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.
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey's "The Greatest Show on Earth" is giving aspiring actors, producers and directors studying in Charlottesville the chance to see what it takes to put on this show. A group of University of Virginia theater arts students got an exclusive peak at the inner workings of the lights, sound and wardrobe of the show. They even got to meet up with the circus performers and watch the technology from their point of view.
The Darden Graduate School of Business is ranked no. 4 in the world
Could an online 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 [professors Gerald P. Learmonth Sr., David Smith and William H. Sherman] about their plans... and hopes... for the future.
Tina Fey
A drama alumna
Is America ready for a Boilermaker president?
WorldNetDaily | Oct. 12
Andy Humm
Headed the Gay Student Union in 1970s
Frank Kameny, Father of American Gay Movement, Dies at 86
Chelsea Now | Oct. 12
Maurice Antonio Jones
An alumnus of the Law School who has been nominated by President Obama for the position of deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Man with local ties tapped for top federal job
Warren Record | Oct. 12
John Kevan Peeble
An alumnus who graduated in 1890 and designed Fayerweather Gymnasium, a state-of-the-art athletics fac...