Last week, when Otto Warmbier finally came home, people tied ribbons to the trees that arch over the main street here and to the wooden street signs hanging from wrought-iron scrolls in this close-knit suburb of Cincinnati.
Larry Sabato: Georgia Election Results ‘Pretty Depressing’ for Democrats, Anti-Trump Euphoria ‘Gone’
On Tuesday’s “CNN Tonight,” Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said the results of Georgia’s special election are saddening for Democrats, and they should learn the lesson that re-taking the House and defeating President Trump will be long and difficult.
In the wake of the tragic death of Otto Warmbier on Monday, friends and teachers are remembering the U.S. student who died after suffering brain damage during his imprisonment in North Korea.
When Alex Vagonis first met Otto Warmbier, she was at a party at his apartment and noticed his “insane” tie collection. Vagonis, Warmbier’s girlfriend, spoke to hundreds of University of Virginia students, faculty and community members who gathered for a candlelight vigil at the McIntire Amphitheatre on Tuesday in memory of Warmbier.
On Tuesday night, a candlelight vigil was held in honor of Otto Warmbier. He died Monday afternoon at a hospital in Cincinnati, surrounded by family members and friends.
When he left the United States at the end of 2015, Otto Warmbier was a healthy, athletic 21-year-old. When he returned last week, medically evacuated from his 17-month detention in North Korea, he was in a coma, with extensive brain damage. On Monday he died, surrounded by family.
The inspiration for the major motion picture “Hidden Figures” is among the finalists for the Library of Virginia 20th annual Literary Awards for books about a Virginia subject or by Virginia authors. UVA alumna Margot Lee Shetterly’s book tells the story of three African-American women who were among the NASA mathematicians behind sending the first man to space.
That simple act of crossing a border, no matter how close the college may be, often means tuition rates are at least double those paid by students who live in the state. But not always. UVA’s College at Wise announced that students in Tennessee and Kentucky who live within 50 miles from the college will be able to attend paying in-state tuition rates.
John Kluge and his wife, UVA professor Christine Mahoney, co-founded the Alight Fund, which is a for-profit investment fund that aims to assist refugee and host country entrepreneurs.
Alexander Slotnick, a UVA creative writing alumnus, interviewed author James Salter in the fall of 2014. The Q&A was published in UVA’s literary journal, Meridian, several months later, and Jim died shortly thereafter, on June 19th, 2015, at the age of 90. As far as Literary Hub’s editors and I know, this was Jim’s last interview. It’s republished here in full with thanks to Meridian and Jim’s family.
It’s extremely difficult to do the kind of legwork that leads to an exoneration, particularly if the case hinges on more than DNA, said Brandon L. Garrett, a law professor at the UVA School of Law
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An Oregon judge who reportedly displayed a portrait of Adolf Hitler at his courthouse and twice provided a felon with a gun, directed his staff to lie about his availability to same-sex couples looking to marry, according to the state’s Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability. “The commission’s findings have him doing so many bad things that trying not to marry same-sex couples should be the least of it,” UVA aw professor Douglas Laycock said.
“This congressional seat is 1/435th of one house of one of three branches of the federal government. It doesn’t determine control of the House, either. And we know from past experience that even if the Democrats win it, it’s far too early for this one special election to predict the results of the 2018 midterm elections,” UVA politics professor Larry Sabato said.
Otto F. Warmbier, the University of Virginia honors student who was released from a North Korean prison last week after spending 17 months in captivity and more than a year in a coma, died on Monday at the Cincinnati hospital where he had been receiving treatment, his family said.
President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died after being imprisoned in North Korea for the past 17 months.
A coroner's office in Ohio is investigating the death of a 22-year-old college student who died less than a week after his return to the U.S. after nearly a year and a half in North Korean detention, a spokesman said Tuesday.
A group of fellows from 18 different African nations was officially welcomed to Charlottesville on Monday at UVA. Twenty-five Mandela Washington Fellows with the Young African Leaders Initiative will tour the commonwealth for the next six weeks.
After a record number of applications, the i.Lab at UVA – an initiative of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – is welcoming 22 new ventures to its 2017 Summer Incubator program. The selected startups are developing innovative ideas in a range of industries, spanning cloud computing, micro-farming, the refugee crises, medical technology and much more.