CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Fran Crippen was remembered as a swimmer whose “passion and dream” was to represent the United States in the Olympics. Those closest to him also want Crippen’s death to serve as a reminder that the way he died should “never happen to anyone else.” Hundreds of mourners attended a 2-hour funeral mass at Saint Matthew Catholic Church in suburban Philadelphia, where he was buried later in the day. ...He was an 11-time All-American and two time Atlantic Coast Conference swimmer of the year while competing at the University of Virginia. Virgini...
By Gary Gallagher, a professor of history
Given the realities of electoral politics in 1860, it is almost impossible to imagine how Abraham Lincoln could have lost. It is even more difficult to say what the election of Stephen A. Douglas — the only one of the other three candidates who stood even a remote chance of success — would have elicited in the way of responses across the nation.
... According to a report by Richard Bonnie of the University of Virginia, there were 11 reported suicides at Virginia colleges in the academic year 2008-2009 and 86 reported suicide attempts.
More than 100 pre-teens from as close as Prince George County and as far away as Washington, D.C., converged on the Virginia State University Saturday for a unique program that gives children an opportunity to learn and explore scientific career paths in a university environment. The program, Kids' Tech University, is a prototype of an education program organized in Germany eight years ago by two German journalists who wanted to provide a "university experience" for children 8 to 12. ... The first part of the day included a lecture by Dr. Boris Kovatchev from the University of Virgin...
For the last three months, National University of Singapore (NUS) student Sneha Iyer has been attending classes on board a former cruise ship on the high seas instead of at Kent Ridge. The second-year business student has with her 600 classmates from all over the world on board the MV Explorer, which is stopping at a dozen cities as its passengers take part in 'Semester at Sea' (SAS), a semester-long study-abroad programme. She counts Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu among her lecturers, and has had the opportunity to have breakfast and conversation with him.
... Late last year, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the University of Virginia’s ecoMOD project unveiled an affordable, energy-efficient house that sits across Elliott Avenue from the undeveloped city acreage.
The UVA Medical Center played a standby role in the visit of President Obama. The plan included the designation of specific treatment rooms, ancillary support rooms, family areas, operational areas for federal officials, and arrangements for the President should he have needed to receive care.
Growing up poor had taught Dr. Claude Moore much more than what it feels like to be hungry. ... By the time Moore graduated from the University of Virginia’s Medical School in 1916, he had learned a lot about medicine and life. In 1987, the retired physician established the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation. ... Moore did not forget about the school where he earned his medical degree. He gave $300,000 to help create UVa’s Claude Moore Medical Library. And today the Claude Moore Medical Education Building stands next to the Claude Moore Nursing School.
A Halloween tradition took place on the UVa. Lawn on Sunday. Hundreds gather for some early trick or treating on the Lawn. It's an event dating back to the 1980s where students pass out treats to kids of all ages.
Priya Roy wasn’t politically active before coming to Charlottesville. But the tight race of the 2008 presidential election and for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District made her change her voter registration and even volunteer on Election Day. “With more partisan politics it makes you take a stand a little bit firmer to believe in certain principles and whatnot,” said Roy, a third-year University of Virginia law student and one of thousands to attend a rally Friday for U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, that featured President Barack Obama.
Halloween came early for kids at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital. Patients and their families spent Friday trick-or-treating on the 7th floor of the UVA Medical Center. The celebration included a costume parade, face-painting, and plenty of Halloween goodies.
Nearly two dozen experts spoke at U.Va.'s 3rd annual Conference on Value Investing, discussing whether, nearly four years after the start of the economic crisis, the country could really expect a recovery or whether the nation is in "reset mode" adjusting to a less prosperous way of life.
Edward T. Burton III
An economics professor who has served on the Virginia Retirement System board since 1994
VRS gives warning to assembly on pension funding
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Oct. 29
Deirdre Enright
Director of investigations for the Innocence Project at the law school
Effort to clear teen is rejected / Ruling goes against former Aquia Harbour teen who claims wrongful conviction
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star / Oct. 29
Edward Lengel
An editor of the Papers of George Washington and author of "To Conquer Hell," the definitive history of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in World...
... At a rally Friday night in Charlottesville, home to the University of Virginia, Obama will help push to the polls young and African-American voters - the ones who helped propel Perriello to victory by fewer than 1,000 votes in 2008.
... Destination Imagination Illinois, a non-profit organization that promotes creative thinking skills, is hosting a free research study on Saturday ... A verbal test of creative thinking and a critical thinking test will be led by evaluators from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Destination ImagiNation.
Some of us moan and groan at the idea of getting older, but a new Stanford study suggests that aging could be a positive thing after all. According to the study's lead author Laura Carstensen, as we grow older, we tend to become more emotionally stable. And that translates into longer, more productive lives that offer more benefits than problems.... [The study] was coauthored by postdoctoral fellows Bulent Turan and Susanne Scheibe as well as Stanford doctoral students and researchers at Pennsylvania State, Northwestern, the University of Virginia ...
Coy Barefoot tells the story of the Great Fire which tourched the University of Virginia’s infamous Rotunda building on Oct. 27, 1895.
... Health care providers from Martha Jefferson Hospital, the University of Virginia Health System, home visiting programs, and staff from Monticello Area Community Action Agency and Head Start were all in attendance.
The eight members of the Virginia women's swimming team scheduled to compete Friday and Saturday at the SMU Classic in Dallas will not participate in the event. They will instead attend the funeral services of former Cavalier swimmer Fran Crippen. ... Crippen, who concluded his collegiate career at UVa in 2006, passed away Oct. 23 while competing in an open water race in the United Arab Emirates. A moment of silence for Fran Crippen will be held at several Virginia home athletics events this week