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.
A new study, conducted by Thomas S. Dee, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia, found student test scores improved in California\'s lowest-achieving campuses that implemented aggressive reform measures, suggesting the federal School Improvement Grant program is showing early promise in the Golden State.
"This Week's" panel of economic experts debated the status of the economy and the opportunities and barriers that lie ahead on the path to recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression. Sunday's broadcast, in partnership with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, tackled the critical topic, "America's Economic Recovery: Is It Built to Last?"
For college students, summer doesn't always mean no more pencils, no more books. Sometimes, it means getting that nasty science requirement out of the way, or taking some other summer course. And for some, that means getting a course at quite a discount. Summer education is available at both Piedmont Virginia Community College and the University of Virginia.
Hannah Shatzen and Kate Kamber
A fourth-year student and her roommate, respectively
What We Have Here: A Failure To Communicate
National Public Radio / April 26
Mark Crowell
Executive director and associate vice president for innovation partnerships and commercialization
Chamber Power Lunch focuses on local, state, U.S. economies' future
Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 26
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
Commentary: Chris Tucker: Values In Politics
KERA Public Radio (North Texas) / April 27
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Commentary: Media botches Trayvon Martin coverage
Arkansas Times / April 25
Chris Holstege
U.Va. toxicologist and director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center
Internet High: Online Drug Sales a Dangerous, Growing Trend
Charlottesville Newsplex / Apri...
The City of Charlottesville is teaming up with the University of Virginia for a three-month campaign to raise awareness about colon cancer. UVa. professors were also on hand to discuss the importance of getting screened for colon cancer, eating a healthy diet and how exercise can help prevent the disease.
Staff members from the University of Virginia Medical Center loaded 400 boxes full of medical supplies to be sent to Winneba, Ghana. The supplies will be used by the hospitals, in need of things like syringes, drapes, and insertion kits. The supplies sent to Ghana will also help the environment in our area.
The Heatherwood Retirement Community in Northern Virginia looks like many other assisted living centers, but inside something surprising is going on. Administrator Susan Green says some of the 112 apartments are fitted with wireless sensors connected to a central computer to create what's called the Well Aware system. "The computer is looking for patterns. When Well Aware comes in, they set up the passive monitors, and they get what's called a baseline – for two weeks, they're just gathering data. We know that seniors kind of stay in the same routine, so if there's any deviation, it actually s...
New research indicates that the Southern Hemisphere is set to become dustier, as the South-African Kalahari Desert starts to erode. Ultimately, this additional airborne sand may breathe new life into ocean ecosystems. (The research comes from Paolo D'Odorico, Ernest H Ern Professor in Environmental Sciences.)
About 50 percent of marijuana users have tried synthetic cannabis, and 22 percent continued using these synthetic products after a federal ban was enacted in early 2011, a new survey shows. Dr. Erik Gunderson, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, presented the findings in Atlanta at the American Society of Addiction Medicine 43rd Annual Medical-Scientific Conference.
The University of Virginia Jazz Ensemble's spring concert will bring guest vibraphonist Warren Wolf and student vocalists Gracie Terzian, Adrianna Foster and Emily Voreas to the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday in Cabell Hall Auditorium.
The University Singers will team up with soloists and a full orchestra to present Mendelssohn's "Elijah" at 8 tonight in Cabell Hall Auditorium. The 1847 work is considered one of the greatest oratorios ever written.
Police will be just a push of a button away for University of Virginia students living off grounds. The Charlottesville and University of Virginia police are working together to install eight emergency phone boxes in areas like Wertland and 14th Street.
Removal of the magnolia trees at the Rotunda, part of the Rotunda restoration project, has been delayed until further evaluation by the National Park Service.
Children as young as 11 months of age show a natural affinity for animals and this attraction includes animals that are widely feared by adults, including snakes and spiders. These are the conclusions of a study published online in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. It was conducted by Vanessa LoBue from Rutgers University and Megan Bloom Pickard, Kathleen Sherman, Chrystal Axford and Judy S. DeLoache from the University of Virginia.
PayScale, an online salary, benefits and compensation information company, just released its 2012 ROI Rankings, a comparison of the average return on investment for over 1,200 American colleges and universities. Comparing tuition cost to salary return, four public schools take top honors with a yearly return on investment of 11.4 percent or more, including the University of Virginia.
Yoke San Reynolds, vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Virginia, will retire at the end of the year. Reynolds, 68, spent more than a decade helping to manage the university\'s finances. "She has been relentless in squeezing costs out," said university President Teresa A. Sullivan in a news release. "When you squeeze a dollar out from the operational side, that\'s a dollar you can use on the academic side."