The debate over the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which at first addressed only racial discrimination, included a key moment when U.S. Rep. Howard Smith, a powerful Virginia Democrat, inserted “sex” into the bill in a way that led many to believe he was trying to tank it. The gesture backfired – and the bill passed. “Women get equality on paper because of a political stunt,” says Jennifer Lawless, Commonwealth Professor of Politics at UVA.

They were four kids, baby faced and slender, wide-eyed and talented. They were barely of legal driving age. But they had grand visions. One summer 2016 afternoon, as they walked from John Paul Jones Arena to the old Cavalier Inn, Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome, Jay Huff and De’Andre Hunter contemplated their future. What if, the four Virgina freshmen imagined, they could help Virginia be among the best teams in the ACC in three years time? Fast-forward to March 12.

Heightened sensory perception in toddlers with autism predicts sleep problems at around age 7, according to a new study. The findings suggest that sensory sensitivities interfere with sleep in children with autism. They also hint that adjusting for these sensitivities – by minimizing background light or noise at bedtime, for example – could ease the children’s sleep difficulties.

Tucked away down an inconspicuous rural lane in the seaside village of Oyster is the home of one of the longest-running coastal research projects in the nation — the Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research project. The UVA Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center, directed by Cora Johnston, houses the project, among its other missions.

Serious applicants should consult leading rankings beyond U.S. News, and should pore over the law school data freely available from the ABA to create their own individualized weightings and formulas. And there are many superb national schools beyond this triumvirate, including the University of Chicago, Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia, among others.

High school students in Albemarle County got a chance to tackle real-world health issues by teaming up with the University of Virginia. Students from the Health & Medical Sciences Academy, a magnet program at Monticello High School, faced off Tuesday in a competition at the Darden School of Business.

An important area for teachers to understand is that students will remember the content that they think about the most – the reason why they recall some facts and forget others, UVA psychology professor Daniel Willingham said. When planning lessons, this principle can help teachers consider what material students are more likely to remember when they need to.

According to data from the University of Virginia, the Appalachia region of Virginia has an overwhelming amount of people facing obesity and diabetes. On Tuesday, students from UVA and area high schools put their heads together for some winning solutions to tackle this health crisis.

(Commentary by Lois Shepherd, UVA co-director of studies in reproductive ethics and justice) Some laws directly delay abortion, like mandatory counseling and waiting periods. Some are less direct, placing unnecessary and expensive regulations on clinics in an effort to close them down. These obstacles do not ultimately deter most abortions. They are just delayed. But delays mean a more developed fetus that starts looking more like a baby. That makes abortion morally more difficult for the pregnant person, for the providers, for everyone. It also makes the abortion riskier.