An East Coast university just became the leading site for the study of Mormonism outside of Utah. The University of Virginia announced the donation of more than 10,000 books and other print materials from the collection of scientist and Latter-day Saint historian Gregory A. Prince, which are now being installed in its research archive.
For Black women, navigating academia “is an existential crisis every single day,” said Meredith Clark, a UVA professor of media studies. “Every single day, you have to worry about whether the way you perform your job is going to come up as some sort of critique five, six years from now.” Clark emphasized that Hannah-Jones’s case is exceptional: Many Black female professors face much more limited options when it comes to job placement and security.
(Commentary by Anne Coughlin, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Professor of Law) When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed out Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexually assaulting Andrea Constand and barred his retrial for that crime, Cosby’s survivors reacted with shock, outrage and sorrow. The stunning reversal shows that our criminal justice system is too often not ruled by law – it’s ruled by prosecutors.
Claude Joseph has so far been the public face of the crisis, announcing Moïse’s assassination early on Wednesday morning and assuring the population the situation was under control. “We don’t really know [who is governing] – and that struggle between Joseph and Henry is not over,” said Robert Fatton, a Haitian politics professor at UVA. “All the cards are up in the air. We are really still in a crisis, but the fact that they arrested the assassins may generate some calm in Haiti.”
Name, image, and likeness has been the talk of both businesses and college athletes as of late. Now Rhoback, a clothing company headquartered in Albemarle County, is setting up its own program aimed at partnering with college athletes. “The NCAA made these changes on July 1,” Matt Loftus, a co-founder of Rhoback, said. “That day we received hundreds of messages from college athletes across the country. We had to start a program. ‘Rhoback U’ was our answer.” The pool of applicants is nearly 1,000 athletes from all corners of the country, including the University of Virginia.
In her latest book, “The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright,” architectural historian Lisa D. Schrenk, the former education director for the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, delves into the evolution of Wright’s studio in Oak Park from 1898 to 1909.
Capt. Joe Amoroso, USA, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 2012. A decade later, after service in the 82nd Airborne and a deployment to Iraq, he will return to West Point as an instructor of American Politics. But first this MOAA member is wrapping up his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and could use your help for his thesis. Amoroso is surveying veterans on political engagement and participation. All veterans are invited to participate. Survey questions will explore voter behavior, perceptions of government, and running for office.
Republicans need just one seat to claim the Senate. Five seats for House control. “If Republicans don’t win the House, I think it would be a pretty significant surprise and a real, almost an embarrassing, result,” observed University of Virginia political forecaster Kyle Kondik.
Many men who suffer from black lung disease also face depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder, according to a study out of the University of Virginia.
A new study has found that many current and former coal miners who are suffering from black lung disease are also struggling with depression. Researchers at the University of Virginia found more than a third are facing this issue, and more than a tenth have recently considered suicide.
As the businesses world increasingly recognizes mental health as critical to an employee’s overall health, research is showing more than one-third of coal miners, both current and former ones diagnosed with black lung, are struggling with depression, the University of Virginia School of Medicine reported. Further, more than 1-in-10 have recently considered suicide.
(Commetnary) So what is a “super course”? Let’s start with a few examples: In a course at the University of Virginia, undergraduates work with young inmates in a maximum-security prison to contemplate the big questions that propelled Tolstoy, Turgenev, and other Russian writers.
Nine leading U.S. schools and colleges of architecture, planning, and design have co-founded the Deans' Equity and Inclusion Initiative to work together to nurture a diverse population of emerging scholars focused on teaching and researching the built environment to advance socio-ecological and spatial justice, equity, and inclusion. Partners in the Deans’ Initiative include the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
(Press release) Moody's Investors Service has assigned Aaa ratings to the University of Virginia's proposed roughly $136 million General Revenue Pledge and Refunding Bonds, Series 2021A and $264 million General Revenue Pledge Bonds, Series 2021B (Federally Taxable). The bonds will be issued by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. The expected maturity of the series is in 2051. Moody's maintains Aaa and P-1 ratings on the university's prior debt. The university and its supporting organizations had total debt of $2.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2020. The outlook is stable.
(Transcript) Republicans could be drawing up a play to shake up the battle for control of the U.S. Senate by adding a little star power in Georgia. Joining us now to discuss Herschel Walker’s potential impact on the battle for the Senate – and to update us on the state of the race in general – is Kyle Kondik, director of communications at the UVA Center for Politics.
For the first time in years, the number of two-parent homes hit 70%, according to the U.S. Census. As family structures have changed and become more inclusive, the number of two-parent households has been decreasing over time, but the slight reversal may be tied to a downturn in the economy. “There has been a slight reversal in recent years, towards more kids being raised in two-parent families,” UVA sociology professor Brad Wilcox said.
UVA history professor Laurent Dubois, author of “Haiti: The Aftershocks of History,” said there were still “a lot of details to be understood” about Moïse’s “shocking” assassination. “There’s been an enduring political crisis worsening over the past several years,” he said. “Over the past months, in particular, there have been a lot of warnings coming from observers on the ground that the situation has gotten extremely distressing and deteriorating.”
In Charlottesville, Todd DeSorbo recalls when he got the invite to become an assistant swim coach for the United States. The moment happened when head coach Greg Meehan asked him at the Olympic Trials in Omaha. “He said, ‘Hey, is it safe to assume that if you’re asked to be on the coaching staff that you’ll say yes? And I said, ‘uh yeah’,” DeSorbo said laughing. Among DeSorbo’s duties in Tokyo will be to mentor his four swimmers from the University of Virginia at their first Olympics.
While the NCAA’s approval of the name, image, and likeness proposal earlier this week, college athletes are looking to cash in. While no longer a college athlete, graduated Virginia Cavaliers basketball player Jay Huff is looking to cash as well. Huff was dubbed ‘The Hoonicorn,’ by fans, a play on Hoos and unicorn, which is the nickname of NBA star Kristaps Porzingis, due to his size and his multi-level scoring ability, passing, defense and shot-blocking ability.
A University of Virginia graduate and long-time member of the Charlottesville community is bringing a new business to the IX Park, and she’s ready to show you just how competitive getting healthy and staying in shape really is. Martha Redinger and her husband, Craig, are excited to share their journey of health and fitness with the community with their new business, CrossFit SPRC.