Laurel Woodworth might be the “Greenest Woman from the Valley,” (30-and-under division).
Five University of Virginia students who won a nationwide contest to enlighten college students about the national debt will be recognized by former President Bill Clinton.
A team of cyclists swooped into Charlottesville on Saturday to raise awareness and funds for a group of cancer patients that they say go underserved: Young adults diagnosed in their late teens to age 40, whose concerns and experiences in dealing with the disease are much different than those of older adults. Among them was Brian Satola, a 1991 graduate of the University of Virginia and former wide receiver for the Cavaliers football team, who now serves as the chief operating officer of the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, the group that organized the 1,300-mile ride.
In the Korean War, as popularized by the hit TV series “M*A*S*H,” military chopper evacuations of those wounded in combat became the norm, a procedure that would again surface during the Vietnam War. Lives were saved, and those headed stateside took note, said Dr. Debra Perina, medical director for the Medical Transport Network at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
A researcher who was not involved in the studies said the treatments all appear promising, although preliminary, and show how medicine is moving toward alternatives to chemotherapy. "This is where we have to start. This is the future," said Dr. Linda Duska, a gynecologist at the University of Virginia.
Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke with students at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia on Friday, just days after the General Assembly narrowly passed the governor's amendment on abortion coverage. It was his first public speech since the legislation passed, and students were quick to ask him about it.
The Zeta Tau Alpha chapter at the University of Virginia held its 19th annual Run for Life 5K race on grounds Saturday.
Brian Buchanan knows baseball. Buchanan is manager of the Lexington Legends, who open their home schedule Monday night against the Asheville Tourists. Buchanan brings experience as a collegiate All-American (at U.Va.), minor- and big-league ballplayer.
For a moment, Patrick Stoner himself was the center of attention and not the A-list actor that viewers normally see sitting across from him. The WHYY film critic and host, whose quick hit interviews with film actors are on about 65 PBS stations across the country, found himself on live television at a most inopportune moment.
There was plenty of talent on display Saturday night at Charlottesville's Paramount Theatre. It was the 20th anniversary of the University of Virginia's all-male a cappella group called the Academical Village People.
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said Sanford’s primary opponents never scorched him by going harshly negative. Will that change?
Dr. John Risher and Paul Wisman, alumni and longtime members of the U.Va. football statistical crew, received the Order of the Crossed Sabres Award Friday from the Cavalier football program.
The four-day symposium (April 6-9) on the “Development of Islamic Jurisprudence Sciences” continued here yesterday with the key focus on peaceful co-existence. Speakers included U.Va. religious studies professor Abdulaziz Sachedina.
University of Virginia students and faculty are gearing up for a one-of-a-kind humanities week. The Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures has a week full of activities planned. Those include poetry readings, performances and photo exhibits.
Family and friends of a University of Virginia graduate who died after a skiing accident in January came together Sunday to celebrate his life. Nearly 100 people gathered at the ceremony to remember Blair Phillips. Phillips graduated from UVA in 2011 and during his time there, he had two passions - architecture and a capella.
A man originally from Staunton will be put to the test on a national game show Monday night. Mark Richardson, 29, will be vying for big bucks on Jeopardy. He is a University of Virginia alum and currently lives in California.
A new report shows that, even as the University of Virginia worked to bolster its increasingly uncompetitive faculty salaries, it was slipping further behind its highly ranked competitors.
The University of Virginia is helping education innovators take action on their ideas. Groups spent 54 hours developing plans to impact education during a start-up weekend. The event was sponsored by University of Virginia's Curry School of Education - but it wasn't just students that came out for the start-up. These innovators represent a wide range of age groups and educational backgrounds, but the goal for all of them was to find ways to improve education.
The average salary of a full-time faculty member increased by 1.7 percent in 2012-13, roughly keeping pace with inflation, according to a report being released today by the American Association of University Professors. … The gap between public and private universities is evident in the list of top-paying public universities for full professors. The top institution – University of California at Los Angeles – wouldn't make the top 10 private list. UCLA moved up from the second spot to the first spot. The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia, which ...
At the end of the weekend event, Clinton leads a volunteer project in the host city. “We’ve gotten so much from this weekend, it’s important to give back,” Josh Lansford, 22, a chemical engineering major from the University of Virginia, said as he painted an assembly room. “This is what it’s about.”