Features research by U.Va. psychology professor Shigehiro Oishi.
Gov. Bob McDonnell said yesterday that he's optimistic the state will end this fiscal year on June 30 with a surplus that's significant enough to trigger a bonus for state employees.
Recaps a debate sponsored by U.Va.'s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
The Halifax County Industrial Development Authority and Dominion Power have announced plans to develop a pilot demonstration facility for solar power generation and battery storage in the county. … The University of Virginia … will work with both Dominion and the manufacturer through its Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering and its Department of Systems Engineering to conduct all its research related to this project in the county.
Glen Tittermary
Holds a master's in public administration from U.Va.
New executive director of JLARC selected
Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 15
Robert Carraway
Associate dean for degree programs at the Darden School of Business
The MBA Marketing Machine
Bloomberg BusinessWeek / June 14
Steven Levitt
Economics professor
The changing climate of freakonomic theory
Cambridge (u.K.) News / June 15
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
NRA endorses Strickland over Kasich
Toledo (Ohio) Blade / June 15
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Paul's Washington fund-raiser contradicts pledge
Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader / June 15
Daniel Willingham
Psychology professor
Willingham: The unrealized promise of whiteboards
Washington Post ...
During UVA President John Casteen’s final Board of Visitors (BOV) meeting before he retires in August, the board approved a $2.4 billion operating budget for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Dominion Virginia Power and Halifax County want to build a demonstration solar power and battery storage plant in the economically stressed locality in Southside Virginia. … University of Virginia researchers will work with Dominion Virginia Power and the storage battery manufacturer on a family of battery products, conducting their research in Halifax County.
There's no planned way to act when a season ends sooner than expected, so a few Virginia players who might have played their final game in a Cavaliers uniform Monday night huddled together in the outfield after their teammates dispersed. Appreciative fans serenaded them with chants of "U-V-A!" although that did not alter what happened in the previous three hours, when Virginia suffered a humiliating 11-0 loss to Oklahoma, leaving it one game shy of reaching the College World Series.
Robert Radnitz
English and drama alumnus who became a Hollywood movie producer
Robert B. Radnitz dies at 85; Hollywood producer of distinguished family films
Los Angeles Times / June 10
John Merchant
First black graduate of U.Va.'s School of Law and a member of the Black Golfers Hall of Fame
Merchant fighting to right wrongs toward black golfers
Connecticut Post / June 13
Lauren Seikaly
Drama graduate starring on Broadway
Naked In A Fishbowl Returns to the SoHo Playhouse, Runs Thru August 9
Broadway World / June 11
Ryan Zimmerman
For Cavalier baseball star, now with the Washington Nationals
Suddenly, Nats, Zimmerman are basking in cool winds of change
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot / June 13
Eugene Resnick and Desiree Smith
Selected as White House summer interns
White House announces 2010 summer internship winners
Examiner.com / June 11
A sophomore UVA student and Haiti native wants to help rebuild her homeland. Ania Turnier started an organization called Building Haiti with the goal of constructing schools in the country devastated by an earthquake in January.
Rae Lesser Blumberg
Sociology professor
Cougars ignore stigmas, enjoy attention of younger men
Richmond Times-Dispatch / June 13
Maurice Cox
Architecture professor
Reactions vary on contemporary designs in city
Charlottesville Daily Progress / June 14
Thomas Cropley
Chair of U.Va.'s Department of Dermatology
Summer months shine light on skin care
Staunton News Leader / June 13
Alan Howard
Environmental sciences professor
Did a Deep Sea Once Cover Mars?
Science / June 13
William Lucy
Urban planning professor
Downtown Asheville housing demand continues
Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times / June ...
During a three-week period last summer, motorists heading toward Buffalo on Route 20 may have noticed an unusual billboard. The 1970s-era black-and-white advertisement featured a suave-looking black man posing next to a white VW Bug. The text reads, “There’s a bit of the cool in every bug. Volkswagen Ohio.” ... It was the handiwork of artist and filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson, just one element in an ambitious project featured in an exhibition opening today in Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.
University of Virginia football coaches opened up their play books Sunday, but it wasn't for players or even NFL scouts. Instead, they talked some serious game with lots of local women. About 75 women of all ages packed into the McCue Center on Grounds for the coaching clinic.
During a summer in which the conference affiliations of college athletics' most high-profile schools might shift, Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said he expects both Virginia and the ACC to remain the same.
… In most schools, research shows, AP is providing new dividends. Philip M. Sadler of Harvard, Robert H. Tai of the University of Virginia, and other scholars also writing in AP: A Critical Examination of the Advanced Placement Program conclude AP courses on average have more experienced teachers and better lab work than regular courses. High-school students who take AP science courses are more likely to earn science degrees in college.