The University of Virginia is taking the wraps off an array of initiatives designed to promote "green" practices on its Charlottesville grounds.
Larry Sabato, professor of politics and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, highlighted on his "Crystal Ball" website just one of the scenarios in which the two candidates could receive the same number of electoral college votes.
As the conflict rages in his family's homeland, Syrian American rapper Omar Offendum isn't afraid to give voice to his — and the world's — outrage.
As the deadlines near to apply to colleges under their early admissions program, The Choice invites high school seniors and their parents to submit their questions about this important step in the college application process. Greg W. Roberts, the dean of admission at the University of Virginia, has agreed to answer your questions about applying early in the blog’s Guidance Office, a forum for college applicants and their families seeking expert advice.
(Audio) Psychology professor Daniel Willingham discusses the impact of devices like iPads and Kindles in the classroom.
"Do two debate wins on points equal a giant win? No," Dr. Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, wrote in his blog. "Mr. Obama's problem (is that) voters know him, and they didn't know Mr. Romney - the first debate gave him a chance to make a first impression, and he nailed it."
America’s universities sit on an ocean of assets, holding on to hundreds of billions in long-term investments. With an endowment worth more than $5.4 billion, UVA is one of the world’s richest institutions, and it’s seeing success where other higher ed investment funds have stumbled.
(Editorial) The University of Virginia Board of Visitors is smart to consider revising a governance rule to require action of the full board next time a change of presidents is contemplated.
In 2009, the National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that only one-third of the nation’s fourth graders were proficient in reading, according to Dr. Robert Canady, who gave a presentation to Catawba County Schools’ educational staff Tuesday.
“This suggests the criticism that Obama has no compelling second-term agenda was taking hold — and may be keeping some remaining undecideds from moving Obama’s way,” said Larry Sabato, a political analyst at the University of Virginia.
"This fight is going to be fierce all the way to Nov. 6, and neither side will concede Virginia," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato, noting that the state is critically important to Romney, especially if he can't gain ground in Ohio.
(Post by Lauren Scott Miller) I serve on the University of Virginia's museum advisory board where I'm working with a group of fellow alumni to create a NYC-based UVA collectors group, the Mad Toms, which will directly support and raise awareness for this budding art museum and its programming.
It is also supported by the work of the economic historian Alan Taylor, of the University of Virginia, included in a recent paper entitled "The Great Leveraging."
The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service is conducting a study of the economic impact of agriculture in the Dan River Region.
As long as your mobile phone is turned on, it emits radiation that enables it to communicate with base stations, according to Louis Bloomfield, PhD, professor of physics at the University of Virginia and author of How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary. “The radiation emitted, however, is stronger and more frequent when you’re talking or messaging.”
"It's been great. It's actually started a lot of great political discussions, a lot of people watching the debates, just with how close it is. I think if it wasn't this close, that there wouldn't be as much of an active political discussion about it, " said Marley Hall, a University of Virginia student.
During his introduction of guest speaker Dr. David Brenin, a surgical oncologist at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville and the UVa Specialty Care-Culpeper facility, Kirk said thanks to the partnership between CRHS and UVa Health System, “quality service is available right here in Culpeper.”
A Q&A-format interview with U.Va. history professor and Civil War expert Gary Gallagher, who keynotes a conference in Boise on "Why the Civil War Matters" on Thursday.
Kyle Kondik, of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, says polls show Tisei is in the lead. “It seems like there’s kind of a perfect storm brewing in which Tisei might actually be able to win — in fact is favored to win at this point — although I wouldn’t count Tierney out,” Kondik said.
"Virginia’s educational level among whites is higher than Georgia’s." -- Larry Sabato, a national political expert at the University of Virginia, in an Oct. 16 article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. We rate Sabato’s statement "True."