(Commentary) D.C. Public Schools is deliberating new names for Woodrow Wilson High School. The criteria state that any individual under consideration must have made a significant contribution to society. The new name also should inspire the students, our city and the nation and reflect the school’s commitment to producing graduates who are committed to building an America as good as its ideals. In this regard, I can think of few individuals who better meet these criteria than [late UVA history professor] Julian Bond.
“The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the focus of job-seekers toward larger and more resilient companies,” according to researchers, including Ting Xu, a UVA assistant professor of finance.
“The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the focus of job-seekers toward larger and more resilient companies,” according to researchers, including Ting Xu, a UVA assistant professor of finance.
Back pain could have cost him the job. During the final stretch of a long search to find a new dean for UVA’s Darden School of Business, Scott Beardsley had to make his way to Charlottesville from his home in Belgium for still more interviews. But on this day, after nearly weekly trips across the Atlantic from his home in Belgium, the tall and lanky senior partner of McKinsey & Co. was feeling out of sorts.
Aware that he owes his presidential victory to Black voters, Joe Biden pledged to name the "most diverse" cabinet in US history. Behind the scenes African Americans have been seeking to ensure he honors such commitments by appointing minorities to key positions. Biden's picks for his inner circle "have largely been uncontroversial" to date, noted Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia.
Bryan Lewis, an epidemiology expert at the University of Virginia, said although he doesn’t closely follow the number of cases or distribution of protective equipment within prisons, that “clearly there have been sizable outbreaks in the prison system.”
At the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA, Skanska was able to redesign and accelerate portions of a $394-million expansion project to meet demand for bed capacity brought on by the pandemic.
The University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville, is currently seeking a new Dean of the School of Architecture. They are looking for someone "who can advance the mission and to build upon the School’s unique qualities that provide a competitive advantage among Schools of Architecture."
Vice President Charles Curtis, Kaw, is the only tribal citizen to ever serve in a presidential cabinet, but he did not run an agency, nor did he do much. According to the University of Virginia’s Miller Center on the presidential scholarship: “As vice president, Curtis was rarely consulted and had a distant relationship with Hoover. Their union was one of political convenience, and lingering hard feelings from their contentious battle for the 1928 nomination did little to foster a functional relationship. Curtis attended a few cabinet meetings but as a whole did not substantially affect policy...
Podcast interview with Aynne Kokas, UVA associate professor of media studies, on controversies related to TikTok, the popular social media video app.
UVA Health says the first step is Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The second step would be hearing the additional guidance offered by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The third step would be an additional review performed internally by UVA Health.
“Don’t put your head in the sand,” says Laura Morgan Roberts, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business who specializes in leadership and organizational behavior. “You’ve got to put yourself out there, ask questions and shape the narrative.”
The University of Virginia men’s basketball program announced Wednesday it is pausing all basketball-related activities because of COVID-19 issues within the program. The move comes in the wake of the ACC-BIG Ten challenge game against Michigan State being canceled. Virginia is now officially postponing the William and Mary contest set for Sunday as well.
The University of Virginia men’s basketball program announced Wednesday it is pausing all basketball-related activities because of COVID-19 issues within the program. The move comes in the wake of the ACC-BIG Ten challenge game against Michigan State being canceled. Virginia is now officially postponing the William and Mary contest set for Sunday as well.
In a conversation with [UVA alumnus] Shafat Khan, we learn about what inspired him to pursue social entrepreneurship, his thoughts on the role of young people, and his journey with Ashoka to date.
Hanan Ashrawi, a veteran senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization, announced her resignation Wednesday, saying the Palestinian political system needs “renewal and reinvigoration.” Ashrawi, a member of the PLO’s decision-making executive committee who holds a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Virginia, is a fluent English speaker who has been a prominent spokeswoman for the Palestinian cause in the global media for decades.
A family dealing with its own pandemic struggles has stepped up to give back to those who need it most in Charlottesville. “With quarantine happening and people out of school, a lot of families are going without, and with children at home a lot of folks aren’t able to work. So we wanted to figure out a way to give back,” said Roneil Jackson, a Washington, D.C., resident who is finishing his undergraduate degree online through the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
J. Miles Coleman, Associate Editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, says McAuliffe’s ability to raise money as well as his name recognition could help him. “He has that higher name recognition among the general electorate, that would probably boost him in a higher turnout situation like a primary,” Coleman said.
“I’ve heard this debate about primary versus convention since I got involved in politics, beginning in the 1960s,” Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said. “It is all situational, and parties choose the method most likely to nominate the candidate preferred by the top brass — who is naturally viewed by the party elites as more likely to win the general election.
“The question is what McConnell thinks is in his interest that Biden is proposing,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, who believes McConnell will support one more stimulus. “He wants to pass one thing, so he can keep pointing to it and say he reached a compromise.”