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Perspectives on whether more business school grads are looking to choose Silicon Valley over Wall Street, with Peter Henry, NYU Stern Business School dean and Robert Bruner, University of Virginia Darden School of Business dean.

Building more affordable, modular homes in Virginia is getting a financial boost. The University of Virginia's School of Architecture recently received a $2.4 million grant from the Tobacco Indemnification Commission for its ecological modular housing project known as ecoMOD.

Virginia's failure to properly fund its state colleges and universities attests to a lack of vision. Public investments are at the core of vigorous, just and future-oriented societies. For example, the College of William and Mary receives only 13 percent state funding compared to 43 percent 30 years ago. The University of Virginia receives less than 8 percent state funding while Virginia Tech receives 28 percent state funding, half of what it received in 2000.

Anne Coughlin Law professor Judge declines request to make Huguely evidence easier to see, hear Charlottesville Daily Progress / Feb. 13 Rita Dove English professor Weekly Poem: 'Chocolate' PBS "NewsHour" / Feb. 13 James Roan Psychology professor Valentine's Day a paean to love - and good health Palm Beach (Fla.) Post / Feb. 13 Larry J. Sabato Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics Obama takes a stand in budget / Higher taxes for rich, targeted new spending Boston Globe / Feb. 14 and Citizens United Means Anyone Can Still Get in the GOP Game U.S. News & Wo...

Two weeks ago the entire UVA School of Architecture got together to kick off Belmont Vortex, a learning experience in which roughly 300 students are working in 29 teams under Arroyo’s direction to generate submissions for the Belmont Bridge Design Competition.

Point your radio to 91.1 FM or your computer to wtju.net (do it, right now!) and you’ll hear the latest WTJU Rock Marathon, which kicked off Monday and will broadcast nonstop all week.

A new PBS documentary called "Slavery by Another Name" tells the story of the adapted forced labor practices that helped extend slavery long after the end of the Civil War. Gwen Ifill speaks with Douglas Blackmon, the film's co-executive producer and director of the forum series at U.Va.'s Miller Center, about this largely forgotten piece of history and the forces that propelled it.

Poet and University of Virginia English professor Rita Dove received one of the nation's most prestigious arts awards, the National Medal of Arts, on Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C. She accepted the award from President Barack Obama at the White House.

More than 300 people packed into Charlottesville’s Music Resource Center on Saturday to review the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture’s conceptual plans for redeveloping the city’s Belmont Bridge.

Tom Storrs U.Va. graduate, former CEO of North Carolina National Bank Storrs built the bank that changed Charlotte Charlotte (N.C.) Observer / Feb. 13 and Thomas Storrs, Who Set Stage for Bank of America in ’80s Deals, Dies at 93 Bloomberg / Feb. 12

Peter Farrell 2006 graduate in government, owner of Recast Energy and Va. state delegate Local legislator is one of the Commonwealth’s youngest Capital News Service / Feb. 12 Mike Leinbach Received a B.S. in Architecture in 1976 and a master's in Civil Engineering in 1981 Leader has full faith in private sector Florida Today / Feb. 12 Raymond Moody Triple 'Hoo, paranormal researcher and author of "Life After Life" Afterlife expert reflects on his own life Anniston (Ala.) Star / Feb. 12

Jerry Reid Undergraduate student A 67-year-old is now a fixture in Virginia’s student section Yahoo! Sports / Feb. 10 Michael Rocco Cavalier football quarterback UVa's Rocco, Tech's Thomas write letters to prisoners Lynchburg News & Advance / Feb. 12

Jeff Elias Associate professor of neurology Live Wire: Tremor therapy is still being tested Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer / Feb. 12 Kyle Kondik Political analyst at U.Va.'s Center for Politics GOP Presidential Primary Registration Deadline Approaches WVIR-NBC-29 (Charlottesville) / Feb. 13 and Catholic League's Donohue: 'Obama Must Think We're Stupid' Newsmax.com / Feb. 10 Douglas Laycock Constitutional law professor Business concerns stall House's foreign law bill Norfolk Virginian-Pilot / Feb. 12 Brian Nosek Psychology professor Commentary: Oh, this won't stir up controversy Longview (Tex...

The economic plunge has slowed the rates of marriage – and divorce – across the country, says Bradford Wilcox, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia who directs the National Marriage Project, which analyzes trends in wedded bliss. In a recent interview, Wilcox covered topics ranging from the economy’s effect on cohabitation to men’s improved financial habits after marriage.

A recent study published in "Child Development" showed that arguing with their mothers can actually help teens fend off peer pressure. A University of Virginia team headed by Joseph Allen studied over 150 teenagers and their parents at age 13, 15, and 16, looking at how the teen's relationships with their family and friends influenced whether they used alcohol or drugs. Teens who were able to argue with their mothers at age 13 about hot issues like rules, grades or money were less likely to be involved with alcohol or drugs than their peers at age 16.

The University of Virginia is exploring the use of electronic textbooks in the hope that they’ll offer a cheaper option for students who shell out up to hundreds of dollars per book for hard-copy texts.

Profiles a case taken up by the Innocence Project at U.Va.'s School of Law.

Article cites U.Va. as an example of a school that is "very competitive and a great value."

Academics who specialize in using technology to conduct and enable new kinds of humanities research are in high demand. At the same time, the current ecosystem of scholarly publishing can be inhospitable to their often-idiosyncratic research projects. Two well-known organizations are teaming up with a handful of colleges and universities to try to change that by building a flexible platform where digital humanists could have their research published and certified that the work has passed through well-respected editorial gantlets. (U.Va. is listed among several schools that have committed finan...

In light cast by candle and campfire, Civil War soldiers often spent quiet moments writing letters home. Recently Dr. David MacMillan, a Blacksburg physician, generously donated a stack of such letters to the University of Virginia's Special Collection. The letters were penned by his great-grandfather, Oscar David McMillan, who enlisted in Company E. 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteers on April 20, 1861, just days after the war started.