June's resignation and reinstatement of U.Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan is the subject of the cover story of this weekend's New York Times Magazine.
Yes, strength-training helps runners add muscle. But to translate that gain into speed, you have to choose the right moves. "Runners should concentrate on building power—how fast you can use the force you've built up," says Jay Dicharry, director of the Speed Clinic at the University of Virginia.
Social psychologists at the University of Virginia say the decision of who you're voting for in November may not be all yours, and your unconscious attitudes toward race might be a factor. Social psychologists, political scientists, and students gathered at the university on Friday for a conference called "The Political Unconscious and the 2012 Election."
By Ashley Nichols A recent University of Virginia study by Terance Rephann of Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and Tanya Wanchek of the School of Medicine shows what I see firsthand every day in communities throughout Virginia — the significant disparities in dental care for children.
The University of Virginia and three other universities are partnering for research to create self-powered devices to help people monitor their health.
The University of Virginia and three other universities are partnering for research to create self-powered devices to help people monitor their health.
IT leader Infosys has chosen high margins over fast growth, a strategy that has cost it both market capitalisation and market share. While many suggest that Infosys should reconsider its stand, academics and analysts seem to have a completely different opinion. (Includes commentary from Robert F. Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business.)
Once a Republican bastion, Virginia suddenly is a swing state. Its voters could hold the key to the 2012 presidential election between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, some analysts say. "Florida is the big fish but in a lot of the scenarios we look at, Virginia puts one or the other over the top," said Geoffrey Skelley with the University of Virginia Center for Politics
Relationship advice from Phyllis R. Koch-Sheras, Ph.D. and Curry School psychologist Peter L. Sheras, Ph.D, ABPP
Students at the University of Virginia law school are providing free legal services to aspiring entrepreneurs studying at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration through a new law clinic offered this semester.
Alzheimer’s disease, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, autism – these are medical problems that defy easy solution and take a terrible toll on families. Now, scientists at the University of Virginia are taking a new approach to these conditions – hoping for breakthroughs
A recent University of Virginia study by Terance Rephann of Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and Tanya Wanchek of the School of Medicine shows what I see firsthand every day in communities throughout Virginia — the significant disparities in dental care for children.
Experts find recurring themes in these cases, and safeguards in the system become "speed bumps at best." When studying DNA exonerations involving false confessions, University of Virginia School of Law professor Brandon L. Garrett, author of Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, looked at 32 cases that went to trial and found that “misleading specialized knowledge” was used to help convict innocents in 31 cases.
One of the most unpopular and unproductive Congresses in modern history returns on Monday from a five-week recess, facing a crush of big tasks, few of which will likely get done. Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics said voters were puzzled as to why lawmakers cannot be more productive.
President Obama picked up a modest post-convention polling bump yesterday, but experts don’t expect it to last. Three separate polls showed Obama making slight gains in the wake of last week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, with Rasmussen’s tracking poll revealing a 2 percentage-point lead. “Convention bounces almost always disappear,” said Larry Sabato, a political-science professor at the University of Virginia.
You don't have to have your television on very long to get a 30-second reminder that Virginia is one of America's most hotly contested political battlegrounds.. "There's a real potential for corruption in politics if you don't know where cash is coming from," said Bob Gibson, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. "People can take money and make bargains, and they can be making bargains with an unseen entity."
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan spoke at the Jefferson Innovation Summit Friday in Charlottesville. During her speech she encouraged other leaders to get out of the single-discipline mindset and to push themselves to work together to take their learning and teaching to new levels.
Enrollment for the University of Virginia Darden School's open online course "Grow to Greatness" is growing fast. The course is a joint venture between U.Va.'s business school and Coursera, a company that partners with universities to offer online courses to anyone, for free.
Continuing support of entrepreneurs, big thinkers and science, technology, math and engineering programs will position Virginia’s business climate for continued growth and innovation, Gov. Bob McDonnell said Friday. McDonnell’s remarks, delivered outdoors in Flagler Court at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, capped the 2012 Jefferson Innovation Summit for the Commonwealth, a day-long event that brought together 60 business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, educators and legislators from around Virginia and the nation.
Sen. R. Creigh Deeds and Del. David J. Toscano, joined by Del. Steve Landes, will host a town hall meeting to discuss university board governance and potential legislation for the 2013 General Assembly session.