A “headstrong rector” sought to remove a president who failed to conform to her image of “bold academic captaincy,” resulting in a yet-unresolved leadership crisis at the University of Virginia, says a report released today by the American Association of University Professors.
An American Association of University Professors report released today pans the actions of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors in the summer leadership crisis.
The Association of University Technology Managers recently awarded two tech transfer veterans — one in the U.S. and one in Canada — for their lifetime contributions to advancing university-based innovations. In the United States, W. Mark Crowell, executive director of UVA Innovation and associate vice president for research at the University of Virginia, received the Bayh-Dole Award during the AUTM annual meeting in San Antonio.
Rev. Gerard Fogarty, a Jesuit and Church historian at the University of Virginia, said he was "pretty sure I'd never see a Jesuit pope" and was surprised that Bergoglio had been chosen because of the criticism of his stand during the dictatorship.
Not using the card? Lock it up, either at home or at work, says Jim Burroughs, professor at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. "To me, putting it in your wallet, forces you to make a very deliberate decision ahead of time," he says.
"When a candidate is with true believers, he will say things that thrill them but alienate the swing voters that determine the election," said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "If he wants to win, he must become the generic Republican candidate Virginians are used to."
U.Va. Professor Gerald Fogarty says Jesuits were never really seen as candidates for pope, historically, because they take a vow to never accept a head of church, unless commanded by the pope alone. But Fogarty says not only is it an interesting choice because Pope Francis is Jesuit, but also because he's not European.
A former Colquitt Countian who has achieved success both as a physician and as an author will receive the second Colquitt County Career Achievement Award in a ceremony next week. Dr. Terry T. Turner, born in Moultrie Nov. 1, 1945, is now professor emeritus at the Department of Urology of the University of Virginia School Medicine. He’s also the author of three books under the pen name David Donovan.
(By Pedro Matos, an associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia‘s Darden School of Business). There has been a good deal of press coverage of the numbers of zeros in the paychecks of American chief executives. Many people, especially workers who have faced stagnant or lower wages in a tough economy, believe U.S. CEOs take home too much. This perception is usually supported with estimates by firms like Towers Watson, which conduct surveys showing that CEOs in the U.S. earn much more than their counterparts abroad. But is it true?
"Fans of politics are deprived of an interesting x-factor in the Old Dominion’s gubernatorial race. What remains is a contest between two deeply flawed candidates, Cuccinelli and McAuliffe, whose race will be vicious in no small part because they have limited positive appeal," wrote Larry Sabato, director of of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
Ten students from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia will be eschewing trips to Cancun or Daytona Beach this week in favor of doing some good for the environment. The students will take part in an "alternative spring break" sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which includes a trip to Maryland Sunrise Farm in Gambrills.
A number of University of Virginia graduate and professional school scored well in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
MoneyWatch reports on a CollegeMeasures.org salary survey of graduates of state flagship schools that shows that U.Va. graduates earn the fourth-highest starting salaries in the country at $50,500 per year.
Righthanded relief pitcher Michael Schwimer’s trade to the Toronto Blue Jays in late February presents him with a new opportunity to establish a major league baseball career. However, no matter how his 2013 baseball season unfolds he intends to continue making a good impression on the mound and as a role model for the team’s local Jewish community.
In July 2008, Larry Sabato correctly projected that Barack Obama would win the presidency in a near-landslide. He predicted a 364-174 margin in the Electoral College, just one vote away from the final tally of 365-173, and he also forecast President Obama’s exact 53 percent popular vote margin. “Politics is a good thing!” is the slogan of Sabato, who has been chosen as the 2013 Hunter B. Andrews Distinguished Fellow in American Politics at William & Mary.
In North Carolina, two existing credit unions and a nonprofit decided to help move the Latino community’s paychecks out of people’s pockets and into a vault. The result was the LCCU, an independent entity that now carries over $112 million in assets and serves more than 54,000 members. In its first eight years of operation, whenever LCCU opened a new branch, the host county saw robberies drop by 4.2 percent, according to one University of Virginia study.
When Lauren Perdue had to shut down her 2012 run toward even more All-American honors because of back surgery, the U.S. Olympic Trials seemed to slip from future plans as well. The gold medalist and one of the stars of USA Swimming’s “Call Me Maybe” video talks about the power of moving forward even when it hurts too much sometimes to get out of bed in this week’s 20 Question Tuesday.
U.S. Department of Education officials announced last month that the University of Virginia’s accrediting agency did not break any federal laws when it placed the public institution “on warning” for violations related to the U-Va. governing board ousting and then reinstating the university’s president in June.
Short, sweet, and smart. That’s what Paul Beyer wants the second annual Tom Tom Founders Festival to be, and the erstwhile City Council candidate has a powerful partner backing his vision. The University of Virginia is providing brainpower, funding, and even an appearance by its own president to help fuel this year’s pared-down version of the April 11-14 event.
Virginia schools ranked well in the latest lists of top business-related programs compiled by U.S. News & World Report.