Mabel O. Wilson co-designed the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers and co-edited Race and Modern Architecture, among other things.
Arnold Joaquin Morazán Erazo was the latest activist murdered in one of the region’s most violent nations, where corruption and drug trafficking are rife. “Regardless of the individuals that were responsible for what happened last night, you have to put this in context. The Honduran government has an international obligation to protect these people and prevent this sort of violence,” said Camilo Sánchez, director of UVA’s International Human Rights clinic.
(Commentary by Margaret Riley, law professor) When President Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19, his doctor pointed to “HIPAA rules and regulations” as the reason he couldn’t speak more freely about Trump’s condition. HIPAA is a medical privacy law, but people often misunderstand what it does and doesn’t do.
A 19-year-old UVA student is dealing with devastating news after battling cancer twice already. Noelle Kuhoric learned weeks ago, during her second year at UVA, that her cancer is back for a third time.
Another who has turned more than just a tidy profit trading forex, Paul Tudor Jones is considered one of the wealthiest traders alive, and as of this year, has a net worth of $6 billion. It might seem like small fry compared to the others so far on this list, but a billion is a billion – and we don’t know many who would turn their noses up at six. After studying at the University of Virginia and graduating with a degree in economics, he turned down an offer to attend the prestigious Harvard Business School, opting instead to work as a commodities trader in the NYSE.
John Rainey said he just wanted to play football and never gave any thought to being a trailblazer. Rainey, who was known as “Raindrop” during a stellar football career at Tazewell High School, is one of four men who will be honored for breaking the color barrier on the UVA football team in 1971. Harrison Davis, Kent Merritt and Stanley Land join Rainey in holding that distinction.
Three fourth-year students at the University of Virginia created “Hoos Distancing,” a guide to help fellow students survive the coronavirus pandemic in Charlottesville.
(Commentary) Eight professors from Virginia’s largest and most prominent universities including three from the University of Virginia contributed to an article that appeared in the Jan. 29 Richmond Times Dispatch stating “As scholars of elections and redistricting, we believe this Amendment represents an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen Virginia’s democracy–one that we cannot afford to miss.”
Biden does seem to be making significant inroads in the industrial north, particularly with white voters — placing him on firmer footing than Hillary Clinton, according to Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia. Also, he said, “that Trump is playing major defense in Iowa, Georgia, and Ohio — three states Biden does not need to win — is a sign of weakness at this point of the race.”
The polling also shows Biden holding a 10-percentage-point lead nationally, with a tighter margin in the battleground states that will help to decide the election. “The candidate who is behind – Trump – needs to win undecideds at a disproportionate rate to catch up. So, if that isn’t happening, he’s not really cutting into Biden’s lead,” said Kyle Kondik, an election analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics.
A new analysis from a team led by James Scheiman, a doctor at UVA Health, indicates nearly one in eight commercially-insured patients nationwide who underwent an elective colonoscopy between 2012 and 2017 performed by an in-network provider received “surprise” bills for out-of-network expenses, often totaling hundreds of dollars or more.
Christopher Ali, a communications policy professor at UVA, said Congress needs to “put its money where its mouth is” and take the lead in an all-hands effort, involving local and state governments and the private sector.
Tom Tom Foundation’s Cities Rising Summit hosted a panel discussion titled “Scaffolding the Journey to Equity” Wednesday night. The focus was how to create systems that promote better access to education, resources and opportunities across economic and racial lines. Panelists from UVA, The Equity Center and Cville 1st Gen participated in the discussion.
(Audio) Report features University of Virginia politics professor Jennifer Lawless, who has published extensive research on women and politics. She discusses gender dynamics in the 2020 elections and women's underrepresentation.
The 1876 contest featured a showdown between two governors: Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, and Democrat Samuel Tilden, of New York. In a smaller America, it took only 185 electoral votes to win (rather than the 270 of today). After the counting was done, Tilden had 184 electoral votes, and Hayes had 166. But the counts in three states were disputed, and both parties claimed victory. Strangely enough, according to UVA historian Michael Holt, the sainted U.S. Constitution was mum on how to proceed. What happened next was a lot of figuring it out on the fly. This would all be arcane his...
After leaving office as governor in 1975, Reagan developed “a radio presence in a way that really puts him in the public consciousness as a conservative voice in America,” says Russell Riley, co-chair of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program. By the time Reagan arrived at the RNC on August 16, 1976, he was a nationally known conservative leader who’d appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” And he trailed the sitting president by fewer than 100 delegates.
Saikrishna Prakash, a professor of law at the University of Virginia, and Amanda Rauh-Bieri, who clerked for Barrett on the 7th Circuit, will also testify along with Laura Wolk, who was a student of Barrett's at Notre Dame Law School.
Expected to be supportive of Barrett is UVA School of Law Professor Saikrishna Prakash, who clerked for Laurence Silberman, the same D.C. Circuit judge Barrett clerked for (Prakash is also a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas).
After debating her nomination, the committee is set to hear from two panels. The second panel will include Democratic and Republican witnesses who are likely to speak on Barrett’s character or in opposition to her confirmation, including Professor Saikrishna Prakash of the UVA School of Law, one of Barrett’s professional colleagues.
UVA law professors Joshua Fischman and Kevin Cope analyzed more than 1,700 cases that the 7th Circuit has heard since Barrett joined the court in 2017, including 378 where Barrett cast a vote, and according to their analysis, Barrett is part of a cluster of conservative judges at the rightmost edge of the 7th Circuit.