The University of Virginia Art Museum is allowing the public to get a behind the scene look into art conservation. The lectures allows visitors to have a hands on experience with art pieces. The art is shown in magnified versions to see how the artist put together their work.
The University of Virginia is honoring its employees. Eleven winners of the 2012 Leonard Sandridge Outstanding Contribution Awards and longtime employees were recognized at a ceremony at John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday. UVA says the 11 outstanding contribution award winners have improved work methods and productivity, decreased costs, and enhanced internal and public regard for UVA services.
Graduates, proud parents, faculty and onlookers from around the state and around the globe will descend on the Charlottesville region this weekend for the University of Virginia’s 183rd Final Exercises. They will be there to watch students claim the right to the diplomas they’ve worked years to earn.
Jerry Falwell Jr.A Law School alumnus and chancellor of Liberty UniversityFive years after death of Jerry Falwell Sr., growth booming at LibertyLynchburg News & Advance | May 16Charlie PapazianA physics alumnusBrewing the BestSlate | May 16 Mike and Josh PonsThe brothers are U.Va. alumsThe Pons brothers' Country Life Farm is still thriving, thanks to a special horse‎Baltimore Sun (blog) | May 15
Jerry Falwell Jr.
A Law School alumnus and chancellor of Liberty University
Five years after death of Jerry Falwell Sr., growth booming at Liberty
Lynchburg News & Advance | May 16
Charlie Papazian
A physics alumnus
Brewing the Best
Slate | May 16
Mike and Josh Pons
The brothers are U.Va. alums
The Pons brothers' Country Life Farm is still thriving, thanks to a special horse
Baltimore Sun (blog) | May 15
Martin DavidsonA Daren professorDiversity Executive | May|June 2012Barbara PerryA senior fellow at the Miller CenterRisky Business (The Note)‎ABC News (blog) | May 15Josipa RoksaAn assistant professor of sociology and co-author of "Academically Adrift"Getting to the core of higher ed learning‎South Bend Tribune | May 16 Larry SabatoDirector of the Center for PoliticsSociety: 'We have no proof' of Liz Warren's claim‎Boston Herald | May 16Christopher L. ShaffreyA professor of neurological surgery and spine division director at the University of Virginia Sch...
Martin Davidson
A Daren professor
Diversity Executive | May|June 2012
Barbara Perry
A senior fellow at the Miller Center
Risky Business (The Note)
ABC News (blog) | May 15
Josipa Roksa
An assistant professor of sociology and co-author of "Academically Adrift"
Getting to the core of higher ed learning
South Bend Tribune | May 16
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Society: 'We have no proof' of Liz Warren's claim
Boston Herald | May 16
Christopher L. Shaffrey
A professor of neurological surgery and spine division director at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and...
By Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education and a professor of psychologyWhile it might seem counterintuitive, at least some of the answers to turning around our nation’s struggling K-12 public schools can be found at the nearest preschool. At a time of considerable urgency and demand for improvements in our nation’s schools, particularly when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of teachers, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Instead of looking to the development and implementation of new educational models and methodologies, K-12 educators would do well to...
By Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education and a professor of psychology
While it might seem counterintuitive, at least some of the answers to turning around our nation’s struggling K-12 public schools can be found at the nearest preschool. At a time of considerable urgency and demand for improvements in our nation’s schools, particularly when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of teachers, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Instead of looking to the development and implementation of new educational models and methodologies, K-12 educators would do well to learn from...
In his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at University of Virginia, argues that our intuitions come before our reasoning and our reasoning is usually a post-hoc justification for those intuitions. As a result, humans do a horrible job at understanding those with whom they disagree.
In his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at University of Virginia, argues that our intuitions come before our reasoning and our reasoning is usually a post-hoc justification for those intuitions. As a result, humans do a horrible job at understanding those with whom they disagree.
By Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and director of the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education, housed at U.Va.Arne Duncan, the tough, former chief executive of Chicago's schools who is now secretary of education, is on a mission to put teeth into teacher performance assessments. Recent research from the New Teacher Project, which surveyed 16,000 educators in four states, notes the preponderance of those who said they know teachers who should be fired.The report emphasizes the need for measures that can discrimina...
Are you ever baffled that perfectly intelligent, well-meaning friends see things very differently? Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, explains why in his new book, “The Righteous Mind — Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.” His research has important implications for our personal lives and national politics.
Are you ever baffled that perfectly intelligent, well-meaning friends see things very differently? Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, explains why in his new book, “The Righteous Mind — Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.” His research has important implications for our personal lives and national politics.
The University of Virginia is partnering with Virginia-based Warren Retrievers to do a four-year data study of the effect of diabetic alert dogs.
The University of Virginia is partnering with Virginia-based Warren Retrievers to do a four-year data study of the effect of diabetic alert dogs.
By Joseph P. Allen and Claudia Worrell AllenJoseph P. Allen and Claudia Worrell Allen are clinical psychologists on the faculty of the University of Virginia and the co-authors of "Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old" (Ballantine, 2009). “Why do most 16-year-olds drive like they’re missing a part of their brain? Because they are,” begins the full-page ad (accompanied by a drawing of a brain with a hole in it) that has been running prominently in national publications from Newsweek to the The Wall ...
CaseNEX, an online professional-development tool, was founded at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education
CaseNEX, an online professional-development tool, was founded at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education
By tracking the minute movements of the eye, University of Virginia researchers hope to gain new insights into how well high-functioning autistic teenagers can cope with the unexpected hazards encountered behind the wheel. Researchers at UVA’s School of Medicine and the Curry School of Education are partnering with the University of Iowa – one of the nation’s leaders in driving simulation – to take a high-tech approach to investigating how best to help high-functioning autistic teenagers learn to drive safely.