Studies showed that programmable thermostats didn’t reliably save energy; in fact, because many people end up switching their system on and off manually, programmable thermostats might cause most people to use more energy, says Kamin Whitehouse, a computer science professor at the University of Virginia. “People have a really hard time setting accurate schedules for their lives,” he says.
The seven most imperiled Senate seats in the country are all held by Democrats according to University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato’s latest Crystal Ball analysis released today. “As we unveil our first ratings of the new Senate cycle, the key question 20 months before the election is this: What seats are in the greatest danger of flipping from one party to the other,” wrote Sabato and his associates, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley.
In 2005, a team of professors and researchers at the University of Virginia began a project to create a research tool that would replicate the biology of the human artery on the bench. Nicole Hastings, Ph.D., then a graduate student, along with Brett R. Blackman, Ph.D., and Brian R. Wamhoff, Ph.D., faculty members, designed a system that combined human primary endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, which are the main cell types that comprise the human artery.
(Commentary) "This is not a relatively small Electoral College 'misfire' on the order of 1888 or 2000. Instead, it is a corrupt and cynical maneouver to frustrate popular will and put a heavy thumb - the whole hand, in fact - on the scale for future Republican candidates. We do not play presidential politics with a golf handicap awarded to the weaker side." – Larry J Sabato, Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics, on GOP plan to change the rules for how electoral votes are counted.
Robert M. O'Neil, professor of law emeritus at the University of Virginia and former director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, said via e-mail that the West Liberty case raised "genuinely perplexing" issues. The key question, he said, may be "the purpose of such a source constraint," and whether "it reflects content neutrality" or just a ban on conservative sources.
Familiar Russian dances and a J.S. Bach suite will be on the program when the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra performs this weekend.
"God's Ear," which opens at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Helms Theatre, is the latest production in the University of Virginia Department of Drama's season. Jenny Schwartz's play examines the power of language to soothe and complicate the grief of a couple mourning the loss of a son.
"Carter Myers Automotive, Carter Myers, Liza Borches and the entire enterprise are stellar corporate citizens," said Patricia L. Cluff, Associate Vice President Marketing and Strategic Relations at University of Virginia Health System, Immediate Past Chair of the Chamber Board, and Chair of the Hovey S. Dabney Award for Corporate Citizenship Committee. "This is a family-owned and operated enterprise of the first order that has been serving Virginians since 1924 and customers in Greater Charlottesville since 1984. It is our Chamber's honor to honor this excellent business and...
When University of Virginia alumnus Blake Segal takes the stage at Richmond's Landmark Theater next week in the Broadway hit "Mary Poppins," his character portrayal will be one for the books.
(Commentary) In an academic review of the state of the field, researchers at the University of Virginia found: Children from lower-income families tend to gain more from good preschool education than do more advantaged children. However, the educational achievement gains for non-disadvantaged children are substantial, perhaps 75 percent as large as the gains for low-income children.
Borrowing a grading system based on the “Star Trek” franchise, the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics warns in its latest breakdown of the 2014 Senate races Thursday that Senate Democrats should be on high alert in seven states in which they hold seats.
Secretary of State John Kerry has chosen the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, as the site of his first foreign policy speech since joining President Barack Obama’s Cabinet.
John Kerry will deliver his first major public address as secretary of State next Wednesday at the University of Virginia, State Department Victoria Nuland said Thursday.
Nate Carr Jr. coaches a sport he loves dearly from the sidelines at the University of Virginia, but his true passion is on the mat. The 157-pounder is the son of 1988 bronze medalist, Nate Carr, and he is training for the 2016 Olympic Games.
“If Hillary doesn’t run, the lineup isn’t exactly impressive,” said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. “Who do the Democrats have? Cuomo, and a vice president who’s going to be 74 by Inauguration Day. Then there’s Martin O’Malley, the governor of Maryland? Brian Schweitzer, the former governor of Montana? Kirsten Gillibrand? These are not giants in a forest of redwoods.”
Medical School alumnus Dr. Troy R. Mohler is the first physician to set up a practice in the Loudoun County town of Lovettsville in nearly 50 years.
Law school applications and enrollment numbers are dropping at UVA, and tuition, in response, continues to rise. Faced with the prospect of paying off a six figure loan tab in a brutal job market, students are re-evaluating whether or not a law degree is still a worthy investment, and experts expect nearly a dozen schools around the country to close over the next decade.
The Meng-Smith bill has received backing from groups as diverse as the American Jewish Committee, Family Research Council, National Association of Evangelicals and U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, and from individuals including Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz and First Amendment expert and University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock.
Business school isn't just about getting an MBA. It's about meeting people who can propel your career forward. GraduatePrograms.com, a non-profit that surveys graduate students and provides scholarships to a random selection of students who participate, recently put together a ranking of the MBA programs that have the best social life; the Darden School of Business ranks fourth.
“It’s more educated, more affluent and also more religious Americans that tend to get married in the first place,” said Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.