Dewey Cornell, professor at UVA’s Curry School of Education who has studied school safety for decades, said gunshot detection systems are not practical or cost-effective because school shootings are extremely rare. "School budgets are tight, and funds need to be allocated where they’re going to be most effective," he said. "The average school has a fatal shooting every 6,000 years."
“Gillespie is a political pro, but he’s being squeezed by Corey Stewart and Trump on one side, and on the other by voters who don’t want anything to do with Trump or Corey Stewart,” says Larry Sabato, founder and director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “He’s got a very narrow path to victory.”
UVA professor Allen Lynch told The Hill that Nikonov's comments were not meant as a confession that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, but were intended to mock the U.S. "His point in making the remark was that if the U.S. can’t protect the integrity of its own electoral system, then how powerful can it really be?" Lynch told The Hill.
Vyacheslav Nikonov, a member of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, appeared Sunday night on a show hosted by presenter Vladimir Solovyov that focused on whether U.S. global influence was in decline. UVA professor Allen Lynch, an expert on Russian foreign policy, told the Hill that Nikonov was not so much explaining Russia's influence during the U.S. election as discussing how the chaos of the fallout was emblematic of U.S. decline. 
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Rachel Narr wasn't popular in high school. She was no wears-pink-on-Wednesdays "Mean Girl." She wasn't the cheerleader who dated the quarterback. But she said that she had strong friendships, and one exceptionally close comrade meant a lot to Narr during her teen years. When it comes to that friend, "I suppose in many ways she is the inspiration for a lot of my work on teen friendships," said Narr, now a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Virginia.
As insurer after insurer has dropped out of the individual market, more than 66,000 residents in 58 Virginia cities and counties could be left with no coverage and no options next year. "Really, the big problem was when Anthem pulled out, because Anthem had 200,000 enrollees," said Carolyn Engelhard, director of the health policy program in the department of public health sciences at the UVA School of Medicine.
The University of Virginia is still one of the top 25 colleges in the U.S., according to the 2018 U.S. News & World Report National University ranking, released Tuesday.
The only sector where a majority of colleges and universities reported meeting their goals was public doctoral institutions, of which 59 percent said that they had met their target by May 1. Public research universities include institutions, including the University of Virginia, that are among the most competitive in admissions in the country. They have a strong base within their state and popularity out of state, including with international students who are increasingly important to the enrollment strategies of many American colleges.
A landmark clinical trial that followed more than 27,000 subjects for roughly 18 years has offered some conclusive evidence that neither the hype nor the grim warnings about hormone-replacement therapy were warranted. “This study is just one more piece of reassuring data in line with our findings,” said Dr. JoAnn V. Pinkerton, a UVA professor of obstetrics and gynecology and chair of the panel that drafted that position statement.
As Hurricane Harvey hammered the Houston area and its flood-stricken residents, athletics officials at the University of Houston issued calls for help to their counterparts around the country. UVA is among those answering.
UVA professor Allen Lynch, an expert on Russian foreign policy, told the Hill that Nikonov was not so much explaining Russia's influence during the U.S. election as discussing how the chaos of the fallout was emblematic of U.S. decline. “His point in making the remark was that if the U.S. can’t protect the integrity of its own electoral system, then how powerful can it really be?” wrote Lynch in an email.
The University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and the College of William & Mary consistently rank among the best public universities in the country, and the state is home to six of the top 90 “value schools” as ranked by Kiplinger. Similarly, Money magazine ranked 19 schools in Virginia as among the “best colleges for your money.”
Forbes is working with schools across the U.S with strengths in different areas, including UVA, to ensure that a diverse set of high-achieving students from many universities engages in the program.
UVA’s Darden School of Business could expand into two upper floors of a Rosslyn office building. Under plans before the Arlington County Board for its Saturday meeting, building owner Monday Properties wants to convert existing office space at 1100 Wilson Blvd on the 30th and 31st floors to educational use.
UVA is still one of the top 25 colleges in the U.S., according to the 2018 U.S. News & World Report National University ranking, released Tuesday. UVA came in at No. 25 on this year’s list, down from No. 24 a year ago, but still in the coveted top 50. The Charlottesville school was also named the third-best public university in the U.S.
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Georgetown University in D.C. and the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, remain the top three universities in the wider D.C. area, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
The University of Virginia ranks No. 3 under Public National Universities.
Building the skill levels of current employees requires expanding in-house training beyond the traditional one-day, off-site approach. UVA business professor Ed Hess foresees corporate human resources being transformed into human development. “HR has to become ‘HD’ because the education system can’t produce what companies need.”
While the wealth gap between married couples and single people is large here, the phenomenon isn’t unique to Seattle. “What we’ve seen since the 1980s is that marriage is increasingly the preserve of the more educated and affluent Americans,” said W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
The report confirms that Albemarle County (the University of Virginia’s principal location, and the region’s leading jobs engine) serves as the dominant location of the region’s job growth, with 5,676 net added jobs.