A Charlottesville company that got off the ground thanks to a grant from the University of Virginia is hoping to pass along that good fortune this weekend. ...
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics is hosting high school students from Argentina and Chile for a week-long Chile & Argentina Youth Ambassador Program focused on youth leadership training and civic engagement.
... Matthew Engle, said: "The indictment of James Moses Glass shows that the consequences of a wrongful conviction can go beyond the profound injustice of putting an innocent man in prison." ... Engle, with the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, added: "There are no winners, only victims, when the system fails this badly."
... University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan also had voiced support for naming the building in Prior’s memory. She said Friday that the naming was “wonderful.”
“David advanced UVa-Wise in many ways, including the addition of many beautiful new buildings, but he considered the opening of the convocation center just last year a defining moment for the school,” she said. “It’s wonderful that the convocation center, the largest single capital project UVa-Wise has ever undertaken, should be named for the man who was instrumental in its development....
UVa\'s Bruce Boucher launched an international effort to reunite portions of a long-lost masterpiece.
Two representatives from Rolls Royce Crosspointe visited the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center earlier this month to meet with senior staff and see a demonstration in the R&D Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Energy Efficiency. Rolls Royce representatives Brian Warner and Sarah Beadle were joined by Katherine DeRosear, director of Workforce Development for Virginia Manufacturers Association, and Dr. Barry Johnson, senior associate dean of electrical engineering at the University of Virginia, on their visit to the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center Innovation Center.
With the state budget still up in the air, staff members at the University of Virginia and other state-supported institutions are already working up their own budgets. At UVa, that means going ahead “with the realization that changes may be needed when a state budget is finally approved,” according to officials...
... At the University of Virginia Children's Hospital, doctors have started to pool patients to make the most efficient use of what little drugs they have. Because children use smaller doses than adults, more than one child can be treated with each vial of a chemotherapy drug like methotrexate. ... "I know our institution has enough drug for patients now and for probably the next month to couple of months," says Dr. Kimberly Dunsmore, chief of pediatric hematology oncology at University of Virginia Children's Hospital. ...
... A 2011 study by the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics found that seat-belted female drivers in actual crashes had a 47 percent higher chance of serious injuries than belted male drivers in comparable collisions. For moderate injuries, that difference rose to 71 percent.
Oscar L. Miller Jr.
Professor emeritus
Elmer L. Gaden Jr.
Professor emeritus
Corban Addison
Law alumnus
New novel aims to end sex slavery
Indianapolis Star / March 22
John Davidson
Law alumnus, 1996
Fiction winners: Lawyers dominate in Grisham's short-story picks
The Hook / March 21
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
Commentary: An ‘Inequality’ the Left Doesn’t Care About
E.D. Hirsch
Professor emeritus
Governor Matt Mead tours Snowy Range Academy
Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang / March 23
Saras D. Sarasvathy
Darden School professor
Startup Weekend seeks tech-hungry entrepreneurs
Daily Progress / March 22
Christopher Swift
Fellow at the Law School’s Center for National Security Law
Insanity Defenses Rarely Succeed in U.S. Military Courts
Bloomberg / March 22
and
Bales Said to Face 17 Counts of Murder in Afghan Killings
Bloomberg / March 2
Speaking at a Virginia Festival of the Book luncheon Thursday, historian Edward Ayers said that it’s important for America to discuss the Civil War openly and honestly during its 150th anniversary. Ayers was introduced by his co-hosts on the "BackStory with the American History Guys" public radio show, U.Va. history professors Peter Onuf and Brian Balogh, who also announced that the show will be going from monthly to weekly as of May 11.
Two jazz favorites are teaming up for their first-ever duo performance at 8 p.m. Thursday at University Chapel. Bill Cole and Joseph Daley will play in a concert presented by the Charlottesville Jazz Society and University of Virginia Arts Administration.
A University of Virginia alumnus will be back in town this weekend to serve as piano soloist for George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” He will join the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday in Cabell Hall Auditorium and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Monticello High School for “Bridges Across Genres.” Richard Will, chairman of the McIntire Department of Music, will offer background in his “Know the Score” lectures, which are free to ticket holders.
Drama professor LaVahn Hoh has enthralled a generation of students with the magic of the circus. His passion for the three-ring extravaganza has earned him international acclaim as an author and circus historian. He currently is midway through a four-day celebration of the American circus that culminates Saturday evening.
The U.Va. Health System announced its Cancer Center is seeking Virginia-based companies to partner in cancer research. The goal is to advance cancer research by collaborating with technology or biotechnology companies. The project could also create new jobs and improve patients' access to new treatments.
Orange County grew less than 1 percent in the 2011, according to the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.