For only the third time in 80 years of record keeping, snow fell in the Valley in October, said a weather expert. About 2 to 4 inches covered the ground as a snowstorm hit the area Friday night and Saturday morning. Jerry Stenger, the director of the climatology office at the University of Virginia, said this weekend’s storm does not mean the upcoming winter will feature heavy snow.
Addressing some of the University of Virginia’s highest performing undergraduates, a key official urged them to conduct more research. “All of us know that there’s more to learning than facts,” said Vice Provost for Academic Programs J. Milton Adams.
Marva A. Barnett, French professor and founding director of the Teaching ResourceCenter, and R. Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, are the recipients of the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Awards at the University of Virginia. The awards were presented today at Fall Convocation, held in the John Paul Jones Arena. Barnett and Ramazani are the 61st and 62nd recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest honor the University community bestows upon its faculty. The convocation included recognition of 360 third-year U.Va. students who earned Intermediate Honors and a keynote addres...
... “‘Wounded Warriors Resilience’ and ‘A Second Knock at the Door’ are the type of films that, I think, reach out to the community,” said Jody Kielbasa, director of the Virginia Film Festival. “So many people have experienced this in their family with soldiers returning — or not returning, as the case may be.
“The festival is not just about the big features and bringing in the high-profile studio films. Certainly I love bringing in guest artists like Oliver Stone and Mia Wasikowska.
“But when you have a remarkable film about everyday...
The United States announced that it is joining the 108 countries and international organizations taking part in the 2012 Yeosu Expo. ... In partnership with the University of Virginia, 40 college-aged American student ambassadors proficient in the Korean languagewill be selected to serve as representatives of the United States, engagingdirectly with visitors and supporting the operation of the USA Pavilion.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is starting a program to examine the role of business in society. The Initiative for Business in Society (IBiS) will prepare leaders to have a positive impact on society through business, the school said.“The global economic crisis and the resulting patchwork of policy responses have created a new, challenging operating environment,“ Bob Bruner, Darden’s dean, said in a statement.
‘We weighed the pros and cons and the evidence, and felt that the safest thing would be to keep bumpers out of the crib altogether,’ said Dr. Fern Hauck, a spokesman for the Academy and professor of family medicine at the University of Virginia.
Martin Davidson, associate professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
... Making diversity efforts work requires a clear understanding of the larger strategic goals of your organization first. That understanding — combined with the ability to execute on specific diversity initiatives — makes short-term change possible. But sustained change comes only when leaders are persistent, committed to results, relationship-savvy and courageous. They support their people to design systems and processes that make the value ofdiversity for their business so compelling that it ...
University of Virginia officials have begun revamping the school’s internal financial model, a move they hope will streamline the school in tough financial times. The core of the move is a decision to push budgeting authority down the school’s organizational chart, putting more power in the hands of deans, making fewer budgeting decisions centrally. The new system is UVa’s version of what’s called “resource-centered management” or “activity-based budgeting” at other schools. “It’s very important for us to get our priorities straight, ...
Louise Jaffe, a U.Va. alumna, and her husband, start an advice column.
The Virginia Film Festival has invited a University of Virginia alumnus to share a film that has taken more than two decades to ripen for enjoyment. ... Paul Junger Witt, the Emmy Award-winning producer of "Brian's Song" and "The Golden Girls," will be presenting "A Better Life," his latest film. Chris Weitz is the director.
Look for works by student and faculty choreographers when the Dance Program of the University of Virginia Department of Drama presents its Experimental Dance Concert at 8 tonight and Saturday.
Kyle Kondik
Political analyst with the Center for Politics
Perry plan to skip debates is a gamble
The Hill (blog) / Oct. 27
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At county level, fundraising gap between incumbents, challengers significant
Fairfax Times / Oct. 28
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Romney leads GOP pack
Montreal Gazette / Oct. 28
W. Bradford Wilcox
Professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project
What’s Marriage Got to Do with the Economy?
National Review / Oct. 27
James W. Ceaser
Professor of politics
Research scientist Dipan Bose analyzed crash data from 1998 through 2006. He says the differences are mostly biological. For instance, women are smaller and sit closer to the steering wheel.
The artificial pancreas research group includes Professor Doyle, Howard Zisser of the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Boris Kovatchev of University of Virginia, Ananda Basu of the Mayo Clinic, and Claudio Cobelli of University of Padova, Italy.
Although infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms have been steadily increasing, they are not associated with increasing mortality among patients in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU), according to a prospective analysis performed at the University of Virginia Health Systems in Charlottesville and reported at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) 97th Clinical Congress. Dr. Laura Horst Rosenberg presented the study.
In a University of Virginia study by psychologist Angeline Lillard, The "SpongeBob" kids did significantly worse on concentration, memory and learning tests than the other two groups; the frantic pace may be too taxing on developing brains, scientists say.
An engine, built by students in a Jet Engine Manufacturing Class at the University of Virginia's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, doesn't melt. However, as Professor David Sheffler notes in this YouTube video, it's a demo engine. "We're using compressed air, instead of having an actual flame in there that would burn up our parts," he says.
Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, used a Sputnik reference recently in arguing for a dramatic uptick in federal and state funding for higher education.