... Of the seven schools that participated in the Kindle pilot, two were business schools, Foster and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business (Darden Full-Time MBA Profile). Darden worked closely with Amazon to convert many of the case studies it uses in first-year classes to the Kindle format and selected 62 students and 10 faculty for the pilot, says Michael Koenig, Darden's director of MBA operations. While students liked some of the Kindle's features, such as the big screen and the capacity of the digital library to store hundreds of case studies, most students were unhappy ...
Jeff Holt, an associate professor of neuroscience, opines about soccer and the power of the human brain.
There are a few extra cranes and hard hats around grounds at University of Virginia this summer. Sixteen projects across grounds and at least $175 million dollars to pay for them.
Titans of business, public life and the arts may soon be teaching at the University of Virginia. The Educational Policy Committee of UVa’s Board of Visitors on Thursday unanimously backed the establishment of a new non-tenure-accruing faculty rank for "eminently qualified leaders who have made major impacts on fields and disciplines important to [UVa’s] academic programs."
Kyle Martino
Former Cavalier soccer star who will be calling World Cup soccer games for ESPN Radio
Westport's Martino gives voice to World Cup coverage
The Hour (Norwalk, Conn.) / June 9
Karsten Nohl
Doctoral student in computer science
Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed
Gawker / June 10
Martha Derthink
Retired politics professor
NEA Eyes Congress as High Court Refuses NCLB Case
Education Week / June 9
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Criticizing President Obama over the oil spill: Can we tolerate a president who refuses to make us feel better?
TampaBay.com / June 10
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Hours after their victories, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are thrust into national spotlight
San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News / June 10
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Will Oregon voters opt for Kitzhaber a third time?
Stateline.org / June 10
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Tea party voters spoke with many voices in pr...
University of Virginia sports certainly excelled under his directorship, but the most significant tribute to Jim Copeland regards not his professional accomplishments but rather his personal honor. The former athletics director for UVa died last week of cancer at age 65.
The University of Virginia Mammography Coach, a mobile mammogram unit, will provide mammograms at the Orange County High School Field House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the day of the health fair. Special funding is available for women without health insurance to make this important screening test available to everyone.
The University of Connecticut has been elected to membership in Universitas 21, an international network of leading research-intensive universities in 13 countries. UConn is only the second U.S. university invited into the network, which comprises some of the world’s major institutions of higher education, including the University of Virginia … among others.
U.Va. had a total of nine current players selected in the Major League Baseball draft, which ended Wednesday.
Here is a productive way to waste some time today: listen to some of the audio recordings made available by the Presidential Recordings Program and the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. The transcripts and audio have been accessible to researchers for a few years, but now they're on a website for all to enjoy.
The Virginia Quarterly Review has created a digital edition specifically tailored for the iPad. The literary magazine from the University of Virginia has become one of the first magazines to create such an edition and sell it directly through Apple's iBookstore.
A dozen components of the University of Virginia’s baseball stadium — such as locker rooms, bullpens and dugouts — will be officially named today in honor of major benefactors, former players and the head coach of UVa’s No. 1 ranked team. The list of the stadium’s 12 new namings will be presented today to a committee of the university’s Board of Visitors.
The University of Virginia is asking its employees to save two megawatts of electricity later today. The Demand Response Program wants to do a practice run of energy reduction between 2-3 p.m.
Ken Clausen, Brian Carroll and Ryan Nizolek
Jarrett Parker, Phil Gosselin and Robert Morey
Bob Gibson
Director of U.Va.'s Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership
Hurt picked to challenge Perriello in 5th District
Roanoke Times | June 9
John Eric Goff
Adidas Shoots -- and Misses -- With New World Cup Ball
Fox News | June 9
Antje Gottschalk
Anesthesia During Cancer Surgery May Impact Outcomes
Modern Medicine | June 7
Michael London
U.Va. football coach, and former police officer, Mike London spoke at Walker Elementary's D.A.R.E. culmination ceremony.
London Drops In On D.A.R.E. Class
WVIR NBC-29, June 7
Isaac Wood
Communications director at U.Va's Center for Politics
On primar...
The University of Virginia baseball team will play Oklahoma in a best-of-three NCAA Baseball Super Regional showdown this weekend.
UVa’s quest to return to the College World Series begins Saturday at 3 p.m., in game one against the Sooners at Davenport Field. The second game is Sunday at 4 p.m. A third game will be played, if necessary, on Monday at either 1 p.m. or 7 p.m.
Several hundred general admission tickets are available for this weekend's series between Virginia and Oklahoma.