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Micaela Connery DoSomething award finalist Micaela Connery celebrates every student’s abilities onstage and off with Unified Theater. Connery finished her degree in Service, Community and Social Policy at the University of Virginia in 2009.

Tim "the Clown" Cunningham Local Nurse Spreads Laughter with Clowns Without Borders WCAV CBS-19 / July 27 Alexander Jech Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Policy and Law Pornography and women Perspectives / July 27 Edward G. Lengel Senior editor of The Papers of George Washington, associate professor of history and author of "To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918" History Workshop In Staunton WVIR NBC-29 / July 27 Larry J. Sabato Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics The Big Question: Is it smart for Dems to use Bush in '10 campaign? The Hill /...

Erika James Bank of America Associate Research Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School and co-author of the 2010 book, Leading Under Pressure

Improvements, for example, may come from replacing the PIN photodetectors in the receiver chip with the high-speed avalanche photodetectors that Intel developed in conjunction with Joe Campbell of the University of Virginia and John Bowers of the University of California at Santa Barbara.

... In Lake Malawi, for example, Matthew Arnegard of Cornell University and Bruce Carlson of the University of Virginia observed packs of up to ten mormyrids hunt together for smaller fishes for days at a time. The fishes sent out crackles of electricity to each other to stay in close touch as they roamed for prey.

The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti along with partners MADRE, TransAfrica Forum, and the law schools of the University of Minnesota and the University of Virginia released "Our Bodies are Still Trembling: Haitian Women's Fight Against Rape," the first report of its kind to focus exclusively on the crisis of violence against Haitian women and girls that has emerged in the aftermath of the earthquake.

A recent research project led by the University of Virginia and Yale University ... states that the researcher team’s aim was to evaluate two methods of building construction in the United States, conventional construction and modular/off-site construction and attempt to determine which is more environmentally preferred. The analysis showed that impacts from off-site construction were generally lower than those from on-site construction.

Faculty at the University of Virginia at Wise will support curricula development needs and provide program guidance.

Charlottesville, home to University of Virginia, had the fourth highest uninsured rate of 24.6 percent.

Recently Philippe Cousteau's Azure World and the University of Virginia created a game that allows users to create scenarios from new government policies to ...

The Fontaine Research Park in Albemarle County is looking to add hundreds of thousands of square feet of office space to its campus. With that growth comes concerns over traffic and an important connector that was key to getting the go-ahead at Tuesday night's planning commission meeting. The Albemarle County Planning Commission unanimously approved more than 300,000 square feet of new office and medical space at the park.

A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Virginia and George Washington University finds that children adopted by lesbian and gay male couples develop just as well as those adopted by heterosexual parents. The findings, published in the August issue of the journal Applied Developmental Science, are important because of the debate surrounding gay parenting.

Judy DeLoache Psychology professor DeLoache notes in her studies that all children have intense interests when they are young. So plan times with your children for them to pursue an interest.

Joe Baker School of Law graduate

A visit to the University of Virginia spotlights the visionary approach to religious plurality of Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president.

In August 1818, Thomas Jefferson authored a report for the Virginia Legislature that laid out the topics to be included in the curriculum of his newly founded University of Virginia.

Marc Verica quarterback Paying players takes agents out of college ball ... "The old 'Should players be paid?' argument," said University of Virginia quarterback Marc Verica, smiling. "It's a touchy subject. It's such a huge industry. ... We don't have it bad. We're getting our education paid for in full. They're taking care of your food and rent. You've just got to take care of business. Do your studying. Get your degree. Play football now and then you'll have a chance to make money when you get out."