For almost two centuries, a sprawling English yew tree sheltered the grave of Edgar Allan Poe's mother at historic St. John's Church on Church Hill. ... Over time, whatever markings there were for her grave disappeared, and the precise location of her final resting place became unknown until The Raven Society of the University of Virginia determined that she had been buried within a few feet of the yew tree. The Raven Society, which maintains the heritage of Edgar Allan Poe's work, erected a handsome memorial marker on the spot in 1927.
By Betty Shotton, a U.Va. alumna and author of "Liftoff Leadership"
When I arrived at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1970, I was naively unaware of the challenges I would face as part of the first class of women admitted to this traditional, all male, southern university. ... Thirty-five years later at a reunion of “the firsts”, I was gratified to hear the Dean of Admissions from that time say that they purposefully choose women who wouldn’t open doors, but women who would knock down doors. That was in fact what we unconsciously had to do as we rede...
The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business is being recognized globally for excellence in education. The Economist magazine ranked Darden the fourth best overall MBA program, not just in the United States, but in the world. Folks at the Darden School are buzzing about this news. Not only did they take a spot in the top five MBA programs in the world, but they ranked first in the world for education experience.
For local artist Dan Webster, discarded items can become works of art. Now, they are on display at the University of Virginia’s Runk Dining Hall.
Hollywood’s Dirty Harry could have replaced Dan Quayle as President George H.W. Bush’s presidential running mate in 1988, one of Bush’s top aides said in interviews released Friday by the Miller Center.
Sitting in the dome room of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, a slate of experts on entrepreneurship wrestled Tuesday with the challenges confronting those who want to innovate.
No one knows where good ideas come from. In some cases, the answer may simply be to throw a bunch of brains together in a room and see what happens. That was the approach favored by the Jefferson Innovation Summit, a conference hosted by the University of Virginia this Tuesday and Wednesday. Named for Thomas Jefferson, who founded the university, the summit was aimed at kick-starting American entrepreneurship and encouraging new forms of thinking.
A team led by a University of Virginia professor has received a $3 million federal grant to develop technologies that protect privacy when data is shared. The National Science Foundation announced the funding Friday.
By Arthur Garson, Director of the Center for Health Policy, a university professor and professor of public health sciences, and Carolyn Long Engelhard, assistant professor and director of the Health Policy Program, Department of Public Health Sciences
Being uninsured can't be that bad, right? In fact, President George W. Bush said, "People have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room." "Access" means that you can get to see a health care provider, and by law anyone who shows up in an emergency room (ER) must be seen - so the president ...
Melissa Ganther
Coach of Tampa's Academy of Holy Names basketball team and a former point guard for the U.Va. women's basketball team
Women's basketball, nuns and a dream: Sarasota coach reflects on championship
Tampa Bay Online | Oct. 13
Michael Guest
Earned his master’s degree in foreign affairs from U.Va.
Ambassador Michael Guest — LGBT History Month Day 13
Care2.com (blog) | Oct. 13
Lon Holmberg
A photographer, he studied English at U.Va. and graduated in 1967.
Vietnam War photograher in MC
Madison Eagle | Oct. 13
He was Director of Writing Programs at University of Virginia.
His family will host a viewing and visitation from 5 until 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 14, 2011, at Hill and Wood Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2011, at the Hill and Wood Chapel.
Bob Bruner and Katherine Alford
Dean and assistant admissions director respectively.
Clean Up Your Act on the Internet, B-School Admissions Officers May Be Watching You
PaGalGuy (India) – Oct. 13
George Cohen
A Law School professor
What will come of Illinois' false LSAT and GPA reporting?
National Jurist | Oct. 10
Gary Gallagher
A Civil War historian
Battles proved major turning point in war
‎Henrico Citizen | Oct. 13
Amanda Nelsen
Program director of the Rare Book School
Corcoran Gallery Of Art: Agents Of Change
Huffington Post | Oct. 13
James D. Savage
A professor of politics a...
The use of pretend patients is also spreading to other fields. They portray rape victims to train examiners in sexual assault units. At Hopkins, they have acted as family members of brain-dead patients to teach sensitivity to an organ-donation group. At the University of Virginia medical school, hospital chaplains meet with “patients” who have lost their faith in God because a loved one has died in a car accident.
Are sore heels keeping you from your dancing shoes? The pain may be plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the fibrous band that runs from heel to toe, along the bottom of your foot. ... A meta-analysis of research on plantar fasciitis conducted by University of Virginia researchers shows that using night splints or orthotics greatly reduces reported pain. The orthoticwearers also reported improved function.
Ambassador Randolph Bell, president of the First Freedom Center, cites the work focused on religion and politics in Turkey of Neslihan Cevik, a post-doctoral fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. She wrote an op/ed on the subject, which appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Tuesday.
Two large batteries exploded in the University of Virginia’s Fontaine Research Park Thursday, leaking battery acid into the basement of the building. The batteries were part of a backup power system for the Snyder Research Building at 480 Ray C. Hunt Drive. No one was hurt in the explosion.
The Darden Graduate School of Business is ranked no. 3 in North America
The Miller Center and the University of Virginia will release audio tapes documenting George H.W. Bush’s presidency in a two-day event starting Friday, October 14. Through the Bush Oral History Project, which began in 1999, 50 officials who served during Bush’s presidency were interviewed by scholars.