This week we hear from Kulwant Rai, Research Director for the Tayloe Murphy Center at Darden, who discusses issues specific to the Latino community and banking. In the headlines: “DSA Helps Pakistan,” “Faculty Entrepreneurship,” and “The Value of the Media.”
09.21.10
Native Haitian and Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Virginia, Robert Fatton, joins Coy to discuss the recovery of his home country.
Darden welcomes Abena Forman as the new host of the Darden BusinessCast. In her first episode, Abena speaks with Professor Greg Fairchild, Executive Director of the Tayloe Murphy Center, about the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards. In the news headlines: “Welcoming Our Students,” “2nd Year Student Awards,” “Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” and “Studying the Crisis in the Gulf.”
8.11.10- Ed Murphy, Astronomer and Professor at the University of Virginia, updates Coy on the latest in space news. Today’s topics include the ability to see Venus, Mars, and Saturn in the western night sky for the next couple of days and the ability to see the Perseid Meteor Shower for the next two nights. Ed Murphy also filled Coy in on the recent happenings on the Space Station.
8.3.10: Dan Willingham, a professor at the University of Virginia and author of Why Don’t Students Like School, talks to Coy about education. Today’s topics include the Virginia Standards of Learning, merit pay raises, early education, and charter schools. At the close, Dan offers his advice to parents of students who will be returning to school in a couple of weeks.
8.2.10- Tom Guterbock, the Directer of the Center for Survey Research at the University of Virginia, joins Coy live in studio for an exclusive conversation about the results of a multi-year study of immigration laws in Prince William County, Va– the closest thing Virginia has to laws passed in Arizona.