Formerly Waynesboro-based Sigora Solar opened its new headquarters in Charlottesville on Wednesday and announced plans to expand its Waynesboro operation, a $3.5 million capital investment estimated to create 50 new jobs. Sigora also announced that it will partner with the UVA Athletic Department to become the department’s sole source of solar power.
At the “Speaking of Injustice” fundraiser for the Virginia Innocence Project Pro Bono Clinic at the UVA School of Law on Wednesday, four men and one woman spoke about their experiences with being falsely accused of heinous crimes, imprisoned and – eventually – freed.
The UVA School of Law hosted a discussion Wednesday among five Virginians who were wrongfully convicted of serious crimes.
There’s a lot of radio going on at University of Virginia and the newest station is WXTJ-LP, a student-run low power FM college radio station. Although its studio is in the same facility as WTJU, WXTJ-LP has its own identity and air sound.
There have been plenty of Trials of the Century in American history, but the prosecution of Jefferson Davis for treason would surely have taken the 19th-century title – if it had happened. “Everybody thought it was going to be the test case on the legality of secession,” says Cynthia Nicoletti, a UVA legal scholar whose book “Secession on Trial” is due out in August. Serious people believed he had a chance of winning.
Seated in a conference room at the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia’s office on West Main Street, the charismatic Kate Tamarkin ponders her retirement as conductor this spring, following 11 years at UVA.
It’s become more than a little challenging to oversee a state university these days. You have a fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interests of the institution. You have to match resources to costs and do some careful balancing. You have to make tough decisions. You also have to watch your back.
First-quarter fundraising numbers show the Democratic primary for governor is the hottest statewide race on the ballot. Geoff Skelley at UVA’s Center for Politics says that race is becoming a top-dollar attraction.
Democrats “face an over-extended map,” said Kyle Kondik, who analyzes federal races at UVA’s Center for Politics. “But midterm forces often break against the president’s party.”
Thirty-eight states have amendments prohibiting state money from going to religious organizations. A Supreme Court case Wednesday, about whether a religious private school is eligible for state grant money, could change that. “If the church wins in Trinity Lutheran, Douglas County [the Colorado case] will probably be vacated and remanded to the Supreme Court of Colorado,” UVA law professor Douglas Laycock wrote.
Democrats are almost certainly going to have to peel off a lot of seats that Clinton lost by more than just a point if they want to take back the House, says UVA’s Kyle Kondik.
UVA researchers are using exercise and special research cigarettes to try and reduce nicotine dependency in smokers.
In honor of Earth Week, the University of Virginia hosted a dedication for its new solar panels. This was part of a week-long sustainability awareness initiative.
Groups of scientists, librarians, researchers and concerned Americans have rushed to preserve federal data and citations that have begun to disappear from government websites. Bethany Nowviskie, a research associate professor of digital humanities at UVA, has fought hard to promote initiatives that preserve pivotal research data and encourages data literacy.
“Of all the wars and all of the military actions that presidents have undertaken, that our country has been engaged in, there have been only 11 total declarations of war,” said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center.
With President Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to cut $5.8 billion from the NIH’s budget, local neuroscientist Kelly Barford says it’s time to march. As a member of Cville Comm-UNI-ty, a group of UVA professors, employees, students and friends not affiliated with the University, Barford has helped organize a mini March For Science in Charlottesville on Saturday.
On March 23, with the hull in his team’s ship cracking, Virginia coach Tony Bennett released a statement about Darius Thompson, the third transfer from his team in a 48-hour stretch. "Two of our main priorities for Virginia basketball are to continue to build a winning culture and serve the young men in the program,” Bennett said in the statement. “I know Darius, Marial and Jarred have been served well and have also been part of a winning culture during their time at UVA. As we look forward, we have a strong nucleus of players returning, and I'm excited for their continued development. As a st...
On March 23, with the hull in his team’s ship cracking, Virginia coach Tony Bennett released a statement about Darius Thompson, the third transfer from his team in a 48-hour stretch. "Two of our main priorities for Virginia basketball are to continue to build a winning culture and serve the young men in the program,” Bennett said in the statement. “I know Darius, Marial and Jarred have been served well and have also been part of a winning culture during their time at UVA. As we look forward, we have a strong nucleus of players returning, and I'm excited for their continued development. As a st...
It wasn’t all that long ago that Erich Reimer, 26, was an active member of the Democratic Party. Today, he’s a conservative Republican. Switching parties wasn’t the only major event of Reimer’s life in 2013. It was also the year that he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a political science degree. He went on to enroll at the UVA School of Law, where he is currently a J.D. candidate scheduled to graduate in May.
(By Allan Stam and Gerry Warburg of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy) Recent events at the University of Virginia give us hope that browbeaters are on the retreat. Our school was asked to host our local congressman for a public forum. The president of our university was counseled that there was substantial risk of violence if the event went forward. After consultation with state and federal law enforcement officials, UVA President Teresa Sullivan made an exceptionally difficult decision. Protecting first amendment freedoms was worth the risk.