As new technology companies continue to percolate in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, the University of Virginia wants to know if its graduates can help provide more of the talent. “Every May, we have over 3,500 students largely leaving this area and going elsewhere in the country,” said Pat Hogan, executive vice president and chief operating […]
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Planning Commission gets early look at King Street rezoning
The city of Charlottesville has yet to begin a small-area plan for Cherry Avenue, but one developer is seeking a rezoning to help turn the street into more than just a way to get to the University of Virginia Medical Center. “We think this area is calling out for small apartments to meet the needs […]
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Acting boldly, embracing failure Encouragement the highlight of Darden entrepreneurship conference
Claire Mitchell and Sara Yeatman Currier took a roundabout path to starting a small business. Both have full-time careers in education — Mitchell as a research associate at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and Yeatman Currier as a teacher at Brownsville Elementary School — and young families. The two founded […]
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Design task force weighs in on UVa projects
A city committee charged with reviewing designs for public spaces learned more Thursday about the University of Virginia’s plans to redevelop land in the Ivy Road corridor. “We’re talking about [an area] from the intersection of Ivy and Emmet to Copeley Road,” said Alice Raucher, who was named as the UVa architect in July 2015. […]
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UVa researchers recommend exploring private investment for funding pre-K for 3-year-olds
A division of the University of Virginia recently recommended that Albemarle County and Charlottesville take a serious look at using private investment to fund preschool programs for economically disadvantaged 3-year-olds. The Pay for Success Lab, which operates out of the Social Entrepreneurship program at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public […]
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At UVa conference, experts outline need for alternative assessments
As school divisions across the country seek ways to adopt teaching methods that provoke critical thinking rather than fact memorization, educators must find new methods to measure students’ progress. Moving from student achievement assessments that measure knowledge to assessments that measure a students’ ability to learn and think is not a new idea, but it […]
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Safety marks winning entry of UVa vortex
Fourth annual event focused on Ivy Road area A design in which University Hall is converted into an academic center and connected to a redeveloped Ivy Road won the University of Virginia School of Architecture’s fourth annual Vortex Sunday. Hannah Barefoot, a graduate student in landscape architecture, said the overriding theme of her team’s entry […]
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President Sullivan: Ivy Road is “fertile ground” for future UVA public space
The president of the University of Virginia has told students at the School of Architecture that their work during the 4th annual Vortex will improve the institution. “One of the things that the Ivy Road and Emmet Street corridor could be for us is a new gateway for the University,” said Teresa Sullivan on Monday […]
