“I think in times of economic struggle, people are more inward-looking,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
There is plenty of blame to go around at UVa, but none of it falls on FOIA. The problem was too little transparency, not too much.
SXSW Eco 2011 keynote speaker Philippe Cousteau Jr. announced that the Bay Game, a water management system developed by the University of Virginia, is being expanded to include the Texas water system as its new simulation. Cousteau said, "From the beginning, we've envisioned the potential of this game to expand globally, of this game to model watersheds around the world and help us come together and solve the defining crisis of the 21st century."
Remember how Alice feels when she finds herself unable to squeeze through a miniature garden door? It isn’t necessary to tumble down a rabbit hole to experience this acute frustration: plenty of normal two-year-olds do so all the time. University of Virginia psychologist Judy DeLoache and her Northwestern University colleagues David Uttal and Karl Rosengren first addressed the phenomenon in 2004.
TurboCombustor Technology Inc. has joined the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing as an industry member. The 60,000-square-foot facility completed last month will do research for a group of manufacturing companies under a partnership with Virginia Tech, Virginia State University and the University of Virginia.
“We put Indiana in the toss-up column because what little polling there has been find the race is a dead-heat,” said Geoffrey Skelley, an analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center on Politics. “At the end of the day, it’s easier to see Mourdock winning just because (GOP presidential hopeful Mitt) Romney will win the state. But we’re being careful — Mourdock will likely do worse than Romney, which creates more uncertainty.”
The study, written by John Burger, an economics professor at Loyola University, and University of Virginia professors Francis Warnock and Veronica Cacdac Warnock, noted that some emerging market economies received more investment than others because U.S. bond portfolios tilted toward markets that provided more potential diversification benefits, such as lower correlations to U.S. bonds, and where expected returns were more positive.
Goodness knows, plenty workers have reason to complain these days. And yet, most every office has a couple people who take that right a little too liberally -- they are, as a rule obtrusively upset. They are what management expert Rob Cross, a professor in U.Va.’s McIntire School of Commerce, calls "de-energizers."
Ferrum College’s Alumni Sports Hall of Fame will induct five new members, including the late Dr. Frank McCue, an orthopedic surgeon and head of U.Va.’s Sports Medicine program for 41 years.
Guest Columnist Kathryn Young, University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2013, argues that gambling can effectively increase states' revenue and should be viewed outside of its negative connotations.
In 2007, after Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane selected the Universiyt of Virginia's Sean Doolittle with the 41st overall pick in the draft, he kidded his newest player that part of his appeal was built-in insurance.
One of the nation's most noted election forecasters said Friday night that President Obama has the best chances of winning reelection if Republican challenger Mitt Romney can't persuade the few remaining undecided voters. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, spoke to a crowd of more than 100 people during the University of Charleston's Lecture Series inside Geary Auditorium.
But Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, has changed Florida's 18th District race from “leans Republican” to a tossup.
Robert D. Sweeney, the University of Virginia’s senior vice president of development and public affairs, will be the featured speaker at the Center for Nonprofit Excellence’s Philanthropy Day.
The U.Va. School of Law was No. 1 in “Best Quality of Life,” No. 3 in “Best Classroom Experience,” No. 4 in “Best Professor,” No. 4 in “Toughest To Get Into” and No. 10 in “Best Career Prospects.”
The case of slain Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington will be featured on "America's Most Wanted" on Friday, nearly three years after she disappeared. Harrington, 20, left a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia on Oct. 17, 2009 and disappeared, authorities said. In January 2010, her remains were discovered in a field on an Albemarle County farm.
Contrary to economic research that suggested tougher return policies, a new study published in the September issue of the Journal of Marketing strongly recommends a policy of universal free product returns for online and distant retailers. The study,was conducted by Amanda Bower, professor of business administration/marketing at Washington and Lee University, and James G. Maxham III, the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Professor of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
Before flames engulfed its roof, construction was halfway completed on the new indoor practice facility at the University of Virginia. Monday's fire destroyed almost a quarter of the roof, but officials say it could have been much worse.
Charles A. Wight was named Tuesday the 12th president of Weber State University. He received his B.S. in chemistry from U.Va.
University of Virginia Law professor Deborah Hellman says the diverse dynamic of schools will change drastically if race is no longer a deciding factor in admissions.