Gil Harrington, the mother of Morgan Harrington addressed a crowd at the University of Virignia's Women's Center Wednesday in honor of the release of the most recent issue of Iris: A Magazine for Thinking Young Women.
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s amendments to the state budget include $43.8 million in new spending. That includes $2.5 million for economic development programs, $3 million to fund overtime costs for state police and $2.6 million for the aging Rotunda at the University of Virginia.
Along with fully funding state police overtime, calling for increased state contributions and a chunk of General Fund change to support the Virginia Retirement System and, oh, $43.8 million in total budget amendments, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has another request: fund the Rotunda repairs.
Officials are breaking ground on a new facility in Prince George County that will bring together researchers from Virginia universities and global manufacturing companies. Gov. Bob McDonnell is set to join the heads of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and other institutions for the groundbreaking of the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing on Thursday.
University of Virginia students learned more about the variety of sustainable foods available on grounds Wednesday.
The University of Virginia has acquired a rare anti-slavery manifesto. The declaration of principles dates back to 1829 and was once considered a major threat to southern leaders who worked to prevent it from being circulated. "Walker's Appeal" is joining notable publications in UVA's Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
The University of Virginia will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies with a symposium April 7 to 9. The event, “African-American and African Studies: At Work in the World,” will cover topics ranging from the African diaspora to education, labor and economics.
A surprise proposal to use $2.69 million in state bond funds to replace the roof on the Rotunda at the University of Virginia is among the changes Gov. Bob McDonnell has suggested for the state’s budget.
Mark J. Kington
Member of the Board of Visitors
Colonial Williamsburg makes board additions
The Associated Press / March 30
Tom Shadyac
Hollywood movie director
Film director comes home for documentary screening
Fairfax Times / March 29
Barry Word
Former Cavalier football star, selected to the Halifax County-South Boston Hall of Fame
Siblings, coaches steer success for Barry Word
South Boston Gazette-Virginian / March 30
Ryan Zimmerman and Mark Reynolds
Former Cavalier baseball teammates and now Major League Baseball stars
2 Va. Beach ball players in big leagues
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot / M...
Rita Dove
Poetry writing professor
Former poet laureate Dove draws link between storytelling and poetry
The Tufts (University) Daily / March 30
William Ruddiman
Environmental sciences professor emeritus
Research Suggests Prehistoric Man First Influenced Climate Change
Voice of America / March 29
and
Climate meddling dates back 8,000 years
Science News / March 29
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Christie Crashes Redistricting Party
WNYC "It's a Free Country" radio show / March 29
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Professor of media studies and law
P...
Charles Mathewes
Associate professor of religious studies
Obama on Libya: “A Cold-Hearted Realist and Warm-Blooded Moralist”
PBS "Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly / March 29
Neil Snyder
Ralph A. Beeton Professor Emeritus in the McIntire School of Commerce
Obama's Slippery Slope
American Thinker / March 30
The Debbie Ryan era is over, and in an almost indefinable way it feels as if a fissure has opened up in the Hooville psyche. Ms. Ryan has been such a fixture in University of Virginia sports and such a large part of the Charlottesville-area experience that her departure as coach of the Virginia women’s basketball team leaves a gaping hole.
University of Virginia police are investigating two incidents of possible anti-Semitism over the weekend, UVa spokeswoman Carol Wood confirmed.
On the day that Virginia played its first game as the top-ranked team in the country and searched for the program’s 2,,000th win, junior Will Roberts stole the show with a first-time feat that spans 91 years. Roberts retired all 27 George Washington batters that he faced, registering the first perfect game in Virginia history.
Boris P. Kovatchev has been named the Edlich-Henderson Inventor of the Year by the University of Virginia Patent Foundation.
In the wake of a student’s death exploring the roof of a locked University of Virginia building, school officials have vowed to crack down on such after-hours adventuring.
Two U.Va. students from the McIntire School of Commerce, J. Tyler Matuella and Mannie Ajayi, analyze the performance of Tesla Motors ...
Daniel Bluestone
Director of the historic preservation program at the School of Architecture
Indoor Biotech has ambitious plans for Coca-Cola building
Charlottesville Daily Progress / March 28
Bankole Johnson
Professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
When Creating A New Institute, The Devil's In The Details
Red Orbit / March 28
Jeannine Lalonde
Senior assistant dean of admission
Did you get in? It’s a busy time for Class of 2015 notifications
Washington Post "Campus Overload" blog / March 28
David Martin
Law professor
Roundtable con...
Within days of the devastating tsunami that struck northeast Japan, the situation at the damaged Fukushima I nuclear power plant had become a crisis of nearly unthinkable proportions. … Slate solicited ideas from readers for what to do next. To help evaluate the responses, we enlisted the aid of University of Virginia physicist Lou Bloomfield. Here are his thoughts on the most popular entries, in order of increasing viability.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Professor of media studies and law
What's next for Google Books?
MSNBC "Technolog" / March 28