After months of rumors, innuendo, leaks and mea culpas, the other shoe has finally dropped in the ongoing gift scandal surrounding former first couple Bob and Maureen McDonnell. On January 21, 2014, both were named as co-conspirators in a federal indictment that alleges, among other things, that they—separately and together—are guilty of wire fraud, false […]
After months of rumors, innuendo, leaks and mea culpas, the other shoe has finally dropped in the ongoing gift scandal surrounding former first couple Bob and Maureen McDonnell. On January 21, 2014, both were named as co-conspirators in a federal indictment that alleges, among other things, that they—separately and together—are guilty of wire fraud, false […]
The year in living… 6 Chefs moved from one restaurant to another Musical chefs, anyone? Charlottesville’s food and drink scene is ever changing, and this year, at least half a dozen chefs switched kitchens. Renowned sushi chef Hihishiro Tauchi left Ten to open Kokoro, Curtis Shaver swapped his post at Duner’s for one at […]
I can barely feel my toes, and I’m wishing I’d grabbed an extra sweatshirt before leaving the house. I’ve just spent entirely too much money on an 8″ pepperoni pizza and a Diet Pepsi in a souvenir Cavaliers cup I have no intention of keeping, and the November sun is blinding me as I squint at […]
In 10 months, a massive helium balloon will drift upward from the New Mexico desert to the edge of space, expanding to the size of a football field before it reaches a stopping point 23 miles above Earth. On a platform attached to it will be a tiny sub-orbital satellite, the result of nearly a […]
Last Tuesday afternoon, 300 people assembled cross-legged on the Lawn outside UVA’s Rotunda as famed spiritual leader and M.D. Deepak Chopra led a mass meditation session. “Hold your hand up like this,” he said into his mic. Up went hundreds of fists. If the hand was a brain, “this would be your spinal cord, and […]
Funding for the National Institutes of Health was thrust into the spotlight last week as canceled clinical trials for cancer patients became another flashpoint in the ongoing government shutdown standoff in Washington, D.C. The agency may serve as a high-profile pawn in a partisan budget battle, but for local researchers who depend on NIH grants, […]
The dean of UVA’s College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Meredith Jung-En Woo, announced in a letter to students and faculty Monday that she will step down next May. Woo came to UVA from the University of Michigan in 2008 on a five-year contract. It was extended for an additional year last spring. […]
When former cycling champion Lance Armstrong finally admitted to doping on Oprah in January, Darden professor Erika Hayes James saw a teachable moment. “I was watching the interview, and I kept thinking about this organization he founded, and the implications for it being so connected to Lance Armstrong,” said James, whose academic focus is on […]
In a preliminary report released earlier this week, a University of Virginia panel proposed that the Commonwealth’s flagship university take significant steps toward operating more like a private school. Jenna Johnson at the Washington Post broke the story of the 11-page report earlier this week. It was drafted in April by the UVA Strategic Planning […]
Last month, UVA announced big changes to its health insurance plans, citing increasing costs pushed higher by pending mandates from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Premiums are going up by $40 a month, and the spouses of employees who can get coverage through their own employers are no longer eligible. The ripple effect of the overhaul by […]