Officials at the University of Virginia Thursday announced several forums to receive public input in the search for a new president.
Carolyn Engelhard, an assistant professor of public health sciences, discusses health care reform. She is co-author of the book Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality, with U.Va. Provost Arthur Garson.
Here's a five-step plan to increase your odds of survival at the foundation of your school social life: your dorm room. By David Replogle, a writer and editor for The Cavalier Daily.
Avery Evans
Radiologist
Spine Surgery Found No Better Than Placebo
Wall Street Journal / Aug. 6
Brian Nosek
Psychology professor
Mind tricks: Six ways to explore your brain
Ethiopian Review / Aug. 4
Larry Sabato
Director, Center for Politics
As Senate prepares to confirm Sotomayor, many judicial vacancies remain unfilled
St. Petersburg Times / Aug. 6
U.Va. student Robert Wyllie spent eight weeks in El Progreso, Honduras this summer working as a Spanish interpreter alongside computer and engineering students from U.Va. as they set up computers with the goal of positively impacting the country's education system.
About 3 percent of individuals arrested for violent crimes in Prince William County last year were illegal immigrants, according to a report released Tuesday by the University of Virginia's Center for Survey Research.
As the Elizabeth River drains into the Chesapeake Bay, it absorbs industrial waste and urban runoff, making it the Chesapeake's most polluted tributary. A U.Va. architect is hoping a new project will help make the river swimmable and fishable again.
U.Va. students help organize a soccer team for homeless men. Hope Community Center executive director Joshua Bare and U.Va. student Trigg Brown, younger brother of Street Soccer founder Lawrence Cann, put the team together as an offshoot of Hope Community Center.
More than 80 percent of Prince William (county) residents agree with how police are carrying out the locality’s controversial immigration policy. The findings come from an interim report by the University of Virginia’s Center for Survey Research.
The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia has proposed a debate [between Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds] in Charlottesville, to be aired on statewide television. It is fitting that the two candidates for governor would stand in Mr. Jefferson's Rotunda to make their cases for election to the seat he once held.
Piedmont Virginia Community College students can receive guaranteed admission and other transfer opportunities to Virginia universities, including U.Va., and PVCC will offer a free workshop on Thursday to explain the details.
Surprising data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly 25% of people in Charlottesville have no health insurance. Charlottesville is home to some renowned hospitals: the University of Virginia Medical Center and Martha Jefferson. Yet one in four people in Charlottesville have no health insurance. Experts say more people go uninsured in college towns.
With upwards of 20,000 students, U.Va. doesn't have the space to isolate the infected, says Jim Turner, UVA's director of student health. Instead, students will be sent back to their rooms with masks and instructions on hand-washing.
A study released last week by the Urban Institute and University of Virginia, found that a 10 percent excise or sales tax on "fattening foods" could raise $522 billion over the next 10 years.
Aryn Hoge
Environmental sciences student
River Research
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Aug. 4
E.D. Hirsch
Education professor
What Tests Can and Should Do
The New York Times / Aug. 3
Taylor Reveley
associate director, Miller Center of Public Affairs
Discussing the Miller Center
Charlottesville Podcasting Network / Aug. 3
Siva Vaidhyanathan
professor of media studies
Information Age Has Fringe on Top
Congressional Quarterly / CQ Weekly / Aug. 3
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The University of Virginia’s investments, which include the multibillion dollar endowment, reported positive returns after months of significant losses.
The medical costs of obesity in the United States are staggering -- $147 billion annually, according to the CDC. A new study, from the University of Virginia and the Urban Institute, put the price tag higher -- $200 billion a year.
A Charlottesville resident has been chosen as the first recipient of a scholarship honoring a University of Virginia dean known for increasing college access for low-income and minority students.
Daily Progress sports editor Jerry Ratcliffe had his annual sitdown chat with University of Virginia director of athletics Craig Littlepage to discuss various issues affecting the Cavaliers’ athletic program.
First in a two-part series.