[Hurley High School football coach Greg Tester] took a redshirt year for the Hokies and then made another choice, a decision that would turn out to be rather wise. He transferred to the University of Virginia’s College at Wise and quickly became the workhorse in the backfield for the Highland Cavaliers. His return to Southwest Virginia was a triumphant one.
The New Year has seen an urgent call for accountability in higher education with the much anticipated release of Academically Adrift: Limited Learning in Higher Education, written by sociologists Richard Arum of New York University and the Social Science Research Council and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia. The book, released Tuesday and drawing a great deal of media attention in the days following, is based on a longitudinal study that draws primarily on results from the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA). … At a time when we’re asking more of our institutions of hig...
The country’s most successful soccer college, the University of Virginia has one of the most celebrated sports clubs, the Virginia Cavaliers. This soccer college is the home to several successful programs, including Virginia men's soccer. Virginia has played in 15 out of 19 ACC Tournament championship matches, winning ten titles
University of Virginia feature twirler Audrey Johnston … exuded confidence during her routine. The baton twirler, in her 15th year of the sport, noted that confidence does come with practice. Her parents, Bernadette and Terry Johnston, encouraged her to start twirling when she was in kindergarten.
Bernard Carlson
professor of science, technology and society
Charles Coffin, The Man Who Electrified GE
Investors Business Daily / Jan. 20
Larry Sabato
professor of politics and director of the Center for Politics
Today's Michelle Bachmann visit to Iowa looks like a caucus preview
Des Moines Register / Jan. 21
Daniel Willingham
professor of psychology
To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test
Sarasota Herald-Tribune / Jan. 20
Professor and Chair of the University of Virginia’s Department of Classics John Miller joins Coy to discuss Miller’s new book "Apollo, Augustus, and the Poets."
Researchers at Stanford, the University of Virginia and the University of Albany recently completed a study showing that if New York City has to lay off teachers based on seniority, we'll not only lose more teachers (because new teachers earn lower salaries than senior teachers) but also a more highly rated group of teachers than if we do it on the basis of merit.
The University of Virginia social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done a lot of work in the past probing the different moral attitudes of American liberals and conservatives. With time he realized that a significant proportion of Americans did not fit the simplistic left/right ideological dichotomy that dominates our social discourse. Instead of ignoring the outliers, Haidt and his colleagues chose to dig deeper. The result: a fascinating new study, “Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Roots of an Individualist Ideology,” that is currently under review at the Jour...
The School of Engineering invited central Virginia high school students to take part in a science fair Thursday exploring the realm of material science. That is the engineering study of physical things like metals and ceramics.
The University of Virginia is the big winner. Mike London and company have done a great job of recruiting in the Hampton Roads area, a place that Virginia Tech has had a stranglehold on over the past decade or so.
The University of Virginia Patent Foundation was awarded a record 32 patents in 2010 for ideas cooked up by university inventors. The new patents cover medical technology, water-safety technology and more.
A symposium this week at the University of Virginia on the private writings and conversations of Martin Luther King Jr. turned into a pointed debate on the image of the slain civil rights leader conveyed during his January holiday.
1950 graduate of School of Law
With his father, George E. Allen Sr., and brothers, Mr. Allen, a Navy veteran of World War II, developed the firm Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen into a major personal-injury firm. Mr. Allen was president of the firm from 1957 to 1990.
The mother-daughter team come from different educational backgrounds. [Christyanna] Durand majored in mass media/communications and graphic design at Virginia Tech and her mother [Linda Price] has a master's degree in education from the University of Virginia. Price was a Realtor for 23 years before she started getting into the business of staging homes – decorating and organizing them to make them appealing to potential buyers.
For the last several years, the figure was not alone. Poe fans would come to the cemetery to watch the annual event. One resident would watch from nearby, and knew the signal that marked the true Poe Toaster. In 2010, they all waited but the Poe Toaster never arrived. People discussed the absence, and speculated about what could have happened. In 2011 The Long Island Press reported that they all waited and saw four figures at graveside, leaving cognac and flowers. The resident, standing at his post as he had for over twenty years, never saw the tell-tale signal.
"This is the biggest day of my life, bigger than any football game, bigger than any competition. I've never spoken to this many people before," said [the Rev. Cedric] Peerman, a graduate of William Campbell High School and the University of Virginia and a running back with the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals.
[Former Gov. George] Allen is traveling across much of Virginia this week on an Americans for Prosperity tour concerning health care. On Wednesday, the University of Virginia alumnus spoke at the Hilton Garden Inn on Pantops wearing a UVa-orange tie.
1983 graduate of the School of Law
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will speak at Emory University's spring graduation ceremony.
Former Virginia running back Tiki Barber has been elected to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2011. Barber, the former Cave Spring and University of Virginia star, is the second all-time leading rusher in Cavalier history. He was named ACC Player of the Year in 1996.