Embattled University of Virginia Rector Helen E. Dragas could face an uphill battle to retain her post when the General Assembly convenes next month in the wake of continuing fallout over the summer leadership crisis.
(Analysis by Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik, U.Va. Center for Politics.) As the 2012 election fades into the history books, we begin our first look at the 2014 contests for Senate, House and governor.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said Haley’s statement also says something about her own political plans. “Since Gov. Haley has already said she won’t appoint herself via the lieutenant governor, this missive effectively removes her from the 2014 field for the DeMint seat,” he said. “That was always the probability – that she would run for re-election.”
Tuesday, University of Virginia officials will find out whether or not their school is in trouble with its accrediting agency for this summer’s attempted ouster of President Teresa A. Sullivan. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges will announce its decision during its annual conference, which is being held in Texas.
On Monday, as they have for the last seven years, the leaders of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital set their scrubs and jackets aside to don the kind of scratchy, uncomfortable uniforms worn by elves and Santas at malls across the country so that the dozens of children occupying the 45-bed unit could have their holiday picture taken.
Commentary by A.E. Dick Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. This column is a shortened version of remarks made last month in Richmond at the groundbreaking ceremony for the First Freedom Center’s Education Center.
Wake Forest University is spending $1 million to better understand virtue and vice. The Character Project awarded eight grants on the philosophy of character and eight on the theology of character from 170 submitted proposals. Among the winners was “Aristotelian Autonomy,” a project proposed by Rebecca Stangl, an associate professor of philosophy.
(Co-authored by Dr. Steven T. DeKosky, dean of the U.Va., School of Medicine) In Alzheimer's disease research, 2012 has been quite a rollercoaster year.
While convincing for a three-day period, the study can’t address the bigger question about what happens after weeks and months of cumulative play. Paradoxically, it’s possible that more play time might eventually trigger something University of Virginia social psychologist Timothy Wilson calls “ordinization,” which is essentially what happens when we adapt to a new experience.
Profile of Definipoint, a new technology designed to ease information-gathering that allows physicians to diagnose attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. The technology for Definipoint comes from the University of Virginia, and is licensed through the Carilion Biomedical Institute, is a partnership of Carilion, UVA, and Virginia Tech.
The University of Virginia Children's Hospital is spreading holiday cheer to some of its youngest patients and their families. Santa arrived there early Monday, and the UVA Medical Center has a wish list of its own this year.
Monticello and the University of Virginia are celebrating 25 years as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites.
To address the problem in a systematic way, a small but growing number of hospitals -- including the University of Virginia Health System, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas -- have recently adopted policies requiring doctors over a certain age -- 70 at U-Va. and Driscoll, 75 at Stanford -- to undergo periodic physical and cognitive exams as a condition of renewing their privileges. John Schorling, a professor of medicine who heads U-Va.'s Physician Wellness Program, said the policy adopted last year was prompted by "gener...
The Khaleej Times, in association with MBA50.com, has compiled the results of the big five MBA rankings to produce a Ranking of Rankings, the MBA50 Premiership 2012. The four top places in the US continue to be dominated by Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth, Stanford GSB and The Wharton School. But further down, the volatile financial markets may have contributed to the slip of the Columbia Business School and NYU Stern, while the University of Virginia’s Darden made it into the top 10 on the back of its teaching quality and student satisfaction.
If you’re reading this and run into Albert Small’s wife, hide the newspaper. Mum’s the word, okay? The local real estate developer just bought a letter written by George Washington for $290,000 — but he hasn’t mentioned the purchase to Shirley, his spouse of more than 60 years.
An interview with Balbina Hwang, a 1993 graduate of the Darden School and currently a visiting professor at Georgetown University, teaching courses on on East Asian political economy. She is also an adjunct research fellow at the Institute for National Security Strategy, based in Seoul.
“He feels, and I understand why, that the election was a mandate for raising taxes on the wealthiest, and he doesn’t know how long he’ll have it,” says Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
“A slew of polls have made it abundantly obvious that Republicans will take a big political hit if the country goes off the political cliff,” says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Yes, that won’t affect loads of GOP incumbents, but it WILL affect some, a couple dozen in more moderate states and swing districts. Plus, it influences Republican chances to make progress in the Senate in 2014.”
The University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan on Friday announced Donna Price Henry, an experienced academic with extensive experience in higher leadership roles out of Florida will be the eighth chancellor at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
William Sherman, associate vice president for research, architecture professor and founding director of OpenGrounds, has received the Thomas Jefferson Branch of Preservation Virginia’s annual Historic Preservation Award for Rehabilitation for his design of the OpenGrounds studio on the Corner.