While the UVa Men's Basketball team was winning on the court this season, the John Paul Jones Arena was enjoying that success with a strong financial season. In 17 Men's Basketball home games, UVa averaged around 13,000 fans a game resulting in over $3.6 million in revenue. That's almost double last year's revenue at UHall and that's not even counting the entertainment side of the spectrum. "We have done very well this year with concerts. We have sold out right around 7 concerts which for our size market is phenomenal," said JPJ General Manager Larry Wilson.
How and why terrorism manifests itself in Iraq and elsewhere was at the forefront of a discussion Sunday at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs. The freewheeling talk among a group of 12 distinguished and diverse panelists - ranging from former foreign and U.S. government officials to academics - often came back to the war in Iraq.
The University of Virginia's groundbreaking College Guides program has been so successful it's going national. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation recently announced it was giving $1 million to each of 10 schools across the country to duplicate U.Va.'s effort to get reluctant, low-income high school students into college.
Cohen alluded to those examples to highlight an overall study performed by the Center for Survey Research at the University of Virginia. In its study, the center learned most doctors in West Virginia doubt the "expert" testimony if it is given beyond a physician's specialty or is motivated by money.
When Dr. William B. Bean returned to the University of Virginia in 1968, it wasn't long before he discovered he had been given a "haunted" office. Bean had graduated from UVa's medical school in 1935 and hadn't reported having any eerie experience during that time. But when he returned to his alma mater in the early spring of 1968, things were different. His interest in coming here centered on Dr. Walter Reed, who had received his medical degree from UVa in 1869.
Northrop Grumman Corp. is extending its IT reach into bucolic Southwest Virginia. In tandem with the Virginia Coalfields Economic Development Authority, the conglomerate is providing $1 million for a new software-engineering program at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. ...'We envision junior and senior [student] projects in which students help to solve real business problems,' says U.Va. Wise Chancellor David Prior. ...It isn't only Northrop Grumman that benefits, however. Being able to produce a steady stream of computer experts is vital to an economic renaissance taking place in ...
It's that time of year again, and U.S. News & World Report has announced its rankings of what it judges to be the country's top graduate programs. The University of Virginia had a strong showing again for 2008, with several programs jumping several spots in the rankings. Perhaps the largest increase was evident at UVa's School of Nursing, which ranked 19th - seven spots higher than the last time nursing schools were surveyed, in 2003.
Top honors Friday night for the University of Virginia School of Medicine. U.S. News and World Report says the school ranks 23rd in the nation for research-intensive schools. UVA is the only medical school in the Commonwealth to be included in the top 50 and just one of six schools in the mid-Atlantic to crack the top 30 in the category. Officials attribute the success to the school's ability to attract research funding from the National Institutes of Health. In a year when some schools saw declines in the tens of millions of dollars, UVA held steady.
City looks to lower real estate tax
Prof. to use NSF grant to study toxic emissions
Presidential hopeful debates war parallels
Kaine amends Assembly's smoking bill
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Elementary School Classrooms Get Low Rating on High-Quality Instruction
April 1 Marks 50 Years of Air Time for WTJU-FM
Black Alumni Weekend to be Held March 30-April 1
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Tiki Barber
Star football player for U.Va. who recently retired from the New York Giants
The 21 Club
New York Post / March 29
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Victoria George
Who attended U.Va.
Victoria George / The singer-songwriter from Fairfax Is Moving in Another Direction as She Readies Material for Her Band After Opting for a Solo Career
San Francisco Chronicle / March 29
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Eric Graben
Who has a master's degree and doctorate in foreign affairs
Attorney to Seek Sofield's Council Seat / Democrat to Face Republican Stay-...
Tevenia Jacobs
First-year law school student
Smith Moore Awards Scholarships to Duke, UVa Law Students
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Sarah Wood
Fourth-year student who will be working next year for an environmental nonprofit group
Hollywood's Newest It Girl: Our Planet
Daily Princetonian (NJ) / March 29
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Dr. Margaret Adeniji
Assistant professor of family medicine
Local Doctor Heads Effort to Spread Awareness of HPV
Lynchburg News & Advance / March 29
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Edward Bertram
Professor of neurology
Going to Bat for Joey
Roanoke (VA) Times / March 30
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Pam Cipriano
Chief clinical officer and chief nursing officer
3 of UVA's Intensive Care Units win honors
WINA 1070 AM / March 30
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Joan B. Fry
Special assistant to the president
WVTF Essay
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Challenge to Data on Men's Sports
Inside Higher Ed / March 30
A group that advocates for men's sports released data Thursday that it says show that many more men's teams have been eliminated than National Collegiate Athletic Association statistics typically suggest - cuts the group blames on colleges' trying to carry out Title IX, the law barring sex discrimination.
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Rejected by Harvard? Your Valedictorian Probably Was, Too
New York Times / March 30
Harvard College rejected 91 percent of applicants for the coming academic year, the highest rate in its history, after an expansion of financial aid encouraged more applications. A record 22,955 students applied to be part of the incoming freshman class... The college sent out 2,058 acceptance notices in December and yesterday... Harvard increased financial aid for the school year starting in September to allow students from families earning less than $60,000 to attend free.
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...[Scott Mactavish] already has donated nearly $18,000 to breast cancer research at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University. Those funds came through a special benefit screening of his "Summer Running: The Race to Cure Breast Cancer," right here at the Paramount last year.
Tufts and the Massachusetts Campus Compact (MACC) received a $1 million grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation last month to broaden access to college for low-income students. ...The program will be based on a successful model used by the University of Virginia...
The University of Virginia is welcoming back to the Grounds as many as 1000 African-American graduates for the 2007 Black Alumni Weekend. It's estimated that 1 out of every 8 African-American graduates of UVA will attend the weekend's festivities, which will last until Sunday. ...The events include Friday's Black Business Showcase featuring a number of business leaders and a keynote speech by Elaine Ruth Jones, the general counsel and Executive Director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. On Saturday, there will be a 30th anniversary celebration of the Office of African-American Affairs.