Contraceptive devices might be getting smaller—patches that are paper thin, hormone pills that are low dose—but Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge (PPBR) is in final negotiations to supersize itself. It wants to merge with a North Carolina affiliate—a move organization officials say aims to help women retain their reproductive rights in Virginia. It’s an […]
When Wayne Russell threw the switch that set aglow thousands of string lights across the UVA Lawn for the annual Lighting of the Lawn on November 30, his holiday decorating was officially over for the year. “This is my Christmas decorations,” he said, pointing to the lights. “Besides the tree, I’m not doing any more at home.”
Anyone who believes “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” clearly hasn’t seen catering companies and restaurants haul in free meals for hungry hospital or medical clinic staff nationwide—paid for by pharmaceutical companies that in return get to shill their newest drugs. Ethically questionable, such free lunches could soon be things of the past […]
If you’re a UVA student, you probably had a nice nine-day vacation last week (well, unless you visited family). But for the workers at the University’s facilities operations department, when the students were away, there was simply no time to play. “When the students are here, it’s going 24-7 most of the time. During the […]
When UVA’s Darden School of Business announced last year that it would offer an M.B.A. for Executives programâan opportunity for those already in the business world to earn a degree in 22 monthsâit was putting its lofty reputation on the line. In an already saturated marketplace of schools with similar programs, UVA was getting an acknowledged late start.
When former Virginia Governor Mark Warner announced last month he would not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, he left not only a hoard of disappointed supporters eager for somebody other than Hillary Clinton, but also roughly $9.8 million in political contributions. Those contributions to Forward Together, his Alexandria-based political action committee (PAC), […]
With the newly christened addition of the $43 million Wilsdorf Hall, UVA isn’t just touting a brand spankin’ new engineering building. In what’s being seen as an already developing worldwide nanotech research scramble, the University is jockeying for a position as one of the county’s top nanotechnology institutes, with no intention of being left behind. […]
Although “Victim Witness Specialist” may sound like the newest “Law & Order” series, it’s actually a real job title in the criminal justice system. And this year, the U.S. Justice Department honored Charlottesville’s Veronica Massie for her work in providing support, assistance and aid to victims of federal crimes. One of two victim-witness specialists for […]
It doesn’t take a psychologist to tell you child development is slower than most parents would like. But it did take one to find a way to speed things up a bit.
In 1936, “Jefferson’s University” so wanted to maintain its segregated self that it implemented a unique admissions policy for dealing with black applicants. Its forward-thinking solution? The best and brightest African American minds were paid to go anywhere but UVAâ”anywhere” usually being a blacks-only college, according to a new weekly tour of UVA’s African American history.