(Commentary by Derrick P. Alridge, a historian and professor of education at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education and Human Development) On June 19, African Americans across the United States will celebrate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 that marked the end of slavery in Texas, and with it, the complete abolition of the practice in the United States. On this day, we realize the moment when the ideals of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation reached every state. While the holiday represents a relatively unknown marker in American history, it is a powerful reminder in the African Amer...
Cale Jaffe, law professor and director of the Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic at the University of Virginia, said the decision is significant because other states will have a role to play in setting major environmental policy, especially with the rollback of federal regulations under President Donald Trump. “States will have a lot of leeway to chart their own course,” Jaffe said.
By homing in on working-class white Americans and tapping into their grievances over globalization and the liberal elites, Trump successfully ate into the Democrats’ own base. On Tuesday he will renew that pitch. “The way he looks at it, it worked beautifully in 2016 when everyone else was wrong, so he’ll follow the same instincts and (believe he’ll) win again in 2020,” veteran University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato said.
By homing in on working-class white Americans and tapping into their grievances over globalization and the liberal elites, Trump successfully ate into the Democrats’ own base. On Tuesday he will renew that pitch. “The way he looks at it, it worked beautifully in 2016 when everyone else was wrong, so he’ll follow the same instincts and (believe he’ll) win again in 2020,” veteran University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato said.
When U.S. President Donald Trump officially launches his re-election campaign in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday night in front of a crowd of up to 20,000 supporters, he will be neither a favourite nor an underdog. In fact, some experts say it's pretty much a toss-up at this point whether Trump keeps his job or not. "I'd put it at maybe 50/50," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, a non-partisan political newsletter produced at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Other regional institutions that won a ranking were the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore (ranked 32nd in cardiology and heart surgery) and the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville (ranked in the Top 50 in eight specialties).
According to a recent study by the University of Virginia, alternative relationships are warranted in the new age of romance, and individuals are growing more interested in non-traditional dating.
Machine learning algorithms can rapidly analyze biopsy images and reduce the time it takes to diagnose gut diseases in children, revealed a study published inJAMA Network Open. Researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine used a machine learning tool to read thousands of biopsy images and distinguish between environmental enteropathy (EE) and celiac disease (CD), two overlapping conditions that can cause stunting and undernutrition in pediatric patients.
Charlottesville City Council sparred over the city’s celebration of Thomas Jefferson before taking the initial step to eliminate his birthday as a paid holiday. Albemarle County observes Jefferson’s birthday as a holiday, while the University of Virginia does not. UVa does, however, hold Founder’s Day events around the date.
Charlottesville City Council is exploring removing Thomas Jefferson's birthday as an official city holiday. On Monday, June 17, councilors discussed no longer celebrating Jefferson’s birthday on April 13 and instead adding a new celebration to the city holiday schedule. “The University of Virginia is literally five miles away, there’s no way we’re going to forget Thomas Jefferson’s birthday or the city is no longer going to be able to recognize or know when that date was,” Councilor Wes Bellamy said.
(Commentary by Cale Jaffe, an assistant professor of law and director of the Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic at the University of Virginia) Virginia has the authority to ban uranium mining under state law, even as the federal government regulates the processing of nuclear fuel under the Atomic Energy Act, the Supreme Court has ruled. Neil Gorsuch, joined by the court’s longest-serving and newest conservatives – Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh – rejected the idea that Congress’ plan for nuclear enrichment could override Virginia’s decision to prohibit uranium mining altogether....
Eight UVA Children’s Hospital specialties earned a top-50 national ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide.
Historically, states have heavily subsidized their public colleges on the premise that the schools serve a public good — educating the state’s workforce and preparing them to participate in the economy. But over the past couple of decades, legislators have pulled back from this investment. New research suggests that decision could have consequences for the public. “Money matters,” said Sarah Turner, an economics and education professor at the University of Virginia and one of the authors of the paper. “The declines in state appropriations have had real effects in terms of degree output, enroll...
Kyle Kondik is a political observer at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Kondik noted that people’s answers in a survey can be different from what they decide on Election Day. People might say they want a younger candidate, Kondik observed. But age may not be the only issue that informs their vote.
Much of the attention given to undermatching is due to the work of Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby, especially research in conjunction with Richard Avery from Harvard University and Sarah Turner from the University of Virginia. In their 2012 paper, “The Missing One-Offs: The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students,” Hoxby and Avery concluded that there are far more of those students than admissions officers know.
Virginia Commonwealth University will take the lead in creating one of four regional “nodes” in a new statewide network to boost higher education research in cybersecurity, create work-study opportunities for students in the field, and foster new commercial technology to drive economic growth. VCU will lead one with the University of Virginia, Longwood University, Virginia State University, and J. Sargeant Reynolds and John Tyler community colleges.
Wakefield-area filmmaker Amy Drewry has finished a one-hour documentary on Virginia's peanut country, funded with nearly $200,000 in donations from sources including Virginia Humanities, an educational foundation affiliated with the University of Virginia.
Virginia is in the midst of a multi-pronged effort to attract, train and retain more teachers. The University of Virginia has helped tackle that effort in part by creating entirely new undergraduate degrees in education.
(Commentary by Bob Gibson, communications director and senior researcher at the University of Virginia’s Cooper Center for Public Service) Educators are finding a few new ways to add civics back into schools that have seen a loss of emphasis for the subject dealing with the rights and duties of citizens.
We’re pleased to see the University of Virginia looking outward in its new strategic plan, even as it also looks inward toward strengthening its foundation, mission and values. And by “looking outward,” we especially have in mind the university’s connection with its immediate neighbors — Charlottesville and Albemarle County.