Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, in a blatantly political move to help strengthen his support among the right wing for his bid to become the next governor, is causing uproar in the science community by investigating climate scientist and former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann. Cuccinelli is accusing Mann of defrauding Virginia taxpayers by receiving research grants on global temperatures. Mann, who is now based at Pennsylvania State University, hasn't worked in Virginia since 2005.
Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell vowed on Good Morning America Wednesday morning to change state law next year to help prevent murders like that of 22-year-old U.Va. lacrosse player Yeardley Love, the Virginia Politics blog reports. "We're having our staff look at what legal changes we might make in the General Assembly next year -- if there are violent records of folks that happen off campus that we can learn from and get that information to the administrators," McDonnell said. But McDonnell sidestepped a question from host George Stephanopoulos about whether U.Va. had done all it cou...
U.Va. to take on Mount St. Mary's in NCAA lacrosse first round The University of Virginia men's lacrosse team may have received a good omen last night when the NCAA lacrosse pairings were announced. The Cavaliers were given the overall top seed in the tournament, and will face Mount St. Mary's on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Klockner Stadium - a game that will be broadcast on ESPNU.
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In Life + Health this month, we're focusing on health and fitness. We'll target a generation each week. Today, we're focusing on the health and fitness of teens, with eight tips that might make getting through high school a bit easier. … 4. Out in cyberspace: A long-term study conducted by psychologists at the University of Virginia found that rather than assuming different personalities online, teens operate in cyberspace much as they do in the real world. The study found that those in the study who had positive face-to-face friendships were the same teens and young adults who used soc...
Kevin Jerome Everson is associate professor in the McIntire Department of Art. An emphasis on the overlooked particulars of history has become increasingly central to Everson’s filmmaking, which now comprises nearly seventy short pieces made since 1997 and four feature-length films: Spicebush (2005), Cinnamon (2006), The Golden Age of Fish (2008), and Erie (2010). For more than a decade, working in numerous film and video formats, Everson has presented images of the lives of African Americans—and other people of African heritage, worldwide—through his own distinctive practic...
Construction crews at the University of Virginia are preparing to start an expansion project for the University Book Store that sits atop the Central Grounds Parking Garage on Emmet Street.
Kenneth Feinberg, President Obama's ‘Pay Czar', spoke at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia Monday afternoon. He's the man responsible for trying to control what bailed-out corporate executives get paid. Feinberg says Citi-Group and Bank of America have already paid the government back, and GM is in the process. He says his main role is holding company executives accountable.
One day we hear the economy is turning around, and the next we hear it is not, but the big truth is the market is a tough one for jobseekers. Especially for the thousands of young people graduating from college this month.
The University of Virginia is "exploring options" in responding to the civil investigative demand issued by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) to the University of Virginia, seeking documents related to the work of climate scientist and former university professor Michael Mann, a university spokeswoman said this morning.
The latest issue of Science carries a letter that calls recent political attacks on the work of climate scientists “McCarthy-like threats of criminal prosecution.” … The first is a subpoena issued by Virginia’s attorney general, Ken Cucinelli, asking the University of Virginia to hand over any and all research material produced by the environmental scientist Michael Mann, formerly a faculty member at the university.
The University of Virginia is "exploring options" in responding to the civil investigative demand issued by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) to the University of Virginia, seeking documents related to the work of climate scientist and former university professor Michael Mann, a university spokeswoman said this morning.
A 15,000-square-foot child care facility may be coming to Piedmont Virginia Community College to serve students, faculty and staff of PVCC and faculty and staff of the University of Virginia.
Besides providing life saving medical care, University Hospital teams cancer patients with a nurse who helps them through the ups and downs of treatment and recovery. The nurses become a friend to lean on. They're called nurse navigators and for those with cancer these nurses are essential to fighting the disease.
U.Va. softball team goes from worst to second in one season U.Va. softball. The success is everybody's, but for the University of Virginia softball players who have been around a few years, it's just a little more meaningful. Senior Nicole Koren is happy to remind the freshmen of that.
Since the 70s, women have been able to take a home pregnancy test. Now, scientists at the University of Virginia offer a home check for male fertility-- a test that could help couples having trouble getting pregnant.
Governor Bob McDonnell is expected to meet with University of Virginia President John Casteen Tuesday to discuss the murder of UVA lacrosse player Yeardley Love. McDonnell and Casteen are expected to discuss policy after it was discovered that the suspect in Love's murder, George Huguely, had a history of run-ins with the law.
The Virginia softball team (33-20, 13-7 ACC) set a school record with 13 conference wins this season, and didn't finish in last place in the ACC for the first time in four years. The Cavaliers earned the #2 seed in the ACC tournament Sunday. That's tied for the highest seeding in school history, and best since 1997.
The University of Virginia Women's Golf Team was looking for its third straight appearance in the NCAA Championships. The Cavaliers needed to finish in the top eight as a team in their NCAA Regional out in Standford, California.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team was seeded first and the Cavaliers' women's squad sixth for their respective 16- team NCAA Tournaments, just a day after the funeral of women's player Yeardley Love.