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…pointing is more than a way to direct another's gaze or focus one's concentration. The very act of pointing verifies the pointer's knowledge and trustworthiness. At least that's the implication of a new study, published online in the journal Psychological Science.
The reintroduction of eelgrass into Virginia’s coastal bays -- a collaborative effort among the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, the University of Virginia, and The Nature Conservancy -- is one of the great success stories in the annals of marine restoration.
When you think of electric cars, do you ever wonder how they are charged? Aker Wade, located off of Airport Road in Albemarle County designs, builds and ships chargers all over the world. Aker Wade is a local resource that uses local talent, employing graduates from the University of Virginia and other nearby universities and community colleges.
The House also approved amendments to restore funding for research projects at Old Dominion University, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, and increased the amount originally earmarked for a “cost of competing” fund that bolsters pay for school employees in northern Virginia.
Greg Howard will join the University of Virginia Jazz Ensemble for its “Stick Figures” concert at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The University of Virginia's Dance Marathon is on a mission. For 14 years, students have been dancing to the beat of tens of thousands of dollars; all to help local children.
The University of Virginia Medical Center is one of the nation’s top hospitals, but it’s also extremely overcrowded. But all of that will soon change. Thursday, UVa. unveiled a new addition to the north façade of the hospital’s central bed tower that added 72 more beds.
The University of Virginia Medical Center is now 72 rooms larger. The public got its first look at the new hospital rooms on Thursday.
Bob Bruner
Darden dean
and Darden professors and alumnus
The University of Virginia is the head of this particular class, thanks a 28.4% increase in its endowment over the past fiscal year.
Robert Bruner
Dean, Darden School of Business
State Pensions Find Private Equity Bites as Blackstone Cuts Jobs
Businessweek (Bloomberg) / Feb. 23
Charles A. Laughlin
Weedon Chair in Asian Studies
Paul Mason's top 10 books about China
The Guardian / Feb. 23
Douglas Laycock
law professor
Obama's defense of religion
Chicago Tribune / Feb. 23
and
Supreme Court won't hear appeal of student's anti-Christian lawsuit
The Orange County Register / Feb. 22
Christopher Ruhm
economist
Larry Sabato
politics professor
Mitt Romney campaign email, super PAC ad share uncanny similarities
The Tennessean / Feb...
Hypo- and hyperkalemia are associated with higher mortality in male patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) but not yet on dialysis, but this association varies by race, a study led by Dr. Csaba P. Kovesdy of U.Va. found.
Jefferson left behind an extensive music library of books and sheet music by Haydn, Handel, J.C. Bach, Corelli, Purcell and many others. It is housed at the University of Virginia. “Music is invaluable where a person has an ear,” Jefferson wrote late in life. “It furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.”
Researchers Lori Kimball and Wynne Saffer spent more than three years searching for historic records that might contain information about the dozens of slaves owned by President James Monroe. They pored over records at the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, and the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library.
The first presidential candidate to face attack for his religious beliefs was Thomas Jefferson, in the campaign against incumbent John Adams in 1800. Northern clerics branded Jefferson not only a deist, but an “atheist,” a “heretic” and a “Jacobin” of the French Revolution.
With tuition prices continuing to climb and the economy stuck in neutral, families will increasingly demand more information on what they're buying. Like politicians elsewhere, Virginia lawmakers have heard such complaints from parents and decided to do something about it. Over the last two years, the state legislature has passed two bills that, beginning this spring, will give families access to a key component in answering the value-of-college question: median salaries for the graduates of hundreds of academic programs across every public institution and some private colleges in the state.
At 16, Britten enrolled at the University of Virginia to study physics, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1940. During World War II, he joined the Manhattan Project, where he attempted to use magnetic beam techniques to separate and purify isotopes of uranium.
The Virginia Tech Hokies and University of Virginia Cavaliers engaged in a rugged, chest-to-chest, all-out battle of bitter in-state rivals Tuesday night in Cassel Coliseum. … When it was over, the Cavaliers had reason to celebrate their 61-59 victory.