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.
The number of students applying to Washington-area law schools has surged as the economy sunk. ... [T]he University of Virginia School of Law’s applicants have risen more than 10 percent.
An after-school program designed to teach kids about how to grow up with a healthy attitude about food and exercise gets a boost Wednesday (3/4). Kohl's presented the University of Virginia Fitness Clinic with nearly $28,000 in front of kids at Crozet Elementary School--kids who will soon be able to make use of the donation.
As Meteorologists, we talk a lot about the average high temperature, or record low readings and even normal rainfall. We find this information by daily observations and the McCormick Observatory has been this source of information since 1892.
A debate at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia focused on proposals to create jobs through an overhaul of the nation's infrastructure. Robert MacNeil moderated the discussion.
Second thoughts are often best. The General Assembly rejected a bid to force Virginia colleges and universities to meet a quota system for in-state students. ... This lack of state funding creates an hypocrisy: If Richmond wants to fling down more state mandates, it should also provide more state money. In the end, the General Assembly had second thoughts about in-state enrollment bills and decided not to micromanage the schools’ enrollment policies. Second thoughts are often best.
Edgar Allan Poe apologizes to his publishers for drinking too much and asks them to buy an article because he's "desperately pushed for money" in an 1842 letter acquired by the University of Virginia for an exhibition marking the author's 200th birthday.
DeMaurice F. Smith
Law Swww.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/25/reforming-defense-procurement/chool graduate and candidate to lead the NFL Players Association
Smith Hopes Outsider Status Gives Him an In With NFLPA
Washington Post / March 4
Robert Burton and Jerry Cox
Law school graduates
Commentary: Reforming Defense Procurement: No 'Fiscal Responsibility' Without Tackling Military Expenditures
Washington Times / Feb. 25
Lisa Harbin and David Hutchings
Student volunteers for Habitat for Humanity
Spring Breakers Travel South to Volunteer Rather than Vacation
WCTV (Tallahassee, Fla.) / March 3
Julian Bond
History professor
Video: Civil Rights Footsteps Relived
CNN / March 2
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NAACP official Bond leads tour of area civil rights sites
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser / March 4
Robert Bruner
Dean of the Darden School
JPMorgan Takes Biggest Share of $53 Bln as Fees Fall
Bloomberg.com / March 2
Deirdre Enright
Director of the Innocence Project at the U.Va. Law School
Teen released early by state
Fredericksburg (Va. ) Free Lance-Star / March 4
Gary Gallagher
History professor and Civil War expert
Gettysburg Regress / How the government is ruining America's most famous battlefield
The Ne...
Commentary from W. Bradford Wilcox, associate professor of sociology.
The foreclosure crisis is a California crisis -- along with a few other states. A new study out of the University of Virginia, "Foreclosures in States and Metropolitan areas: Patterns, Forecasts, and Pricing Toxic Assets," shows that clearly: "In 2008, California had only 10 percent of the nation's housing units, but it had 34 percent of foreclosures."
High school students who study a few subjects in-depth during their science classes are more likely to have higher grades in college science courses than those who cover more topics more briefly, says a University of Texas at Arlington education professor ... who conducted the study with researchers from the University of Virginia and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts.
Johns, a junior at Dartmouth College, and Howard, a student at the University of California Santa Cruz, spent last fall in the Semester at Sea program. The three-month journey took them to 12 countries across the globe, including Brazil, Namibia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan. The Semester at Sea program, founded in 1963 and sponsored by the University of Virginia, costs around $22,000, not including books, supplies, costs to travel in the countries visited, and airfare.
The University of Virginia will participate in the Peace Corps' Master's International program starting in the fall. Under the partnership, U.Va.'s Curry School of Education will offer a master's degree in education degree in conjunction with a 27-month Peace Corps international placement to candidates who have been accepted to both institutions.