George Rutherglen
Professor of Law
Federal judges in Norfolk wrestle over definition of piracy
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) / Nov. 8
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Jim Webb: Why Reagan Dems Still Matter
Real Clear Politics / Nov.8
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Republicans Are Poised to Increase U.S. House Gains in Undecided Contests
Bloomberg / Nov. 8
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Tea party's success could hurt Romney
Detroit News / Nov. 8
Frederick Schauer
Professor of Law
Can Curtailing Hate Speech Prevent Genocide?
AOL News / Nov. 8
Daniel Willingham
Professor of psychology
Why does a delighted ...
Where are we? Answers drift across the woods and salt marshes in [U.Va. English professor] John Casey’s beautiful, elegiac new novel. One person after another takes a bearing, sets a course, loses the way, makes a correction. “Compass Rose” is the story of a handful of people who live in a small coastal community in Rhode Island’s South County.
Reggie Aggarwal
Finance graduate, now founder and chief executive of Cvent, a Tysons Corner-based software company
Ryan Zimmerman
Former Cavalier baseball star, now a third baseman for the Washington Nationals, hosting a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis this Friday
... Dr. Ronald Turner, a cold researcher at the University of Virginia says there may be other reasons that some of us are more susceptible to the common cold. For instance, genes may play an important role.
...Robert Q. Berry, a University of Virginia assistant professor, has helped to develop a way to measure good math teaching. The best instructors frequently check student learning, create a classroom atmosphere where students can take risks, and give students ample opportunities to wrestle with "big ideas," he said.
By Dyan Aretakis, a family nurse practitioner and project director of the UVA Teen Health Center
...Research led by nurse practitioners at the University of Virginia Health System has influenced national healthcare guidelines in areas such as ventilator care and wound care.
... Vinegar Hill was originally one of Charlottesville’s black neighborhoods. The film uses all local music, including some from “88 Keys” Wilson. It’s based on research led by University of Virginia professor Scot French. “It was very important for us that it was a very local film,” said Hannah Brown Ayers, one of the two UVa students who made the 2010 20-minute film.
John L. Colley Jr. and Dr. Richard L Guerrant both received 2010 Thomas Jefferson Awards at the University of Virginia. The Thomas Jefferson Award honors University of Virginia facility members who exemplify the ideals of Thomas Jefferson through influence, character and work.
The University of Virginia is holding a symposium on fuel efficient cars of the future during its Family Weekend on Friday and Saturday. The Car of the Future/The Future of the Car brings together many UVa schools and programs for a two-day symposium on creating a sustainable society by focusing on the car.
University of Virginia professor James Durand, who teaches students how to build electric cars, says those alternatively fueled vehicles are not far from becoming mainstream. ... Durand heads up a program called Ride Forward where UVA engineering students convert cars that run on gasoline to using only battery power.
... Teams came to College Park from as far away as Berkeley and Chicago for the fourth annual contest. A team that represented the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville took third place, which carried a $1,000 prize.
... The combination of an advanced manufacturing complex and advanced research facility that will partner with the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech means that Rolls-Royce is not only ready to take off to produce advanced areospace components. It means Rolls-Royce is ready to take off as a major economic engine for the coming decades in Southside Virginia.
... The resulting documentary film, “World Peace … and Other 4th Grade Achievements,” was one of the last movies to be screened during this year’s Virginia Film Festival. A short discussion with [teacher John] Hunter and director Chris Farina followed the Sunday afternoon showing of the film at the Paramount Theater. ... Hunter and Farina now are working with the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration to find a way to spread the game’s message.
A study of more than 300 Virginia employers shows bosses are more concerned with employees’ honesty, reliability and social skills than whether they have the latest training or best education. “It was surprising to see computer and technical skills not rated as high as the general skills of being able to work with others and being reliable,” said study co-author Meredith Gunter, who serves as outreach director for the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. “Employers were resoundingly unanimous about needing those basic skills.”
It was a record breaking year for the Virginia Film Festival. More than 20,000 people came out to the movies this weekend with ticket sales topping $90,000. The count on Saturday was an all-time box office and attendance record for the festival with two more days still to go. Final numbers should be tallied up by Tuesday.
Last year, Roll Hill Academy, a public elementary and junior high school in Cincinnati, was in a state of “academic emergency”, the lowest rating given by the state of Ohio. Only 12 per cent of Roll Hill’s students passed the Ohio Achievement Test, teachers suffered from low morale and student absenteeism was high. But what a difference a year makes. At the beginning of this year, 58 per cent of Roll Hill’s students passed the test and Ohio moved the school up two rungs on the ladder of progress for its vastly improved test scores. ...The reason behind its success is a ...
Director Tom Shadyac, a UVa graduate will screen his new documentary, "I am," at 2p.m. Saturday. “I Am,” offers plenty of food for thought about the true nature of happiness and what people can do to bring about positive changes in their own lives and the world around them.
"Freedom Riders," a documentary by Stanley Nelson, will show at 6 tonight at the Culbreth Theater during the 2010 Virginia Film Festival. The moderator will be Larry Sabato, political expert and director of the University of Virginia Center.
The Virginia Film Festival interviewed directors of two short films screening on Saturday: Josiah Bultema (Night Drive) and Kamal John Iskander (Jesus Comes to Town).