Congressman Robert "Bobby" Scott spoke to students in Larry Sabato's Introduction to Politics class on Wednesday.
Chasing antelope across Tibet, dropping into volcanoes, taking time-lapse photographs of remote and shrinking glaciers and photographing caves big enough to have clouds inside. Those are just some of the adventures National Geographic Society-backed explorers will present Saturday at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia is celebrating 40 years of full coeducation this weekend, with a conference recognizing "A Century of Accomplishments."
BURLINGTON Stone’s ability to buck the trend of the prevailing economic climate in 2010 was not solely restricted to the UK. … In 2010, Burlington’s stone was specified on a number of prestigious projects, the University of Virginia being a perfect example. Here Burlington saw a combination of its natural stones supplied in a variety of finishes being used to create a dramatic, circular landscape focal point, complete with perimeter, stone clad benching.
The University of Virginia’s law school was the top ranked law school in the state and the ninth best law school in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report.
The students drew 57 legislative maps without consideration of politics. The University of Virginia, College of William & Mary, University of Richmond and George Mason University were the winners, with first place awards of up to $2,000. The winners were announced at a reception at the Library of Virginia on Tuesday.
Students from William and Mary and the University of Virginia split prizes in a unique competition pitting college students against one another in trying to draw up fair and reasonable congressional and state Senate districts in response to the 2010 Census.
Grant Goodell
A research professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences
Lisa Ann Plowfield
Who earned a doctorate in nursing at U.Va.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
A media studies professor and author of “The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)”
Dr. Eileen Ryan
An associate professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences and medical director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
The University of Virginia’s law school was the top ranked law school in the state and the ninth best law school in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report.
Members of the University of Virginia community on Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of UVa’s first civil rights march. On March 25, 1961, black and white students began marching in protest of the University Theater, which had a whites-only policy. Representatives of the university will speak, along with Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris and author Coy Barefoot.
The students drew 57 legislative maps without consideration of politics. The University of Virginia, College of William & Mary, University of Richmond and George Mason University were the winners, with first place awards of up to $2,000.
At the University of Virginia, history undergraduates have produced a digital visualization of the college's first library collection, allowing them to consider what the selection of books says about how knowledge was classified in the early 18th century.
Fifty years ago, John Kennedy’s first 100 days as president were drawing to a close and his approval ratings topped 80 percent. On his 100th day, Kennedy made headlines for throwing the hardest first pitch of the baseball season in presidential history. Two days later, the Russians put a man in space. Less than a week after that, the Bay of Pigs invasion failed spectacularly, and Kennedy would never again enjoy such popularity. And yet, his assassination guaranteed that he would be remembered as an icon, an avatar of all that is fundamentally American, rather than as a complex human bein...
Students from William and Mary and the University of Virginia split prizes in a unique competition pitting college students against one another in trying to draw up fair and reasonable congressional and state Senate districts in response to the 2010 Census.
For thousands of University of Virginia students finding the perfect place to live is all about having the best amenities. But huge crowds are also vying to live in the shadows of the rotunda in bare-bones rooms that date back to President Jefferson.
What thoughts must have been racing through Claire Crippen’s mind during the recent NCAA women’s swimming championships in Texas.The Virginia senior, a member of the most successful class in Cavalier women’s swimming history, earned honorable mention All-American status for her 13th-placed finish in her speciality event, the 400 individual medley. Crippen was swimming for her brother, Fran, who tragically died during the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup in Fujairah in the the United Arab Emirates last October. Fran Crippen, a former UVa swimmer and a medal-winning swimm...