Republicans won’t be able to stifle Democrats as much as they did when they controlled two-thirds of the chamber, said Geoffrey Skelley, an analyst for the UVA Center for Politics.
The ranking by Sabato’s Crystal Ball, at UVA’s Center for Politics, also changed Monday with Royce’s announcement. It’s now seen as a “toss-up.” Previously, it was ranked as “likely Republican.”
Nonpartisan election handicapper Crystal Ball, which is led by Larry Sabato of UVA’s Center for Politics, revised the rating for California’s 39th Congressional District following Royce’s announcement. Instead of “leaning Republican,” the race is now a “toss-up,” according to Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik.
“I’ve told people that after Trump, I take everyone seriously,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center of Politics.
“Inevitably, the looming election cuts into legislative time and makes many members cautious about passing big-ticket items,” said UVA political science professor Larry Sabato.
Brandon Garrett, UVA law professor and author of “End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice,” said that this trend could contribute to “steeper declines in some of those counties that used to be at the forefront of death sentencing.”
“What can it be like to work for Donald Trump?” UVA Miller Center researcher Ken Hughes asked. “You have to let off steam.”
Mormons believe their leaders are chosen by revelation to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, according to Kathleen Flake, a UVA professor of Mormon studies.
UVA professor Nicola Bezzo and his students are mapping out a historic tunnel in Crozet through the eyes of a hand-built robot.
That forecast comes from Autonomous Research, which based the number on the results of a 2002 academic study by researchers from UVA and two other schools.
UVA Today: To Russia With Love: UVA Research Team Creates One-of-a-kind Database. “After combing through more than 8,000 scientific articles, the team – led by Dr. Scott Heysell, an associate professor of medicine for infectious diseases and international health – has put the finishing touches on what they believe is the only geo-located database of HIV research conducted in Russia and former Soviet Union countries.”
For the fourth consecutive year, more people have been moving out of Virginia than in, according to the Demographics Research Group at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Early reviewers were struck by complex intrigues worthy of a Russian novel and an ensemble of actors that’s as good as any you'll see. They also were impressed by the big-screen production values and location filming, and by writing intelligent enough that at least one college—the University of Virginia—now offers a course on “Game of Thrones.”
Other educational initiatives include monies for higher education maintenance reserves, especially at schools like George Mason University. Unfortunately, the University of Virginia has not made out as well as other institutions of higher learning in this proposed budget, and I will be advocating for more money for UVA throughout the session.
“We found that the pH of some rivers started increasing in the 1950s and ’60s – decades before the implementation of acid rain regulations,” said Michael Pace, a UVA professor of environmental sciences and a co-author of the study.
When you walk into UVA’s Center for Politics, there’s no guessing what they do there. It’s about all things politics, which may sound scary in 2018 when bitterness and hate often still pervade the topic, but don’t run away yet.
The Miller Center historically has had three main projects: analyzing the secret tapes of presidents, interviewing living presidents and their aides and taping “American Forum” broadcasts. The live TV program will end in March, but the center is determined to use new formats and projects to study what some think is the most provocative time in the history of the presidency.
While Southwest Airlines has grown into the third-busiest U.S. carrier, a recent study shows the airline can still significantly affect prices when it enters a market. A 2017 UVA study examined 109 daily nonstop markets Southwest Airlines entered from 2012 to 2015. Average fares for all carriers fell a minimum of 15 percent in 56 of the markets and 74 markets saw fares decrease and average of 10 percent. Twelve of the markets experienced fare increases.
It’s not just about camaraderie. Eileen Chou, a UVA associate professor of public policy, documented in a 2016 study in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making that the mere presence of other people encourages us to take more risks. Now she’s extending that research to explore whether the presence of others can spur people not only to live on the edge, but to think outside the box when working toward solutions.
The nasty feud between President Trump and one-time trusted adviser Steve Bannon is a no-win battle for the alt-right strategist whose influence in the 2018 midterm elections suddenly seems “more bark than bite,” political analysts told the Herald. “If Trump versus Bannon were a prizefight, the ref would have to stop it in the first round,” UVA political science professor Larry Sabato said. “Trump is president; Bannon derived most of his power and influence from his association with Trump. Now that association is incinerated.”