Richard Bonnie
Law Professor
Leroy R. Hassell Sr., 55, a lawyer and civic leader who became the first black chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court and who launched a commission that helped modernize the state's mental health care system, died Feb. 9 in Richmond. ... Richard J. Bonnie [chair of the Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform] ... said in an interview Wednesday that Justice Hassell "had very deep concerns about the importance of equal access to justice and fairness by every citizen, especially the poor, vulnerable and disenfranchised." Bonnie said ... Justice ...
Globalization is both the biggest opportunity and the greatest challenge for business schools worldwide as they struggle to keep up with the demand for graduates who can work across countries and cultures, says a report released today. ... Robert F. Bruner, dean of the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business here, served as chair of the task force. "So often, a
successful globalization effort arises because of faculty who are passionate and knowledgeable about global business," he said ... But "globally ready" faculty members are in short supply .
George Reidel
Earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering
A fourth-year student in the School of Nursing and regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal blog Hire Education
Kristen Moores
A fourth-year student and a member of the women's swimming team
Bradley Davidson
He is pursuing a graduate certificate in public administration at U.Va.
Gerard Alexander
A professor of politics
New leaders in civil rights
The Mercury | Feb. 9
David Germano
A religion professor and co-director of the Tibet Center
Digital Library Showcases Life in Tibet
ResourceShelf | Feb. 7
Ed Kelly
Professor, Division of Perceptual Studies, in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine and author of "Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century "
The Mind-Brain Dilemma | Feb. 10
"Virginia Insight" on WMRA Public Radio
Josipa Roksa
An assistant professor of sociology and co-author of "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning ...
Guys, science has a tip for you this Valentine's Day: Don't let on how much you like your potential date. A study using fictitious profiles from the social networking site Facebook.com found that the women who were most interested in a group of men knew the least about whether or not the men liked them. “When people first meet, it may be that popular dating advice is correct: Keeping people in the dark about how much we like them will increase how much they think about us and will pique their interest,” wrote Erin Whitchurch and Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, and Dan...
A furry, four-pawed best friend could be the key to getting your kid off the couch and away from the TV screen, a new study suggests. Teens from dog-owning families get about 15 more minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity than teens who don't have any pets, the study said. "You can think of your dog not only as your best friend, but also a social support tool for being active," study researcher John Sirard, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, said in a statement.
W. Bradford Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, weighed in on marriage and infidelity in an interview with the Providence Journal this Sunday. Here are findings that may be surprising.
By Mark Edmunson
Who is the common reader now? I do not think there is any way to evade a simple answer to this question. Common readers—which is to say the great majority of people who continue to read—read for one purpose and one purpose only. They read for pleasure. They read to be entertained. They read to be diverted, assuaged, comforted, and tickled.
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia will give the keynote address at a University of Virginia School of Law conference on Friday. Timothy Heaphy, a 1991 law school graduate, will make his remarks at 5 p.m. in the Purcell Reading Room as part of the 12th Annual Conference on Public Service and the Law. The two-day conference is open to the public, who may park in the law school lots after 2 p.m. Friday and all day Saturday. The conference focuses on public interest issues in the legal community.
Get your notebooks ready, green thumbs! Two good opportunities coming our way: Eliot Coleman is coming on Sunday to Hereford College for a lecture and workshop. In our household, Coleman is, well, a household name. He's the author of Four-Season Harvest, the book that got us interested in winter gardening, using cold frames and low tunnels.