The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced its keynote speaker for a special luncheon this week. Dr. Pamela Ross of the University of Virginia Health System and Medical Center will deliver the keynote address at the Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association Luncheon.
Long before the heart of Thomas Jefferson’s academical village became the backdrop for a drama that strained the governance structure, the University of Virginia’s Rotunda was under a different kind of stress.
As collegiettes, we are always looking for advice on how to make it in the "real world" once our time in college is finished. And who better than someone who was in our shoes to help us out! Read about Locke Hughes, the Assistant Editor at Woman’s Day magazine and how she was able to figure it all out.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, argued Mr. Obama should try a new strategy -- particularly in light of what he characterized as the president's lackluster first attempt. "It was not the man meeting the moment," he said. "It was too airy and nonspecific. The words didn't resonate. They didn't connect with the big challenges of the day, or the persona Obama had become."
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville in the US has donated drugs and medical equipment to the University of Education Winneba Clinic and the Winneba Government Hospital.
Bankrate.com includes U.Va. in a list of "schools that offer tremendous bang for the buck."
Two local organizations — the United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area and the AARP, along with the University of Virginia — are offering free tax preparation and filing for qualified residents.
Helen Dragas won Senate approval for her reappointment to the University of Virginia board of visitors Monday after nearly 45 minutes of floor debate that saw the rector characterized as a citizen volunteer making difficult decisions and a poor leader who brought dishonor to the university. The Senate voted 29-9 to confirm Dragas for a second four-year term, sending her nomination along with scores of other gubernatorial appointees to the House of Delegates for action.
A prominent educator will lead off the University of Virginia's Martin Luther King celebration. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at UVA's Newcomb Hall Ballroom.
(Commentary) I have been reading Daniel T. Willingham’s “When Can You Trust the Experts? How To Tell Good Science From Bad In Education.” Willingham is a cognitive scientist at the University of Virginia. He addresses this book to the general reader trying to make sense of competing claims in education. He writes simply and directly. The book is useful to a broader audience.
Researchers including University of Virginia economics professor John Pepper hope a new method to measure how food stamps affect hunger and health will influence Congress this year as lawmakers decide funding for a program used by more than 46 million people.
Research on Montessori is overall a mixed bag -- some research suggests kids do better in them, while other research suggests the opposite. So last year, Angeline Lillard, a developmental psychologist at the University of Virginia, conducted a study to try to tease out the truth.
University of Virginia Campaign analyst Larry Sabato is predicting this year’s contest will focus more on local issues. “But this is a different race. It’s a statewide race.”
The University of Virginia has 21,000 students and there are only 12 full-time therapists at the school's counseling center. But thanks to a triage system no student is left behind.
There have been cases where better enforcement of laws already on the books might have helped avoid bloodshed, said Richard J. Bonnie, a professor at University of Virginia’s law school. Bonnie headed a state commission on mental health law in the wake of the mass shooting at Virginia Tech.
(Commentary) The author makes extensive reference to research from Meg Jay, clinical psychologist at the University of Virginia.
A team of University of Virginia students will compete in an international computer science challenge this summer. Third-year Neal Milstein and second-years Derek Morris and Carson Wang will face off with programmers from around the world in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
(Commentary) As state funding sinks, a new idea for financing may be necessary.
That does not include the prestigious University of Virginia. It will give credit for a good exam score at the end of a two-year IB course, but not a one-year IB course. Good exam scores after one-year AP courses do get credit.
Was that grand, celebrated inauguration an illusion? Did it just make the high expectations for Obama’s first term all the more unreasonable? “Is the Pope German?,” Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said last week. “I was at the inauguration, and some described a coming Nirvana. Um, no.”