UVA demographer Hamilton Lombard sees something else in numbers. He says wealth inequality tends to be higher in urban areas, places like Richmond and Williamsburg. “So it’s interesting if you think about what the parties focus on. The Democrats have had a higher focus on income inequality, and that’s generally been more of a problem in places that vote more Democratic in Virginia. So that may be where some of the interest comes from.”
When we called up business ethicist Greg Fairchild from the University of Virginia this morning, we expected to have a wide-ranging conversation to get at Kai's question of a few weeks back: Are there market-based solutions to ensure better ethics? We didn't expect we'd have such a timely case study in Disney-owned ABC and "Roseanne."
James E. Ryan is off to a fast start as the new president of the University of Virginia, although he actually hasn’t begun the job.
Virginia’s season was never too far away from a potential turnaround, but in the end, that turnaround was just out of reach for the Cavaliers, whose season came to an official end on Thursday. UVA will miss out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Brian O’Connor’s 15 years as head coach.
Nathan Weathers, an ROTC cadet at the University of Virginia, assured the crowd that there would continue to be young people willing to lay down their lives for the United States. “Although we are all aware of millennial jokes and drama, I stand here before you today to assure you there are thousands of young people who are still willing to serve our great nation,” he said.
If New York City bars can ban “Make America Great Again” hats — as well as anyone who uses the word “literally” — Corner bars can probably ban townies. But could a litigious local make a federal case out of it? “The only plausible argument is that when you open yourself up to the public, you have to admit everyone who’s willing to take your services and to pay for them without being disruptive,” said George Rutherglen, a UVA law professor who has written widely on employment discrimination and civil rights. “But the bars have a good point in that there have been a lot of incidents there over t...
Larry J. Sabato, political analyst and director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said Garrett’s announcement was not necessarily a “slam dunk” for Democrats. Given the short time left before the June 12 filing deadline, Sabato said he suspects as many as a dozen people could throw their hats in the ring for the Republican nomination.
Over the past three years, Neal Goodloe, the criminal justice planner at OAR, has been working with UVA engineering students to help him capture long-term data. The group just reached the 30-month mark, with the goal being to understand the percentage of people filtering through the jail who fit the criteria for serious mental illness.
Researchers at Aga Khan University and the University of Virginia are collaborating on an innovative project that will harness the power of artificial intelligence to understand a particularly complex disorder of the intestine, environmental enteric dysfunction. EED, often referred to as a neglected disease of poverty, is widespread among children in low-income countries where the population is exposed to contaminated water and poor sanitation.
Professor Gregory B. Fairchild will be UVA’S first director of Northern Virginia operations.
The competing messages demonstrate just how far apart the two parties are. They’re not just talking about key issues differently; they’re touting completely different issues to motivate activists and win hotly contested primaries. “It sometimes feels like the two parties are talking to two different countries,” said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst with UVA’s Center for Politics.
(Commentary by Andrew W. Kahrl, associate professor of history and African-American studies) “Quality of life” laws serve as a potent instrument of racial segregation. They provide commercial establishments, law enforcement officers and everyday citizens with tools enabling them to police racial boundaries while at the same time claiming to simply be upholding the law.
NFL Player Turned Astronaut Leland Melvin Shares His 'Love Affair' with Earth in Nat Geo Documentary
Former NFL player turned NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, a standout college wide receiver who earned a master’s degree in materials science engineering from UVA, insists that playing football was perfect training for the rigors of space travel.
Gloria Graham began working in campus law enforcement while a college student, answering phones at a dispatch center at Indiana State University. Now UVA’s associate vice president for safety and security, Graham said she plans to address continued fallout from the August rallies and tackle the increasingly complex world of campus safety.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today the appointment of G. Zachary Terwilliger as Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, effective May 25. Terwilliger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.
James Lane, who leads Chesterfield County’s schools, was appointed state superintendent of public instruction Thursday by Gov. Ralph Northam. Lane holds a Doctor of Education degree from UVA’s Curry School of Education.
Over nine years the Richmond Flying Squirrels have existed, they have given away toothbrush holders, grill spatulas, pillow cases, swim caps and wine-stoppers, as well as all sorts of baseball-related gear, to ticket-holders on designated game days at The Diamond. Up to this point, no 19th-century poet found his way on the Squirrels’ promotional roster. On Wednesday, the first 1,000 fans through the gates for the Squirrels’ game against Bowie at The Diamond will receive Edgar Allan Poe Bobblehead dolls, complete with fuzzy fake hair on the upper lip.
Universities in particular might struggle to put together the information now needed to win an antibody patent, says Rodney Sparks, an attorney with the University of Virginia’s technology-transfer office in Charlottesville. Examiners are asking for more detail about the range of antibodies that can bind to a target, and specifically where on the target those antibodies will attach. “In universities, our guys want to publish,” Sparks says. “We don’t have the ability, typically, early on to make lots and lots and lots of antibodies and screen for all of those characteristics.” As a result, he s...
Barbara Perry, Presidential Studies Director at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said Trump is “an unprecedented president by virtually any yardstick,” including the connection between his personal brand and his public office. “He’s elected because he’s a businessman and an entrepreneur in the media business — and it’s all about name recognition and name branding,” she said. “He uses his presidency to increase that brand and the importance of that brand.”
Loudoun, meanwhile, is a more transient place dominated by rapid population growth over the past two decades. “It’s Panera-land,” said Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of the Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Democrats there may be just as liberal as those in Fairfax, but less rooted in tradition and less deferential to the political establishment. “If that’s where most of the Democratic votes are coming from, maybe that doesn’t give Wexton as much of an advantage,” Skelley said.