Both the Albemarle Supervisors and the City Council agreed Wednesday to issue declarations of a water emergency. Gary O’Connell of the Albemarle County Service Authority says water restrictions for both localities, and at the University of Virginia, begin at 8 a.m.
UVA invited three speakers to discuss the history of the alt-right group. The discussion covered everything from media coverage to the origins and while each speaker had something different to say, they all agree learning about who the alt-right is critical.
After the August rally, UVA historian Philip Zelikow thought of a Texas case he’d worked on in the 1980s that relied on state law banning “military companies” not authorized by the governor. Zelikow called the Charlottesville case an important reminder of laws already on the books for decades “that are meant to keep our political protests and confrontations free from paramilitary intimidation and companies of men with guns.”
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, said it's hardly unusual for a president's favorability to drop after taking office. Still, Trump's poor national standing could have consequences for the GOP in the 2018 midterm elections, when 23 Democrats, two independents and eight Republicans are up for re-election.
Democrats only have a handful of competitive races this November into which they can pour their anti-Trump energies. Virginia, many electoral experts say, no longer really appears to be a swing state, having flipped from red to blue in the past three elections. But the Virginia governor's race this year is making some on the left queasy as a redux of Election Day 2016. "You should be very skeptical of anyone claiming Northam is going to run away with this," says Geoffrey Skelley, a UVA political analyst. "Virginia's voters are whiter, older, and more educated. Only the third favors Northam."
“These are opportunities for Republicans to stanch the bleeding that could occur in the midterm cycle and even solidify shifts in those districts,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a UVA political analyst. “[Democrats] need to get enough seats to win back the House and that’s made harder when they have to compete in more districts where their incumbents are retiring.”
A decade after the Women’s Health Initiative clinical trials, misperceptions regarding hormone therapy and gaps in knowledge prevent women from accessing treatment for menopausal symptoms, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society. Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton of UVA’s Midlife Health Center and North American Menopause Society executive director, and colleagues sought to uncover knowledge gaps among health care providers who treat postmenopausal women.
Most of the hourlong argument before the Supreme Court last week focused on whether the courts should get involved in reviewing partisan gerrymandering cases at all and, if so, what standard or test should be used to review such claims. “The issue presented here is whether or not the plaintiffs have found a new formula that could be used to figure out if a redistricting plan is extreme gerrymandering,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics.
Now a second movie, “Marshall,” which opens here Friday, is stirring similar Jewish concerns. Like “Selma,” the new film is “based on a true story.” The Virginia Law Weekly, published by the UVA Law School, reviewed the film, noting that Joshua Gad, who played Friedman, “captured the essence of a bumbling new lawyer.” Jenna Goldman, editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Weekly, was intrigued enough to investigate the actual rape case, Connecticut vs. Spell. Goldman discovered that this “real story” was far from real in how it depicted the Jewish lawyer.
(By Barbara A. Perry, presidential studies director at UVA’s Miller Center) Nowhere are a president’s persuasive abilities more necessary, and the people more receptive to them, than in the aftermath of a tragedy. But why do we expect a partisan political figure to soothe our nation’s jangled nerves after a disaster? The answers lie in the nature of the office, the men who have held it, modern public grieving rituals and contemporary media culture – but also in the cumulative impact of crises and the expanding demands on presidents as power has accrued to them.
A pair of children's hospitals will create a clinically integrated network dedicated exclusively to improving children's health. According to a release, the UVA Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters will create the network, which will be the only one in Virginia designed specifically for pediatrics.
A recently discovered dwarf galaxy in the constellation Lynx may serve well as a proxy for better understanding the developing chemistry of the early universe, according to a research team that includes UVA astronomers.
More than a decade after the Women's Health Initiative clinical trials, lingering misperceptions regarding hormone therapy still prevent many women from getting relief from their menopause symptoms. A new study from the UVA Health System uncovers knowledge gaps of clinicians treating postmenopausal women and identifies need for additional education.
UVA is one of several Atlantic Coast Conference universities that worked with the Smithsonian Institution to create a festival celebrating creative exploration and research. The first ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival will be held this weekend in Washington, D.C.
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia was granted departmental status. Deborah McDowell, director of the institute, stated that “the institute has existed since 1981 and for the entirety of that time, it has been a program. A program signals secondary status in an institution of higher learning.”
The third and final debate in the governor’s race produced one clear, unmistakable winner: The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
Tickets will go on sale at 12:01 a.m. Friday for the latest films and events announced Tuesday by the Virginia Film Festival. Actor Anthony Michael Hall will appear at a screening of his film, “The Lears.”
UVA is asking the city of Charlottesville for ownership of Brandon Avenue. Tuesday, UVA presented an update on the Brandon Avenue project to the City Planning Commission. The project would build more upperclass housing, move the Student Health Center and add a greenway with a stormwater feature into the middle of the street.
“It’s always hard, though not impossible, for the president’s party to maintain or even gain ground in an election,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, said in a Sept. 21 interview. He cited solid approval numbers in recent years for former Presidents Bill Clinton in 1998 and George W. Bush in 2002, when their parties bucked midterm trends. But, Kondik said, those types of gains are made when the president has favorable numbers.
Professor Larry Sabato, who runs UVA’s Center for Politics, said Trump’s polling numbers in Virginia weren’t too surprising. But Sabato said the decline in net approval ratings doesn’t mean that people are switching sides. “Opponents aren’t becoming supporters, supporters aren’t becoming opponents, but it is affecting the degree to which they’re either enthusiastic about him or opposed to him,” he said.