The University of Virginia's College at Wise is celebrating the opening of a $30 million Convocation Center.
Could an online game [the UVA Bay Game] someday monitor how your personal decisions affect the environment? Just such a contest, centered on the health of the Chesapeake, is now being played in college classrooms across Virginia. It has already been winning much praise for revolutionizing environmental awareness. We talk with some of the game's co-creators [U.Va.’s Gerard Learmonth and David Smith] about their plans... and hopes... for the future.
For this week's segment of UVa Today, Catarina Krizancic, of the International Studies Office joined CBS19's Jim Hanchett to discuss the University of Virginia's Study Abroad Programs.
Tuesday, CEOs from some of the nation's fastest-growing companies were mixing and mingling with policymakers and educators at the University of Virginia. They're taking part in a first of its kind summit to inspire business innovation that could turn our economy around.
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 in America.
1950 graduate of U.Va., led the racial integration of Woodberry Forest
School from 1969 to 1973
Neslihan Cevik
a postdoctoral fellow at U.Va.'s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, focused on religion and politics in Turkey
Rising Power Turkey balances Islam and modernity, East and West
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Oct. 9
Larry Sabato
director, Center for Politics (opinion)
How the Campaign Season Got So Long
The Wall Street Journal / Oct. 11
and
The Policy Obama and Cain Agree on: Benign Neglect
The Fiscal Times / Oct. 11
Stem cells made by reprogramming patients' own cells might one day be used as therapies for a host of diseases, but scientists have feared that dangerous mutations within these cells might be caused by current reprogramming techniques. A sophisticated new analysis of stem cells' DNA finds that such fears may be unwarranted. For this study the Baldwin lab collaborated with a genomics and bioinformatics expert, Ira M. Hall, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Virginia who is co-senior author.
The Virginia Film Festival will feature more than a hundred movies and some big names from the business, including Oliver Stone, who will appear after a screening of JFK. The legendary director will be interviewed by political scientist Larry Sabato, who’s just completing a book about John F. Kennedy.
The University of Virginia will host its annual Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn on October 31st, from 4 - 6 p.m. The Halloween tradition is open to all community members.
A group at the University of Virginia is hoping that bringing attention to mental health issues at the school will help encourage students who could benefit from treatment to seek it out.
A conference at the University of Virginia is recognizing a group building a support system for gay teens in central Virginia.
TV trucks are parked in front of the UVa Rotunda Monday morning because CNBC is originating a business report from Grounds as part of the Jefferson Innovation Summit.
Virginia Delegate Terry Kilgore, R-Gate City, on Monday quoted the much beloved character, Deputy Barney Fife, portrayed by the late TV and film comedian Don Knotts, in helping to christen the new Convocation Center at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
By Neslihan Cevik, a postdoctoral fellow at U.Va.'s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, focused on religion and politics in Turkey
John Herr spends every day thinking about and working toward finding a non-surgical method to sterilize dogs and cats. He has good reason to — there’s a $25 million prize at stake.
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 10 on its $30 million Convocation Center, a facility that many see as a vital part of the region’s economic development efforts.
The Federal Government is now saying men should skip the PSA Blood Test for prostate cancer. They add that the test does more harm than good. However, not all doctors agree with the news.
…it has been a busy inaugural season in Virginia, with summer 2010's turnover in leadership at four public universities. University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan's inauguration was in April, and Virginia State University President Keith Miller and University of Mary Washington President Richard Hurley were installed last month.