Of Kurt Vonnegut’s countless fans, probably none were more loyal and enthusiastic than college students. The novelist from Indiana had a knack for addressing absurdities of life in a way people entering adulthood could identify with. The exceptional bond between Vonnegut and young readers was beautifully displayed just before Christmas 1971, when he visited the University of Virginia.
Once or twice a year, Grace O’Brien goes before nursing students at the University of Virginia and talks to them about her life and what it’s like to be old. It’s a life filled with triumph, tragedy, happiness, illness, gain and loss.
(By neurologist Dr. Binit B. Shah, assistant professor of neurology at University of Virginia Health System.) Tremors, stiffness and slow, awkward movements — these are the visible signs typically associated with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that alters portions of the brain that control movement.
An hour-and-a-half away in Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia, the political landscape is much different. This figures to be Obama country, as it was four years ago. But the question is one of enthusiasm and turnout, and students and faculty alike say the feeling in the cafes and dorms is more muted this time around.
Last weekend, students from 23 schools gathered at the Ross School of Business and they participated in the 5th annual stock pitch competition organized by the Michigan Interactive Investments Club. Although Berkeley would win the competition, the team from the University of Virginia made it into the final round with their pitch of Liquidity Services. Virginia has had some remarkable success with their stock pitches.
As he retired from the University of Virginia after two decades of teaching, civil-rights leader Julian Bond sat in front of a local filmmaker’s camera to reflect on black history and share his thoughts for the next generation of activists.
While the presidential race remains tight in the lead-up to Nov. 6, congressional elections also contain some nail-biting races. According to Kyle Kondik, analyst and house editor with the Center of Politics at the University of Virginia, there are likely to be a number of changes in both the House and the Senate, and many are just too close to call.
Op-ed by Bonnie Gordon, associate professor in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia, arguing that a focus on instructional technology has detracted from traditional academic pursuits.
The controversial health care reform law is the focus of a new film featuring a University of Virginia physician. Dr. Pamela Ross discusses integrative medicine practices in the film "Escape Fire: the Fight to Rescue American Healthcare." The movie was shown Sunday at UVA as part of the Virginia Film Festival.
It appears Bennett Barbour, cleared this year of a 34-year-old wrongful rape conviction and suffering from bone cancer, will be able to vote Tuesday, the first time he will do so. Barbour’s lawyers with the University of Virginia School of Law's Innocence Project Clinic and volunteer students began a fundraising effort Friday, and by midday Saturday had raised the money, which they will be bringing to Henrico this morning. Any balance will go to a fund for Barbour.
A similar research alliance is being forged for logistics, combining the expertise of the engineering schools at the University of Virginia and Virginia State University with the business schools at VCU and Longwood University. Currently known as the Virginia Logistics Research Center and housed at the Crater Planning District Commission in Petersburg, the enterprise is about to become the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems with a mission of solving logistics challenges for major industry sponsors.
“We’re way below how a normal recession (would behave). But we’re about even, maybe a little better, than what a financial recession looks like,” said Alan Taylor, an economics professor at the University of Virginia.
The Choice has invited Greg W. Roberts, the dean of admission at the University of Virginia, to answer your questions about applying early in the blog’s Guidance Office, a forum for college applicants and their families seeking expert advice. (Part 5 of 5)
“There’s a very high likelihood Democrats will hold onto the Senate, and it’s the Republicans’ own fault,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
(Editorial) As we’ve acknowledged previously, academia’s natural tendency to study, research and analyze could serve to prolong the University of Virginia’s agony over the leadership crisis involving its president and Board of Visitors.
But a number of things happened to thwart Republican ambitions, including the retirement of Maine's Olympia Snowe and the nomination of controversial, usually Tea Party-backed Republicans in what had been considered safe GOP seats. "It's kind of a mix of bad luck and self-inflicted wounds," Geoffrey Skelley, political analyst at the University of Virginia's Centre for Politics, told CBC News.
The 10th Annual Medical Innovation summit at the Cleveland Clinic promised to break an all-time record for attendance last week with more than a thousand people pre-registered for the event. and then along came Sandy. Enterprise Ireland, the economic development arm of the Irish government, usually provides a trip for two to Ireland, raffled off during the summit. The folks there agreed to offer a second package for the attendee with the most inspiring travel story. And that’s how University of Virginia senior Katie Estep has come to possess a trip for two to the Emerald Isle...
"It's very close. Virginia is maintaining its status as one of the pure toss-ups in the country," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato.
"If you believe in the polling averages, then you would have to say that Kaine is the favorite," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato, adding that "what could undo it would be the (Mitt) Romney coattail effect if he won Virginia substantially."
An anti-seizure drug may now have another use: as a non-hormonal alternative to hormone replacement therapy, researchers have found. A study conducted at the University of Virginia analyzed the effect of the drug, gabapentin, on 600 postmenopausal women who had moderate to severe hot flashes. Researchers found that those who used extended-relief gabapentin significantly reduced their hot flashes when compared with subjects who were given a placebo.