Eric Anderson
Graduated magna cum laude with degrees in aerospace engineering and computer science
Simonyi hires space pal to run Intentional Software
Seattle Times (blog) / Sept. 8
Brian Carroll
Who was an All-American midfield player on the lacrosse team
Stealth add four players through 2010 NLL entry draft
HeraldNet / Sept. 9
Wayne Miller
A poet who earned his M.F.A. at the University of Virginia
Visiting writers series to feature poet Wayne Miller
The Holland Sentinel / Sept 8
Lindsey Miller
A fourth-year student starting for the Cavaliers women’s soccer team
Steven T. DeKosky
Dean of the medical school.
Local billionaire Kluge, one of America's richest men, dies at 95
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Sept. 8
Judy DeLoache
Psychologist and study director
Baby Einstein Videos 'Like Crack for Babies' But Kids Don't Learn From Them
ParentDish (blog) / Sept. 8
A.E. Dick Howard
Internationally-renowned constitutional and Supreme Court scholar
Constitution Day Lecturer to Talk about the Changing Faces of the Supreme Court
Rockbridge Weekly / Sept. 8
Sidney Milkis
White Burkett Miller professor of Government and Foreign Af...
A bid by a US state's attorney general to investigate whether climate scientist Michael Mann submitted fraudulent grant applications has been dealt a severe blow after a judge turned down his demand to see the relevant documents. In April, the University of Virginia, where Professor Mann worked between 1999 and 2005, was issued with several "civil investigative demands" by Virginia's attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, requiring it to release documents relating to five grants obtained by Professor Mann, as well as a host of correspondence.
ARMONK, USA: Asserting its commitment to the water issues, IBM recently announced several computing projects aimed at developing techniques to produce cleaner and safer water. … The University of Virginia Watershed Sustainability Project will use World Community Grid to power its "UVa Bay Game/Analytics" project, which models the effects of agricultural, commercial and industrial decisions on the Chesapeake Bay. This waterway is a vital estuary on the East Coast of the United States stretching 64,000 square miles with 11,600 miles of tidal shoreline, and home to nearly 17 mil...
A University of Virginia astronomy club created a book to get kids interested in the sciences. It's called "Snapshots of the Universe" and the goal is to make the book available to every third grader in Virginia for free. It's a colorful book written for elementary school students to teach them about astronomy.
Robert Grainger
Biology professor
MASS. MARKET: Woods Hole lab reaches new milestone
Falmouth Bulletin / Sept. 7
Allen W. Groves
Dean of students
Federal Judge Finds Former College President Personally Liable in Student-Conduct Case
Chronicle of Higher Education (requires subscription) / Sept. 7
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Q+A-U.S. congressional midterm elections
Reuters / Sept. 8
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Dem base told: Fear Tea Party
The Hill / Sept. 8
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State Gains Would Give Redistricting Edge to G.O.P.
New York Times / Sept. 7
Isaac Wood
Political analyst at the Center for Politics
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UVa’s application, unveiled over the Labor Day weekend, is free and can be run on iPhones, iPads or Ipod touches.
The first project, conducted by the University of Virginia Watershed Sustainability project, will model the effects of agricultural, commercial and industrial actions on the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake Bay.
Robert Turner, director of the Center for National Security Law, comments on the case.
Academic studies have repeatedly confirmed Medicaid patients experience poorer health outcomes and higher infant mortality rates. In July a new report from the University of Virginia found even worse performance: surgical patients on Medicaid actually fare worse than the uninsured.
Dr. John Buckman spent much of his life exploring the uncharted realms of the mind in order to help others. On Aug. 20, death ended his lifelong search for this knowledge.
Leading public universities regularly complain about the decline in the shares of their budgets that come from the state, even as regulation has not lessened. But being willing to give up those funds altogether is rare. The University of Virginia's business school did so, but has very much been considered an outlier.
Gerard Alexander
Political scientist
Volatile Political Climate Backdrop For US Elections
VOA News / Sept. 4
Richard Bonnie
Law professor and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
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Daniel Murrie, director of psychology at the institute
Insanity: Rare defense being used in Newport News homicide
Daily Press / Sept. 4
Gregory Fairchild
Associate professor of business administration, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
Trailer company gets financing it needed
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Sept. 6
Robert Fatton
Political scientist
President Ren&eacu...
The proceeds of the run support breast cancer research at the University of Virginia.
"Soul mate" couples are often happy at first, because they have intense emotional and personal connections, said W. Bradford Wilcox, lead author of the article in the Sept. 1 issue of Social Science Research.
But their unions are at high risk for disenchantment and divorce because it's hard to sustain such intensity in a long-term relationship, he said.
... Timothy D. Wilson, a U.Va. professor of psychology, along with Elizabeth W. Dunn of the University of British Columbia and Harvard’s Daniel T. Gilbert, recently completed a research paper titled "If Money Doesn't Make You Happy Then You Probably Aren't Spending It Right" for The Journal of Consumer Psychology.
Based on 2009 population estimates from the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center included in a recent report from Virginia Department of Legislative Services, Southside voting districts and other rural areas have decreased in population while metropolitan areas have grown.