It's the moderates, the undecided or independent voters still unconvinced by Ken Cuccinelli or Terry McAuliffe, who will define the race. In the wake of Bolling's departure, both camps are now working hard to appeal to the middle. "The average voter should always question every claim coming from these two camps," said Dr. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
Dr. Amir Jazaeri of University of Virginia Medical Center is a cancer researcher funded by the American Cancer Society. Jazaeri says that Relay for Life is critical, especially at a time when government funding for cancer research is the lowest it's been in decades.
More women are delaying marriage, but not necessarily delaying kids, says a new report.
Americans are getting married later and later. The average age of first marriage in the United States is 27 for women and 29 for men, up from 23 for women and 26 for men in 1990 and 20 and 22 (!) in 1960. But what are the consequences of this trend? Who benefits and who suffers? "Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America," a new report from the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project examines those questions and, unsurprisingly, concludes that the answers are different depending on who you are.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, says Virginia Republicans are beyond furious at McDonnell for breaking his no-tax pledge. “The cost of the legacy is probably a future career, certainly as a presidential candidate,” he says. “It’s possible he could be picked as vice president if the nominee decides he has to have Virginia.”
Men and women are marrying later in life than ever before, but a new study reveals the costs of delaying your "I dos." In a report released Friday, the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project found that the average marrying age is at its highest ever: 26.
One of the factors that determine whether applicants will be accepted into undergraduate business programs is grade point average. Whether it’s high-school GPA used in freshman admission to four-year business programs or college GPA used in admission to two-year programs, GPA still matters. A lot. “GPA is important, and we’re going to look at it to get a snapshot,” says Rebecca Locke Leonard, associate dean for student services at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. “Then we’re going to look beyond GPA. I think of it as a starting...
A Charlottesville couple is teaching friends and family that their disabilities are no match for their abilities. On Friday, NBC29's Kristin Twiford sat down with Carolyn and Woody Berry to talk about their lifelong love story, their successful careers, and the ways they've shared their perspective. Woody worked in the X-ray department at the University of Virginia for 37 years. Now he works behind the scenes at the university's Observatory Hill dining hall, where he amazes coworkers by loading dishes at a record 16 plates a minute.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said Portman's switch just puts him in line with the majority of Americans. Data from the Pew Research Center shows that 48 percent of the public now favor gay marriage, with 43 percent opposed — a significant shift from a decade ago.
(Commentary) Children raised by a single parent are “two to three times more likely to drop out of high school,” says Bradford Wilcox, head of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, and boys from single-parent homes have double the risk of being arrested before they reach the age of 30.
Three university professors tried to calculate the impact of trading costs on fund performance, and their conclusion suggests that a fund's expense ratio doesn't come close to capturing the full costs that investors pay.
An artificial pancreas developed at the University of Virginia is one step closer to helping people with Type 1 diabetes manage their blood sugar. Researchers are running a second round of trials to test the smartphone algorithm that controls a patient's insulin pump.
(By Sara E. Russell, a lecturer of maritime and supply chain management at Old Dominion University in Norfolk and president of the Organization of Women in International Trade of Hampton Roads. She originally wrote about the Port of Virginia for the current issue of The Virginia News Letter, published by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.) Ship lines are not a port’s only customers. Shippers — those who are providing the cargo — are customers, too, and should factor heavily into the Port of Virginia’s plans to boost its...
There’s no clearer indication that what happened at the University of Virginia last summer touched a sensitive nerve in the higher education nationally than the fact that everybody is still talking about it.
If you want to mix up the rankings among the top 14 and base their order on which schools are most likely to get you a job right after graduation, the University of Virginia (No. 7) would be first and Georgetown University (No. 14) would remain in the same spot.
Dr. Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, believes one can weather travails and accomplish important goals by focusing on a larger purpose. Sullivan, who accepted a Leadership Award and was a featured speaker March 9 at the Women’s Center’s 27th annual Leadership Conference, cited as an example a waste-truck driver in Charlottesville who on Jan. 21 helped save a houseful of university students from a fire.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will speak in May at the University of Virginia's College at Wise's graduation.
A federal judge this month restricted the damages that a former University of Virginia assistant professor can collect in a whistleblower case from a requested award of $1.46 million to about $420,000, school officials said Wednesday.
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