While The Admit List’s mentors include students from top universities (founder OmikaSuryawanshi is a Jefferson Scholar at UVA), the program aims to help high school students apply to schools within their personal reach. “Some students will want to apply to Ivies,” Suryawanshi said; but for a lot of students just applying to a two-year program at their local community college can be a “huge first step.”
In the course of generations, heirs tend to disperse and lose any connection to the land. Speculators can buy off the interest of a single heir, and just one heir or speculator, no matter how minute his share, can force the sale of an entire plot through the courts. Andrew Kahrl, a UVA associate professor of history and African-American studies, said that even small financial incentives can have the effect of turning relatives against one another, and developers exploit these divisions.
“Communications satellites provide television, telephone, and data services between two widely distant locations,” said Dr. W. Bernard Carlson, a professor in UVA’s Department of Engineering and Society.
(Commentary) I called Siva Vaidhyanathan, an expert on Facebook and its effects on society, the director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia and the author of “Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.” He said that just as Libra was designed to be resistant to speculation, it was built to discourage the nefarious activities, like buying drugs and votes, that l really need.
Since March 2016, McDonald has served as the chief diversity officer for the University of Missouri System and MU’s vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, positions that were created in response to student demands following campus protests in 2015. In the fall, McDonald will head to the University of Virginia to assume a position as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
A recent paper commissioned by the NSW Department of Education sheds light on the importance of critical thinking skills in the future, strategies to teach critical thinking and the kinds of programs that do and don’t work. In “How to Teach Critical Thinking,” UVA’s Dr. Daniel Willingham begins with addressing the content knowledge versus skills debate surrounding critical thinking, a crude binary that ignores the necessity of both. Willington then gives a definition of what it is to think critically, arguing that it involves thinking in ways that are novel, self-directed and effective.&n...
Features Chris Lu, who served as deputy secretary of Labor during the Obama Administration and is currently a senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center.
(Commentary by Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik of the Center for Politics) Farewell Ross Perot; Senate races on the fringe of the competitive map; the curious case of Justin Amash.
(Commentary by Samuel Lengen, research associate at UVA’s Data Science Institute) New proposed legislation by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Josh Hawley seeks to protect privacy by forcing tech companies to disclose the “true value” of their data to users. As a researcher exploring the ethical and political implications of digital platforms and big data, I’m sympathetic to the bill’s ambition of increasing transparency and empowering users. However, estimating the value of user data isn’t simple and won’t, I believe, solve privacy issues.
Thousands of women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. A partnership between two universities in Virginia may be the key to the next cervical cancer treatment. The research is a partnership between Virginia Tech, where work is done in the lab, and the UVA Cancer Center, where patients come for treatment.
University of Virginia has received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards. The award will support the work of researchers statewide, including experts at Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic.
Andrew Barr, an assistant professor of economics at Texas A&M University, along with Kelli Bird, an assistant professor of education at the University of Virginia, and Ben Castleman, an associate professor of education at UVA, tracked the effects of a monthlong outreach campaign that used text messages to inform students at the Baltimore community college about their student loan debt. Their research shows more student borrowing is connected to greater academic success – at least at community colleges – and indicates reduced borrowing could lead to higher loan defaults.
A team of UVA engineers reviewed data from nearly 23,000 crashes and concluded there are some big problems with car safety systems. Sandy Hausman reports that women and people over 65 are at extra risk.
The UVA study found belted female auto occupants have 73% greater odds of being seriously injured compared to males. The difference in risk is greatest for injury to the lower extremities, but also occurs with several other types of injury.
University of Virginia students agree that being a slaveholder was a stain on former President Thomas Jefferson's legacy, but differ in their views on whether it made him unworthy of being honored through campus events.
The author of “Say Again, Yes,” an alumna of UVA’s Creative Writing Program, is interviewed on “The Literary Life” podcast.
This fall, UVA’s College at Wise will provide each full-time student, faculty and staff member with an iPad, Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard. UVA-Wise is committed to boosting innovative teaching and academic success on its campus and enhancing the educational experience in the classroom and beyond
In 1827, one Joseph Atterley (a pseudonym for George Tucker, a UVA professor who had once been a U.S. congressman) wrote “A Voyage to the Moon.” Atterley traveled in a copper vessel powered by “lunarium,” an antigravitational metal (repelled by the Earth, but attracted to the moon) discovered in Burma.
Reggie Leonard, associate director for career connections and community engagement at UVA’s Data Science Institute and School of Engineering and Applied Science, is an avid supporter of companies’ effort to invest in local organizations.
Before heading into his first year at UVA, swimmer Dylan Cudahy was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Soon after starting training for the Wahoos his first year, he had to make the decision to step away, leaving behind one of his life's biggest passions – until the opportunity to lead his childhood swim team at Hollymead opened up.