... Duin is convinced many evangelical churches are also struggling to deal with rising numbers of single adults and single-parent families. In 2005, a University of Virginia researcher found that 32 percent of married men and 38 percent of married women are churchgoers. But only 15 percent of single men and 23 percent of single women go to church.
NBC News reporter Luke Russert said he made a "dumb" misstatement on the "Today" show Wednesday when he suggested that smart people supported Barack Obama for president. ...He filed a report for "Today" about campaign activity at the University of Virginia, and talked about it live afterward with Matt Lauer. Russert, 23, said about the university: "The smartest kids in the state go there so it is leaning a little bit toward Obama." ... "I meant to say that many of the kids who go to UVA are from affluent, highly educated households who are leaning (toward) Obama and hence their kids lean Obama...
The Google Bus rolled through the University of Virginia Wednesday afternoon. ... UVA is one of thousands of colleges that take advantage of "Google apps" such as G-mail, calendar and spreadsheets.
The former chairman of the Democratic National Committee told Chesterfield County high school students yesterday that Sen. Barack Obama would invest in infrastructure and alternative energy to create jobs and get the country moving again. ... [Terry] McAuliffe took Obama's side at a presidential forum sponsored by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Chesterfield public schools and the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
... More than 1,500 students walked the grounds in white t-shirts with written messages to defy stereotypes. Their words were different but their collective message was there is more to everyone than meets the eye.
A University of Virginia study of farming and forestry found the two had a total economic impact of $79 billion in 2006 and supported more than a half-million jobs in the commonwealth. Those dollars are generated by 21 million Virginia acres devoted to forest, cropland and pasture, according to the report by Terance J. Rephann of U.Va.'s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
University Reports to Community on Sustainability Efforts
Sustainability efforts at U.Va. were highlighted at a community briefing on Sept. 23 in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom. About 200 local residents and members of the University community attended the session, which included several presenters who explained what their departments were doing toward making the University sustainable.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=6516
Drama Mask Workshop Teaches Importance of Movement
A group of U.Va. drama students learned just how powerful their body could be during a 12-hour workshop l...
Britny Edwards
A rookie on the women's basketball team who has worn hearing aids since age 3
Entrepreneurial students from across Grounds will gather this evening to kick off the E*Society, a new organization dedicated to connecting and empowering U.Va.-affiliated entrepreneurs.
Cordel Faulk
Communications director for the Center for Politics
New Poll Shows Clinton Supporters Unmoved By Obama
WCAV CBS-19 / Sept. 23
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/29642144.html
Paul Freedman
A politics professor
'No coal' comment follows Biden to Va.
Richmond Times Dispatch / Sept. 24
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/business.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-09-24-0135.html
Harold Gould
A visiting scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies
US scholars on South Asia for quick Senate vote on N-deal
Press Trust Of India / Sept. 24
http://www.business-standard.co...
... U.S. long-term interest rates would be 1 percentage point higher without demand from foreign governments and central banks, according to Professors Francis and Veronica Warnock at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who have done research for the Federal Reserve.
Gov. Tim Kaine will take the wraps off what officials are calling a major economic impact study of agriculture and forestry in Virginia. Kaine will release the findings Wednesday at a news conference at a farm in Henrico County. The study by the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia is expected to assess the farm and forest economy in terms of dollars and jobs.
A panel of experts met Monday night to discuss how religion has influenced politics. ...The forum was sponsored by the University of Virginia Center for Politics. It was part of the center's 2008 National Symposium Series on Race, Religion, and Gender.
A forum on the HPV vaccine was held Tuesday night at McLeod Hall at the UVA Nursing School. The HPV vaccine has been shown to prevent cervical cancer. ... Speakers at the forum included Dr. Mark Stoler of UVA, Dr. Jennifer Young of UVA and Holly Edwards of Charlottesville City Council. [Includes audio]
The University of Virginia is sharing sustainability secrets with the community. In recent years, UVA has focused more on cutting back and working towards a better tomorrow.
... A massive, decade-long sociological study called Project Implicit, jointly run by Harvard University, the University of Washington and the University of Virginia, has shown that up to 80 percent of whites and Asians show a measurable bias favoring whites over blacks. More than 4.5 million people worldwide-730,000 of them Americans-have participated in the online Project Implicit study... The Project Implicit data also show that whites age 60 and older exhibit 5 percent to 10 percent more bias than younger study participants.
Martin Davidson, chief diversity officer at Darden, talks about how he's making diversity a key element of classes and extracurricular activities. ... [Includes video]