U.Va. Spine Surgeons Deemed Among Best in North America
University of Virginia neurosurgeons Dr. Chris Shaffrey and Dr. Justin Smith have been named among the 18 best spine surgeons in North America.The distinction comes from Orthopedics This Week, and is...
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Halloween Trick-or-Treating Tradition Continues Despite Rotunda Renovation
Stephanie DeVeauxThe University of Virginia will host its annual “Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn” on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. This year, Halloween falls during U.Va.’s Family Weekend.U.Va.’s...
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U.Va. Professors Elizabeth Varon and Rita Dove Win Library of Virginia Awards
University of Virginia English professor and poet Rita Dove and historian Elizabeth R. Varon are among several winners of the 17th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards. At an Oct. 18 awards...
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Biomedical Engineer Focuses on Restoring and Regenerating the Body
Moving to the University of Virginia this fall was the next logical step in George Christ’s evolution as a researcher. He holds joint appointments in the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s...
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U.Va. Student Earns Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship in French Language and Literature
Lauren JonesElizabeth Leet, a doctoral candidate in French at the University of Virginia and an English lecturer at the Université Paris-Est Créteil in France, has been chosen the recipient of the Phi...
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Fall Convocation Celebrates University’s Top Faculty, Students
Anne E. BromleyWhile an ensemble of the Cavalier Marching Band played lively music, University of Virginia faculty, administrators and about 400 students in academic regalia followed Grand Marshal...
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L’Oréal USA Names U.Va. Astrophysicist a Women in Science Fellow
Fariss SamarraiSabrina Stierwalt, a University of Virginia post-doctoral astrophysicist, has been named a 2014 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow – one of five female scientists selected from a...
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William Antholis Named New Executive Director of U.Va. Miller Center
Kristy SchantzWilliam Antholis, the managing director of the Brookings Institution who has held key positions at the White House and State Department, has been named the new executive director of the...
View ArticleSusie Hoffman Honored for Work in Ethics of Human Subject Research
Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research presented Susie R. Hoffman, director of the University of Virginia Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research, with its ARENA Legacy Award...
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Thomas Skalak Named Senior Official of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Anthony P. de BruynThomas Skalak, vice president for research at the University of Virginia, has been named the inaugural executive director for science and technology programs at the Paul G. Allen...
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Former Under Secretary of State, U.N. Ambassador Takes Miller Center Post
Thomas R. Pickering, former under secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been named the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller...
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IT Manager Writes Prize-Winning Poems While Riding on the Bus
Anne E. BromleyJeff Baker has figured out how to write poetry in just about any situation, whether it’s riding the bus to work or walking home. He either writes or recites into his cell phone.The...
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New U.Va. Residence Hall, Gibbons House, Named for Former Slave Couple
Anne E. BromleyWilliam and Isabella Gibbons were husband and wife, enslaved by different professors and living in different pavilions in the mid-19th century University of Virginia. Once emancipated,...
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Class of 2015: Devotion to Family Earns SCPS Student a Quick Degree
Jane KellyEditor’s note: In the run-up to Final Exercises on May 16 and 17, UVA Today will introduce readers to some of the outstanding members of the Class of 2015. All of the stories, plus other...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Martin Battestin, Kenan Professor of English Emeritus
Martin Carey Battestin, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Virginia, died May 15 in Gordonsville, Virginia. He was 85.Battestin, born on March 25, 1930, in New York...
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Longtime U.Va. Employees Honored for Serving as Ambassadors in Their Jobs
Anne E. BromleyUPDATED, June 10, 2015, 10:10 a.m., to add corrected departmental affiliations.UPDATED, June 10, 2015, 9:45 a.m. Due to an error, many employees' departmental affiliations were...
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Dr. David S. Wilkes Appointed Dean of U.Va. School of Medicine
Eric SwensenThe University of Virginia today named Dr. David S. Wilkes as dean of the School of Medicine.A board-certified specialist in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, Wilkes is...
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New Professor Delves Into Rock ’n’ Roll’s Identity Crisis
Katie McNallyLong before he ever stood in front of a University of Virginia classroom, wrote for Slate, finished grad school at Harvard, or even finished college himself, Jack Hamilton rocked stages...
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Rare Book School Director Nominated to National Council on the Humanities
Anne E. BromleyPresident Obama last week nominated Michael F. Suarez, director of the Rare Book School and University Professor at the University of Virginia, to serve on the National Council on the...
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Being Thomas Jones: U.Va. Alumnus Talks Family, Football and Fame
Diana WilliamsThe sounds of weights clanging together could make it nearly impossible for the average person to concentrate and hold a conversation, but for Thomas Q. Jones, it’s all in a day’s work....
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Alumna’s ‘Ten Thousand Saints,’ Adapted to Film, Hits the Big Screen This Month
Anne E. BromleyEleanor Henderson wrote her debut novel, “Ten Thousand Saints,” while a creative writing graduate student at the University of Virginia. Now it’s coming out Aug. 14 as a major motion...
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Social Media Startup GYRO Lets Users Do More Than ‘Like’
Will MullanySocial media is centered around people’s opinions: presenting them, reading about them, quantifying them on large scales.A University of Virginia family, too, is focused on people’s...
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Q&A: Basketball Alum Jerome Meyinsse On Brazil, Econ and the 2015 Cavaliers
Caroline NewmanWhen former University of Virginia basketball player Jerome Meyinsse returns to Grounds, he always makes two stops: John Paul Jones Arena, home of the men’s basketball team, and Monroe...
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What’s in a Voice? The Debate Over ‘Vocal Fry’ and What It Means for Women
Jane KellyBest-selling feminist author Naomi Wolf created a firestorm in July when she published an open letter to millennial women. Ditch the vocal fry, she said, or risk not being taken seriously.But...
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New Curator Ushers In Exciting Semester at U.Va.’s Art Museum
Caroline NewmanFollowing an extensive, nationwide search, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia has appointed Rebecca Schoenthal, a professor in U.Va.'s art history department, as the...
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