Voters will have their first opportunity tonight to see U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, face off against Republican challenger Robert Hurt in the first of a series of five debates. Perriello and Clark will debate each other again on Oct. 25 at the University of Virginia in a debate sponsored by the Student Council.
The governor's commission studying an overhaul of the state's higher-education system is seeking to more closely align academia and business as a way to increase economic development in Virginia. They cited a University of Virginia study that found that the proposal would bring $36 billion in increased personal income and $4.1 billion in new revenues for the state.
Gov. Bob McDonnell will ask state lawmakers to make a "down payment" next year toward fulfilling an ambitious higher education reform plan that calls for more reliable funding of public colleges and more affordable access for Virginia students. A study by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia concluded that the increase in degree attainment could increase the state's gross domestic product by $39.5 billion, increase incomes by $36 billion, and increase tax revenues by $4.1 billion.
In the fall of 1884, all the components of the telescope that Leander J. McCormick had paid for with gold bullion were ready for shipping.
Pencils and papers are a thing of the past for the University of Virginia Health System. All of its outpatient clinics have switched to an electronic medical records system.
The Atlantic Coast Conference named UVA's McKenzie Adams the ACC Freshman of
the Week Monday.
Peter Sheras, education professor
The name of this series is taken from the title of a wonderful book by Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916-2000), What Is Scripture?
An early morning nip in the air signals the start of the colds and flu season. During the average lifetime each of us will suffer from around 200 colds ‹ lasting, on average, nine days each ‹ which works out at a staggering five years of congestion, coughing, headaches and sore throats.
In one 2010 study at the University of Virginia, alcohol sanitisers were ­significantly more effective at ­removing rhinoviruses than hand washing with soap and water.
This week we hear about the recent 2010 Marketing Forum sponsored by the Marketing Club at Darden and the upcoming International Food Festival sponsored by the International Business Society at Darden. Our interview guest is Everette Fortner, Executive Director of Corporate Relations at Darden.
"The Cooper Center at the University of Virginia has studied the proposal. They found that, by the year 2025, the results of this policy would be $39.5 billion more in Virginia’s Gross Domestic Product, $36 billion in increased personal income for Virginians and $4.1 billion in new revenues. In short, Virginians will be more prosperous and Virginia will be more competitive.
Former Transportation Secretaries Norman Mineta and Samuel Skinner briefed President Barack Obama on a report done by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Virginia taxpayers spent $177.7 million and the federal government spent $33.7 million on appropriations and grants over a five-year period on students who dropped out after the first year of college, according to a national report. Among Virginia's public four-year colleges, the University
of Virginia had the highest first-year retention rate at 97 percent.
During its 2010 annual meeting, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
presented an award for extraordinary impact on the engineering profession to
a University of Virginia professor. Anita Jones received the Arthur M.
Bueche Award for leadership in the development of science and technology
Head Start, the nation's most important education program for 3- and 4-year-olds, is failing too many poor students.
Sometime in the coming decade, Oregon's revenues from gasoline taxes will start to fall as motorists drive increasingly fuel-efficient vehicles, including vehicles that don't use gasoline at all. Oregon's experiment with vehicle-mile data collection figured prominently in the report, published by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
After a year of training and planning, Albemarle and Charlottesville schools are rolling out new initiatives designed to combat distractions keeping students from reaching their academic potential including bullying. Using federal funds, the school divisions hired 18 mental health counselors, nine of whom are full-time, and the rest are part-time interns from the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia Women¹s Center is sponsoring events this month in
collaboration with other groups to highlight domestic violence. The center
will offer a basic self-defense course for women. Pre-registration is
required for the course, which costs $25, though need-based discounts are
available.
Trees are the Answer! That theme was shared by thousands of gardening and
plant enthusiasts who flocked to historic Blandy Experimental Farm the 17th
annual ArborFest fall festival and plant sale. Over fifty plant, gardening,
and food vendors offered their products and services during the two day
fundraising event for the University of Virginia¹s State Arboretum.
From their seats in the gallery of the Supreme Court of Virginia courtroom,
University of Virginia law school second-years Brett Blobaum and Carolyn
Nguyen watched as the justices asked questions that they had posed and
researched for their professor.