Robert Emery Psychology professor Op-ed: Divorce, No-Fault Style New York Times (Op-Ed by Stephanie Coontz) / June 16 Paul Freedman Politics professor Gulf oil leak video could haunt Obama Associated Press / June 18 Ed Freeman Darden professor Trust Across America Voice America (radio) / June 16 Amalia R. Miller Economics professor Pay Gap Trap / Women do earn less than men. But how much less? And why? BBC Radio 4's More or Less / June 18 Robert O'Connor Professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine ER visits for pain reliever abuse up 111% in 4 years USA Today / June 17
"The U.S. is where the MBA was invented and, to some extent to establish a footprint in this market, is an additional means of legitimizing a school's brand and stature globally," says Darden School Dean Robert Bruner, who also chairs the Globalization of Management Education Task Force of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, one of the leading business school accreditation agencies. ...
By W. Bradford Wilcox and David Lapp ... Of the recession's job losses, 75 percent have been among men -- the majority among working-class men. Some economists now call it the "mancession." ... What's the solution? One of the biggest things we could do is to create a culture that affirms the great worth of fatherhood. ... While it's easy for working-class men to slip under the radar screen, the integrity of families and communities all across America depends on us taking note of their declining fortunes.
... This Fifth Avenue duplex was once home to Mrs. Henry J. Taylor, an artist who also served on the advisory board of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. ... A portion of the sale [of the duplex] will go to the University of Virginia ...
U.Va. professor Richard Bonnie was among nine legal experts asked by NYT's editors if there is an alternative to social host laws. Bonnie, who chaired a study on underage drinking for the National Academy of Sciences, “Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility,” said: "There is very little research on the effectiveness of social host laws, and what evidence exists is conflicting."
By W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project at U.Va. ...A new study paints a troubling portrait of children conceived by single mothers who chose insemination. Young adults with maverick moms and donor dads report a sense of confusion, loss and distress about their origins and identity, and about their inability to relate to their biological father and to his kin.
... John Casteen, the 20-year president of U-Va., is ... a passionate supporter of community college transfers. He began working toward increasing community college transfer enrollment in the 1970s, when he was dean of admissions at U-Va. He has been a leading voice in opening up the transfer process in Virginia, helping to create a national model of access. ... he leaves U-Va. this summer to serve on the governing board of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education, a group that raises scholarship funds. (Q&A with Casteen about the history and future of community college transfer...
Jeff Allen Alumnus 60 artists will create for 60 minutes at Everson Museum of Art fundraiser The Post-Standard / Syracuse.com / June 17 Mike Pettine Jr. Alumnus Father's Day: Mike Pettine Sr. and Jr. Philadelphia Daily News / June 17 Chris and Brogann Sanderson Alumni Pennington couple Chris and Brogann Sanderson continue to fight against the odds Pennington Post / June 1
Radford University has hired James Pennix as its new dean of admissions. ... Out of 15 four-year state-supported colleges and universities that report enrollment figures to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, only Radford posted a decline last fall, losing overall 252 students, or 2.8 percent of the student body. ...
E. Mavis Hetherington Professor emeritus of psychology Why the So-Called "Marriage Gap" Is Good for Your Relationship The Huffington Post / June 16 Larry Sabato Professor and director of the Center for Politics With Whitman and Fiorina, can GOP compete again in California? Christian Science Monitor / June 16 William M. Shobe Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at the Cooper Center Protect the Air Like You Would Your Home? WMRA-FM 103.5 / Virginia Insights / June 14 Mike Spar Cooper Center demographer and associate professor Housing booms in Virginia over last de...
Erika James Bank of America Associate Research Professor of Business Administration at UVA's Darden School and co-author of the 2010 book, "Leading Under Pressure"
When Thomas Jefferson embarked on his grand tour of France in 1787, he claimed the journey was for his health. ...
University of Virginia [adjunct] professor James Durand, engineering student Philip Richardson (left) and high school volunteer James Doernberg convert old cars such as this 1993 Honda Accord into electric battery powered vehicles through the “Ride Forward” course. ...
... Community college transfers rose ... 34 percent in Virginia from 2000 to 2008... Transfers to the University of Virginia doubled in that time, to more than 280 annually, which represents just under 10 percent of the typical junior class. ... The evolving system fulfills the vision of Thomas Jefferson -- the nation's third president and founder of U-Va. -- of a college within a horse ride of every home. ...
Janie Bowen Master's graduate who was Virginia state tax commissioner Janie Bowen, Virginia’s tax commissioner, dies Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 16
Mary Capers Bledsoe English graduate, now executive director of the South Carolina YMCA's Youth in Government program Bledsoe lets kids in on government ways Greenville (S.C.) News / June 16 Phillip Tang U.Va. grad now being recognized as one of Boston's top chefs Fresh heir / Rising East by Northeast chef thinks seasonally Boston Herald / June 16
Isaac Wood Political analyst at U.Va.'s Center for Politics Pa. legislators shy away from town hall-style meetings Pittsburgh Tribune-Review / June 16
The clock had struck midnight literally and physically for the collection of Virginia baseball players that lingered near at Davenport Field. It was just over an hour after the most productive season in program history had come to a grinding halt.
Recaps the women's rowing team's national championship season.