(Commentary) The VMFA’s decision to place Wiley’s statue within walking distance of a road famous for its assembly of Confederate monuments touches on a common compromise posited in the monuments debate. Instead of tearing down statues, proponents argue, communities should commission memorials celebrating figures who fought for the Union and slavery’s demise. This argument has received backing from some historians, notably leading Civil War scholar and University of Virginia professor Gary Gallagher. In “Civil War Places: Seeing the Conflict Through the Eyes of Its Leading Historians,” publish...
(Audio) Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at University of Virginia Center for Politics, discusses impeachment, USMCA and former vice president Joe Biden.
Lawmakers of both the Democratic and Republican parties predict Trump will be impeached in the House but not found guilty in a trial by the Senate, which is controlled by the president's party. "Those members of the Republican Party who are up for re-election don't want to violate the sensibilities of their own constituents if they are highly in favor of the president and do not want him removed," Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia, said. "Whether they think the president has engaged in impeachable offenses or should be convicted in their heart of hea...
So many findings in social priming have been disputed that some say the field is close to being entirely discredited. “I don’t know a replicable finding. It’s not that there isn’t one, but I can’t name it,” says Brian Nosek, a psychologist at the University of Virginia who has led big replication studies.
Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia said “there is a tendency to fixate on greater Philadelphia when analyzing Pennsylvania, but Trump carried the state by performing pretty well in many places outside of southeast Pennsylvania — and Pittsburgh.”
“There is accumulating evidence that neurodevelopment is altered” in Huntington’s, said neuroscientist Scott Zeitlin of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and an expert on the disease. “But we don’t know yet if this causes any clinically relevant symptoms in people” or if the altered neurodevelopment somehow sets the stage for eventual neurodegeneration.
A wave of counties and towns in Virginia are declaring themselves "sanctuaries" for the Second Amendment, but the resolutions are largely symbolic, legal experts say. "It's mostly a political statement," said Richard Schragger, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, who focuses on the intersection of the Constitution and local law. Rather than challenging an existing statute, the resolutions are "mostly expressive and symbolic" declarations, he said. "In Virginia, state law supersedes local law. Citizens and local officials have to comply with state law even if a county decla...
Even some of Facebook’s most vocal critics said the suits appear to target legitimate swindlers, though the emphasize that this type of enforcement is overdue. “It was Facebook's own negligence that allowed these situations to occur. In a sense, it's nice that they're closing the barn door and suing people for taking livestock out of the barn. But it doesn't erase a decade of bad decisions by Facebook,” Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “Antisocial Media” and director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia, told BuzzFeed News. “If they actually cared about people’s d...
If you consider all the successful companies around us, none of them is successful for just one reason. Successful strategic execution depends on a system of interrelated and interdependent factors, according to Scott A. Snell, E. Thayer Bigelow Research professor in business administration, at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
(Book review by Daniel A. Reifsnyder, scholar at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy) In “Building a Resilient Tomorrow,” Alice Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz have put together a superb primer on responding to the impacts of climate change. The writing is simple and tight and should appeal to anyone interested in how to prepare for the future of our physical world.
The University of Virginia Cavaliers are headed to the Orange Bowl, and Mincer’s is getting ready for the big game. The apparel store on the UVA Corner is hoping to release four new T-shirts fans can buy to support the team. Two Nike Orange Bowl shirts are available now on Mincer's website, and they plan to have two of their own designs available by the end of week.
There is a little more cheer in the air at the University of Virginia Health System. On Tuesday, the hospital held its 36th Lights of Love ceremony.
Researchers from the University of Virginia have published the latest results from the International Diabetes Closed-Loop trial. Their findings suggest that applying a closed-loop approach to the administration of insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes could be a viable alternative to current methods. This could change the life of patients for whom the automatic and efficient monitoring of glucose levels is paramount to control the numerous complications associated with the progress of their condition.
(Video) What’s it like to earn an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business? Three current MBA students at Darden reflect on what drew them to Darden and their MBA experience at the school.
University of Virginia Investment Management Co.'s pool of $9.6 billion in endowment assets and other long-term funds returned a gross 5.8% for the fiscal year ended June 30, according to an annual report posted on UVIMCO's website.
The four regional nodes are taking notably different but complementary approaches to research in the next wave of 5-G wireless technology necessary to support the rapidly expanding universe of interconnected wireless devices. VCU and the University of Virginia are focusing on wireless security for biomedical devices in research by their node.
Gov. Northam’s proposal would apply to any preschool or child-care programs that accept public funds, including home-based and religiously affiliated schools. They would be required to participate in a UVA-developed classroom assessment program to measure and improve the quality of instruction.
Meredith D. Clark, a former journalist and UVA assistant professor, is working on a book about black Twitter and says that the community created by black folks on Twitter has had a tremendous influence on the Twittersphere, and beyond.
Richard C. Schragger, a University of Virginia law professor, called the Dillon Rule “kind of a backwards approach to governing” and said the General Assembly could simply abandon it by passing a law saying counties or cities can exercise any powers not denied to them in state law, the state constitution or the local charter. “You’ve got an epidemic of pre-exemption going on around the country,” Schragger said.
The SEC allows corporate executives to use their personal social media channels to convey corporate information considered material to investors, but says they must inform investors what channels are being used for that purpose. Companies tend to follow the guidance. James Naughton, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business, notes that to keep things clear, many companies use a separate account for marketing and another run by the investor relations department for all material corporate information.