(Commentary by Zachary Rosenthal, a student double majoring in media studies and in leadership and public policy) For some people, the weather is more than a conversation starter. An American Meteorological Society survey found that most meteorologists developed a passion for the weather in their late elementary school years. As an elementary schooler, I read every piece of weather literature that I could. That said, it is never too late to discover your passion, learn about the weather and become the go-to weather geek for your friends and family.
A UVA Health epidemiologist says that while there are a slew of data points and statistics released each day, there are a few that are more important to keep track of. Dr. Bill Petri says the goal is to keep the percent positive of people tested below 10%. Right now, Virginia is trending down and is currently at 7%.
“We have about two-thirds of residents who are concerned at the pace of growth – they consider it either a little too fast or much too fast,” Kara Fitzgibbon, the director of the Center for Survey Research at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, told the Board of Supervisors earlier this month.
Five UVA students found themselves with some free time last year and created Arbitrage, an internet-based clothing business fueled by savvy social media use and sharp focus on the trends and proclivities of their customer base of UVA students.
(Commentary by Andrew W. Kahrl, professor of history and African American studies) History is repeating itself as pools, beaches and clubs open – but mostly for the privileged few.
Eric Houpt, head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at UVA Health, said it could take another month to fully understand the effects of the loosened restrictions in Virginia, Maryland and the District – and the mass street protests and demonstrations this month in the nation’s capital, Richmond and elsewhere.
John Swofford, the most transformative and longest-serving commissioner in ACC history, is retiring next June.
Aaliyah Pitts, the Virginia 6A player of the year at Woodbridge High School in 2019, is one of seven women’s basketball recruits announced by the University of Virginia on Thursday.
The University of Virginia announced its football players may return to campus for voluntary workouts beginning July 5, and released a timeline for team practices this summer.
The Oklahoma City Thunder announced that the club signed guard Luguentz Dort to a multi-year contract on Wednesday and followed it up by setting plans in motion to fill the two-way slot on their roster with UVA graduate Devon Hall. By rule, each NBA team is allowed to have 17 players under contract, 15 of whom are under “standard” NBA contracts and two players on “two-way” contracts, which essentially allow them to split time with a G League affiliate.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Vijay Shanker as a judge to the highest court in the nation’s capital. He earned his BA, cum laude, from Duke University and his J.D. from the UVA School of Law, where he served as a Notes Editor for the Virginia Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.
A new statue outside the US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks pays tribute to Yeardley Love, a Notre Dame Preparatory School alumna and University of Virginia lacrosse player who was killed 10 years ago.
The third segment in the series is titled “Confederate Statues: Heritage or Hatred.” It focuses on the issues related to the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue that sparked the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in August 2017 and Zyahna Bryant, a University of Virginia student whose activism and organizing efforts sparked the movement to remove the monument.
The transcript includes remarks from Ellen Yates, a fourth-year student working on a campaign to encourage students to comply with public health guidelines.
Early election results showed Black and other minority candidates putting up strong performances in several contests. “It may be that the recent focus on Black Lives Matter and racial inequities in policing opened Democratic voters’ eyes even more to Black candidates,” said Kyle Kondik, an elections analyst at the University of Virginia.
People of color whose own culture and heritage wasn’t considered when those statues were erected a century or more ago now have a voice. It’s their time to be heard – unless louder voices upstage them. It has happened before. Larry Sabato, a longtime University of Virginia political science professor and founding leader of UVA’s Center for Politics, saw lawless and extremist groups hijacked earnest protests for their own destructive ends during his youth in the 1960s. “Civil protests eventually deteriorate, only to be taken over by fringe types. I personally saw that in the Vietnam era,” he sa...
Larry Sabato, founder of the Center for Politics and a UVA political science professor, said the death total in Florida will play a key role for DeSantis’ political reputation if the spike continues. But he doubted the governor would suffer much in a Republican presidential primary in 2024. “Republican activists are skeptical of masks and distancing, cheer President Trump for not wearing one, and have made it a machismo sign of manhood and patriotism not to pay any attention to scientists and health professionals,” Sabato said. “Since DeSantis is being seen as a member of the tough guy caucus,...
The stay-at-orders that shut down or reduced business activity in states around the country have been a source of frustration, even to people who support them. And men and women whose job status is determined by voters are certainly aware of the potential effect their actions can have at the ballot box, said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan political analysis and handicapping newsletter from the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “You’d have to be fooling yourself if you think an elected official wouldn’t take politics into account,” he said.
Trump’s campaign has taken to ridiculing Biden for remaining in the shadows, Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics wrote in a recent newsletter. “They need to draw Biden out and hope he makes mistakes, so Trump can make himself look better by comparison.”
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said the numbers show Trump “is in a polling slump and he’s in a bad position for reelection as the incumbent,” but they aren’t “even vaguely predictive.”