The Virginia wrestling team is ranked 11th in the latest USA Today/NWCA/AWN Coaches Poll, which is the highest ranking in school history.
"These town hall meetings have defined his brand," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "That’s his niche in politics. He’s known as frank, blunt, sometimes offensive politician who can go off when you push the wrong button. And a lot of people love it."
On Wednesday, the groundbreaking for the Blue Ridge program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, or PACE, will take place. It's a facility that will provide housing and health care for seniors in our community who are most at risk for health issues.
Ben Kohles had a great start to the 2013 PGA Tour last week in Hawaii. Kohles, a former U.Va. standout, shot rounds of 67-70-68-68 for a 7-under 273 at the Waiale Country Club in Hawaii.
By unanimous votes, a bill to increase regulations and transparency of Virginia colleges' governing boards and a separate measure to add student and faculty representatives to such boards passed a House subcommittee Tuesday.
The Virginia Senate majority leader came out Monday in support of the confirmation of University of Virginia Rector Helen E. Dragas, ahead of a committee meeting today where she’ll face the first legislative hurdle to keeping her seat.
Nearly 400 students from the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture will spend the next week re-imagining the Rivanna River corridor from Pen Park to Woolen Mills.
I sent Helen Dragas a few questions for my story on the coming action in the legislature over whether to confirm her appointment to the Board of Visitors for a four-year term. Here is the full Q & A.
While Georgetown, Washington & Lee, and the University of Virginia retain their positions among colleges with the top graduation rates in the country, many other area schools are making impressive gains in the percent of undergrads completing degrees within six years.
On Tuesday, Philip Zelikow will hold the opening session of his spring-term course "The Modern World: Global History Since 1760" at the University of Virginia. But thousands of students far from Charlottesville will have had their first taste of his class online by then.
“He’s reflected the Cuban-American community faithfully, but that community is changing,” says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.”Younger Cubans are less likely to oppose normalization of relations. Just look at Florida and the Cuban vote there; it’s much the same thing in New Jersey and New York. The Castro brothers will pass from the scene entirely before too long, and then I’d bet matters will move more swiftly.”
Darden student Taylor Burroughs estimates how many windows there are in Manhattan.
The first of several strategic planning forums takes place Monday at the University of Virginia. Monday's discussion focuses on how to attract and retain a strong faculty.
"You have to give the Obama administration credit for one thing: They've learned from history to do things quickly," Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said of previous task force initiatives that fizzled.
The majority leader of the Virginia Senate today said he will vote to confirm Helen E. Dragas to a controversial second four-year term on the University of Virginia board of visitors.
University of Virginia students and staff are headed to Richmond to block a confirmation vote for Rector Helen Dragas.
The University of Virginia is officially tapping into a new world for education. The first of its online courses went global Monday morning, providing hundreds of thousands of people with high-quality instruction at no cost.
The UVA men's basketball team made the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007 last year, thanks in large part to Mike Scott, who led the team with 18 points and 8 rebounds per game. Scott beat the odds to make it to the NBA, and was drafted by the Hawks, and now he's doing everything he can to make sure he stays there.
Members of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s School and Campus Safety Task Force vowed Monday that their recommendations on keeping Virginia’s schools safe would be based on fact and not emotion. The panel includes Dewey Cornell, Professor of Education, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia; Director, Virginia Youth Violence Project.
A proposed bill in the General Assembly by Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Weyers Cave, could lead to more public access to boards of visitors meetings at the state's colleges and universities.