Highlights research by Greg Mitchell, a social psychologist at the U.Va. School of Law, that seeks to validate the use of social psychology in law enforcement.
If you've ever considered adding a pet to your family, but dismissed the idea, a recent study may cause you to reconsider. After performing a series of experiments on how young children react to animals versus toys, researchers believe that children are more fascinated by living things – spiders and snakes included – than toys, even if those toys were made to replicate real living creatures.
A columnist examines psychology professor Jonathan Haidt\'s new book, "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion."
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell signed several pieces of cancer-related legislation passed by the General Assembly, including HB1182, which allows tobacco settlement funds traditionally used for economic development to also be used to fund scientific research at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. Speakers Monday also noted dollars in the state budget for the National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers at VCU and U.Va., both of which can use local and state money to leverage federal dollars.
The University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration is accepting applications for the third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition.
Despite the national debate over rising tuition and student loan debt, many private and public schools are asking students for donations. The phenomenon appears to be growing, college officials say, and students are giving at what are described as record rates. The goal is not only to collect extra funds, but to instill in students a sense of obligation and philanthropy that will make them lifelong donors. At the University of Virginia, the class of 2011 raised nearly half a million dollars before graduation.
The University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, USA has donated a quantity of medical supplies to the Ghana Association of Charlottesville to support health care delivery in Ghana.
Black Virginians have made educational and economic gains over the last three decades, but they continue to lag far behind their white counterparts. A University of Virginia study released today shows that even among people with the same education level and number of hours worked, household income is substantially higher for white Virginians.
UVA's Community Relations Office began Day in the Life in 2002 as a way to devote University resources to the education of minority youth in Charlottesville. It originated as a mentoring program, which paired local kids with UVA volunteers to experience a "day in the life" of a college student. Today, it has evolved into a highly respected tutoring program that connects UVA students with kids at 25 nearby locations, including schools, churches, and community centers.
Dr. John Armstrong
Graduate of the U.Va. School of Medicine, newly named Florida's Secretary of Health
New Department of Health secretary now on board
Florida Current / April 27
Lizzie Mullen
Graduate who gave up a business career to go into nursing
How young nurses are invigorating the profession
Atlanta Journal-Constitution / April 30
William A. Ulmer
Received a doctorate in English; received the 2012 Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar
'To Kill a Mockingbird' author attends award ceremony to honor Fannie Flagg, winner of 2012 Harper Lee Award
Gulf Coa...
Susie Bruce
Director of U.Va.'s Gordie Center for Alcohol and Substance Education
UVa Today: Foxfield Precautions
Charlottesville Newsplex / April 27
David Coleman
Visiting professor of Cold War history
Air Force accidentally dropped nuclear bomb on S. Carolina, 1958
Digital Journal /April 27
Brandon Garrett
Law professor and director of U.Va.'s Innocence Project Clinic
After trend of wrongful convictions nationwide, Topeka police change witness identification methods
Lawrence (Kansas) Journal World / April 27
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
Political animals: How psychology and biolog...
Much has changed in technology over the past 300 years, but Teresa Sullivan thinks Alexander Pope had it right back in 1711 when he wrote: "Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
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James Ceaser
Politics professor
Commentary: An American Dream
First Things blog / April 29, 2012
Michael J. Schill
Associate professor of business administration at U.Va.'s Darden School of Business
Case in Point: How lousy growth can make for a great stock
Washington Post / April 29, 2012
A national political scuffle, playing out in Washington as this fall's presidential election gathers steam, also made it to Charlottesville on Friday, when two college students held a modest press conference at the University of Virginia about interest rates for federally subsidized student loans.
A group of University of Virginia students served up the second-annual One Love Tennis Tournament on grounds Sunday afternoon. Members of the women's lacrosse team began the tournament last year in honor of their slain teammate, Yeardley Love. Money raised at the tennis tournament benefits the One Love Foundation, which was created in Love's memory to promote healthy development and good character in children.
Student-athletes at the University of Virginia joined forces Sunday afternoon to host the annual Shoot Out for Cancer event. The Student-Athlete Mentors group puts on the carnival fundraiser every year. The Shoot Out features games and moonbounces and also gives kids a chance to get to know some of the U.Va. students they see on the field and court. All proceeds from the Shoot Out for Cancer benefit the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center.
Cites a 2011 study by U.Va. psychology professors Brian A. Nosek and Jonathan Haidt and a University of Southern California colleague, “The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives: Exaggeration of Differences across the Political Divide."
The other week, Richmond was the scene of truly historic event, telling in what was being celebrated and in what we've lost. The Sorenson Institute, affiliated with the University of Virginia, hosted a gathering of all nine of Virginia's living governors, from Bob McDonnell back to Linwood Holton. Each spoke on a topic of his own choosing, focusing on some aspect of his time leading the commonwealth.
Charlottesville-area nonprofits will get $50,000 in grants from a new philanthropy class at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, as students learn the ins and outs of giving away money. The grants will be announced at a Tuesday luncheon. An anonymous foundation donated the money so that students could give it away again to community groups.