(Co-written by Alfred C. (Alf) Weaver, director of U.Va.’s Applied Research Institute and a professor of computer science) Computing and information technology are among the fastest growing U.S. industries, and participating in efforts to attract and retain a diverse workforce will provide a valuable contribution toward meeting future demands in these professions.
Monday’s conference was aimed at helping teachers and others share strategies in teaching STEM subjects and learning from state and national leaders in those areas. It started with a talk by Chic Thompson, an author and a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, who spoke about curiosity, asking questions and innovation.
A senior higher education development executive with considerable experience in major campaigns has been appointed by the University of Cambridge to lead its development and alumni relations programmes. Alison Traub is currently Campaign Director for the University of Virginia’s $3 billion campaign and Associate Vice-President for Development there.
She will join Cambridge on the back of the 800th Anniversary Campaign which was the first university fundraising drive outside the USA to raise more than £1 billion.
In the home of Duke, UNC and N.C. State, watching basketball can cause people’s blood pressure to soar and their productivity to plummet. “They’re BIRGing,” said Deborah Stroman, a former U.Va. women’s basketball player who teaches the economics of sports at UNC’s Department of Exercise and Sport Science. BIRG is the tested social-psychology phenomenon of Basking in the Reflected Glory of a winning team.
Opposition to the sequester has united the Virginia congressional delegation, which is headed by Majority Leader Eric Cantor. “We’re really ground zero for the defense cuts,” says Larry Sabato, who heads the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
So what are these jobs that deliver joy, if not fat stacks? We found six Charlottesville and Albemarle residents who found their own answer ­– including Dennis Edwards, a U.Va. mason skilled in historic restoration work.
Another woman has been appointed to Berkshire Hathaway's board, the company led by Warren Buffett said Thursday, the same day it was ranked as the worst publicly traded company for director and executive diversity. Chosen for the newly created board position is Meryl Witmer, a principal at New York-based investment partnership Eagle Capital Partners, Omaha-based Berkshire said in an email.
The University of Virginia Medical Center’s cancer center has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs."
In recent years, however, a team of survey researchers at the University of Virginia noticed a potentially cost-cutting silver lining in the massive growth of cell phone usage: Most of the Americans with unlisted landline numbers now have mobile phone service. So it may be possible, at least in theory, to reach virtually all adults with a combination of RDD samples of mobile phones and of listed landline phones.
A steady wind whipped over the 100 candles lining the stage, plunging the light glow into darkness as poems, songs and stories were shared. When the flames went out, students circled up to re-light the line, inspiring several speakers to reflect on the action as a metaphor for social change. "The candles go out and you can get really tired, but don't get burnt out ... everything you do helps, no matter how small," said Claire Kaplan, director of sexual and domestic violence services at the University of Virginia Women's Center.
An Arlingtonian has announced plans to seek the national presidency of the Young Democrats of America. Atima Omara-Alwala currently serves as national vice president of the organization, which will select its next leader during a convention in San Antonio in July.
So far there are five lessons, with plans to add more as the year goes on. Four of the lectures feature Stanford professors: Correll in sociology and Jennifer Aaker, Deborah Gruenfeld and Margaret Neale of the Graduate School of Business. The fifth lesson, on team dynamics, is by Melissa Thomas-Hunt, a professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School.
Sex has been proven to help mental health thanks to numerous studies. James Coan, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, says, “When you have sex, you release feel-good hormones, including oxytocin and endorphins.”
The University of Virginia is part of a growing trend of using video-conferencing technologies to plug crucial, and large, gaps in the state’s mental health care infrastructure.
Larry Sabato, a political analyst at the University of Virginia, said such a small TV buy will not make a dent in McDonnell’s popularity, but “what has made a dent is the conservative base’s reaction to the transportation deal.”
A national advocacy organization Friday asked the U.S. secretary of education to step into the ongoing fray at the University of Virginia. Rebuffed by education department staff, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni appealed to Education Secretary Arne Duncan to prevent what it called “the wrongful intrusion of college accreditors in state governance matters.”
A Gallia County native and graduate of the Gallia Academy High School Class of 1985 has certainly done her friends and family proud by dedicating her career to serve children and end homelessness in Norfolk, Va. Thaler McCormick, known locally as Jennifer Thaler, is the CEO of ForKids, Inc. Graduating from Gallia Academy High School in 1985, she attended Miami University, earning her bachelor’s degree, with a major in Business, and a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia School of Architecture, with a minor in Historic Preservation...
Opposition to same-sex marriage will almost certainly be a losing battle for Republicans, except in very conservative states, said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst with the University of Virginia. “Young people see gay marriage as a civil rights issue, and they aren’t going to change their minds about it,” Kondik said.