(Commentary by Michael Levenson, William B. Christian Professor of English and director of U.Va.’s Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures) The humanities will not go quietly. They won't disappear unless and until we agree to be machines instead of persons. As long as we still ask about a past before we were born, or the lives of others in distant places, or the meaning of actions and objects we don't understand, or the values by which we choose to live, there will be the humanities. You can starve them, but you can't kill them off.
In Pakistan, where the SEAL raid that killed Bin Laden sent Pakistani-American relations into a tailspin, drone strikes – though deeply unpopular – are tolerated by the security establishment. “There’s an intangible notion that a drone flying over is less of an intrusion than troops on the ground,” said Ashley S. Deeks, a University of Virginia law professor and a former State Department lawyer.
(By Edward D. Miller, member of the U.Va. Board of Visitors) The “crisis” at the University of Virginia has been extensively covered by the media. But the portrayal of the Board of Visitors’ work as a battle between Rector Helen Dragas and President Teresa Sullivan does a terrible disservice to the full engagement of the board and to the significant issues facing the university and all of higher education.
The University of Virginia School of Law ranked second on a list of accredited schools with the highest percentage of 2012 grads in full-time, long term jobs that require bar passage.
Coverage of the false rumor that state ABC agents were raiding first-year dorm rooms searching for underage possessors of alcohol.
Yet even as more new moms take up nursing, pediatricians aren't always as helpful as they could be, says Ann Kellams, a pediatrician and lactation consultant who runs the Breastfeeding Medicine Program at the University of Virginia.
Some University of Virginia students are taking a stand against sexual abuse. This week, they're hosting a series of events to raise awareness about the issue.
Take Back the Night is an annual week of events at UVA. The goal is to raise awareness about sexual and domestic violence and show community support for survivors.
Larry Sabato, who tracks congressional races as head of University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said that in 2006, "Democrats made a practical decision ... to win rather, than to be (ideologically) pure." Sabato said he now sees some Republicans similarly bending their stances on some issues to try to appeal to more voters, such as easing their opposition to gay marriage and tax increases.
(Commentary) Some media types these days don't like "Bible thumping." But there are times when, as the author of Cultural Literacy, Prof. E.D. Hirsch noted, the Bible can be a useful communications tool. The retired University of Virginia professor made a splash with his thesis that people in India needed to read the Bible to understand their only common language: English.
A University of Virginia official Monday characterized pledging misconduct as pervasive, but said fraternities have complied with a university directive to end the pledge period early this year.
Two green-thumbed university alumni beat out five other top student entrepreneurs from across the country Friday to take home the $50,000 award for creating what they called “an idiot-proof garden.” Coming in second place was CoverPlay by University of Virginia alum David Marriott, who took home an award of $15,000. The company is the developer of the Mojo speaker, the world’s lightest premium Bluetooth speaker. While it is only 7 millimeters thin and weighs in at 4 ounces, the Mojo deliver an average of 90 decibels of sound and 10 hours of full-blast play on a single charge.
Two decades after ascending from the streets of Philadelphia to stardom at the University of Virginia, Dawn Staley is taking her place alongside another giant in Cavalier sports lore. In September, the two-time national player of the year and five-time WNBA All-Star will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Cavalier great Ralph Sampson was inducted last year.
(Podcast) This podcast features the CIO Brad Wheeler of Indiana University and CIO James Hilton of the University of Virginia. They focus on service level agreements, supporting the university research mission and risk mitigation to keep IT out of newspapers.
The most fertile ground for a Russian official to challenge the sanctions would probably concern the asset freeze aspect of the Magnitsky Act, which arguably could violate the US Constitution’s directive that no one should be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” legal experts told RIA Novosti. “An imaginative lawyer might come up with more than I can, but I think the argument would have to be constitutional, especially as to any asset freeze,” said Paul Stephan, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
It's fairly simple, but a new technique in practice at the University of Virginia Health System is making it easier to protect your heart from radiation therapy. New research suggests a simple deep breath can help a patient's heart avoid harmful radiation exposure. By breathing in and monitoring the breath, patients help separate breast tissue from the heart, while immobilizing the patient.
(Editorial) The University of Virginia earns additional respect for toughening its approach to fraternity hazing and drunkenness.
Despite Medicare’s clout, some expect states to play the primary role in reducing health care costs. Raymond Scheppach, former director of the National Governors Association, heads the State Health Care Cost Containment Commission at the University of Virginia. He believes states will assume responsibility for the cost of health care. “The reason,” he says, “is that about one third of all Americans are going to get their coverage through Medicaid or the [health insurance] exchange.”