As Scottsville works on a vision to revitalize its long-dormant Hyosung Tire plant, the town is inviting residents to participate in the process. The southern Albemarle hamlet has been working with UVA School of Architecture students, associate professor Seth McDowell and Aaron Arnett with consulting firm Arnett Muldrow & Associates on what the potential redevelopment could look like.
For adults who have autism, finding employment can be tough. The Virginia Institute of Autism wants to do something about that. This summer, VIA launched VIAble Ventures, a program aimed at providing meaningful employment to Central Virginia adults on the autism spectrum. The first venture, a candle-making business, is getting set to launch. Greg Pitsenberger, VIAble program director, developed the idea with the help of the 10-week Incubator Program at the University of Virginia i.Lab, where entrepreneurs receive support and flesh out business ideas.
The University of Virginia’s endowment has increased by nearly $1 billion during the past fiscal year. The Daily Progress reports that the university’s endowment jumped from $8.6 billion last year to $9.5 billion this year.
In schools across the country, students are put onto a certain "track" in math, allowing advanced students go at a faster pace, while those who are struggling get more time to learn the basics. But research is starting to question whether that helps or hurts students. Robert Berry, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and a professor at UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development, discusses math education.
UVA history and African-American studies professor Andrew Kahrl discusses the challenges many African-American homeowners face in getting recovery assistance after floods. He says in many cases, it's difficult for residents to prove they own the land.
Known as a "public Ivy," the University of Virginia, ranked No. 10, offers in-state students a top-notch education at a reasonable price. What's more, students live and study inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site, featuring a spectacularly beautiful campus designed by founder Thomas Jefferson.
The University of Virginia’s endowment returned 11.4 percent for the fiscal year ended June 30, easily beating its benchmark of 7.6 percent, and bringing its total asset value to $9.5 billion, up from $8.6 billion at the same time last year.
(Video) A health clinic in Charlottesville that was closed for two years is back open thanks to efforts from UVA’s School of Nursing.
A new study from a UVA researcher has revealed gaps in some HIV medical providers' knowledge of the Affordable Care Act.
“Men commit the overwhelming majority of mass shootings for basically the same reasons they commit most violent crimes,” Dewey G. Cornell, a licensed forensic clinical psychologist and director of UVA’s Virginia Youth Violence Project, told CNN in April.
Political analysts from UVA’s Center for Politics say that while the 5th District is very competitive, both candidates will need to play to their strengths and appeal to undecided voters on Thursday night. “Both candidates are going to be making pitches to their base, while also trying to use those pitches to make appeals to the few Independent voters who are really going to show up and vote,” Geoffrey Skelley, the media relations coordinator at the Center for Politics, said.
After a decade of strong growth, the population of Virginia’s cities may be leveling off, says Hamilton Lombard with UVA’s Demographics Research Group. The rising cost of housing in Virginia cities is pushing households into neighboring counties, he says.
“There’s limited evidence that campaign appearances by surrogates really matter all that much,” Geoffrey Skelley, an associate editor and political analyst at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the UVA Center for Politics’ nonpartisan political handicapping newsletter, said. But Skelley said if Trump did campaign for Republicans, it should be in places where he’s popular. Nevada is not one of those places, according to a poll from Morning Consult, which found back in August that 46 percednt of voters approve of the job Trump is doing.
University of Virginia Health System began construction on its new musculoskeletal center, according to WVIR TV. Here are five things to know.
(Commentary) I also like to know how places vote. For the 2016 election, I refer to a pretty incredible interactive precinct-level map The Times published this year. I draw information from the Census Bureau on things like demographics, population change and housing stock. The University of Virginia’s Racial Dot Map, based on the 2010 census, is a fantastic resource for eyeballing patterns of racial segregation; also, it’s just beautiful to look at. And I spend a lot of time lurking on the housing market in other cities through sites like Trulia and Zillow.
On Tuesday, followers of America’s most-polled Senate race got a new toy to play with: A Quinnipiac survey gave Republican Sen. Ted Cruz a nine-point lead, the biggest margin anyone’s found for months. Then, on Wednesday morning, a new poll. This one, from Reuters and the University of Virginia, shows something entirely different: that O’Rourke is on top for the first time ever.
The University of Virginia will now offer up to eight weeks of paid parental leave to full-time employees following the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child, the university said last week.
(Video) UVA medical students got a firsthand look at what it means to be a doctor for refugees through a lecture at Pinn Hall.
Melody Barnes says citizens in the United States have important rights and responsibilities. The co-director for policy and public affairs at UVA’s Democracy Initiative says it requires we participate and be educated about our country.
William Ruddiman, emeritus paleoclimatologist at UVA and a co-author on the paper, first posited this theory 15 years ago while studying methane and carbon dioxide trapped in Antarctic ice going back tens of thousands of years. He discovered something unusual, and he has been working over the years to test it.