Geoffrey Skelley of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said New Democrats have a limited role in the budget-making process simply because they aren’t in the majority. Republican House leaders and the White House will do most of the negotiating, he said.
John T. Casteen III of Keswick, professor and president emeritus at the University of Virginia and Ervin L. Jordan Jr. of Charlottesville, associate professor and research archivist with the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at U.Va. were appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
For their research, University of Virginia psychologists followed 184 teens over a 10-year period, between ages 13 and 23. Teens who sought approval and attention through behavior like being sexually active at an early age, participating in delinquency or seeking out their more attractive peers may have enjoyed a higher status as kids, but it didn’t last.
Neuroscientists across Virginia are collaborating with a London-based pharmaceutical company to come up with better treatment for the degenerative brain disease ALS. The scientists — from the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech and AstraZeneca — are developing a 3D disease model using human stem cells.
The ASSIST Lab, formally the National Science Foundation Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies, is a collaborative effort of NC State, Penn State University, the University of Virginia and Florida International University where researchers are developing minuscule, self-powered sensors and devices to help individuals monitor their health.
Two University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers studying possible contraceptive uses of human reproductive cells discovered an unexpected link between human eggs and cancer tumors — both often contain a protein called SAS1B.
A search of the Scorecard for public universities with at least 2,000 undergraduates found that Colorado School of Mines had the highest median earnings for alumni ($74,700), followed by Georgia Tech ($74,000), University of Colorado-Denver ($73,800) and Missouri University of Science and Technology ($65,500). The University of Maryland at College Park ranked 11th in this group of 494 schools ($59,100), and the University of Virginia ranked 12th ($58,600). Median alumni earnings for D.C. universities were: Georgetown, $83,300; George Washington, $64,500; American, $55,900; Catholic, $54,500; T...
The Virginia Film Festival has announced plans for its annual Family Day festivities, held Saturday, Nov. 7 on the Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds at the University of Virginia. The Virginia Film Festival, scheduled for November 5-8, is presented by the University of Virginia and the Office of Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts. Part of the Festival’s Outreach & Education Program, the VFF’s Family Day is an annual highlight that features family-friendly screenings, interactive arts workshops led by U.Va. and local arts professionals, and screenings of films made by as ma...
Georgia Institute of Technology may be one of the best higher education values for low-income students in the U.S., while students seeking a high chance of graduating from a public school should probably choose the University of Virginia, according to a new government scorecard.
Next week PBS’s “American Experience” devotes four hours to a biography of Walt Disney (9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, WQED-TV) and there are some pretty great things about this production from director Sarah Colt. “Disneyland is the idealization of the past and the hopeful regard for the future,” notes Carmenita Higginbotham, a professor who teaches about Disney’s impact on American popular culture at The University of Virginia. “It is not about now. It is a complete release from all those burdens.”
This week, the Justice Department issued a memorandum urging prosecutors to put corporate leaders in the financial sector and other industries in the dock for any criminal wrongdoing. "If prosecutors really do the hard work and work their way up the chain, that's an incredibly resource-intensive prosecution," said Brandon Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia. "That's not the kind of thing these offices can take on very often, with their resources."
A federal proposal to crack down on smog will hurt Virginia businesses, kill jobs and perhaps snarl traffic, industry officials said Thursday. “The ozone rules aren’t going to make the sky fall, as these lobbying organizations want people to think,” said Michael Livermore, an associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and an expert in costs and benefits of environmental regulations.
The California Assembly has passed an assisted suicide bill that could soon pass the Senate and be signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. Dr. Brad Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia and director of the National Marriage Project, cited a new study that found child mortality to be significantly higher in children of divorce in many countries.
In what is the first major policy announcement by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the Justice Department has asked civil and criminal investigators to focus on individuals instead of corporations when looking into white-collar crime. "'It's a good memo, but it states what should have been the policy for years,' said Brandon L. Garrett, a University of Virginia law professor and the author of the book 'Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise With Corporations.' 'And without more resources, how are prosecutors going to know whether companies are still buryin...
Researchers at UVA say some football collisions are like a car crash. 88.9 WCVE’s Charles Fishburne has this Science Matters report. Richard Kent, a Biomechanical Engineer at the University of Virginia, and his colleagues are experts in protecting the body. Their lab is examining everything in football protective gear, head to toe. Better helmets have reduced concussions 35% in two years, but Kent says that is not enough.
An ambitious project to subject educational technology products to potentially rigorous testing of their effectiveness will receive help from the American Institutes for Research, which will serve as a research partner in the effort. The Jefferson Education Accelerator is a commercial entity, advised by the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, that invites companies to apply to go through a review process. The businesses give up a small portion of their equity to take part.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine says they have found a new strategy for attacking cancer cells that could help preserve the fertility of a patient. Doctors discovered a specific protein only found on egg and cancer cells, the SAS1B protein.
Neuroscientists across Virginia are collaborating with a London-based pharmaceutical company to come up with better treatment for the degenerative brain disease ALS. The scientists — from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and AstraZeneca — are developing a 3D disease model using human stem cells.
The UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Thomas Jefferson-designed Monticello and University of Virginia define historic Charlottesville. Along with these famed sites, you can pack in more of the past with a visit to James Monroe’s home, Edgar Allan Poe’s room at UVA, and the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center.
Stung by years of criticism that it has coddled Wall Street criminals, the Justice Department issued new policies on Wednesday that prioritize the prosecution of individual employees — not just their companies — and put pressure on corporations to turn over evidence against their executives. "It's a good memo, but it states what should have been the policy for years," said Brandon L. Garrett, a University of Virginia law professor and the author of the book "Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise With Corporations." "And without more resources, how...