The totals are in, and the Virginia Film Festival had a total of 44 sold-out screenings. According to the festival, a cumulative 30,197 total tickets were issued for free and paid events. Ticket sale revenue took in $187,178.
The 2017 Virginia Film Festival saw lower ticket sales and freezing weather, but Jody Kielbasa, director of the festival, said he’s still encouraged by the event’s benefit to downtown businesses and its ability to illuminate diverse topics.
While artists and audiences were enjoying last month’s opening festivities of the TARNANTHI exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, there was another layer of activity going on behind closed doors – one that was equally important to growing the legacy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists. A delegate of curators and museums professionals from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, in America, were gathered to lay plans for a collaboration that would include residencies and a joint touring exhibition across America.
The Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law took on his case and recently filed a petition for writ of actual innocence on his behalf. It states the DNA testing completed in August did not match Phillips’.
On Thursday, the UVA Center for Politics will host the 19th annual American Democracy Conference. It will feature journalists and political experts talking about the upcoming 2018 midterm election cycle, President Donald Trump's first year in office and early thoughts on the 2020 presidential election.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was at the University of Virginia this week – vowing to stay involved in American politics and warning of dangers to the nation’s democracy.
UVA’s Darden School of Business finished second overall on satisfaction with the top score regarding their education. More than 40 percent of alumni regularly donate to the school and fundraising commitments are up 55 percent in the most recent fiscal year.
UVA’s football team recognized a local boy and his best friend we recently featured in 10 News' “Making a Difference” segment. The team named Evan Groves a “Thursday Hero.” Each week, the team honors a kid overcoming tough circumstances.
UVA has regained its momentum. Since 2012, the number of black students in the entering class at UVA is up 41.5 percent. In 2012, blacks and biracial students with African-American heritage made up 7.1 percent of the first-year students. This year the figure is 9.1 percent.
“Lifestyle modification is the cornerstone for treatment of hypertension,” said Dr. Robert Carey of UVA, who helped write the guidelines. Other research, including a new study released just this week, shows the American Heart Association’s DASH diet lowers blood pressure and reduces people’s risk of stroke and heart failure.
Former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is inspiring future female leaders at the University of Virginia. Clinton closed the two-day Women's Global Leadership Forum at UVA on Tuesday, November 14.
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton provided the closing remarks of t UVA’s two-day Women's Global Leadership forum Tuesday afternoon, as part of the University's bicentennial commemoration. Topics included sexism in politics and elsewhere, but also the protection of democracy in the U.S.
Carla Williams may have some mixed emotions this weekend when UVA’s football team takes on Miami. After all, Williams might not be in the position she is now – taking over as UVA’s new athletics director – if not for the Hurricanes’ coach, Mark Richt.
The slim volume written by Deborah and Mark Parker features a bright red lollypop on its cover – a logical image for the work they called “Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy.” Deborah Parker, who teaches Italian at UVA, said that sucking up holds a special place in Dante’s “Inferno.”
UVA is one step closer to owning Brandon Avenue. The Charlottesville Planning Commission has approved a motion that would build a model “student green community.”
Meet Michael Karnjanaprakorn, who founded online learning community, Skillshare, with the mission of using technology to democratize education and learning for people globally. Michael is a graduate of University of Virginia and VCU Brandcenter (Virginia Commonwealth University’s branding and advertising-focused graduate program).
“In the broadest possible picture, NAFTA probably provided a very minor increase in real incomes in the U.S.,” said UVA’s John McLaren, who co-authored a 2016 study documenting NAFTA’s effect on U.S. wages. “But for an important minority of blue-collar people who already had lower wages, it was a big negative ... El Paso was one of the most affected” places.
A palliative care nurse at the UVA Medical Center is one of six finalists in the nation for the Compassionate Caregiver of the Year award.
UVA law professor Leslie Kendrick, a First Amendment expert, said forcing students to stand for the national anthem is “totally unconstitutional.” She and some School Board members cited a 1943 Supreme Court ruling stating public schools could not compel students to salute the American flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance.