Charlottesville City Council sparred over the city’s celebration of Thomas Jefferson before taking the initial step to eliminate his birthday as a paid holiday. Albemarle County observes Jefferson’s birthday as a holiday, while the University of Virginia does not. UVa does, however, hold Founder’s Day events around the date.
Charlottesville City Council is exploring removing Thomas Jefferson's birthday as an official city holiday. On Monday, June 17, councilors discussed no longer celebrating Jefferson’s birthday on April 13 and instead adding a new celebration to the city holiday schedule. “The University of Virginia is literally five miles away, there’s no way we’re going to forget Thomas Jefferson’s birthday or the city is no longer going to be able to recognize or know when that date was,” Councilor Wes Bellamy said.
(Commentary by Cale Jaffe, an assistant professor of law and director of the Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic at the University of Virginia) Virginia has the authority to ban uranium mining under state law, even as the federal government regulates the processing of nuclear fuel under the Atomic Energy Act, the Supreme Court has ruled. Neil Gorsuch, joined by the court’s longest-serving and newest conservatives – Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh – rejected the idea that Congress’ plan for nuclear enrichment could override Virginia’s decision to prohibit uranium mining altogether....
Eight UVA Children’s Hospital specialties earned a top-50 national ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide.
Historically, states have heavily subsidized their public colleges on the premise that the schools serve a public good — educating the state’s workforce and preparing them to participate in the economy. But over the past couple of decades, legislators have pulled back from this investment. New research suggests that decision could have consequences for the public. “Money matters,” said Sarah Turner, an economics and education professor at the University of Virginia and one of the authors of the paper. “The declines in state appropriations have had real effects in terms of degree output, enroll...
Kyle Kondik is a political observer at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Kondik noted that people’s answers in a survey can be different from what they decide on Election Day. People might say they want a younger candidate, Kondik observed. But age may not be the only issue that informs their vote.
Much of the attention given to undermatching is due to the work of Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby, especially research in conjunction with Richard Avery from Harvard University and Sarah Turner from the University of Virginia. In their 2012 paper, “The Missing One-Offs: The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students,” Hoxby and Avery concluded that there are far more of those students than admissions officers know.
Virginia Commonwealth University will take the lead in creating one of four regional “nodes” in a new statewide network to boost higher education research in cybersecurity, create work-study opportunities for students in the field, and foster new commercial technology to drive economic growth. VCU will lead one with the University of Virginia, Longwood University, Virginia State University, and J. Sargeant Reynolds and John Tyler community colleges.
Wakefield-area filmmaker Amy Drewry has finished a one-hour documentary on Virginia's peanut country, funded with nearly $200,000 in donations from sources including Virginia Humanities, an educational foundation affiliated with the University of Virginia.
Virginia is in the midst of a multi-pronged effort to attract, train and retain more teachers. The University of Virginia has helped tackle that effort in part by creating entirely new undergraduate degrees in education.
(Commentary by Bob Gibson, communications director and senior researcher at the University of Virginia’s Cooper Center for Public Service) Educators are finding a few new ways to add civics back into schools that have seen a loss of emphasis for the subject dealing with the rights and duties of citizens.
We’re pleased to see the University of Virginia looking outward in its new strategic plan, even as it also looks inward toward strengthening its foundation, mission and values. And by “looking outward,” we especially have in mind the university’s connection with its immediate neighbors — Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
Morse brings her experience with the United States women’s national soccer team. The East Lansing High School graduate and rising senior at the University of Virginia has represented the red, white and blue at the U-14, U-15, U-17 and U-20 youth levels, including the U-20 World Cup last summer. And now, she has brought that talent to United, whose goals for this year include winning the conference title and the UWS national tournament.
Many of the nation’s top talents and several of Kentucky's top recruiting targets have assembled at the University of Virginia for the National Basketball Players’ Association Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville.
W. Bradford Wilcox summarized some of the research a few years ago in The Atlantic, noting that fathers play differently, encourage risk and help children explore boundaries. The “difference good dads make” includes a decrease in teenage delinquency, pregnancy and depression, wrote Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Trump has emerged as the central issue in the Democratic primary battle so far, and for the moment that appears to be benefiting Biden, said UVA political analyst Larry Sabato. “A large majority tell pollsters they want, above all, someone who will beat Trump,” Sabato said.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said President Trump might miss Sarah Sanders, but White House reporters will not.
For the first time since 1991, the United States is hosting the bi-annual International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity, an academic conference that brings together researchers from around the world aiming to increase the equity and access to physical activity globally for individuals with disabilities. UVA’S Curry School of Education and Human Development is hosting the conference from June 14-18 in Newcomb Hall on the grounds of UVA. “It is an honor for all of us at the Curry School and in the Department of Kinesiology to be hosting this renowned international conference here at UVA i...
De’Andre Hunter is a high-caliber prospect out of the University of Virginia. After a breakout season and certifying himself as a huge prospect in this year’s NBA Draft, he still might fall into the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The idea can be traced all the way back to President George Washington, who claimed it in 1792 when Congress asked him to turn over documents related to an unsuccessful military operation against Native Americans, according to Mark Rozell’s report on the history of executive privilege for UVA’s Miller Center.