so-called six-year itch year. The forecast from Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball project at the University of Virginia Center for Politics lists only seven of the nation’s 435 House districts as true tossups.
Some institutions, including the University of North Carolina system and the University of Virginia, have considered investigating students' criminal backgrounds in the wake of a tragedy. But the practice of admissions screening and background checks aren't effective tools in predicting future misconduct, says Peter F. Lake, director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University.
Dozens of University of Virginia students stormed the Rotunda Thursday afternoon during the Board of Visitors meeting, demanding higher wages for the university's lowest-paid workers.
If being named of Time’s 100 most influential people in the world weren’t enough, Gov. Chris Christie is also being called by a prominent political observer a “first tier” contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. The New Jersey Republican is joined in the first tier by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. The rankings were put together by Larry Sabato, head of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, and two cowriters for the Sabato’s Crystal Ball blog.
If the board decides to look at candidates with top-level U-M experience and presidency experience elsewhere, Nancy Cantor, president of Syracuse University, and Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, both have to top the list.
The Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra has saved its last dance for this weekend. The concerts, which are set for 8 p.m. Saturday in Cabell Hall Auditorium at the University of Virginia and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Monticello High School, will bring the season's "Let's Dance" theme to a close.
I. Lee Chapman IV has been named CEO of Davenport & Co. in addition to his role as president of the Richmond-based investment brokerage.
For instrumentalists, performing at an elite level takes flexibility, dexterity and a road-tested ability to make rapid changes seem effortless. The same can be said for arts administrators. Once the youthful Ebene Quartet takes the stage for the season's final event in the Tuesday Evening Concert Series, the audience's applause will be music to the ears of Karen Pellon, the series' executive director.
The Virginia Film Festival, which is presented by the University of Virginia, will present its 26th season of screenings, panel discussions and other activities from Nov. 7 to 10.
Doctors say African-Americans are more likely to acquire and die of cancer than any other group. "You look at things like socioeconomic status, education levels, poverty and things of this nature that limit a person's access to a primary care doctor," said Pamela Ross, chair of the Minority Recruitment Task Force for the UVA Cancer Center.
If you want to give your kid every opportunity to succeed, it’s hard to argue with teaching them to code. Some of the wealthiest and most influential people of our time began programming young, and who wouldn’t want that kind of future for our kids? Here are six free tools to get kids excited about code. … Alice was designed by researchers at the University of Virginia as a gentle introduction to object-oriented programming.
University of Virginia professor Marcia A. Invernizzi was named the winner of the 2013 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year Award at a Wednesday evening ceremony at the Jefferson Theater.
University of Virginia officials have confirmed that one student has contracted what doctors believe is mumps.