...Teresa A. Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, said ...the prospect of retiring can seem threatening to faculty members' sense of themselves, and many want more than anything to keep an office or lab space on campus after they retire. "Retirement for faculty members is social death -- or, at least, they're afraid it will be," Sullivan said. ... "For most faculty members, getting a gold watch is not important," Sullivan said, "but leaving a legacy is."
The greater Charlottesville region is home to more than 17 percent of the state’s biotech companies, based on information from the Virginia Bioscience Directory. ... With much of this innovation sparked by the University of Virginia, the region is doing well in comparison with other parts of the state. But more could be accomplished. ...
Parke Muth
Dean of international admissions
Tri-Valley won't affect new Indian enrolment in US: Experts
Economic Times (India) / Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) / Mar. 7
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Changing his ways, Rogers helps lead GOP effort to cut spending
Miami Herald / McClatchy Newspapers / Mar. 5
Brad Wilcox
Sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project
Marriage ranks dwindle, but many couples still believe
San Jose Mercury News / McClatchy Newspapers / Mar. 6
By Grace-Marie Turner, Heather R. Higgins and Alex Cortes, a fourth-year student and executive director of Let Freedom Ring
We're already seeing ObamaCare's madness in its first year of implementation, which is why the American people continue to call for defunding, repealing and replacing it with more sensible reforms. Here are a few examples of the mayhem.
By R.K. Ramazani, professor emeritus of government and foreign affairs and a Middle East specialist
... The Obama administration would be well advised to make it clear to the Arab people and the outside world that it pursues an all-inclusive strategy in regard to peaceful political change in the Arab world, including the process of transition to democracy, regardless of religion, race, and gender.
By Peter Rodriguez, a Darden School associate dean for international affairs, and director of the Center for Global Initiatives
... The future of Iraq's economy can be bettered through greater commitments to economically productive institutions and by firms willing to invest wisely while the future remains highly uncertain.
By law student Andrew Peach and Richard Bonnie, the Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, and Professor of Public Policy and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.
... In the final analysis, Obamacare's individual mandate may be imprudent, a product of haste, partisanship and political miscalculation, and a novel and expansive exercise of federal power. But however vociferous the objections may be, it is well within Congress' constitutional authority as understood by a firm majority of the Supreme Court, including Scalia.
A scientist at the University of Virginia has created a new web-based tool that measures your nitrogen footprint so you can take steps to reduce it. Jim Galloway is an environmental scientist and Associate Dean for the Sciences at UVA's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The commission, being represented without charge by a lawyer with the University of Virginia Law School, has until Tuesday to file its opening brief with the high court. Oral arguments on the case are scheduled for April 27 in Washington.
His gentle nature and love for children long have made him a most welcome visitor to the University of Virginia's Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center, where he serves as a certified therapy dog.
... Of course crunching the financial numbers is critical as you begin to contemplate retirement. But your personal calling, support network and health and well-being are just as important. In the end, a holistic approach to your life is always the best starting place. We offer just such an approach every year through the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Virginia. Beth Nedelisky and I are teaching the workshop‚ "Planning for Success and Significance in Retirement." The course, intended for people age 50 to 70, covers cash flow projections and asset alloca...
University of Virginia student groups are stepping up to raise money for the Rotunda repairs. The Thomas Jefferson Literary Debating Society in conjunction with about 15 other groups will host the Restoration Ball on March 19th.
...A provocative new book, “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” makes a strong case that for a large portion of the nation’s seemingly successful undergraduates the years in college barely improve their skills in critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing. Intellectual effort and academic rigor, in the minds of many of the nation’s college students, is becoming increasingly less important. According to the authors, Professors Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia:...
Start-up companies with interests ranging from golf shoes to blood clots threw pitches to investment capitalists Friday at the close of the University of Virginia’s third annual Venture Summit.
On the field of her dreams, Yeardley Love will remain No. 1 forever. The Cockeysville native's uniform number was retired Sunday at the University of Virginia, where teammates, relatives, friends and fans gathered in the rain to present her mother and sister with a commemorative jersey and to raise a flag bearing her name and number, 1, at her beloved lacrosse field. [Includes picture gallery]
Larry Sabato is director for the Center of Politics at the University of Virginia.
A significant number of households across the state lack enough income and assets to cover basic needs and unplanned expenses, and the federal poverty level inadequately measures how much it costs to be economically self-sufficient, according to a University of Virginia study.
Assistant professor of sociology Josipa Roksa is co-author of a new book about what is happening, or not happening, when it comes to learning on America’s college campuses. The book chronicles what the authors say is an amazing lack of education taking place for large numbers of students.