"What we see in Libya right now is a set of individuals who've migrated from North Africa to conflict zones like Iraq and Syria are migrating back," says Christopher Swift, a fellow at the University of Virginia School of Law who used to track terrorist financial networks at the Treasury Department. "Some of those individuals have drunk the Kool-Aid. They believe in the al-Qaida ideology, but they may not share the same short-term political objectives, and they may be operationally distinct," Swift says.
The public message would be important. Helen E. Dragas understood that. Eight days before the leader of University of Virginia’s governing board stunned Charlottesville with a surprise move to oust the school’s president, she was finessing a press release.
"Pitch Perfect" is finally in wide release this week, and the buzzy collegiate a cappella movie already has quite a few fans. The movie obviously takes some liberties, but here at PopWatch, we were curious to learn how close the Beca singing experience was to the real thing. So we called up Drew O’Shanick, a third-year student at University of Virginia and member of the a cappella group the Hullabahoos, who actually cameoed in the film.
At some key late-inning juncture in this Tigers-A's series, Prince Fielder could face Oakland left-handed reliever [and former U.Va. star] Sean Doolittle. It's hard to conceive of how two players could have taken more different paths this year to collide at such a crucial moment.
Billy K. Cannaday, dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia, will take on additional duties as the university’s first vice provost for academic outreach.
One of the suggestions that’s been floated for pushing the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors to engage in more frank discussion? Allow them to meet in private more.
The effects of domestic violence are far-reaching, and might have great consequences for pregnant mothers, and their children after they’re born. That was the message Linda Bullock, associate dean for research at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing, offered Friday, during her workshop at a daylong regional conference on domestic violence.
University of Virginia political analyst Geoffrey Skelley said that “while abortion is not a key issue in this election, abortion within the context of women’s rights seems to be a relatively important issue in Virginia.”
Within 24 hours last week, the University of Virginia went up, then down, in the latest business school rankings. But the result was still pretty Darden-ed good.
(Editorial) Lead the General Assembly not into temptation. The rumpus at the University of Virginia made it inevitable that the legislature would come under pressure to intervene in the governing structure and procedures not only at U.Va. but perhaps also at the state's other public universities.
The director of the Virginia Film Festival says it's a good thing that this year's schedule of more than 120 movies and events Nov. 1-4 will force ticket buyers to make some tough choices. "The fact there are times when two or even three great choices exist in our schedule is a good thing,"said Jody Kielbasa. "With this many great films being shown, it's inevitable."
(Commentary) The need for qualified, capable leaders is constant, and it's critical to the largely excellent function of government and industry in Hampton Roads and throughout the commonwealth. For that, as much as any other institution, Virginians should support the Thomas C. Sorensen Institute For Political Leadership at the University of Virginia, which is recruiting the next rising political class in Virginia and, as always, searching for the financial means to support it.
Greg Troyer always liked science and math, but he wasn’t sure how he’d find the time and money to pursue a four-year bachelor’s degree. Then, while working in construction and taking classes at Central Virginia Community College, Troyer heard about Engineers Produced in Virginia. The program — a partnership between CVCC, the University of Virginia and local businesses — aims to provide Lynchburg-area students with engineering degrees and jobs in the area, all without leaving the Hill City.
Losing an infant to death is a tragedy. Babies and children are supposed to outlive their parents. Unfortunately, each year in Charlottesville and the surrounding counties, approximately 125 women experience miscarriages and another 35 lose their babies from stillbirth or infant death. (By Sharon Veith, program director for the Fetal Infant Mortality Review Program at the University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics.)
For the past few weeks, a colleague and I have been digging into the public relations and crisis management efforts that played out at the University of Virginia during a leadership upset in June.
Voters in the Fifth Congressional District will have two opportunities to hear the major-party nominees side-by-side. Republican incumbent Robert Hurt and Democratic challenger John Douglass will have a debate at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Danville. Bob Gibson of the University of Virginia's Sorenson Institute will be the moderator.
A University of Virginia review of more than 150 studies, published online in the journal Psychological Bulletin, looked for clear contributions of pretend play to children's mental development, but found little or no correlation.
Research from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia showed clearly that couples who spend time just with each other on a regular basis, paying the same kind of focused attention they did when they dated and their romance was young, are "markedly" more likely to have high-caliber relationships and lower divorce rates than couples who don't make together time.
Ashley Deeks, a former State Department lawyer and now a professor at University of Virginia Law School, told NPR that this could still be construed as "tacit consent".
A profile of the four U.Va. baseball alumni who are participating in the Major League Baseball playoffs: Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals, Mark Reynolds of the Baltimore Orioles, Sean Doolittle of the Oakland A's and Javier Lopez of the San Francisco Giants.