‘Mindset’ Author to Speak Tuesday at Annual Ridley Lecture
Kathryn WareStanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of student motivation, will speak Tuesday at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of...
View ArticleOratorio Society of Virginia Concert on Features 20th-Century Masterworks
Dory HulseOn April 6, as spring settles over Central Virginia, the Oratorio Society of Virginia will present choral masterworks reflecting that seasonal theme of renewal and triumph over death and...
View ArticleStanford Scholar To Discuss Maps and the Roman World
UPDATE: Due to weather, the talk has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Scholars' Lab. A scholar of the pre-modern world will give a public talk, “Redrawing the Map of the Roman World,”...
View ArticleFilm Screening and Discussion at U.Va. March 26 To Focus on Bipolar Disorder
Virginia E. CarterThe University of Virginia’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services– better-known on Grounds as “CAPS” – will host a screening of “Of Two Minds,” an award-winning...
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U.Va. Engineering, Commerce Schools To Co-Host Lecture by DuPont CEO Ellen...
Josie Pipkin(REVISED, March 22, 2:07 p.m.) The University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and School of Engineering and Applied Science are co-hosting a dialogue with Ellen Kullman, DuPont...
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Lecture: Current Turmoil in Islamic World Has Parallels In Western History
H. Brevy CannonParallels in Western history to the current turmoil in the Islamic world will be explored March 26 as part of the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences’Endowed Chairs...
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U.Va.’s Ruffin Gallery Exhibit Explores Language as Art in ‘The End of...
Robert Hull(UPDATED, March 26, 2:10 p.m., to delete mention of Final Friday reception)The ways in which language intersects with the material of art is being explored by the McIntire Department of Art...
View ArticleCareer Symposium to Focus on Russia, Eastern Europe
Matt KellyThe Center for Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Virginia will host a career symposium March 28 for U.Va. undergraduate and graduate students with an...
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Faculty Take On Big Questions Quickly and with Humor at ‘Look ‘Hoos Talking’...
Lisa KesslerThe meaning of life, social inequality and Judeo-Christian theory were among the six weighty topics covered by University of Virginia faculty members in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium on...
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DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman Discusses Market-Driven Science, Finding Sustainable...
Mary Summers WhittleEmphasizing the critical importance of tailoring advanced global technologies to meet the needs of distinct local markets, DuPont Chair and CEO Ellen Kullman impressed upon an...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Gov. McDonnell To Speak Friday at U.Va.’s Batten School
H. Brevy CannonThe University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy will host Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell as the 2013 Graduate Batten Council Speaker. McDonnell will...
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Four U.Va. Schools Power Conference April 6 on ‘Contemplation and Medicine’
H. Brevy CannonThis Saturday the University of Virginia will host an interdisciplinary conference on“Contemplation and Medicine in South Asia and Beyond” featuring faculty from four U.Va. schools,...
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‘Traces of the Hand’ Talk by Curator April 9 at U.Va.’s The Fralin Museum of Art
Robert HullCurator Lawrence Goedde will give a lunchtime talk on The Fralin Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Traces of the Hand: Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman,” on...
View Article‘Ancient Songs, Modern Muses,’ Featuring Work by U.Va.’s Jasnow, Opens April 5
“Ancient Songs, Modern Muses” is a joint exhibition of art and poetry from London-based painter John Woodman and Charlottesville poet and classicist Ben Jasnow, a doctoral student in the University of...
View ArticleWayne Betts to Describe Making Films as a Deaf Person April 9
Anne E. BromleyWhat are the possibilities for communicating sound in film – without audio – when you’ve never heard any sound?Wayne Betts Jr., an up-and-coming filmmaker, doesn’t consider that a...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: U.Va. Hosts First Charlottesville Education Startup Weekend
Kathryn WareThe University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education is sponsoring the Charlottesville Education Startup Weekend Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 7. Media are invited to cover the...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: U.Va. Hosts First Charlottesville Education Startup Weekend
Kathryn WareThe University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education is sponsoring the Charlottesville Education Startup Weekend Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 7. Media are invited to cover the...
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Caribbean Theater Takes Center Stage at U.Va. Conference
Robert HullA melange of speech, song and dance that moved between scholarly and celebratory expression took place on Grounds this week.The University of Virginia’s first-ever Caribbean Theater...
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Founder’s Day Tree Planting April 12 to Honor U.Va. President Emeritus Casteen
H. Brevy CannonEach year on Founder’s Day – Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, April 13 – the University of Virginia plants a tree to honor an individual who has made a significant contribution to U.Va. This...
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Broad Thinker Gregory Bateson Focus of Symposium April 10-12
Anne E. Bromley“The major problems in the world today are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think,” anthropologist Gregory Bateson wrote in the 1970s.Bateson – a...
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