The age of Innocence: “One thing this book taught me,” John Grisham said of his upcoming work of nonfiction, “there are a lot of innocent people in prison.” Like a defense attorney well practiced at making a closing argument, John Grisham promised to speak with “no notes” when, last Thursday, he addressed several hundred UVA […]
When Dave Matthews finally telephones from the West Coast, he’s 30 minutes late. And full of apologies. “On the rare occasion that I can say it had nothing to do with me I will claim complete innocence,” he says, placing guilt elsewhere. “I hate being late. It makes me sick.”
Working out of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, Ann Mills and Patty Tereskerz research ethics and policy in health care. They’re not, as Mills says, “basic scientists.” Rather, they examine how policies and legislation concerning research—specifically biomedical research—affect scientific pursuits. In July they published an article in Nature Biotechnology that questions whether recent suggestions from […]
There could hardly have been a more fitting show to establish expectations for the John Paul Jones Arena, nor to highlight all of what can happen in that vast space, than Cirque du Soleil, which opened UVA’s new arena on Wednesday night, August 1 with a double-jointed rumination on the stages of man known as “Delirium.”
Usually a time for such games of skill as Spot-the-Greatest-Weight-Gain and Try-to-Remember-Foxfield, UVA Reunions Weekend have adopted a more serious purpose in recent years—namely, they are increasingly becoming fundraising occasions for the University. At more than $42 million, the 2006 giving, culminating with June’s reunion events, represented a 43 percent increase over 2005 figures. And, […]
Few are the reasons we would interrupt an architect on charette, that deadline-crazed period just before a design is due, but when we heard that Judith Kinnard was getting ready to meet Brad Pitt, well, we had to give the UVA architecture prof a call. O.K., she’s not exactly getting ready to meet Mr. World […]
Looks aren\’t everything, but, according to a recent survey, a majority of college students think that looks count for a lotâat least when it comes to buildings.
When the top brass of Qroe Companies rolled through town last week to unveil its plans for the 2,300-acre Scott Farm located nine miles south of Charlottesville, they wanted to make sure everyone knew that theirs is not the standard by-rights rural development plan.
There are certain words that, through sheer overuse, lose all meaning. “Natural” would be an example. (Is there any such thing as an unnatural egg?) “Green” is another one, describing everything from floor wax to insulation to architectural theories.
Few people get to work earlier than Roger Burchett. Bo Sykes and Whitney Holmes do, but as early-morning anchors of the live broadcast from the Charlottesville Newsplex, they have good reason to haul their tails to work by 2:00 in the morning. But Burchett, general manager of the operation that Gray Television established 18 months […]