... The University of Virginia’s 4.9 percent yield in July was the previous low yield, and the prior lowest spread at 94-1/2 basis points.
... The Wikipedia analogy struck one observer as silly. Universities are nothing like an encyclopedia, and Wikipedia is nothing like a university, argued Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia.
HemoSonics, a company founded on technology developed at the University of Virginia, is developing technology to rapidly assess patients’ blood for abnormal clotting characteristics. ... The U.Va. Patent Foundation has filed two international patent applications on this technology, which it licensed to HemoSonics for further development and commercialisation.
The University of Virginia honored Karen Van Lengen, former dean of the School of Architecture, with its Elizabeth Zintl Leadership Award on Wednesday. ... Sponsored by UVa’s Women’s Center, the award is named for the late Elizabeth Zintl, who served as former President John T. Casteen III’s chief of staff until her death in 1997. Van Lengen was among the first female deans at the university. She led the architecture school from 1999 to 2009, and university officials credit her with solidifying the school’s place as an eminent institution for the comprehensive study and...
Randall Winston, Jennifer Jones and Renee Pean
Masters of architecture students, who won first place in the student category of the Cleantech Competition to re-imagine a new, mixed-use future for a 2,000-acre development zone on the eastern edge of downtown Los Angeles.
By ANDREA LARSON AND MARK MEIER
This summer, BP leaked several million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of
Mexico, and other oil spills fouled the waters of Michigan, China, and
India. Meanwhile, Virginia Del. Robert D. Orrock Sr., R-Caroline, dismissed
plans to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by saying, "We may have to accept a
little more pollution." A little more pollution guarantees a little more
profit; that logic is dangerously obsolete. Sustainability and profitability
are not mutually exclusive. When pursued in tandem, they can save money,
stimulate innovation, and spur long-te...
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.