Students at the University of Virginia will now be able to provide their
teachers feedback during the middle of the semester instead of at the end of
the term. The Electronic Teaching Analysis Poll or eTAP is a new assessment
tool that was launched this week. ... For the past three months the Teaching
Resource Center has been developing eTAP so professors can make adjustments
to the way they teach before the end of the semester. John Alexander is a
professor and Associate Director of Sciences, Humanities & Arts Network of
Technological Initiatives or SHANTI at UVA and is eager to try eTAP. &qu...
Cheryn Stone
Alumna who is weekend anchor with the WACH Fox News team in Columbia, S.C.
Stone wrote the news story about a University of Texas at Austin study that asked hundreds of college students for their opinions about cheating, and it turns out the students' answers vary a great deal depending on who your loved one is cheating with.
Somdev Devvarman
An interview with U.Va. alumnus and tennis ace Somdev Devvarman.
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
Academia and Conservatives, Redux
Discover (blog) / Feb. 15
Daniel Murrie
Director of psychology at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeth's
Washington Post / Feb. 16
Brandis Roman
Pediatric nutritionist
Is your child obese? Help him/her shed pounds
joyonline (Ghana) / Feb. 16
Patrick Tolan
Education professor and director of Youth-Nex, Curry School of Education
Dating and Te...
Most hotels change their sheets for each new guest. But even if they don't, cloth tends to dry out bacteria so they can't live on sheets or duvets for very long. The biggest risk is posed with items that don't get a regular cleaning such as a TV remote, the thermostat or even the Bible, a 2006 study from the University of Virginia found.
The Henry County and Martinsville school boards will hold public input meetings on the possibility of merging the two school systems on March 10. ... Conversations will be led by Voices, Choices facilitators, local residents who have received training in the New Civic Leaders program through the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
New findings show that working more than 20 hours a week could be a bad idea for teenagers. Joanna Lee Williams, an assistant professor from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education helped conduct a nationwide study on the matter. The findings were released in the latest issue of the Child Development Journal.
Article talks about the relationship between higher education and Google and Siva Vaidhyanathan's "The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)". Vaidhyanathan is professor of media studies.
U.Va.’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service examined indicators of poverty beyond unemployment and poverty rates.
Chandni Challa
Economics and American Government alumna
Brandon Garrett
Law professor
DNA requests aren’t tracked, some lost
Wichita Eagle / Feb. 14
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology professor
The 'problem' of liberal academics, again
Tucson Sentinel / Feb. 14
and
Breaking: Professors Might Have Liberal Bias
Heritage.com / Feb. 14
Reuben Rainey
Acclaimed poet's garden under restoration
Lynchburg News & Advance / Feb. 14
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Ron Paul vs. Donald Trump: Who's got a better chance of being president?
Christian Science Monitor / Feb. 14
and
The Obama Budget: There's Plenty to Fight Abou...
Columnist Suzy Cohen mentions in 2009, University of Virginia researchers found arginine, an amino acid the body makes, could help with heart failure.
A recent survey from the National Marriage Project, led by sociology professor W. Bradford Wilcox, found that couples who are suffering through tough financial times also grow stronger by working together to survive.
A new study using Facebook suggests that women are most attracted to dudes who play hard to get.
A study at the University of Virginia by David Evans, associate professor of computer science, found that 90 percent of Facebook applications request more personal information than they need. Adrienne Porter Felt, now a Ph.D. student at the University of California-Berkeley, was an undergraduate when she co-authored the study's paper with Evans.
A new study at the University of Virginia, will be determining if a driving simulator can enhance the learning-to-drive experience for teen's diagnosed with autism or Asperger's syndrome.
In addition to Wake, the competition features teams from Duke University, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Texas and University of Virginia.