The next several months may determine the landscape of the 2018 election. And if this year’s political ferment translates into credible challengers next year, it may be a victory in itself. “You never know what the mid-term environment is going to be,” said Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics. “I think the folks stepping up are doing their party a favor.”
Rep. Tom Garrett, R-5th, held his first in-person forum with his congressional constituents Friday at the University of Virginia, well-attended by both supporters and opponents. The forum at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy was preceded by a tense demonstration outside the entrance of the building, with supporters and protesters shouting over one another in the rain, while several dozen police officers monitored the area.
The University of Virginia undeservedly has gotten a bad rap for hosting Rep. Tom Garrett’s controversial town hall late last week. Many of the reasons critics cited for claiming that UVA should distance itself from the event – the University’s hallowed and historic connection with the democracy of Thomas Jefferson among them – are precisely the reasons why UVA could not take sides in the uproar.
A team of UVA students is building a car powered by the sun to compete in an international challenge. UVA is the only university in the commonwealth with a solar car team.
Barbara Perry, a UVA expert on the presidency, said she spoke about the confirmation process recently. “A woman stood up and said, ‘When did the court become so political?'” Perry recalled. Around the founding of the country, she and a colleague replied, “or at least since we’ve had two political parties.”
Campuses across the country offer similar programs, but UVA’s Alternative Spring Break may be the only one with no faculty or administrative involvement of any sort. A registered nonprofit since 1992, the UVA program is run entirely by student volunteers.
A new study involving a UVA researcher has found a negative correlation between the use of cellphones to get information and trust in strangers.
The impulse to consider a business leader for the University of Virginia presidency is not exactly wrong. But neither is it fully right. This cannot be an either/or decision. The university needs a leader who is both a talented business strategist and a knowledgeable champion of higher education.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said the Freedom Caucus is "unpersuadable." "This is a massive defeat for their party, but they're just not going to change," he said. "Their reaction is to dig in their heels."
Trump has issued no directives regarding construction of the wall. “It’s not as simple and straightforward as individuals not familiar with the process might think it is,” said Stephen Gordon, program director for procurement and contract management studies at the University of Virginia.
The college waitlist can be emotional torture for families hoping to know once and for all where their children will be going to college in just a few short months, placing a glimmer of uncertainty between the students and the final answer. “This is probably the toughest decision to get from a school,” acknowledged Dean Jeannine C. Lalonde, aka “Dean J,” last week in UVA’s admissions blog, “Notes from the Peabody.”
(By Christopher Ali, assistant professor of media studies) The U.S. Senate voted last week to allow internet service providers to sell data about their customers’ online activities to advertisers. The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday; President Trump is expected to sign the measure into law.
(By Chris Lu, senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) The past two weeks of March Madness have brought the usual crowded sports bars, office pools and buzzer-beaters. But this year has been a bit different. For the first time since 2008, the president of the United States has decided not to join in the fun and submit a bracket.
(By Chris Lu, senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump appealed to working-class voters by promising to bring jobs back to the U.S. When President Trump recently visited Detroit, he renewed that promise, saying he would "use the full economic powers of our country to protect our workers and to protect our jobs." The problem with Trump's rhetoric is that he has focused on only half of the jobs equation. Job creation means nothing without job training.
Books are still alive and well. I discovered this last weekend in Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia, at the 23rd annual Virginia Festival of the Book.
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have created an online metabolic calculator to predict a person's risk of heart disease and diabetes. A study of the online metabolic calculator suggests it is more accurate at predicting the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes than traditional methods.
Yamuna River Project, unveiled Wednesday, will use sustainable bio-remediation technology to clean water and long-term management strategies to create city-level assets for all. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Delhi Jal Board and University of Virginia in 2016 to work on the five-year project.
Gerald L. Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, is bullish about the growth of private-sector industry in the county, particularly the potential of personalized medicine. Earlier this year, Inova Health System entered into a partnership with the University of Virginia that could reap significant rewards.
Instances of family members – particularly children – of presidents serving in the administration are rare, and unprecedented under modern ethics standards. According to Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center, Ivanka Trump would be the first child of a president to hold an official White House post since Dwight Eisenhower’s son John.
Welcome to College Confidential, an online gathering point for college-bound teens and college-obsessed parents. Jeannine Lalonde, an associate dean of admission at the University of Virginia, said she started following the site years ago, after noticing that some people were posting rumors or guessing answers. “I thought, ‘I could easily answer these,’ and then the matter is settled, and people have a reference if they’re searching,” she said. “It also was really apparent that thousands and thousands of people were there.”