Dr. John Howell doesn’t just break the stereotypes about aging, he completely blows them out of the water while on skis—or on the tennis court with a nasty backhand or on the dance floor with a few Cuban steps. Howell, a UVA alumnus and a dentist who continued to practice until he was in his late 70s, remains an internationally ranked water skier in his 80s.
Susan Aparicio said she is presenting digital collages which she created in 2019 as an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia. The collection of 5-by-7 inch collages titled “Dream Home” was inspired by the culture shock of seeing conventional suburban homes in Virginia that represent the American dream, which were very different from the types of homes in her Southeast Los Angeles hometown.
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(Commentary by fourth-year student Emma Camp) Each week, I seek out the office hours of a philosophy department professor willing to discuss with me complex ethical questions raised by her course on gender and sexuality. We keep our voices lowered, as if someone might overhear us. Hushed voices and anxious looks dictate so many conversations on campus at the University of Virginia, where I’m finishing up my senior year.
On Feb. 4, at a grocery store in Alexandria, Virginia, a customer was unhappy that Gov. Glenn Youngkin wasn't wearing a mask. So she yelled out, "Governor, where's your mask?" Youngkin calmly responded, "We're all making choices today." Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to satisfy her. "Yeah, look around you, governor. You're in Alexandria. Read the room, buddy!" Ah, yes. Alexandria. It is a northern Virginia city, similar to my current, deep-blue hometown of Arlington. That shopper wanted the governor to know he wasn't in the southwestern Virginia hinterlands where the knuckle-dragging conser...
“We continue to see this race as a toss-up,” said analyst Kyle Kondik of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia. Kondik said it was fair to question whether the Republicans will have a strong challenger to Kelly, but Arizona “is a very competitive state and this is shaping up to be a Republican-leaning year.”
Kyle Kondik, a lead analyst on congressional races with another closely watched forecast at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said the threat to Schrader from Republicans is over-hyped. "Democrats redrew the Oregon congressional map with an eye on winning five of the six seats," Kondik said.
“It (the district) gave Biden 52% of the vote in 2020 and that's exactly what it gave [Glenn] Youngkin last year in the governor’s race,” said J. Miles Coleman, an associate editor at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "This is basically the district that is the bellwether."
Though Democrats have fared far better than expected in the redistricting process, it was still a factor in some decisions to retire or seek another office. “The number of retirements is naturally higher in years that end in ‘two’ because those are redistricting cycles,” said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
J. Miles Coleman, an associate editor of the elections forecaster Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, says that in recent elections, pitched battles over judicial nominations have become a “two way street,” increasing turnout on both sides of the aisle. For example, when an all-male panel of Senators questioned Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas’ confirmation process in 1991, Democrats were incensed. The following year, a record number of Democratic women ran for office. “If Republicans are too harsh on [Jackson], they risk bumping Democratic turnout in the ...
Companies have said offering coupons is a waste of money that would be better directed toward dropping prices across the board or investing in improving their products' quality. Some companies have even likened coupons to a drug. "You're taking money and you're essentially paying the consumer to buy your product," said Kimberly Whitler, an associate professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and former marketing executive at David's Bridal and PetSmart. "It's taking away resources from building longer term, more sustainable equity in the brand."
In particular, shifting to metrics that include hospitalizations is "a reasonable change to make at this point," Dr. Taison Bell, assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of infectious diseases and international health and pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia, said.
As early as 2018, Andrew Kaufman, a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Virginia, concluded that Putin had chosen Dostoevsky’s faith in Russian exceptionalism over Tolstoy’s belief in the universality of human experience. In light of the invasion of Ukraine and its perceived historical significance for Russians, one might argue Dostoevsky would have chosen Putin as well.
Belarus and Ukraine government bonds are trading like they’re going to default — and Russia’s economic contraction along with higher commodity costs could tip others into distress, says Mitu Gulati, a law professor at the University of Virginia who focuses on sovereign debt-restructuring.