Larry Sabato, the political scientist who directs UVA’s Center for Politics, warned that the choice could backfire for the GOP if McSally doesn’t act more like McCain.
(Updated column) The new study helps explain the growing polarization of politics in the U.S and other open societies, and what UVA politics professor Larry Sabato recently called the collapse of “fair play” in the political sphere.
While Latter-day Saints may “privately have their doubts and speak of them in private venues,” says Kathleen Flake, head of Mormon studies at the University of Virginia, “assuming a public leadership role in attacking the authority of the prophet will lead to removal of church membership.”
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have identified a protein that feeds human papillomavirus, or HPV, offering an additional path for treating the cause of most cervical and anal cancers.
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a discovery about human papillomavirus that could lead to new treatments for cervical cancer and other cancers caused by the virus.
“Patients are attracted to the less invasive aspects of focused ultrasound. Now Parkinson’s patients, for whom tremor is their primary disability, have more treatment options than conventional cranial surgery. While focused ultrasound is not curative for Parkinson’s disease, it can provide significant quality of life benefits. Research continues for the other symptoms of Parkinson’s,” said Jeff Elias of the UVA School of Medicine.
Dale Ford, executive chef at Boar’s Head Resort, said their garden will be a great asset to produce fresh ingredients for their meals.
According to the survey, the universities that exhibited the fairest system were the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cornell University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and the University of Virginia.
“These liquids are absorbed pretty quickly,” said Dr. Chris Holstage of the Blue Ridge Poison Center, a UVA toxicologist. “For a toddler who gets into this, if they’re able to drink some of this, it could be deadly.”
UVA psychology professor Timothy Wilson considers our reliance on the unconscious to be the price that we pay for survival as a species. If we were forced always to consider every aspect of the situation around us and had to weigh all our options about what to do, humankind would have died out long ago.
“The research indicates that tax policy does influence decisions about getting married and staying married, but this influence is modest,” said UVA sociology professor Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project.
Lifelong Virginia Cavaliers fan and UVA junior Grant Kersey spent two years as a manager for his school’s men’s basketball team before Virginia head coach Tony Bennett gave him a jersey to dress for home games.
Speculation as to who will succeed Alexander immediately erupted. As political analyst and UVA professor Larry Sabato, pointed out, a plethora of candidates for Alexander’s seat is expected to emerge. Sabato tweeted, “Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) retiring, seat up 2020. Hope springs eternal for Dems, but the early rating for Crystal Ball is Safe R. I asked good source: Which Rs are running now? Answer: ‘Everyone I know.’"
UVA political scientist Larry Sabato rates Alexander’s seat as “Safe R,” but even if the Democratic candidates stay down in the polls, they will be able to drive some of the talking points in the campaign.
At the University of Virginia, English professor Andrew Stauffer leads a team that has made a book’s annotations, inscriptions and insertions discoverable as part of UVA’s online library catalogue. Any user will be able to find such markings through a simple online search.
George Yin, a UVA law professor and the former executive director on the Joint Committee on Taxation, told The Post that while the 6103 authority does not require a congressional subpoena, it could be considered analogous to a subpoena and therefore would likely require a legitimate legislative purpose if Trump or the Treasury Department challenged it in the courts.
Kimberly Whitler – who earned her Ph.D. in marketing in 2014 after two decades as a high-level marketing practitioner and now works as an assistant professor of marketing at UVA’s Darden School of Business – wanted to explore what effect marketers could have on boards. After eight years of research and writing, Whitler and two colleagues published their paper, titled “When and How Board Members with Marketing Experience Facilitate Firm Growth,” in the September issue of the Journal of Marketing.
(Commentary by Tom Bateman, a professor in UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce) On Oct. 8, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its far-reaching report painting a somber picture of Earth’s potentially rapid demise. Every country, every sector and every industry – is it too much to expect every company? – must ratchet up its strategic and operational efforts to slow climate change and create a stronger, more sustainable future.
When teachers and administrators work to create a more positive school climate — which includes presenting and enforcing clear rules and creating positive teacher-student relationships — student suspensions can drop by as much as 10 percent, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Virginia.
More than 250 authors, illustrators and publishing professionals are heading to Charlottesville for the 25th Virginia Festival of the Book, which is set for March 20 to 24.