The Getty Research Institute is receiving grant money from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a joint project that involves the digital archiving of German auction catalogs from 1930 to 1945. … Among the other organizations receiving money as part of the overall grant are the University of Virginia, for its partnership with Germany's University of Paderborn to develop an open source encoding standard for music notation…
Philanthropic giving to American education is likely to rebound to pre-recession levels, according to a survey that forecasts fundraising results for the 2010-2011 academic year.
The University of Virginia has filed a response this afternoon to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has been trying to subpoena UVa’s documents relating to the research of a former UVa climate change scientist.
Faulkner speaks! Fifty years after he spent two years as writer in residence at the University of Virginia, the school has posted online recordings of the two addresses, the dozen readings, and the 1,400 questions that students, faculty, and interested townspeople of Charlottesville, Va., posed to the author. For Faulkner fans, these 28 hours of talking and reading are Christmas in July.
Thomas Jefferson's University has a lot of number-crunching to do before it can decide the optimal price points and their effect on both in-state and out-of-state applicants. The dilemma, like VCU's, offers another object lesson in priority-setting. As Gov. Bob McDonnell recently told his Commission on Higher Education Reform, "not every university needs to be all things to all people." He who pays the piper calls the tune, and the General Assembly is entitled to direct admissions policies if it chooses. But it would be wiser not to.
Steve Nichols, Curry '77 (master's) and '93 (Ph.D.)
Nichols… heads up the school division for Staunton City schools and has just been named by the University of Virginia as its "Superintendent of the Year."
Albert delivered a message about perseverance and diligence Monday to a group at the Carlson MetroCenter YMCA at the Branden Albert's second annual Rochester Kids' Day.
… "Just keep working hard," the former University of Virginia star said. "Don't let anybody tell you you can't do anything. I had a lot of people growing up who didn't think I was going to be anything.
Political roundtable features Bob Gibson, executive director of the Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
Ed Hess, professor in the Darden School of Business
What did Merrill Lynch, AIG, Washington Mutual, Toyota, Starbucks, Dell, BP, Arthur Andersen and Lehman Brothers all have in common? They all became so obsessed with aggressively growing revenue or minimizing costs that they destroyed substantial value in their businesses. They failed at smart growth.
While there's no financial relief for Virginia schools in the immediate future, the state can and should pursue better methods for evaluating teachers. … University of Virginia researchers have pioneered methods to measure how teachers engage their students.
It’s easily the best known of UVa’s outreach programs in the Appalachian portion of the state. Hundreds of volunteers head from UVa to the rural fairgrounds where the clinic is held, where they meet up with volunteers from across the state.
Since 1993 Barker has portrayed Jefferson full-time at Colonial Williamsburg, which that spring was celebrating the 250th anniversary of the politician’s birth.
George Borum, Law '49
"He was a fierce advocate regarding minority rights and the African-American community in general," said James K. Cluverius of Henrico County, a lawyer with the firm Hirschler Fleischer, who worked with him for 30 years. "He was a brilliant lawyer, widely admired and without peer as a tough negotiator."
For the 3rd straight year, UVA men's golf coach Bowen Sargent has been named the Coach Of The Year in the state of Virginia.
[Manoj] Sinha joined Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, and met Chip Ransler. They worked together on formulating a business model that could generate sufficient cash for a sustainable business.
A Republican governor – a very Republican governor – has an idea for solving one of his party's conundrums. The party should listen to Luis Fortuno, the Reaganite who resides in Puerto Rico's executive mansion. … Fortuno, 49, who has degrees from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and the University of Virginia's law school, looks half his age.
The ice park will turn into the Main Street Arena, headed by Mark Brown, a University of Virginia graduate and real estate investor who owns a Downtown Mall building across from the ice rink.
Cheryl Burgan Apprey, director of graduate student diversity programs
Mass. Minority Professor Program Marks 20th Year
Associated Press via WBZ-TV, Boston, July 16
Tom Guterbock, sociology professor and director of the Center for Survey Research
Immigrant detention center to open soon in Prince Edward
Washington Post, July 19
Jonathan Haidt, psychology professor, and Edward Freeman, Olsson Professor at the Darden School
Can the MBA Brain be changed?
Psychology Today blog, July 17
Larry Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Obama Wins Unlikely Allies in Immigration...