Excerpts from "The Quantum and the Lotus," a book-length dialogue between Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, who was a geneticist before leaving science to become a monk, and Trinh Xuan Thuan, a University of Virginia astronomer.
A 2005 University of South Florida study looked at whether children and young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could better focus by listening to binaural beats. But the results were inconclusive. The University of Virginia recently received a $357,000 grant to look at pain and anxiety therapies, primarily binaural beat stimulation.
Primary payer or insurance status is an important independent risk factor for postoperative outcomes following major surgical operations in the United States. Payer/insurance status should be considered during individual patient risk stratification,” said Damien J. LaPar, MD, a surgical resident and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Nationwide, most hearing impaired and deaf students finish high school with a fourth-grade reading average. Changing that statistic has become the mission of two University of Virginia faculty members.
After three years of negotiations with Albemarle County over development proposals for the Fontaine Research Park, the University of Virginia Foundation says it will offer an expansion plan that is less than half its original size when it goes before the Planning Commission later this month.
The city of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia are on a mission to energy-retrofit a community eyesore, transforming it into a community resource.
At the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, students can channel their inner actors with "Leadership and Theatre: Ethics, Innovations and Creativity." Actors, like business leaders, need to be true to themselves before they can persuade an audience, course instructor Ed Freeman says.
Princeton will not be following U.Va.’s lead by making available an early action application alternative any time in the foreseeable future.
If Kevin Arico has learned one thing during his first month as a professional baseball player, it’s that he’d better know when the team bus is loading up for its next trip. … Arico, who signed with the Reds June 22 following his junior season at the University of Virginia, has been pitching for the Single-A Dayton Dragons of the Midwest League and just recently was informed he’d assume the relief closer role — the same job he handled so well during his final two years at Virginia.
Phil Plait (College, 1995, Ph.D. in astronomy)
Back at my alma mater, the University of Virginia, state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli continues to tilt against his windmill of climate change: he still wants to investigate climate scientist Michael Mann for possible fraud.
Carlton Reeves (Law, 1989)
A Republican senator challenged judicial nominee Carlton Reeves' temperament at his confirmation hearing Thursday, but other lawmakers praised Reeves as even-handed and qualified.
Heather Morris of Fishersville, a 2009 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, is a lifetime Girl Scout and former member of Girl Scout Troop 3032 of the Beverley Manor service unit. She was among those recognized June 27 at a reception honoring girls who have earned the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, the prestigious Gold Award. … She is a freshman at University of Virginia majoring in biological sciences.
William Brady
professor of emergency medicine
Don't let time in the sun turn into emergency
Shreveport (Miss.) Times / July 16
Larry Sabato
professor of politics and director of the Center for Politics
Democrats were behind Branstad ads
Des Moines Register / July 16
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Financial reform bill another win for Obama, but will the public care?
Christian Science Monitor / July 1
Lester Hoel, a professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and former director of the Center for Transportation Studies, was one of the panelists invited to provide feedback.
For some children, of course, frequent moves can improve coping skills. An author of the new study, Shigehiro Oishi, who teaches psychology at the University of Virginia, concedes that moving affects each child differently; extroverts have an easier time of it than introverts.
… [H]is work has managed to find a new life on the Internet, through the newly digitized and streamable audio files of his lectures at University of Virginia, where he served as Writer-in-Residence in 1957 and 1958.
Marino did just fine with the early start, shooting a bogey-free 3-under 69 in his first competitive round at St. Andrews. The Fairfax native and University of Virginia graduate began with eight pars, birdied 9, 10 and 12, and then parred in. His only real regret: a three-putt for par on the par-5 fifth, where he missed a four-footer.
Sarah Collie, assistant vice president for management and director of the University of Virginia’s state government relations, worked on House Bill 903, which gives the public more access to records of college and university threat assessment teams.
Thousands of Virginians are living without health insurance, but for 10 years, the Remote Area Medical Clinic has offered free screening and check-ups to those who need them.
Decades ago, Gov. Mills Godwin had the foresight to beef up the state's community college system and make public colleges such as the University of Virginia and William & Mary world-class. Doing so gave the Old Dominion a much better training base for company employees. The recession and the stubborn refusal to support education by mostly Republican legislators is putting this golden asset in jeopardy.