Researchers at the University of Virginia say our brains do not age nearly as fast as previously thought. UVA Psychologist Timothy Salthouse says past studies measuring cognitive decline are flawed, exaggerating the actual rate of mental decline. His team took a new approach looking at 1,600 people, of all ages, using different tests.
Nearly five months after women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love of Cockeysville was killed in her off-campus apartment, the University of Virginia will hold an all-day event that will honor her memory and introduce initiatives in order to prevent another such tragedy from occurring. The idea for the school's "Day of Dialogue" came from the university's new president, Teresa A. Sullivan, who was the provost at the University of Michigan at the time of Love's death, on May 3. Sullivan proposed the event shortly after assuming her position at Virginia on Aug. 1.
Sarah Drew
Drama grad who will become a regular on "Grey's Anatomy" this season
Sarah Drew: A Back Stage Exclusive
Back Stage / Sept. 23
Natalie Martos
Recent graduate who will speak about her U.Va. experiences at the Que Pasa Festival at Richmond's Science Museum of Virginia and help launch the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Passport to Education Forum
Que Pasa Festival doubles as educational opportunity
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Sept. 23
Ralph Sampson
Former basketball star
Former NBA Player Hoping to Stop Violence Near Kelley Street
WHSV-ABC-3 (Harrisonburg) / Spet. 22...
Dr. Carolyn Englehard
Assistant professor and health policy analyst
Charlottesville Free Clinic Holds Forum
WVIR-NBC-29 / Sept. 22
Douglas Laycock
Professor of law and religion
Some Chaplains Plead, Don't Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell
Christianity Today / Sept. 22
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
The President of the United States, in Mrs Brayshaw's Backyard
Fox News / Sept. 22
and
Commentary: Political Madness, or Maybe Not
Huffington Post / Sept. 22
and
Why Democrats are pushing a series of bills doomed to fail
Christian Science Monitor / Sept. ...
Leaders of the nation's research universities embarked on a yearlong campaign for greater federal financial support on Wednesday with a recognition that their effort could easily fall victim to the hostile political environment in Washington.
Volunteers with the grass-roots advocacy group Virginia Organizing will hold events on college campuses today to make sure students know that a key provision of the federal health-care reform going into effect may benefit them. … Volunteers will give out information on the health-care reform law at the College of William and Mary, the University of Richmond, the University of Virginia, the University of Mary Washington and Tidewater Community College campuses in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Blust said.
If college students were given the chance to design and teach their own classes, what would they pick to study? Judging by this semester’s student-initiated courses program at UVA, the bulk of their curriculum might be TV shows.
The story quotes Tesha Westbrook, an office manager in the Office for the Vice President for Research, who led a volunteer team at Cale Elementary School.
Researchers at the University of Virginia are getting a $2 million grant to develop "smart building" energy systems for residential and commercial buildings. The four-year National Science Foundation grant was announced by the Charlottesville school Thursday.
Director of the Virginia Film Festival, Jody Kielbasa, joins Coy Barefoot to discuss the upcoming Film Festival.
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise registered 1,992 students for this semester, narrowly surpassing last fall’s total. While total enrollment rose less than 1 percent, the college reported a 20.3 percent increase in transfers, spokeswoman Kathy Still said.
It was a topsy-turvy offseason for Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett, who lost leading scorer Sylven Landesberg to a pro team in Israel and had two other players transfer. At the same time, Bennett welcomed six freshmen into his program. On Tuesday, Bennett — whose team can begin practicing Oct. 15 — sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with Daily Progress beat writer Whitelaw Reid.
Ben Evans, a drummer for the University of Virginia’s marching band, worked with them collectively during a clinic before the Augusta County Bands’ Valley Showcase. “It’s a lot of high school drummers, but I think they’ll do fine,” said Evans, who competed against other marching bands when he was in drum line at Jamestown High School in Williamsburg. “I think this is kind of neat to see.”
Looking for a new show to fall in love with this fall? Try "Musical: The Online Musical." Monday night at 8 p.m., University of Virginia students posted the first episode of the interactive Web show.
Dr. Stephen DeKoskey
dean of the School of Medicine
Deadly Dementia: Alzheimer's Disease Costing and Inflicting More
Suite101.com, / Sept. 21
Robert Fatton
Julia Allen Cooper Professor of Politics
Dr. Robert Fatton talks with Coy Barefoot about Haiti
"Charlottesville Right Now," WINA / Sept. 21
Iggy Provenzio
associate professor of biology
How Change of Seasons Affects Animals and Humans
LiveScience / Sept. 21
Larry Sabato
professor of politics and director of the Center for Politics
Mitt Romney treads lightly in New York
Politico / Sept. 21
Chris Sprigman
professor ...
A lecture about Haiti's earthquake dilemma and plans for the future of its people will be presented 10 a.m. Saturday at Alumni Hall at University of Virginia. Associate Dean Robert Fatton, a native of Haiti, and Assistant Professor Rebecca Dillingham, M.D., Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases will present "Haiti: The People, Politics and Plans for the Future."
The goals and factors that will come into play were researched and developed by researchers at the University of Virginia and verified through Health and Human Services research.
A recent study found that two-thirds of Americans believe in soul mates, the idea that there is one "perfect" person out there for everyone. Romantic, right? Except for one thing. The University of Virginia study [by W. Bradford Wilcox] also found that people who believed in this concept were 150 percent more likely to divorce than people who had fewer fairy-tale expectations of marriage.
Here's what Howard Morphy, Director of the Research School of Humanities & the Arts at Australian National University has to say on the Kluge-Ruhe website, “It is impossible to overestimate John Kluge’s contribution to increasing the global appreciation and understanding of Australian Aboriginal art. He built an exceptional collection of aesthetically powerful works and ensured they were documented to the highest standards. His support of research into Aboriginal art and his development of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia helped to lay the foun...