Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said it's unlikely Sessions will be forced out. He said it's more likely there will be a special independent prosecutor assigned to investigate Russia's interference in the election.
Mascots for a Cure originated in Oregon back in 2014. Founder Derek Zinser wants to help make a difference for kids as they go through this very difficult time. The plan is to visit 36 cities in under 50 days and have as many people as possible lace up their shoes and twist away.
The artificial pancreas received Food and Drug Administration approval and this spring the device will be available to Type 1 diabetics with a doctor's prescription.
Mitre has partnered with UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science to offer a fellowship opportunity to military and federal civilian employees in the field of systems engineering.
Building on earlier research, Dr. Kattwinkel and UVA colleagues are leading a randomized clinical trial at eight medical centers around the country to test whether it is safe and beneficial to resuscitate very preterm babies with the cord still intact.
The rise of prescription painkillers enabled the opioid epidemic, but the economy may have also played a role, according to a new study from economists at the University of Indiana and the University of Virginia.
Federal research grant funding at UVA’s School of Medicine rose almost 25 percent last year, bringing UVA to 35th nationwide.
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. is bringing a constituent receiving health care through the Affordable Care Act. Rep. Donald Norcross is bringing an Iranian immigrant. And Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. invited an expert who believes Congress should demand the president's income tax returns. Pascrell (D-9th Dist.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee who is leading the fight in Congress to force Trump to release his income tax returns, invited UVA law professor George K. Yin, former chief of staff to the Joint Committee on Taxation.
UVA political analyst Geoffrey Skelley says the retirement of a majority leader in a legislature can sometimes lead to a power struggle, but that seems unlikely in this case. Considering that Republicans have long controlled the House of Delegates and currently enjoy a 66 to 34 majority, and that Howell’s reign as speaker was the second-longest in state history, Skelley says the transition of power seems pretty straightforward.
Larry Sabato, a politics professor at the University of Virginia, said that Trump had exceeded expectations, but that nothing had changed in Washington as a result of the speech to Congress.
They say the suit makes the man. In President Donald Trump’s case, it may be the suit that makes the president. “For the outsize personality, reality-show persona of Donald Trump, he toned all that down,” said Barbara Perry, a presidential historian at UVA’s Miller Center. The importance of his look, gestures and delivery is “not to be minimized,” she said, because throughout the campaign and the transition, the public wondered when – and if – he would ever become more presidential.
In Southwest Virginia, community leaders have been working since 2004 on a plan to rebrand the region as a cultural destination, complete with a booming tourism industry, and a cyber-security hub, offering the kinds of jobs more often associated with Silicon Valley than rural Appalachia. “We do not want to get into the same situation where we have an economy that’s dependent on one dominant industry,” says Shannon Blevins, associate vice chancellor at UVA’s College at Wise, who leads the school’s economic outreach efforts. “We want to make sure we have a diversified economy.”
Real estate developers and oil pipeline companies abhorred the new rule; it meant that filling wetlands and building pipelines across streams meant getting federal permits. Some Republicans in Congress called it a major overreach, infringing on state jurisdiction. They’ve found a friend in Trump. But Trump’s executive order on the rule only used Scalia’s definition of “waters,” while ignoring Kennedy’s. And only Kennedy is still alive and still sitting on the court. That might be a serious legal mistake, says Jonathan Z. Cannon, director of the University of Virginia Law School’s Environmental...
UVA’s Center for Politics is displaying unreleased photos of President John F. Kennedy. The collection was unveiled Wednesday night at a public event on Grounds, the first in a series of programs honoring JFK’s 100th birthday.
If a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged, then there must be a lot of conservatives at colleges around Virginia these days. Last month higher ed institutions reported how much they spend complying with federal mandates. It’s quite a bit: $20 million a year at the University of Virginia, for instance – just for the academic division.
Tablets. Apps. Augmented reality. Virtual reality. These technologies (and more) are making their way into the education space. But does edtech really deliver on its promise? How can schools and teachers distinguish between different products (of different qualities) in a crowded market? Research. At least, that’s what the University of Virginia-affiliated Jefferson Education Accelerator believes.
The Lawn includes some of UVA’s oldest structures, but it also has a new feature that’s very 21st-century: a designated gender-neutral bathroom.
The UVA art community had a guest lecturer Thursday evening who used to run the National Endowment of the Arts. Bill Ivey chaired the NEA during the Clinton administration, and says that a lot has changed during the agency’s 50 years.
It’s a busy, blustery Tuesday on Grounds. Outside The Fralin Museum of Art, UVA students rush by in droves, pulling overcoats tight against the wind. Inside, I stand in darkness staring at craters on the moon.
UVA men’s basketball Coach Tony Bennett will not be advancing in an online charity challenge. Bennett was taking part in the Infiniti Coach's Charity Challenge, this time raising money for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The UVA coach made it to round three in the challenge, which means the food bank will receive $10,000.