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.
State Rep. Mimi Stewart also raised concern about other forms of privatization, including a $2.5 million contract with the nonprofit University of Virginia School Turnaround Specialist Program to provide professional development for principals and educational leaders to help them close the achievement gap.
"Do we want corporations from Virginia setting up shop in New Mexico. ... What does Virginia know about our New Mexico students?" Stewart said.
While there are many exciting opportunities available using cord blood, there are also some challenges that need to be overcome. One of the primary challenges is that there the percentage of donors is very low. In the Fierce Biotech Research article, Dr. Mary Laughlin, a physician and expert in marrow and stem transplants at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, stated, “cord blood is only saved from about 4 percent out of all births. Those are very useful cells that are going in the trash.”
Profile of former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, a 1963 graduate of U.Va.’s School of Law.
James Coan, a neuroscientist at the University of Virginia, said the brain is extremely sensitive to the quality of relationships. He conducted a study in which 16 happily married women were threatened with an electric shock while undergoing an MRI brain scan. Coan said the occasional shock was to create the type of anticipatory anxiety people experience most often, such as over finances. The women were either alone in the machine, held their husband's hand or held the hand of a male stranger. When the women were alone, their brains showed the highest response to threat and anticipation of...