The University of Virginia has ordered all fraternities to end their new-member pledge periods by 6 p.m. Saturday or face the prospect of losing official university recognition. The move comes as one fraternity is under investigation “after reports of inappropriate behavior,” and more investigations are poised to begin.
In February in Charlottesville, Va., home of the University of Virginia, the council passed a resolution urging the state to limit the use of police spy drones but does not ban drones in the city's air space.
Writing in the Winter 2013 issue of City Journal, E. D. Hirsch Jr., a professor emeritus in education at the University of Virginia and the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation, offers an explanation of lower SAT verbal scores in his essay, "A Wealth of Words."
Nearly half of all students experience some sort of bullying. A University of Virginia study last year showed the more bullying in a school, the lower its graduation rates. In Colorado, actors and educators are teaming up with an unusual solution.
“The longer you wait to get married, the more education and wealth you’ll have, which will translate to more stability when you get married,” says Brad Wilcox, PhD, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
A 2009 report from the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project, for example, showed that couples with no assets are 70 percent more likely to divorce within three years than couples with $10,000 in assets.
The study comes on the heels of another March 2013 report by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and the RELATE Institute. It revealed that the average age of marriage for women is now 26.5 years old and 28.7 years old for men, up from 23 and 26 in 1990.
Long known as one of University of Virginia’s best and most innovative teachers, Professor Bloomfield evokes feedback like, “This professor rocks!” from his learners. Right now, anybody can enroll in “How Things Work,” an offering among free, MOOC classes.
While passage of an abortion amendment drew headlines at Wednesday’s veto session, solidifying the landmark transportation package secured Gov. Bob McDonnell’s legacy, political analyst Larry Sabato said.
Charles William Wilson carved a distinguished yet unexpected academic and professional path. He received a B.A. in history and English literature from the University of Virginia and an M.A. in English literature from Yale, respectively. Wilson's writing has appeared in The New York Times; the New York Times Magazine, where he is a research editor; The Washington Post; as well as the The Economist.
On Saturday night, the singers of the Academical Village People, also known as AVP, will be showing off their fun moves and grooves at special performance at the Paramount. The all-male a cappella group from the University of Virginia is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a night of music, dancing, comedy and, “most importantly,” fun, said Charles Kang, president and baritone of the band of 17 singers.
The University of Virginia has launched a global war to fight childhood malnutrition. Researchers are going around the world to study the issue and they say the impacts could be felt right here in central Virginia. UVA Health System researchers studied 700 children in Bangladesh and 400 in India.
U.Va. professors Daniel Cox and Ronald Reeve have designed and built a virtual reality system to evaluate and augment the driving skills of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Based on preliminary results from a previous Autism Research Program seed grant, Cox and Reeve are further developing this system.
At the close of the weekend, Keaton Wadzinski was one of about 30 students offered the Jefferson Scholarship. As an out-of-state Jefferson Scholar, Keaton’s award is valued at more than $220,000 for his four-year college degree, including study abroad opportunities.
Why do intelligent, accomplished people make colossal mistakes, such as firing a respected leader without a meeting of the board, without first giving the leader a clear message that she was in trouble, without providing stakeholders and the public with a credible rationale? Why would an experienced leader like Helen Dragas attempt to micromanage the president of an institution that continues to be one of the jewels of public higher education? There are many theories floating around to explain these mysteries, but I believe the UVA fiasco was primarily about a leader who has no understanding o...
University of Virginia board members expressed doubts Wednesday about the administration’s tuition proposal, which pairs plans for relatively low yearly tuition increases over the next four years with a new fee for upperclassmen.
"The frustration for governors or executives who go into the Senate is suddenly you're 94th in seniority and you're in a basement office with no windows and nobody's exactly waiting for you to make the final decision about anything," Democratic Sen. Timothy Kaine told students Wednesday in Larry Sabato's Introduction to American Politics class at the University of Virginia.
Jefferson’s mountaintop home, Monticello, lures approximately half a million visitors every year, and along with the University of Virginia, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.