(Commentary) University of Virginia professor James Ceaser says the four national institutions the Framers created were Congress, the Supreme Court, the presidency and the presidential selection system based on the Electoral College. The fourth, wherein the selection of candidates and election of a president by each state's electors occurred simultaneously -- they were the same deliberation -- soon disappeared.
Charlottesville and Albemarle middle school girls got a taste of college life and beyond Saturday at UVA Day. The students met up with their big sisters from UVA's Young Women Leaders Program and tried out different careers in workshops led by women who work in the Charlottesville area.
The University of Virginia's School of Engineering opened its doors Saturday to thousands of young students and their families. They got a first-hand look at how new engineering projects are shaping technology of the future.
A one-of-a-kind online bridal business based in Charlottesville is buying and selling canceled weddings. Six University of Virginia students are part of the eight-member Bridal Brokerage team.
The University of Virginia is renovating and expanding its Innovation Lab. The facility is scheduled to reopen April 11 with a new name.
The managing director of UVA's Miller Center will become Longwood University's new president. W. Taylor Reveley IV will begin his new duties at the Farmville campus on June 1.
(Commentary by Bill Bosher) There is much debate about whether or not higher education should be run like a business. The never-ending UVA saga was seemingly provoked by the differences between administrators and policymakers about running the institution more like a corporation.
The age at which men and women in America marry is now at historic heights, and as a result the number of children born out of wedlock has also increased, says a new study by a group of family researchers, who have found that 48 percent of all first births are happening outside of marriage.
But sometimes, the disconnect is more serious. Marketers I spoke with mentioned high-up trunks that make it difficult for women to hoist heavy luggage, and nonadjustable gas and brake pedals, which force shorter women (and men) to crunch up close to steering wheels and potentially explosive airbags. In 2011 researchers at the University of Virginia found that women drivers are 47 percent more likely to be seriously injured in crashes, in great part because cars are designed to protect men's larger bodies.
Attorney general candidates include state Sen. Mark Obenshain and Delegate Rob Bell. "The lieutenant governor field is a real hodgepodge," said Geoff Skelley, media relations coordinator for the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "Each will be trying to get to the right of the others. It will be interesting to see how they do it."
There will be a screening of the documentary “Of Two Minds” from 7 to 9:15 p.m. Tuesday in Newcomb Hall Theater at the University of Virginia. The viewing of the documentary about bipolar disorder is courtesy of UVa’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.
The alphabet is alive and well at the University of Virginia Research Park in northern Albemarle County. The 562-acre research-oriented industrial park – with its eight buildings, 500,000 square feet of built-out office space and approval for another 3.2 million square feet of space — has become home to a variety of intelligence-gathering government contractors such as SAIC, CACI, SRC and TASC.
(Press release) The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing today announced that Swiss company Blaser Swisslube has joined the collaborative research center. CCAM is a research-based collaboration between the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University and manufacturing companies worldwide.
There's a new reason that women shouldn't stress about finding "The One" in their twenties: Marrying later in life can be better for your bank account, according to a new study of college-educated women by The University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce earned top ranking among the nation's best undergraduate business programs. The School of Commerce ranked second, according to the Annual Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings.
In places where living conditions resemble this “pre-hygiene” past—rural parts of Africa, South America and Asia—the disorders remain uncommon. It can be tempting to dismiss the differences as genetic. But disease rates in the industrialized world have risen too fast, up to 3 or 4 percent a year in recent decades, to be explained by evolutionary changes in DNA. “You can see quite clearly in a pre-hygiene situation you don’t see allergic disease,” says Thomas Platts-Mills, an allergy specialist at the University of Virginia. “Move to a hygiene soc...
University of Virginia officials will use a $5 million gift to double the size of a program that allows people with college degrees in other fields to get a master’s in nursing in two years.
Dozens of people got a haircut for a good cause on Thursday. People lined the chairs at the Biltmore in Charlottesville, waiting for their ponytails and braids to be clipped of and their heads to be shaved. It's part of an annual event put on by University of Virginia students to raise money for childhood cancer research through the St. Baldrick's Foundation.
The Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra is continuing its dance-themed season this weekend with a rhythmic trip to Europe.
Last month the University of Virginia announced that all future librarians will be classified as university staff. The librarians are now considered non-tenure-track faculty, and current employees will retain that status. The University of Virginia said the difficulty of defining the role of academic librarians today was one reason behind the decision to reclassify their jobs, because it no longer made sense to call those employees faculty members. Any future librarians will be hired at one of the university's three ranks of staff: operational and administrative, managerial and professiona...