A recent study carried out and reported by Robert Tai, associate professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, with Marc S. Schwartz of the University of Texas at Arlington and Philip M. Sadler and Gerhard Sonnert of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, shows "that high school students who study fewer science topics, but study them in greater depth, have an advantage in college science classes over their peers who study more topics and spend less time on each." ...
More than half of the nation's foreclosures last year took place in 35 counties, a sign that the financial crisis devastating the national economy may have begun with collapsing home loans in only a few corners of the country. ... "This crisis was triggered by foreclosures, and a lot of those were in a very small number of areas," says William Lucy, a University of Virginia professor who has studied the link between lenders and faltering home loans.
In part three of our special series on graduating in a turbulent economic time, we are joined by 1981 Alumnus Carroll Warfield. In the news: “The Business of Social Change” will be the topic of the upcoming Black Business Student Forum Conference in April.
... The University of Virginia's Air Force ROTC program has seen a 25 percent jump in applications. ...
... Women Education Leaders in Virginia is hosting its 10th annual conference with a theme of inspiring leadership. ... The Virginia ASCD is co-sponsoring the conference, along with the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
... The ratings are the work of College Prowler, a series of books written by students, for students, with the lowdown on college life, the stuff you probably won't hear on the campus tour. ...U.Va. scored A's - counting minuses and pluses - for academics, off-campus housing, girls, athletics, Greek life, and campus strictness. It got C's for nightlife, diversity and campus dining, and a D for parking. ...
... An increased interest in mediation has sparked a new clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law. The 11 students in the Family Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic are learning about the collaborative divorce process and mediation’s role in family law.
... For the first time ever, the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce knocked out the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, which ultimately came in third place, to top the list of best programs. ... the big shift was at the very top, where the University of Virginia and Notre Dame overtook Wharton. That was mainly because of gains by those two schools, particularly in student satisfaction; they came in one and two respectively on that measure.
... Modernize the sentiment as “We’ve given you a democracy — if you can keep it,” and you have one of the core values of the new Global Perspectives on Democracy project, brainchild of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and its director, Larry J. Sabato. Here is a bold, yet essential, effort to strengthen democracies across the globe by strengthening and educating the people who live them — the citizens and voters, not only the leaders. It is also a heartening effort.
... For UVa, the bottom line is that the stimulus package could result in millions in new federal money to fund new or existing projects for a university that already plans to put more and more emphasis and money into research.
... The boom in such programs is emphasized with the latest league table of undergraduate courses, newly released by Business Week magazine, which annually polls opinions and crunches statistics about more than 100 U.S. schools to produce what is generally considered the most authoritative survey of this particular sector. ... the number one spot is taken by the McIntire school at the University of Virginia, a public school charging annual fees of less than $10,000, around a quarter of those at some of the private institutions.
Anthony Latham
Former U.Va. baseball player
Tragedy at sea brings back chilling memories of Anthony Latham
SI.com / March 4
Buddy Trent
Graduated from U.Va. and U.Va. Medical School, former chairman of the Honor Committee
Dr. Buddy Trent
Greenwood (S.C.) Today / March 4
Julian Bond
History professor
Julian Bond, tour group visit Selma
Selma (Ala.) Times-Journal / March 4
Edwin Burton
Economics professor
Economic expert tells Roanoke crowd Virginia is not in a recession
WSLS-YV (Roanoke) / March 4
Dr. James F. Childress
Professor of ethics and medical education
James F. Childress to Deliver Inaugural Johnson & Johnson Lecture
Rockbridge Weekly / March 4
Bill Keene
Research professor in Environmental Sciences
Rocktown’s afterlife
Rocktown Weekly / March 4
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Obama Moves Toward Swe...
A review of "The Battle and its Aftermath," edited by Gary Gallagher, the John L. Nau III Professor of History.
Law professor Robert Turner is one of three co-authors.