Sandy Hausman talks with Carl Bowman, a social scientist at the University of Virginia, about his "Family Report."
Students at the University of Virginia have jumped into the debate over whether Rector Helen Dragas should be confirmed for another term on the board of visitors.
Experts, however, cautioned that it was too early to judge. Associate Professor Russell Riley, a presidential historian with the University of Virginia, said: "Most presidential addresses are forgettable, even inaugurals. "I suspect this one may suffer the same fate, although if (Mr Obama's) account of the arc of history is accurate, historians may hearken back to this as a final break with Reagan-era conservatism."
Professor Rip Verkerke has developed an innovative contracts course at the University of Virginia School of Law.
As world food and energy demands grow, nations and some corporations increasingly are looking to acquire quality agricultural land for food production. A new study by the University of Virginia and the Polytechnic University of Milan, and currently published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides the first global quantitative assessment of the water-grabbing phenomenon, which has intensified in the last four years largely in response to a 2007-08 increase in world food prices.
According to a new University of Virginia study, half of the 50 states could end their primary care physician shortages, and save billions annually in health care costs, by a simple policy change: equalizing the licensure requirements for foreign-educated physicians and U.S.-educated physicians.
A University of Virginia student was sexually assaulted while walking on Grounds on Monday night, University Police Chief Michael Gibson stated Tuesday in an email to the campus community.
U.S. Rep. John Lewis and 1968 Olympic medalist John Carlos are the latest guests slated to participate in the 19th annual Virginia Festival of the Book.
Politically, the Senate maneuver could pay off big for Republicans in the long term, said Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “My guess is that Republicans would pick up two to three seats almost automatically.”
For the rest of the week, residents likely will see temperatures rise but stay below freezing. On Friday, there is potential for snow accumulation, says Jerry Stenger, director of the University of Virginia’s climatology office.
In "Redirect," Timothy Wilson, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, identifies “story editing” as one of the main ways people make sense of their lives and overcome challenging circumstances.
“If you were going to ask me what is Chris Christie’s main problem in getting the GOP nomination (for president in 2016) it would be that he is perceived as a moderate northeastern Republican,” said Larry Sabato, a professor politics and the director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “That’s deadly in the GOP nominating battle. Just deadly.”
The proposal shifts Senate district boundaries across the state. “It’s made this session explosive and even more political than it already was,” said professor Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. The move could easily be the end of McDonnell’s transportation initiative, Sabato said.
On Jan. 10, Sam Gruber, a junior at the University of Virginia, visited Chesterbrook ES to meet with sixth-grade students. Gruber talked about his experiences studying and working in China.
Boeing and Airbus are the only companies with the capabilities to build large, high-tech commercial planes. "They're just massively complex projects," says Raul Chao, a professor at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. "That means that, just like when you're remodeling your kitchen, they will go over budget and over time."
In Virginia, the plan to add a sixth state Senate district with a majority voting-age African-American population is not an entirely new idea. Michael P. McDonald, an associate professor at George Mason University who served as a mapping consultant on McDonnell's redistricting commission, told HuffPost that University of Virginia students participating in a recent redistricting competition had demonstrated it was possible to create such a district. But that plan wasn't extensively studied because of concerns it wouldn't hold up to judicial scrutiny.
U.Va. law professor Richard Bonnie is scheduled make a presentation today to the Connecticut state commission looking into the Sandy Hook shootings. Bonnie is director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and chairs the Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform. Following the Virginia Tech tragedy in 2007, he served as a consultant to then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s Virginia Tech Review Panel.