... Divorce affects most children in the short run, but research suggests that kids recover rapidly after the initial blow. In a 2002 study psychologist E. Mavis Hetherington of the University of Virginia and her then graduate student Anne Mitchell Elmore found that many children experience short-term negative effects from divorce, especially anxiety, anger, shock and disbelief. These reactions typically diminish or disappear by the end of the second year. Only a minority of kids suffer longer.
Researchers from University of Virginia and College of William and Mary examined how daylight saving time influences crime rates in the U.S. using data from the three weeks before and after the springtime switch over a four-year period. Their analyses revealed some compelling results: daylight saving time reduced robbery by 51 percent, rape rates by 56 percent, and murder by 43 percent. The researchers estimated that since 2007 the daylight saving time resulted in over $550 million in avoided social costs of crime per year.
A slight change in the messaging may result in increased blood donations, new research suggests. Instead of asking people to “save a life,” ask them “to prevent a death,” according to the study. The research was carried out by University of Virginia professor Eileen Chou and professor Keith Murnighan of Northwestern University.
Features two U.Va. courses: “Design Thinking for Business Innovation,” taught by Jeanne Liedtka and “Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses (Part I & II)” by Edward Hess.
Eco-friendly cosmetics and a vaccine to treat Lyme disease are among 18 Virginia university research projects selected to receive grants from the Virginia Innovation Partnership. ... U.Va. projects won 8 grants totaling $330,000, more than any other university in the state.
A group of researchers at the University of Virginia is the recipient of a large grant that the three will use to help protect every website in the world.
“Republicans have work to do,” said James Ceaser, an elections analyst at the University of Virginia. “I see elections somewhat differently – you run against the other party, but you also run against reality.”
Patients at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital got a little surprise Tuesday afternoon. An Olympic gold medalist handed out the gifts, hoping to brighten their day in the name of a special foundation.
Got milk? It turns out that low-fat versions may not be the answer to helping kids maintain a healthy weight.
In her 2013 TED talk, University of Virginia clinical psychologist Meg Jay explained that around two-thirds of lifetime wage growth occurs during the first decade of your career, so it makes sense to delay marriage so that you can focus on your profession during these years.
A report released this week at the University of Virginia highlights a need to attract new, talented faculty as veterans retire during the next decade.
The University of Virginia is serving as a temporary home to some unique international artists. A husband-and-wife duo from Spain is sharing its costume art.
... For John Knapp, a University of Virginia economist specializing in state and local government finance, it’s a reminder of the measure’s frailty: “It concerns me if we’re going forward with something really iffy. … It’s got a lot of uncertainty to it.”
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s Senate confirmation hearing last month inadvertently rekindled an important debate in the academic world: How far can colleges and universities go in luring big names to top administrative posts without driving up already astronomical tuition costs and discouraging other faculty members with flat-lined salaries? ... In recent years, faculty members at the University of Virginia, the University of Texas at Austin, Duke University and Emory University have complained that they have been cut out of important decisions about the strategic direc...
Nixon's national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, agreed with his condemnation during a previously unreported taped conversation from June 29, 1972. "To make Jerusalem the capital of Israel is not the platform of a major American national party," Henry Kissinger told Nixon. "That is what I find so revolting here." The tape is one of a collection housed at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.