A student volunteer center at the University of Virginia is growing by leaps and bounds. Madison House is an organization that pairs students with volunteer opportunities in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Right now, Madison House has 150 volunteer sites, and more than 3,000 student volunteers. Madison House Communications Director Ben Eppard said, "Madison House has always done a great job connecting community need with the passion of university students. When those two things match up, we make a new volunteer site."
Scholars from around the world will participate in a two-day summit at the University of Virginia beginning Sunday. The talks will focus on the responsibilities and opportunities for universities in an increasingly global society. The panel will include university deans and administrators. Their discussions will focus on the role of students in developing a global university, and how to pay for it.
Dr. Stephen Cluskey Cromwell
Who graduated in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in biology
Retired US Naval Reserve veteran recounts World War II
Business Gazette / Nov. 11
Rhavynn Drummer
Who graduating in 2007 with a double major in theater and American studies
Tyler Perry's Rhavynn Drummer to speak at The Enchanted Closet
Examiner.com / Nov. 11
Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis
Former N.Y. State assemblyman and former commissioner of the N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation who received his law degree at U.Va.
Interview: Former NY Environmental Commissioner Pete Gr...
Emmett Boaz
A volunteer at WTJU
Renaissance man: WTJU host Emmett Boaz dies
The Hook / Nov. 11
Rob Cross
An associate professor of management at the McIntire School of Commerce and co-author of a paper “The collaborative organisation, how to make employee networks really work”
Something for the weekend
Financial Times / Nov. 12
Dr. Sheila E. Crowe
A professor of medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology
75 of the Best Gastroenterologists in America
Becker's ASC Review / Nov. 12
Peter Gray
An associate professor of commerce at the McIntire School of Commerce and...
Back in the day, you’d hear a lot of complaining about wait times and service at Culpeper Regional Hospital’s emergency room. Thankfully, those days seem to be over. Quicker turnarounds at the ER represent one of the many improvements brought on by CRH’s new partnership with the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Building on its esteemed portfolio of MBA, PhD and Executive Education programs, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business announces the launch of its new Global MBA for Executives (GEMBA) program. The 21-month program is designed for experienced executives with a global mindset who seek to elevate their performance by pursuing an MBA degree while they continue to work full time.
The University of Virginia's Darden Military Association hosted a fundraiser for children whose parents died while serving our country. Thousands of children in the United States lose their parents in the Armed Forces. The fundraiser works to help those children pay for their college education.
The University of Virginia announced a partnership with two other universities to improve early childhood education, and it is getting nearly $10 million to do it. UVA's Curry School of Education will work with Vanderbilt University as well as the University of Washington on the project. They will develop new training and assessment tools for teachers in Head Start programs.
Russell Robinson "Bob" Barrett, Jr.
Who graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in chemistry in 1939 and signed up with the Navy.
Jeff Blumenthal
Who graduated with a law degree
Simsbury Democrats nominate Jeff Blumenthal for Board of Selectmen run
Foothills Media Group / Nov. 11
Tina Fey
Who graduated in 1992
From Second City to '30 Rock,' Tina Fey rocketed to becoming Twain Prize winner
Washington Post / Nov. 9
Jimmy Harris
Who completed a degree in finance at the University of Virginia
10 questions on cloud computing: An interview with Accenture's Jimmy Harris
echRepublic (blog) Nov. 10
Bruce Lipson
Who played offensive midfield for the lacrosse team at U.Va., was the team's face off specialist and was...
The Big Green’s varsity boat finished with a time of 14.57.767, while Princeton won the event, finishing approximately 25 seconds ahead of Dartmouth. The University of Virginia came in second with a time of 15:01.312.
The UVA field hockey team earned the #3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament Tuesday. The Cavaliers will host a regional this weekend for the second year in a row and the third time in program history.
Alecko Eskandarian
An undergraduate student and soccer player
Edward T. Burton III,
An economics professor who has served as a trustee with the Virginia Retirement System on the board since 1994
A wake-up call on Va. Pensions
New Era Progress / Nov. 10
Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao
Assistant chair of the Forum Program at the Miller Center for Public Affairs
Charlottesville–Right Now: George Gilliam and Christina Lopez-Gottardi of the Miller Center join Coy in studio
Charlottesville Podcasting Network / Nov. 9
Peter Debaere
Associate professor at the Darden School of Business
BusinessCast 152 with Peter Debaere
Charlottesville Podcasti...
Gary Gallagher
Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professor and Nau Professor in the Department of History
The University of Virginia Health System is planning to stop accepting West Virginia Medicaid patients next month. The health system says it can no longer afford to provide services at the rate West Virginia pays. "The Charleston Gazette" reports that West Virginia hospitals were informed of the decision late last month. Hospitals in southern West Virginia frequently refer patients to U.Va.
… And as noted in a recently released report from the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, the result of a September 2009 conference co-chaired by Bush transportation secretaries Norman Mineta and Samuel Skinner, “The United States can’t compete successfully in the 21st century with a 20th century transportation infrastructure -- especially when its chief trading partners, including not only the advanced economies of Western Europe and Southeast Asia but also rapidly developing countries like China, are making significant investments in cutting-edg...
At 10am on Saturday, with a day of screenings left to go, the Virginia Film Festival broke its all-time box office record, Festival director Jody Kielbasa announced before The Last Picture Show. Bigger and better was the unofficial theme at this year’s fest, Kielbasa’s second but the first on which he really could impose his vision. (Last year, he inherited the “Funny Business” theme, a festival tradition that had pretty much run its course, and which he immediately ditched.)
Virginia's schools of higher learning are in the thick of national conflict on several hot-button research issues, according to a new publication of the American Association of University Professors. …. In Virginia, the backlash may be more civil, but it is far more serious, namely right-wing Attorney General Kenneth N. Cuccinelli's continued assault on global warming research at the University of Virginia. The report's author, Michael Halpern of the Union of Concerned Scientists, reviews how Cuccinelli has doggedly gone after former U.Va. researcher Michael Mann for alleged fraud, even...
I've always suspected that "Baby Einstein"-type videos for infants were baloney -- and now a new study backs me up. Researchers at the University of Virginia found that babies who watched "educational videos" didn't actually learn anything. The researchers looked at 96 families with babies between the ages of 12 months and 18 months. Some of the babies watched the videos alone; some watched with their parents; some didn't watch at all, but their parents were told to use the vocabulary words from the videos.