(Editorial) It’s not a bait-and-switch — rather, as University of Virginia officials have said, their tuition and fee plan is transparent. The proposed escalation of costs for upperclassmen is described for all to see. But it is curious. And it is complicated. And Board of Visitors members from the finance committee are justified in looking it askance.
Of Virginia's nine gubernatorial elections since 1977, four were won by the incumbent lieutenant governor, said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. Serving as lieutenant governor "familiarized them with every aspect of state government and the governorship itself, since they were part of the governor's cabinet or took on other major tasks for the Governor," Sabato said. "It's a part-time, poorly paid post whose occupants mainly spend their time running for governor." But given the way Virginia works, he added, "being seen as in the wing...
The University of Virginia announced Friday the suspension of one of its oldest fraternity chapters pending an investigation. Under the suspension, the Lambda chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order must cease all fraternal activities, said Jacob Pittman, president of UVa's Inter-Fraternity Council.
Addressing a crowd at the University of Virginia on the day it honored its founder, Thomas Jefferson, the director of the FBI said the No. 1 priority given to the bureau by both the current and the last president has been thwarting future terror attacks on America. Mueller was one of three winners of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal, a joint award from UVa and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns Monticello. It is UVa’s highest honor, as the university does not grant honorary degrees.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is planning a trip to the University of Virginia. Holder will discuss his second-term agenda at a forum at the Miller Center on Friday, April 26.
That kind of top-level resistance has led some political analysts, like Geoffrey Skelley at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, to be more measured in their assessments. “Most Republican senators and members of the House aren’t going to change their minds,” he said. “The base of support for [Republicans] is in the South, which also happens to be the most socially conservative part of the country due to the strong evangelical tradition there.”
Growing life expectancy, late marriage and even later parenthood are making modern humans believe they have a lot more time on hand. The collateral damage, says University of Virginia clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay, is the tendency to waste your 20s.
Having spent more than 10 years studying 20-somethings, in an email interview with Mirror, she argues that your first step into adulthood is not just about hooking up and hanging out. Don’t get her wrong; she’s all for exploration, as long as it’s productive. What we do, and don’t do, in our 20s has a far-reaching effect ...
Some University of Virginia faculty members are making a hefty paycheck. Salary information - obtained and posted by the Cavalier Daily - reveals medical school Dean Steven Dekosky tops the list, having pulled in $650,000 last year.
(Commentary) In Cincinnati, Superintendent Ronan’s effort to turn around low-performing elementary schools included sending principals and teachers to the University of Virginia’s leadership training program. For two years, Virginia’s experts provided specific suggestions and opportunities to share ideas for improving the quality of instruction, and both administrators and teachers said the help was instrumental to the success of the initiative.
The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team recorded a milestone win Friday at the Snyder Tennis Center, downing No. 25 Clemson 7-0 for the program's 100th consecutive victory against ACC competition. The Cavaliers, who improved to 18-0 overall and 7-0 in the conference this season, haven't lost to an ACC foe (regular season or postseason) since the 2006 ACC Tournament.
A University of Virginia student may soon have an out-of-this-world experience. He could be just weeks away from winning a competition that would send him into the final frontier. Patrick Carney just might have that dream come to life. Axe Body Wash is giving two people the chance to go to space to "leave a man…and come back a hero."
(By Richard Brownlee, Dale S. Coenen Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.) The memorable quote “What we got here is failure to communicate” from the prison guard captain in the classic movie “Cool Hand Luke” is certainly applicable to the challenge facing corporations around the world with respect to their ability to communicate their value and values to key stakeholders in a relevant, comprehensive, transparent, timely and credible manner.
A panel of civil-rights activists will discuss their experiences at 7 p.m. Monday at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. The forum will be hosted by the University of Virginia and moderated by Patrice Preston Grimes, associate dean of African-American affairs at UVa, and an associate professor at the Curry School of Education.
Charlottesville is the first stop for a group touring the country to talk about education reform. Teachers, administrators, and students from across central Virginia gathered at the University of Virginia Saturday to kick-off the discussion. The Lynchburg-based S.Y. Scholars Program brought together educators and politicians for Saturday's first symposium tour to share their experiences.
"It's very surprising in many ways how uniform the results of the research have been," said Charlotte J. Patterson, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, who has been researching child development in same-sex households for more than 20 years. "What we've found is that what's important is not the sexual orientation of the parents but rather the resources the parents can offer the kids and the quality of relationships with their children, and of course that's true for gay and straight parents."
With respect to innovative leadership, University of Virginia president Teresa A. Sullivan suggested that our definition of leaders as heroic might be flawed. Rather, she praised the sustainable leader who may go unnoticed. … Allowing private industry to realize the full potential of large sets of government data was at the heart of Waldo Jaquith’s 10-minute talk about innovations in technology.
More than 150 participants of all ages went for a run at the University of Virginia Saturday morning to help children with cancer. Notus Sports - a Charlottesville sports and event management company - organized the first ‘Hoos Heal 5K and Kids Race at UVA's Nameless Field. Funds from the race will benefit the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the UVA Medical Center.
But to be a legitimate presidential contender and appeal to the mainstream, Paul must move away from some of his father's positions, such as abolishing the Federal Reserve and sharply limiting military involvement, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "There's a downside to putting distance between himself and his father," Sabato said. "Some hardcore Paul-ites already do not trust Rand, and consider him squishy compared to their hero Ron. So there's a price to everything in politics."
With gouge and mallet, muscle and sinew, Frederick Wilbur has added beauty to many of the nation's grandest homes and structures. His wood carvings grace majestic cathedrals such as St. John the Divine in New York City and Trinity Church in Boston. Many secular buildings, including the Library of Congress and the Ivy Club at Princeton University, contain examples of his work.