The University of Virginia’s Miller Center will release an oral history of the late Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy featuring numerous interviews with the senator throughout his long career. The Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project is a collaboration between the Miller Center and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The project features 19 interviews spanning Kennedy’s time in office — nearly five decades in all — as well as 250 interviews with family members, friends, colleagues, journalists and staffers.
Few relationships in U.S. political history have changed more over time than that between presidents and popes. Once avoided, meetings with popes are now obligatory for American presidents, the latest being the Sept. 23 sit-down at the White House between President Obama and Pope Francis. “It’s almost de rigueur that the president go to see the pope,” says Gerald Fogarty, professor of religious studies and history at the University of Virginia. It’s a vivid illustration of how the church and the United States have changed over the past two-plus centuries.
With the departure of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from the 2016 GOP presidential race, middle America appears wide open for John Kasich. “Removing Walker from the equation does leave Kasich more room to maneuver in the Midwest, but ultimately I think they were pursuing different groups of voters,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to Washington this week, the outlook for relations is decidedly murkier than when he hosted President Barack Obama at their last summit less than a year ago. "To me, the most important thing about the meeting is that it is an acknowledgement of the importance of the relationship," said University of Virginia professor of foreign affairs and China expert Brantly Womack. Other than that, it will be mostly posturing, Womack said: "I imagine it will be more light-sabre poses than deliverables."
Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics said Mr. Walker’s fall was “very reminiscent” of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s campaign in 2012, which also ran out of steam in the early innings of the race.
The administration of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has released a detailed internal investigative report into the bloody arrest of a University of Virginia student by three state liquor agents that prompted allegations of racism. McAuliffe's administration said Tuesday that it was able to release the report because the three officers involved had waived protection of their personnel information.
(By Tony Lucadamo, the lead policy analyst at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center) Like millions of Americans, I spent my Wednesday evening tuned into the second GOP debate. My objective was a simple one: To write an opinion piece covering the five policy areas that CNN failed to mention but should have. There was some material there. But admittedly as the night drew to a close, the full gamut had pretty much been covered. That was not the story. In the end, it was the network’s handling of these issues that took center stage.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is spending $1.7 million to monitor how and what obese families eat, tracking their eating via sensors they wear on their waists. The research, conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Virginia, began this month. Families will be monitored for months at a time. The project, dubbed M2FED, is using a system of “in-home beacons, wireless and wearable sensors, and smartphones” to collect real time data of what the research subjects are eating.
(By Mark Edmundson, University Professor at the University of Virginia) “Aren’t you a Catholic?” People often ask me that question in a gotcha tone. It’s as though they’re saying: I see through you. You pretend to be an intellectual, a more or less secular guy who can maybe lay claim to some sophistication. You want to pass as someone (here’s the rub) who has grown up and is not a child anymore. But I see through all that, the questioner implies. I can tell that you live under the old dispensation. You’re a creature not of light and intellect, light an...
Marco Rubio has consistently ranked as a top-tier candidate among experts, but his support among voters has been erratic and often weak. After formally entering the race in April, he had a strong surge of support – even popping into the lead briefly. But that was before Donald Trump and Fiorina caught fire. “It’s a demolition derby. Your car can be running fourth or fifth, but if the cars in front of you crash, then you can end up the winner of the race,” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Rubio, he added, “is pos...
The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia will celebrate Kate Tamarkin’s 10th anniversary season as Music Director by performing many of her favorite works.
Students at the University of Virginia had a learning session Monday about mastering job interviews. The Career Peer Educator Program offered the workshop. Career Peer Educators are trained at the beginning of the school year to instruct students on a variety of career related topics.
Francesca Tripodi, a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia, argued that the big data movement gives everyone a voice. That said, Tripodi argues that — just as history shows — marginalized views often are overlooked because we tend to value stories that the Internet tells us are trending. “The next time a company starts directing you toward what’s trending, stop, scroll down and read something else,” Tripodi said. “When you do, you acknowledge that the marginalized perspective also matters.”
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children should remain in rear-facing car seats until age two, or until they exceed the height or weight limit for the car seat. According to a study by the University of Virginia, children under age two are 75 percent less likely to die or to be severely injured in a crash if they are rear-facing.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is slated to deliver the inaugural University of Virginia Lecture on Religious Liberty, where he will address the intersections of religion and politics.
The University of Virginia is in the clear after a multiyear review of its sexual misconduct policies by the federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. The UVa administration signed an agreement essentially ending the review, though the university will need to check in with the office to assure it is following recommendations.
The University of Virginia has released the results of a comprehensive national survey gauging the climate and culture around sexual assault and misconduct. UVA was one of 27 schools to participate. According to the survey, 38.6 percent of UVA students say sexual assault or sexual misconduct at the university is “very much” or “extremely” problematic.
Five Virginia schools have been named to a national ranking of top liberal arts colleges and research universities. The Raleigh, N.C.-based website College Choice ranked Washington and Lee University No. 10, the University of Richmond No. 19 and Virginia Military Institute No. 37 on its list of liberal arts colleges. Meanwhile, the University of Virginia and the College of William & Mary ranked No. 22 and No. 38, respectively among national research universities.
Several departments at the University of Virginia are coming together to understand how data research can work for them. In the past 5 years with the rise of cloud computing, the ability to store massive amounts of data is easier and easier. Now organizations want to analyze the data. On Friday, the University of Virginia held a Datapalooza event where several presenters, from fields like medical engineering and liberal arts, showed how analyzing trends in their school can help professors and students better understand the subject matter.
Carbon allowances sold by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have set a new high, continuing an upward trend that began a year ago. William M. Shobe, director of the Center for Economic & Policy Studies at the University of Virginia, told Bloomberg BNA he was somewhat surprised at the $6.02 allowance price in the latest auction. “If you look at underlying factors within the RGGI region itself, you wouldn’t really expect a big run-up in RGGI allowance prices,” he said.