Georgetown University received the most law school applicants, with 9,413 in 2011, followed by George Washington University, Columbia, University of Virginia, UCLA, and NYU.
The historic objects being displayed this fall in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, officials said. The Charlottesville 250th Anniversary Exhibit, sponsored by Special Collections and the university's Office of Community Relations, will open on Tuesday and run through Jan. 5.
More than 500 students, academics and crew will be on board when the MV Explorer makes its first visit to Ireland. The 180m (590ft) ship is run by a not-for-profit initiative, the Institute for Shipboard Education, in co-operation with the University of Virginia in the US.
Organizers of the Teaching with Technology Fair say the opportunities and tools technology offers can improve courses and change them dramatically. About 100 instructors attended.
The awards honor Virginia's most resilient businesses in areas that have high unemployment, poverty and low entrepreneurial activity. The competition is held by the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and is part of Darden's Initiative for Business in Society.
Earlier this week, Teresa Sullivan, the president of the University of Virginia, where move-in kicks off Friday, said the college had received a record number of applications – 28,200 – and accepted 3,416, or 12.1 percent of first-year students.
Dr. Jeff EliasDirector of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and associate professor of neurological surgery and neurologyUS FDA nod for InSightec to start phase I Parkinson’s trialPharmabiz / Aug. 22Elias is lead investigator is the treatment trial, sponsored in collaboration with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation of Charlottesville.Bernard FrischerProfessor of art and classicsSpar Point Group / Aug. 22New academic journal to focus on 3D models of cultural heritage sitesBernard Frischer is launching the brand-new academic journal Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural He...
A study of actual crashes by the University of Virginia\'s Center for Applied Biomechanics found that women wearing seatbelts were 47 percent more likely to be seriously injured than males in similar accidents.
In a paper published in the latest issue of Psychological Science, Benjamin Converse, assistant professor of public policy and psychology, and co-researchers show how people cope with uncertainty: we tend to "invest in karma" by, for example, dropping a few coins in a collection box as if we believed that "the universe punishes sin and rewards virtue."
Gilmer Hall is also a home away from home for U.Va. graduate Anna Greenlee and Ph.D. candidate Karen Kubow, who spend their days examining live specimens in the University’s biology department. While their projects may not get much press, the young researchers get a kick out of their work, and think it’s important to share it with the public.
Charlottesville City Council made the right choice by opting for stricter enforcement of the noise ordinance before — if necessary — enacting much tougher penalties.
The annual Central Virginia Star Party is provided by Dark Skies, Bright Kids, an outreach program created by the University of Virginia's Astronomy Department and the Charlottesville Astronomical Society.
The free honey is due to an… am I hearing this right… an infestation of bees at the law school.
The University of Virginia's Miller Center hosted a 2011 conference that gathered together some of the best minds in transportation policy. The resulting report, "Are We There Yet? Selling America on Transportation," suggests smartly two key ideas – stay positive and link local transportation investments to the national agenda.
The University of Virginia is rated among the top 20 college libraries in the review's rankings.
On Friday, 31 August, the MV Explorer will anchor in Galway Bay with over 800 students, academics and crew on board. The visit of MV Explorer is part of Semester at Sea, which is a not-for-profit study abroad program administered by the Institute for Shipboard Education, in conjunction with the University of Virginia.
Reporter Jennifer Howard spent a week in early July at the University of Virginia's Rare Book School, taking a course on "Born-Digital Materials: Theory & Practice." This is the second in a series of blog posts on the experience.