... Students at UVa., one of seven schools in the pilot program, will use a Kindle DX to carry all books and case studies. Darden Dean Bob Bruner says the Kindle device, which has highlighting, note-taking and dictionary functions, could have a huge impact on student savings, learning and the environment. ...
Metaphorically speaking, Jody Kielbasa has had to jump onto a racing locomotive that has been gathering speed and momentum for months. The new director of the Virginia Film Festival grabbed the controls in late May and has had his hair bent back by a brisk wind of activity ever since.
... The four panelists, all affiliated with UVa, sat in Charlottesville High School and discussed the best learning environments for Charlottesville’s middle school-age children. The talk — moderated by [School of Continuing and Professional Studies Dean] Billy Cannaday, formerly the state superintendent of public instruction — was the second held as the division mulls the restructuring of its schools, with the possibility of one school being shuttered. ...
Looking to take the temperature of a campus from afar, with some help from new media and social networking? GlobalQuad.com [is] a niche Web site that chronicles college life via Twitter. ... As of today, there are 33 schools tagged on the site, with an average six profiles attached to each institution. Some of these schools include Brown, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia. ...
Robert Kemp
Research professor at the McIntire School of Commerce
Pension Advisers for GM Are Part of Pay Czar's Review
StarNewsOnline.com / Sept. 1‎
Charles Marsh
Professor of religious studies and director of the Project on Lived Theology
U.Va. Professor-Author To Open 'Writers Read' Series
EMU News / ‎Aug. 31‎
William Ruddiman
Professor emeritus of environmental science
Destructive Farming Practices Of Early Civilization May Have Altered Climate Long Before Industrial Era
Mongabay.com / Aug. 31‎
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Imp...
The Pakistani ambassador to the United States will visit the University of Virginia on Thursday to speak on the “changing direction of Pakistan. ...
... On Tuesday, August 25, the Special Committee on the Nomination of a President began the first round of open forums geared toward gathering ideas, thoughts and expectation from students, faculty and staff members for the new president. ...
The University of Virginia's new Arts Box Office launched Monday. Located in the Drama building on Culbreth Road...
There is no dispute over the results of yesterday’s vote in Japan. The Democratic Party of Japan won a crushing victory... Marco Werman talks with Len Schoppa of the University of Virginia, about the realignment in Japanese politics. [includes audio]
Bob Graham, an expert on counterterrorism and intelligence and a former Democratic presidential candidate, will speak at the University of Virginia. ...
... Private employers eliminated 1,054 jobs while government employment actually increased by more than 600 jobs, the report shows. Government jobs include the University of Virginia and Piedmont Virginia Community College. ...
... Borash has served as assistant principal at Monticello High since 2005. She holds a bachelor’s of science in education from the College of New Jersey and a master's of education in administration and supervision from the University of Virginia, where she is currently a doctoral candidate. ...
Peter Baker
English professor
How We Sign Our Email May Make Others Say 'Adieu'
Lincoln Journal Star / ‎Aug. 31‎
Robert Emery
Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law
Classes For Divorcing Parents Help End Animosity
Daily Comet / ‎Aug. 29
Cordel Faulk
Director of communications for the Center for Politics
GOP Interest Runs High In 5th District
Lynchburg News and Advance / Aug. 30
Arthur Garson
Provost
Tax Hike On Booze, Candy And Soft Drinks
ChicagoNow / ‎Aug. 31‎
and
Debating The Effects Of A Junk Food 'Sin Tax'
TheDay / Aug. 30
Larry Sabato
A polit...
Aptly titled "Why Don’t Students like School" the book by Daniel Willingham, a University of Virginia cognitive psychologist explains how the mind works - and what it means for the classroom. ...
It's not easy being E. D. Hirsch, Jr. If the inventive 81-year-old had been a business leader or politician or even a school superintendent, his fight to give U.S. children rich lessons in their shared history and culture would have made him a hero among his peers. ... In this intriguing, irresistible book, Hirsch tells of life as the odd man out at the University of Virginia. ...
... Five years ago, he began an oral history project at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, where he began to address all aspects of his life...
... The annual event is a partnership between the Building Goodness Foundation and students at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. ...
Friday night one woman took it all off in the fight against breast cancer. Kim Crum set a goal to raise $10,000 for the UVA Cancer Center's Breast Care Program and if she hit that mark, then she would shave her head and run Charlottesville's Women's Four-Miler bald next Saturday. ...