"If you believe that the Republicans are behind in the race for the House, as many do, then they probably need some sort of positive development between now and the midterm," said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of the Sabato’s Crystal Ball election forecast at the University of Virginia. The Cohen plea and the Manafort conviction “was not that," he said. "The numbers are already bad."
It’s not as bad as it sounds. Researchers with UVA’s Youth Violence Project, which is directed by Dewey Cornell and exists to prevent violence among young people, surveyed nearly 70,000 students and 15,000 teachers and staff at high schools across the nation in 2016. Here’s what they found.
UVA women’s basketball alumna Dawn Staley, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, will present 2018 inductee Katie Smith, currently the head coach of the WNBA’s New York Liberty, during this year’s enshrinement ceremony in September. Virginia’s new head coach, Tina Thompson, will also be among this year’s inductees, presented by Cheryl Miller.
The University of Virginia opened a health clinic Friday at UVA’s College at Wise to provide students, faculty and staff with access to health care on campus and through telemedicine links to the University’s physicians and specialists.
Women in their late 20s are no longer the group bearing the most children. These days, it’s women in their early 30s. Shonel Sen at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service says these numbers reflect a national shift. “The same trend is also reflected in Virginia, but the numbers are slightly more intense,” she said.
The Cohen and Manafort cases were unlikely to erode Trump’s support from his political base or the Republican Party establishment, said Larry Sabato, a political analyst and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Monitor manufacturers tout the devices as a way to help new parents catch up on their sleep while still keeping an eye on their baby. Instead, the devices could provide a false sense of security, said Dr. Rachel Moon, head of pediatrics for the University of Virginia School of Medicine and chair of the American of Pediatrics’ Task Force on SIDS. "My main concern is people become complacent. They decide that since the baby's monitored it's OK for them to not practice safe sleep."
A lawsuit from former CIA Director John Brennan challenging President Trump's revocation of his security clearance would likely be doomed, legal experts tell The Hill.“This is such an absolute discretionary, executive power and it is a power that is beyond the control of the Congress,” said Robert Turner, a professor who co-founded the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Larry Sabato, a political analyst and director of UVA’s Center for Politics said the Cohen and Manafort cases were unlikely to erode Trump’s support from his political base or the Republican Party establishment. “I don’t think there is any change at all,” said Sabato. “That’s the amazing part of it. The Trump base and virtually the entire Republican Party could care less. The polls will bear me out.”
The economic impact of forestry in Virginia was $21 billion, according to the latest research of UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The total impact of Forestry and Agriculture was $91 billion. The two industries together employ 444,200 employees or about 9 percent of total employment of the state.
After searching for more than a year, the management board for the Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle County Emergency Communications Center has found a new executive director.
After three separate searches over the past year, the Charlottesville-University of Virginia-Albemarle County Emergency Communications Center will have a new executive director. Barry C. Neulen, currently the director of field operating activity for the U.S. Department of Defense in Arlington, will take over the center. He will start Oct. 1, one year to the day after the retirement of center’s prior executive director, Tom Hanson.
(Commentary co-written by David Leblang, Ambassador Henry J. Taylor Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy and senior fellow at the Miller Center) The Trump administration’s deportation policies and rhetoric have been controversial. Yet the practice of deporting migrants, particularly those convicted of crimes, has long been a key component of U.S. immigration policy.
(By Adam Daniel, senior associate dean for administration and planning, and Chad Wellmon, professor of German language and literature) Our recent Chronicle Review essay, "The University Run Amok!," elicited a number of responses. We would like to consider two of the most substantive ones.
The University of Virginia Foundation would like to eventually build a hotel near the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport. The possibilities of a hotel, residential development and UVA’s new Biocomplexity Initiative make the UVA Research Park an exciting place to be, said chief administrative officer Deborah van Eersel.
Local Boys & Girls Clubs of the Blue Ridge members gathered at New College Institute on Monday to help begin designing a game to promote health. Elgin Cleckley, assistant professor of architecture and design thinking at the University of Virginia, led the design workshop, with assistance from Marcus Divers, who is coordinating the Gamification of Health project, and Jennell Charles, who is the project coordinator for the School Telehealth aspects of the eBACKPAC grant (which involves connecting students to health resources).
Trump’s controversial immigration policies and criticism of his recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin may also be keeping his poll numbers low, according to UVA analyst Larry Sabato. “And he is not a 50 percent president. He has never been over 50 percent in the polling averages for one single day of his presidency,” Sabato said.
Other top-ranked public schools include the University of Virginia at No. 34, College of William and Mary in Williamsburg at No. 43 and University of California, Los Angeles, at No. 46.
A new Charlottesville group is making sure history buffs get to join in the conversation. Charlottesville History Club meetings begin with a half-hour presentation by a speaker, often a member of UVA’s history or politics faculties, and then dive into 30 minutes of discussion time.
(Commentary) A 2016 study by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service found that by 2040, approximately half of the U.S. population will live in only eight states. An additional 20 percent will live in seven other states, meaning that in total, 70 percent of the U.S. population will live in 15 states. So, by 2040, 30 percent of the population will be selecting 70 percent of the senators.