Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia historian and presidential pundit, said that as much as 95 percent of the electorate is so locked into its viewpoint that virtually no individual comment, or gaffe, will change very many votes.
A former UVA faculty leader says a lot of people associated with the University are not ready to "just move on" from the Sullivan drama in June. Former UVA Faculty Senate President David Geis says he's not ready to do what the Board of Visitors wants everybody to do.
Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke has received a $5 million commitment for scholarships that primarily will benefit students studying sciences and health. W. Heywood Fralin, co-trustee of the trust and a former rector of the University of Virginia, said the gift is intended to change the approach toward economic development in the Roanoke Valley.
Three more companies have joined a public-private consortium that is providing financial and other support for the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, a research center in Prince George County. The research center is a joint project of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University and a group of companies.
Wall Street veteran and Virginia vintner Jerry Bias said he initially thought the invitation to speak, extended by his friend and fellow University of Virginia graduate Bernard Whitsett, chairman of the Minority Business Council, was in jest.
Commentary from David Donovan, the pen name of Terry T. Thomas, U.Va. professor emeritus of urology.
Chris Long, a former All-America defensive lineman at Virginia and current member of the St. Louis Rams in the National Football League, has made a $300,000 contribution to the Virginia Athletics Foundation for the new George Welsh Indoor Practice Facility.
In a recent Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service study on the moratorium Andrew Sorrell and Bruce Vlk write, “With local governments facing increased fiscal pressures, Virginia could see more city to town reversions.” They add that such reversions are subject to the adjoining county’s readiness and “desire to take on additional citizens and potential expense.”
The author of the New York Times magazine's cover article explains how he dug deeper into the controversy surrounding Teresa Sullivan, the president of the University of Virginia.
After graduating in 1973 from the U.S. Naval Academy with an aerospace engineering degree, serving five years in the U.S. naval fleet service and earning a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981, Jim Ewing has done a few things: established an intellectual property practice; climbed an 18,000-foot mountain; and created a gargoyle.
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics provided a sneak peak at an upcoming review of the predictions in 13 key election models that are due to be released in the October edition of "PS: Political Science & Politics," the journal of the American Political Science Association.
The Navy awarded its top leadership prize to the former commanding officer of a destroyer and the CO of an attack submarine, the chief of naval personnel announced Monday. Cmdr. Chase Patrick, the Pacific Fleet winner, was chosen for his time in 2011 commanding the destroyer Chafee, based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A 1994 graduate of the University of Virginia, Patrick commanded Chafee until October, 2011.
When Craig Romney arrived from a mission trip to Chile ten years ago, he came home with a better understanding of Latino culture and the Spanish language. Political scientists such as Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, believe Romney must win close to 40 percent of the national Latino vote, although there is a slight margin for error.
The man who named the Anthropocene has had a change of heart. Twelve years ago, Paul Crutzen, a Nobel laureate and atmospheric chemist, coined the term "Anthropocene" as shorthand, an argument wrapped in a word. If humans, through agriculture, began to inch global carbon emissions up millennia ago -- as the University of Virginia's William Ruddiman argues -- does that work as a start date?
U.Va. environmental scientist Karen McGlathery's research on seagrass restoration in the chesapeake Bay is featured.
Gerald P. McCarthy, who has nourished Virginia's environment with cash for 35 years, is stepping aside. McCarthy, 69, said Tuesday that he is retiring next year as executive director of the Virginia Environmental Endowment. One his favorite projects, McCarthy said, was the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia, which helps settle disputes outside the courtroom. A grant of about $25,000 helped get the institute started.
Unlike many other parents I know, I went against the tide, the redshirting tide. When my son finished kindergarten, I expected that he would move with his classmates into first grade.
The University of Virginia has been under a microscope since the forced resignation and later reinstatement of President Teresa Sullivan. Two new committees, formed after this summer's events, met for the first time on Friday. Their goal is to come up with a plan for how the university should move forward, including how it is governed.
Study abroad programs have become increasingly popular for U.S. college students, but for those who can't decide on just one foreign location, there's another awesome—if expensive—alternative: Semester at Sea. Sponsored by the University of Virginia, the program takes several hundred students per semester on a four-month, round-the-world adventure on a cruise ship called the MV Explorer.
Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement following the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors unanimous election of George Martin as vice-rector of the school: “I’ve had the good fortune to know George Martin for many years ..."