... Five years ago, Virginia’s four top public universities began negotiating a charter status that granted them broad autonomy ... Tuition and fees at the University of Virginia are now almost $10,000 for an entering resident, and $32,000 for a nonresident. ... Experts say more universities will follow the lead of Michigan and Virginia, receiving less public money and increasing tuition, private fund-raising and financial aid. ...
Over nearly 70 years, ... Harvey Lee Hudson Jr. woke Virginians up. ... A businessman who had studied at the University of Virginia and the Harvard University School of Business, Mr. Hudson knew how to sell his sponsors but also how to have fun ...
Dr. Karen Holt - age 54, of Knoxville passed away Tuesday, Oct. 27. She was an assistant vice president of the Institute for Public Service at the University of Tennessee. A native of Paducah, KY, Dr. Holt spent the majority of her career fulfilling her passion for public service, civil rights and education. ... Dr. Holt had ... led the University of Virginia's Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (1997-2003) ... [and] taught political science courses at both the University of Tennessee and the University of Virginia. ...
Russell Riley
Presidential historian
One year after his election, what has Obama achieved?
Christian Science Monitor / Nov. 2
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
White House goes on the defense over H1N1 response
Houston Chronicle / Nov. 1
and
Virginia governor's race: how Obama may figure in it
Christian Science Monitor / Oct. 30
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Media studies and law professor
Desire to scan old books has critics casting Google as Goliath
San Jose Mercury News / Nov. 1
Isaac Wood
Communications director for the Center for Politics
Anderson, Marshall ...
A Federal Circuit Court judge has ruled that US universities cannot automatically claim ownership of a researcher's federally funded invention. ... Her patented treatment for chronic dry-eye ... was hailed as one of the "university innovations that changed the world" by the University of Virginia Patent Foundation. ...
The Indian School of Business (ISB) on Friday announced the setting up of a Centre for Case Development ... The new centre is also working with international business schools like Darden, University of Virginia, to publish collaborative cases.
Is Wall Street good for America and are bankers over paid? ... the evidence is mixed. ... are bankers worth it?” NYU finance professor Thomas Philippon and University of Virginia’s Ariell Reshef studied this and conclude that financial sector workers are 30% to 50% overpaid. ...
... Harber's tarantula experiment builds on work he'd done earlier with Dennis Proffitt of the University of Virginia. Proffitt is also working on the interaction between emotional state and physical perception. ... Which brings me to Proffitt and Harber's recent collaboration, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology [and involving] 34 University of Virginia students ...
... The first volume of [seven planned volumes of the James Madison Papers Retirement Series, published by U.Va. Press and edited by David B. Mattern and J.C. A. Stagg] covers the first three years of Madison's retirement and offers an invaluable insight into his thinking and activities during this time. ...
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... a study conducted by [U.Va.'s] Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, the region's public colleges and universities are responsible for more than 22,000 jobs in the area, more than $4.3 billion in goods and services and more than $450 million in tax revenues annually. ... The business leaders who met ... said they were worried about continued cuts [to higher ed] at a time when the state needs more degree-earners to fill jobs. ...
A recent UVa study shows that inmates that receive treatment and assistance are less likely to be repeat offenders. On Monday night, the Offender Aid and Restoration group will ask Charlottesville City Council for their support so they can continue to help former felons. ...
... Tom Bliss, a 2001 graduate of Attleboro High School, is on a team building a robotic version of a manta ray ... at the University of Virginia, where he hopes to earn a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2010. ...
By Charles Steger, president of Virginia Tech
The recession and resulting loss of jobs and business activity present state leaders with a unique set of challenges to attract and retain top industries and generate new high-paying jobs for our citizens. ... Here in Virginia the academic strengths of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, along with the Virginia Community College System, were critical in helping to attract Rolls-Royce's $500 million investment in a new manufacturing facility in Prince George County ...
The Breast Care Center at University Health System is using a new technology in the fight against breast cancer. It's not a replacement for a mammogram, but it does help doctors find tumors earlier. It's a technology that's been approved for clinical use and UVA is using it to do research to improve the device and see how well it works. Twelve patients at UVA have used gamma imaging so far and it's giving some of them a little piece of mind. ...
A 20-year-old woman resembling Morgan D. Harrington, who disappeared the night of the Metallica concert at the John Paul Jones Arena, had a facial injury but it likely was caused by a slip or fall, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman said Friday. Virginia State Police investigators were following up on new leads ...
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UPDATE: Harrington Family Starts the "Find Morgan Fund"
WCAV / Nov. 2
... Sperry Marine, part of Northrop Grumman, is celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary of the launch of its first marine radar. ... The company, which has mentoring programs in local high schools and works with students at the University of Virginia, has 865 local employees ... Officials expect to continue growing in the area. Next year, the company will celebrate 100 years of being in business and more than 50 of those spent in the Charlottesville region.
The American College Health Association reported that influenza-like illnesses widely believed to be the H1N1 virus increased by 34 percent at college campuses in the past week ... According to Dr. James C. Turner, president of ACHA and executive director of ... student health at the University of Virginia, the vast majority of cases are mild, but health officials nevertheless remain concerned. ...
In the news this week: “The Artistic Side of Darden,” “A Great Showing in Maryland,” and “Renewable Energy and Sustainability.” In our interview segment we are joined by Erika Herz, Darden’s Manager of Sustainability. Erika talks about the School’s progress in that arena.
Ryan Davidson, dressed in a bee costume, hangs on to to her mother during the University of Virginia's annual “Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn” on Friday ...
... Yesterday, residents, county officials and contractors from across the state and region gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Mid-Atlantic Precast. ... The concrete panels that Mid-Atlantic produces are used in hotels, dormitories and apartment buildings. ... Slabs produced yesterday, as visitors watched the process, are destined for a new dormitory at the University of Virginia. ...