... The awards are conducted by the Tayloe Murphy Center at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. The 2011 Resilience Award winners had average annual profit growth of 42 percent and employment growth of 20 percent during the past five years. These businesses survived natural disasters, big-box competition and the crippling recession. Their innovations include lighter-than-air cell technology and award-winning wines coaxed from coal-mined soil.
A recent report about universities’ banking partners is raising eyebrows at colleges that encourage students to bank with a particular company.
... Most Virginia schools do not have a particular banking partner for students, though most do partner with companies to offer affinity credit cards for alumni. The Bank of America is the partner of both the University of Mary Washington alumni association and the University of Virginia’s alumni association. ... Tom Faulders, the president of U.Va.’s alumni association, said fees generated by their card are shared equally among the university, the ath...
Local runners and walkers helped raise money for wounded vets returning from war overseas. More than 1,200 runners took part in the second annual, "4 the Wounded 5K" on Saturday morning. That's up from about 900 people who participated last year. The UVA Foundation and Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports hosted the run at the University of Virginia Research Park.
Almost 30 bikers are pedaling across the country to raise money for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in central Virginia. The TransAm Route of Bike the US for MS Tour started their cross country adventure three days ago in Yorktown, VA. Sunday afternoon, they stopped at the University of Virginia's James Q. Miller Multiple Sclerosis Clinic in the Fontaine Research Park, the clinic they're raising money for. As they rolled in, the group was excited to announce a major fundraising milestone. So far, the bikers, some diagnosed with MS, others who have loved ones that are, have raised m...
A spate of severe thunderstorms rocked the area Friday, causing power outages, fender benders and falling trees. ... University of Virginia climatologist Jerry Stenger said the storms moved in as a low-pressure system from the west. What made them so severe, Stenger said, was a cold front that followed them.
The planet Venus will pass in front of the sun for the last time in nearly 100 years, and the University of Virginia\'s astronomy officials are holding a gathering to view the event. U.Va. astronomers plan to host a transit of Venus viewing event on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to sunset at Darden Towe Park. Astronomer Edward Murphy says there will be several telescopes with solar-viewing filters on hand for people to watch the event, which will begin at 6:10 p.m.
TheTurkish, Kosen, who measures 8ft 3in is listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the tallest living man. He received treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Centre, [for] a disorder called cardioid-cardiomegaly, which is usually caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland. ... University officials claim that Kosen has stopped growing and responding very well to health. According to Dr. Jason Sheehan, the surgeon of the University of Virginia, the treatment will be noted in Guinness World Records.
Reading to children at a young age and at least once a day has long-term positive influences on student learning. A study recently made public late this week by the University of Virginia’s School of Education reinforces this idea in literacy. ... According to the University of Virginia’s academic findings, when parents or teachers read a book to children, 90% of kids more often to focus on the pictures alone, not the text itself. However, asking questions and having students find where on the page the answer could be located led to students actually learning while reading.
... In a recent article published in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia, researchers from the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville have performed a preliminary test using magnetized anesthetic fluid under the control of a weak magnetic field to control the spread of anesthetic medications. The lead author of the study, Robert H. Thiele, MD, and colleagues have built a mockup of the human spine using plastic tubing filled with fluid. ... What they found was that ... when a magnetic field was applied, the ferro-fluid could direct the medications either up or down the tu...
By James E. Ryan, law professor and author of “Five Miles Away, a World Apart: One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America.”
Last week’s speech by Mitt Romney, in which he presented his education reform plan to a group of Latino leaders in Washington, drew attention mainly because he criticized teachers’ unions and endorsed private school vouchers. ... But another part of his plan that potentially veers far from the usual conservative talking points received almost no attention: Mr. Romney would give poor students and thosewith disabilities the right to at...
The University of Virginia plans to offer more education courses at its center in northern Virginia to accommodate the region's large teacher population. The Falls Church site now offers five programs, including master's degrees in special education. Officials with U.Va.’s Curry School of Education said they envision a doubling or even tripling of credential-based degrees, and master's programs could expand even further over the next several years.
Though parents have been teaching their children not to argue with adults for generations, new research from the University of Virginia shows that young teenagers who are taught to argue effectively are more likely to resist peer pressure to use drugs or alcohollater in adolescence. “It turns out that what goes on in the family is actually a training ground for teens in terms of how to negotiate with other people,” said Joseph Allen, a UVa psychology professor and the lead author of the study, results of which were published in a recent edition of the journal Child Development.
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With the presidential election heating up, you may be interested to know that former occupants of the White House held down jobs just like you and me. OK, maybe a few of these occupations weren't quite as normal as the kind of work we do. But it is refreshing to know that not every president was a lifetime politician or lawyer before taking office. ... Thomas Jefferson: He was also a lawyer, writer, farmer and rector at the University of Virginia. ...
The University of Virginia Medical Center is putting the spotlight on pediatrics Thursday, highlighting some of the innovative research going on to help kids. ...
... Starting July 1, the family car a student uses full-time will be taxed in the jurisdiction in which the motor vehicle's owner lives. Currently, the car is taxed based off where the student garages it - like at the University of Virginia. Charlottesville Commissioner of Revenue Lee Richards said, "If you are a student at the university but you live in another locality, if you pay the taxes on the vehicle in that locality than you would not pay the assessment." ...
[NYT "You’re the Boss" contributor Melinda Emerson, who] will be writing regularly about the use of social media in small-business marketing, [in her debut column explains how she got where she is]. ... In addition to this hands-on experience, I took classes onmanagement, business plans and leadership, including programs offered by ... the University of Virginia, Dartmouth and Harvard. ...
... According to a survey from HNTB Corporation, nearly 9 in 10 (87 percent) agree transportation funding is a public investment worth making. ... Yet few are willing to pay more in gas taxes, the traditional form of revenue for surface transportation projects at the state and federal levels. ... A recent report issued from the Miller Center at the University of Virginia ... acknowledged this lack of confidence and the need to better articulate the positive stories generated by such investment in communities’ economic competitiveness and quality of life. ...
This weekend is packed with events in the city of Charlottesville, with alumni weekend at the University of Virginia, the NCAA baseball regional, and multiple high school graduations. University of Virginia officials expect about 5,000 alums to visit grounds. ... Restaurant and hotel owners say they welcome the business boost ...