W. Bradford Wilcox, sociology professor and director of the Marriage and Family Project has been in the media commenting on a new study and several aspects of his research.
About "The Survey of Marital Generosity," the latest study from the National Marriage Project
John Sirard, an assistant professor, will have a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that suggests owning a dog could be linked to increased physical activity among teenagers.
The nicely timed “‘He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not …’: Uncertainty Can Increase Romantic Attraction” is forthcoming from Psychological Science. The authors are Erin R. Whitchurch, Timothy D. Wilson and Daniel T. Gilbert.
Aerojet-General Corp. has joined the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Prince George County. ... The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech founded the center in partnership with the state government and Rolls-Royce North America. The center's facility in Prince George is scheduled to open this year, while research is already under way in labs at U.Va. and Virginia Tech.
The Orion String Quartet and the woodwind quintet Windscape team up
The Gold Humanism Honor Society of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation created a National Day of Solidarity for Compassionate Patient Care for medical schools to undertake projects demonstrating the importance of empathy and compassion in patient care. On February 14, dozens of medical schools in the U.S. and in Canada will stand in solidarity with Dr. Friese and the University Medical Center, Tucson, team in honor of their care of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Participating schools include Stanford University, Ohio State University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, George...
Based on this legislation, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors already is poised to add nearly 1,000 new spaces for in-state students -- a goal we have been working on -- and which I sponsored legislation on -- to help so many of our top students in Northern Virginia to get into our top schools.
Emily Mott, co-director of Charlottesville Ballet and also a University of Virginia student, came up with the idea and choreographed the ballet in 2009. It brings the Fairy Godmother together with her friends for an afternoon tea party.
Edward Lengel, Editor in chief of the Papers of George Washington and author of "Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory," recently spoke with U.S. News about how the image of Washington extends far beyond the myth of the "cherry tree and wooden teeth."
Business schools like to tout their focus on globalization, but a new report, from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, chaired by Robert F. Bruner, Dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, says most of their strategies don't go far enough.
Leroy R. Hassell Sr.
U.Va. 1977
James Ceaser
Professor of politics
Va. Sen. Webb won't seek re-election
The Associated Press / Feb. 10
Michael Lenox
Darden Professor
Top 40 professors under 40
Poets & Quants / Feb. 9
G. Carleton Ray
Environmental sciences professor
Ruling Puts Walruses Facing Habitat Loss In Limbo
NPR / Feb. 9
Larry Sabato
Professor of Politics and director of the Center for Politics
Abortion roars back into US political debate
AFP (Agence France-Presse) / Feb. 9
and
Webb's decision not to run scrambles 2012 Senate race
TriCities.com / Feb. 9
Rajkumar Venkatesan
Darden Professor
Top 40 professors unde...
... The percentage of Hispanics soared over the past decade. They account for about 20 percent of the population, compared with about 10 percent in 2000. Their numbers might have been different if the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hadn't begun requiring police officers to check the immigration status of anyone arrested. The controversial policy prompted thousands of Hispanics to move out of the county between 2007 and 2009, according to recent studies by the University of Virginia and the Migration Policy Institute.
The University of Virginia played host to Japan's ambassador to the United States at a forum Wednesday afternoon. Ichiro Fujisaki spoke to a crowd inside the rotunda about relations between the United States and Asia. He says both need to work together to lift the global economy.
A decade long process to change how the University of Virginia treats cancer
patients is near completion. Wednesday, designers of the Emily Couric Cancer
Center spoke at a forum at Jordan Hall about how architecture will play a
vital role in patient recovery.