Want to make sure that your child—and you—get the most out of a college visit? Take notes on what these admission staffers from George Mason, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and American University had to say about things to look for and questions to have in mind.
The Charlottesville Civil Rights Pilgrimage is sponsored by the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, the Charlottesville City Council, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, the University of Virginia Office for Diversity and Equity and several other organizations.
As temperatures heat up, so does playground equipment. Dr. William Woods from UVA's Pediatric Emergency Medicine said these high temperatures could even cause serious burns, especially on children. "Temperatures over 140 degrees are much more likely to cause a burn in young children. It can be quite a disfiguring burn," said Woods.
UVA's Center for Politics recently received an extensive collection of U.S. presidential memorabilia made up of hundreds of items from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Carter political eras. The donation came from the estate of Jack F. Christie, of New Jersey, who had a long career in politics during the 1950s and ’60s.
UVA associate professor Jalane Schmidt is noted as a co-organizer of local residents’ trip to the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. to commemorate a local lynching. UVA is a co-sponsor of the trip.
Reddit’s little mascot Snoo’s existence has always been something of an inside joke. Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian doodled the creature in a notebook during a marketing class his senior year at the University of Virginia.
The Thunder is going to be an expensive team in need of inexpensive talent. The NBA values the two-way wing more than any position. Maybe the Thunder can have both in Devon Hall. When the Thunder tips off in the Las Vegas Summer League on Friday, it'll do so with buzz about everything but the second-round pick out of the University of Virginia.
While the district has been a safe Republican seat in past elections, University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato‘s Crystal Ball moved CD 16 from “Safe Republican” to “Likely Republican” in March, calling it a “deep sleeper Democratic target.”
As of the last fundraising reports Kaine’s war chest is formidable, with more than $17 million in the bank and nothing spent to hold off a Democratic challenger. Stewart has less than $1 million. That will prove a major factor in the race, according to Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics, who observed that Kaine reported many times more money than his emerging GOP rival. “That’s just an incredibly lopsided difference,” Skelley said.
What’s interesting here is the way in which McCaskill, and Democrats generally, talk about abortion rights – long emphasizing the broader context of health. It’s not only a “less emotionally charged way to talk about it, but a more realistic way ... because so many facets of it have to do with health care,” says Jennifer Lawless, an expert on women and politics at the University of Virginia.
Census data for the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC metro area – the most recent numbers available are for 2011 – show that nearly every non-seasonal housing unit, about 94 percent, has air-conditioning, much of it from central-air units, said Hamilton Lombard, a demographer with the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia. Still, that’s not to say there aren’t some people who need help.
Katherine Basbaum, a cardiovascular dietitian for the University of Virginia health system, is skeptical of this meme’s assertion. She told us that potatoes and butter would provide enough macronutrients for the body at a “very basic level,” but added that remaining alive and remaining healthy are two very different things.
(By Barbara Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and director of Presidential Studies at UVA’s Miller Center) Justice Anthony Kennedy’s sense of humor is as quirky as his jurisprudence. He likes to start public lectures with a reference to the frustrations of modern travel: “My wife and I recently returned from Europe and, when we went to the baggage claim, our luggage was missing. When I reported the loss to the airline agent, he asked, ‘Has your flight arrived?’ ‘No,’ I replied, ‘I am a mere shadow of my existential self!’” He certainly cast a broad shadow over the U.S. Supreme Court and its d...
The University of Virginia recently announced a $5 billion fund-raising campaign with an interesting twist: instead of lying low until the public phase begins, UVA is building excitement for a public campaign start date that is still over a year away. UVA's campaign is part of a trend of college mega-campaigns that span years and aim to raise billions.
(Video) We spoke to brand new Americans at the Monticello naturalization ceremony and found out what being an American means to them.
When his UVA classmates discussed the story of a peasant woman who found joy amid pain and isolation, Josh Pritchett didn’t say anything. That’s because he was flashing back to his time in the hole, to being locked in solitary confinement for violent fights. So while the others talked about symbolism in 19th-century Russian literature, he was thinking about how, with the passage of days in that cold cell, dreams became beautiful, and anger faded into serenity. This spring, Pritchett went back behind bars – by choice.
(Commentary by Lillian Bevier, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita) Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar is one of the six judges whom President Trump is considering to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Kennedy’s retirement. For the last seven years, Judge Thapar and I have co-taught an intensive week-long class about judicial philosophy at the UVA Law School. In this context, I have learned much about his approach to judging and his understanding of the judicial role.
Brice T. Cocke of Daphne, Alabama lost his University of Virginia class ring 47 or 48 years ago on Carolina Avenue in South Roanoke. A landscaper found it in some dirt June 6, and a neighbor worked with a jeweler, UVa's alumni office and a national fraternity to identify the owner and return it.
James Stone, Wytheville’s longest practicing physician, is hanging up his stethoscope. Over the years, he’s delivered babies and treated everything from sniffles to dangerous infections. Forty-five years ago, Stone had already earned an undergraduate degree from the Virginia Military Institute and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1968. After finishing his residency at Norfolk General Hospital and completing a stint in the military, he decided to strike out on his own.