But there are limits to political leaders’ ability to shape opinion and action, as presidents throughout history have discovered. “Our leaders cannot command us; they can only lead us,” Mary Kate Cary, a onetime George H.W. Bush speechwriter who teaches at the University of Virginia, said last week.
“Frankly, at this point, the Republicans are still able to win elections, even though they’re fielding such a paltry share of female candidates,” Jennifer Lawless, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, said. “Unless there are electoral consequences, it doesn’t really seem likely that there’s going to be a fundamental shift.”
But some maintain that, at its core, the platform is ungovernable, and that not enough has changed in time for November. “I’ve seen Facebook implement a series of superficial changes,” says Siva Vaidhyanathan, a media scholar who directs UVA’s Center for Media and Citizenship. But the platform is too sprawling, and has too many users in too many places speaking too many languages with too much cultural nuance to be moderated effectively, he says.
Why is Northam taking a more cautious approach? There are multiple factors to consider, according to Dr. William Petri, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Virginia. For one, the national outlook is different, with 27 states reporting increases in cases. Then there’s the state’s own data, which shows a decline – but not a total stop – in new transmissions. “I think it’s the right decision,” Petri said. “The main message is that we’re not out of the woods quite yet. So, to me, it seems the prudent thing is to go in a slow, measured way.”
Rachel Harmon, a former federal prosecutor who now directs the Center for Criminal Justice at the UVA School of Law, said the Justice Department has almost never enforced existing laws against racial discrimination by withholding funding from police departments. But there are other ways to change grant programs that could help, she wrote in an email.
“[State Rep. Charles Booker] has surged at just the right moment,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “Is it large enough to overcome her lead [that of retired Marine and Democrat Amy McGrath]? Maybe, although I wouldn’t bet on it. ... It’s one thing to surge. It’s another thing to win.”
Dr. Cameron Webb works in Charlottesville treating coronavirus patients. His days are a mix of coordinating testing in different parts of the community – he’s the director of health policy and equity at the University of Virginia – and, of course, campaigning to represent Virginia in the House of Representatives.
“In this moment, when many of these same companies have said they stand with their Black employees and they are horrified by the murder of George Floyd and so many other Black people, then it’s also a moment to acknowledge the racism baked into the economy of this nation, and the conditions under which Blacks have had to live in order to build the country,” said Laura Morgan Roberts, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business and author of “Race, Work and Leadership: Positive Organizing in a Global Society.”
(By Jacqueline Jodl, special assistant to the dean and associate professor in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development) Relationships are important for all learners, says strategic education advisor Jackie Jodl, but they are particularly important to those who are at risk. When it comes to promoting engagement and sustained performance, the research shows that boys are more dependent on these student-teacher relationships than girls.
A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is saving lives and offers a model for communities across the country, a new scientific paper reports.A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is saving lives and offers a model for communities across the country, a new scientific paper reports.
Case mix index, which refers to how sick a specific group of patients is, has been declining for COVID-19 patients, UVA Medical Center spokesman Eric Swensen said. COVID-19 patients appeared to be at the sickest levels the week of May 4, after a high number of patients from hospitals with maxed-out ICUs were transferred to UVA.
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association has pledged its support of training programs and students enrolled in the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Wade is also working with the Central Virginia Small Business Development Center and the University of Virginia on a project to give Louisa businesses a platform where they can sell products on the internet. Project Propel began as an effort by UVA to create new internships for undergraduate and graduate students during the pandemic.
According to the latest weekly update on UVA’s COVID-19 model, community mitigation strategies in Virginia have prevented an estimated 951,087 cases.
Modelers with UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute provide weekly projections for the Virginia Department of Health. Friday’s report factored in compliance with infection control. If everyone in the Roanoke metro area gave each other space, wore masks and washed their hands, the number of new cases each week would be just a handful until zeroing out in July and August.
Right now, more than half the country lives in the nine most populous states. By 2040, according to a University of Virginia analysis, half the country is expected to live in just eight states. About 70% of the country will live in 16 states – meaning that 30% of the population will control 68% of the Senate.
(By Grace Elizabeth Hale, professor of history and American studies ) The long history of images of racial violence in the United States suggests that we need to question this too-easy consensus and the idea that more cameras – not just bystanders with phones but police body cameras and other forms of surveillance – will fix the problem of law enforcement violence.
(Commentary) How do we create a reality that reflects the highest values of equity and empathy? To be happy with where our nation is today is to be complicit with its oppressive past. How do we move forward? Only by having honest conversations that are based on truths and facts, and by making certain justice for all is truly that, can we advance.
Dr. Jennifer A. Ross at UVA’s Department of Emergency Medicine and colleagues have reported cases of sudden, severe fall of blood sugar encountered by a number of men after consumption of a so-called male sexual enhancement supplement. The outbreak began in August 2019.
(Commentary by Greg Fairchild, associate professor at the Darden School of Business) As the sepia-toned footage spooled across the TV screen, the words “Tulsa 1921” were superimposed over the mayhem. My throat tightened. I knew that place and year well. The terror of the Tulsa race riot is something that has been with me for almost as long as I can remember.