The quest to repeat was spearheaded by world-class athletes who were never tempted by the complacency of their greatness. “There’s always goals, and what we always talk about is outdoing what we’ve done in the past,” Virginia swimming and diving coach Todd DeSorbo said by phone Sunday, less than 24 hours after the Cavaliers claimed their second consecutive NCAA women’s championship on Saturday night at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. UVA finished with 551.5 points — the most since Stanford tallied 593 in 2018 — to blow past the competition as Texas (406) was second and the Cardinal (399...
For the second season in a row, the University of Virginia Cavaliers are the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Champions. Led by head coach Todd DeSorbo, Virginia finished with 551.5 points to beat second-place Texas by 145.5 points. Virginia was led by a duo of three-event winners: Kate Douglass won the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 breaststroke, all in American-record times, while Alex Walsh set an American record in the 200 IM before adding wins in the 400 IM and 200 butterfly.
Marilyn Moedinger, 39, founded Runcible Studios in 2013, two years after receiving her Master’s in Architecture from the University of Virginia. Previously she worked as a contractor and project manager at a construction firm in Charlottesville, Virginia, as an architectural designer at the firm Utile in Boston, and at the Boston Architectural College, where she still teaches as an adjunct professor. In 2010 she received the SOM Prize in Architecture, a $50,000 research and travel fellowship sponsored by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and published a book, “Adventures in the Vernacular: Inves...
Students from Auburn University, University of Virginia, University of Connecticut, and St. Thomas Aquinas (at Purdue), traded in their Spring Break to volunteer during Pensacola Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge.
Any university student in America who takes a literature course is likely to be assigned a Norton anthology — one of several collections of stories, poems and critical essays. UVA English professor Jahan Ramazani, editor of the Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, says that, as a teacher, he knows that a poem without its context can be difficult for students. In putting together the most recent edition of the anthology, he introduces readers to 195 poets with brief biographies and discussions of each poet’s influences and themes. That background allows readers to quickly move on...
In 1967, Congress passed a law that banned at-large congressional elections following a series of election changes that included the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “The problem with [at-large congressional elections] is that it violates federal law,” said Bertrall Ross, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law who studies constitutional law. “I don’t see how that remedy can be adopted.”
University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock, an expert on religious liberty, told the California Globe that he does not think the federal claim is viable because under current jurisprudence the employer can easily justify a refusal to accommodate religious beliefs. “The employer doesn’t have to show much under federal law. An employer need only show that an exemption would impose more than a de minimis [minimal] cost. A single case of Covid can do that through sick pay for days off work or increased insurance costs; an outbreak of Covid in the workforce could impose huge costs.”
William Shobe, an economist at the University of Virginia who was part of a team of researchers who helped advise RGGI on the design of its market in 2004, said the idea that the market doesn’t provide incentives for emissions reductions “just isn’t true.” “Emissions have to fall under RGGI. They have to,” he said. “Because the budget requires that emissions go to zero in 2049.”
Russia's law generally prioritizes the needs of creditors who are owed money. This means creditors, including the Russian government, can force a company into involuntary bankruptcy and oust its management. Some legal experts said foreign companies fear Russian creditors could abuse that process to install leaders willing to sell their assets to business rivals or companies aligned with the Russian government. "In the late 90s and early aughts, this was often used as the device to raid companies" in post-Soviet Russia, said Paul Stephan, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law ...
A UVA Health nurse says there's a light at the end of the tunnel as the area marks the two-year anniversary of COVID-19 this week. Samantha Simmons, who worked in the COVID clinic, says she started her career at the hospital when the pandemic first began. Simmons says she averaged 16-hour shifts some days and she didn't see her family as much during this time. Despite these circumstances, Simmons says she's remained positive throughout her experience.
Amber McBride is an English professor at the University of Virginia and holds an MFA in poetry from Emerson College. Her poetry has been published in several literary magazines, including Ploughshares and The Rumpus. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her dog, Shiloh. “Me (Moth)” is her young adult debut. She will be giving two talks at the Virginia Festival of the Book on March 19.
Anyone who is 18 or younger will be able to attend University of Virginia baseball games for free for the rest of the regular season. UVA made an announcement Thursday, saying it would begin with Friday’s series opener against Boston College. To claim free youth tickets, fans must buy a minimum of one paid ticket.
(Video) University of Virginia junior Kate Douglass had a phenomenal start to her individual program at the 2022 Women’s NCAA Championships, blasting her way to the fastest swim of all-time in the 50 freestyle preliminaries.
The Virginia women’s swimming and diving team continued its stellar start to the NCAA Championships on Thursday night, winning three events while setting two American and NCAA records on the second night of action at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
“Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing,” makes the case that cities with more green space, water features, street safety and social hubs and less congestion, noise, pollution and physical discomfort can make residents healthier and happier. If that seems like common sense, Jenny Roe, co-author of the book (and professor and director of UVA’s Center for Design and Health), who has been working passionately in the field of human-centered design for more than 15 years, doesn’t disagree. But it took a global pandemic, she says, before “the world was ready to listen.”
Today one in seven Virginia residents are age 65 or older. By 2030, the University of Virginia anticipates that figure will be nearly one in five. In more rural parts of the state the elderly already exceed 30% of the population.
The most provocative of the five research papers in this March edition of RIJ’s Research Roundup has to be Michael Doran’s “The Great American Retirement Fraud.” A professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, Doran faults US tax policy for subsidizing what, in his opinion, is a deceptively regressive defined contribution system of thrift.
Peter Belmi, a professor at UVA’s graduate business school, begins his recently published article with the story of a woman who sued Walmart, because she felt her boss was sexist. “Her supervisor abused her and several other women in her department on a daily basis and called women ‘good for nothing,'” he recalls. But a federal judge ruled against her, because he argued the guy was a jerk to men as well.
The festival’s first in-person event in three years was held at the University of Virginia Bookstore. Dozens of people — all in masks — were on hand to hear from three authors who have researched the Civil War era.
The University of Virginia has been ranked as the top college or university in Virginia for best value. SmartAsset released its eighth annual Best Value Colleges Study, which compares institutions by using five metrics, including scholarships, starting salary, tuition, living costs and retention rate. According to a release, this is the third year in a row that UVA has come in in the top spot.