University of Virginia

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan plans to speak for the next Professional Women’s Leadership Luncheon Series on June 19 in Virginia Beach. Prior to being the university’s eighth president, Sullivan was provost at the...

Robert Lee Lyles Jr., who had two careers in his 69 years and excelled at each, died May 27 at his home in Annapolis. A scientist, physician and state policy adviser, Dr. Lyles "was a modern renaissance man with a tremendous curiosity," said Gene Ransom,...

For more than a decade, the online dating site eHarmony has pitched itself as a company that matches singles with romantic partners who are looking for lifelong relationships. Now a study funded by the Santa Monica-based firm offers scientific evidence...

A Martinsville man has admitted federal charges that he falsely reported a gunman in January at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. The Bristol Herald Courier reports that Bryant Alexander Hairston entered his guilty plea Friday in U.S....

Virginia pitchers have one complete game the last two seasons combined, a stretch of 116 contests. Chris Rowley, Army’s almost-certain starter Friday versus the Cavaliers in the NCAA tournament, has completed 12 of 28 outings in the same two years....

A year after his celebrated transfer from Alabama, quarterback Phillip Sims’ Virginia career is finished, his time here marked by distraction and disappointment rather than victories and touchdowns. For this Sims has no one to blame but himself....

 The University of Virginia's capital campaign has exceeded its $3 billion goal.   The university says in a news release that it received donations from more than 220,000 individuals and corporations.   More than 220,000 individuals and corporations...

Charles Steger was not the most visible or vocal proponent of Virginia Tech athletics. But as Hokie Nation reflects on his retirement after nearly 14 years as university president, there’s no questioning his advocacy or appreciation for major...

The TV career of Edgar Allan Jones Jr. began with a phone call in early 1958 from a producer who needed to cast someone knowledgeable about the law. Although Jones taught law full time at UCLA, he was nervous at the prospect of auditioning: His only...

Birthrates were dramatically reduced during the recession among women who did not finish high school, a development that far outpaced the drop among women with higher levels of education, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. Between 2008...

For golfer Marisa Messana, the process of finding the perfect college turned out to be as challenging and rewarding as sinking a birdie putt on the final hole to win a tournament. Messana, 17, a junior at American Heritage in Plantation, where she is...

South Dakota’s early citizens thought higher education to be so important that they amended the state constitution in 1896 to establish the Board of Regents  One of the board’s nine seats is reserved for a state university student.   The...