Over a 30-year period, when income inequality has moved up and down, mobility has remained more or less constant, with virtually no correlation to the tax code. Bradford Wilcox, who leads the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia said, “Inequality itself is not a particularly potent predictor of economic mobility.” Wilcox studied the Harvard and Berkeley data and concluded that “high percentages of two-parent families and high local government spending — which may be a proxy for good schools — are the most likely to help poor children relive the Horatio Alger story.”
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University of Virginia law professor Margaret Foster Riley told CNN that the new law could be “fatal for much of the litigation currently pending. But the new law is quite vague in some areas and possibly overbroad -- and that might provide some potential opportunities,” she told CNN in an email.
Defendant Michael Alexander Brown’s account of blacking out during the murder of his mother’s live-in boyfriend was deemed credible by a clinic with the University of Virginia’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy. The institute diagnosed him with dissociative amnesia that would leave him unable to remember what had happened during an episode. “He was physically present, but not conscious,” Sharon Kelley, a clinical psychologist, testified.
Another reason Washington is doing okay, could have to do with the state’s relatively low COVID-19 case counts. “Some jobs, especially those that are public-facing, are perceived to be so hazardous or unpleasant that workers are no longer willing to stay, even at higher wages,” said University of Virginia Professor Teresa A. Sullivan. “Fear of contracting COVID, abuse from customers, frustration over unavailable inventory, and other supply-chain issues have all made retail, hospitality, and some health care jobs much less attractive.”
When it comes to cardiac arrest, timing is everything, because it can be the difference between life and death. “Improvement in survival is seen when we have people responding to the patient’s side within the first couple minutes of cardiac arrest,” said Dr. William Brady, from UVA Health. He says giving CPR within the first two minutes significantly improves survival rates, stating it’s “a factor of three to six times more likely to live than somebody that doesn’t receive this care.”
(Commentary by Rhodes Cooks, senior columnist at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a publication of UVA’s Center for Politics) Nearly 15 years ago, journalist Bill Bishop wrote a provocative book entitled “The Big Sort.” Its thesis was that Americans were increasingly clustering into communities of like-minded folk — by religion, lifestyle, and politics. That clustering, at least at the political level, has only increased since then.
In 2021, the University of Virginia women’s team won the NCAA title by 137 points over the closest competitor, securing the national crown that most assumed the Cavaliers would win in 2020 before the cancellation of the NCAA Championships. Paige Madden was the top swimmer of the meet, while sophomore Kate Douglass won the 50 free and finished second in two other events and Alex Walsh won the 200 IM. This year, Madden has graduated, and the competition on the national level will be more formidable, but this Virginia team looks so much more complete. Through nine out of 18 swimming events at the...
5. “On Winter,” by Matt Dinan in the Feb. 1 edition ofThe Hedgehog Review (a UVA publication).
The University of Virginia renovated and expanded an outpatient procedure center for its digestive health department, construction firm Hord Coplan Macht said Thursday. The 25,500-square-foot building previously served as an ambulatory surgery building, HCM said. The revamp involved infrastructure upgrades and the installation of an endoscopy suite, a motility procedure room and an electro-convulsive treatment suite.
One promising model for communicating nurses’ on-the-ground concerns to institutional powers comes in the form of a consultation service offered by UVA Health, in which ethics consultants talk with health care workers when they’re experiencing moral distress. “We help them figure out where the system’s problems are and what needs to be addressed,” Beth Epstein, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Virginia whose research focuses on moral distress.
New offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion have sprung up on campus around the nation. What are they and what purpose do they serve? How has DEI come to rival some academic departments in staffing numbers? This webinar features (among others) Joel Gardner, attorney, investment banker, multiple alumnus board member at the University of Virginia and recent member of the UVA Committee on Free Expression and Free Inquiry.
The average endowment’s size increased by 35%, leaving 19% of institutions with endowments worth more than $1 billion. But experts say few students benefited from that growth. (A chart accompanying the story lists UVA’s endowment as having grown by 45.2%, to $10.5 billion.)
(Podcast) The University of Virginia has long been linked to law enforcement practices through the association with the FBI National Academy in Quantico, and with respected law enforcement leaders on faculty. In this episode, host Jim Dudley speaks with Bryon Gustafson, assistant professor and director of UVA’s Master of Public Safety program, about the benefits of a master's degree for police officers.
When white supremacists marched in Charlottesville in August 2017, they encircled the famous statue of Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia, shouting “Jews will not replace us.” Ironically, the statue of the American founding father was made by the patriotic Jewish sculptor Moses Ezekiel. The antisemites were also unlikely to be aware that Jefferson’s nearby historic home Monticello – a National Historic Landmark and the only presidential house in the United States designated a UNESCO World Heritage site – survived ruin twice thanks to the efforts of a Jewish family named Levy.
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The Jefferson School Foundation will have a new executive director starting March 1. Bernard Whitsett will be replacing Sue Friedman after retiring at the end of the month. Whitsett is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Northwestern. He grew up in Charlottesville and his mom was a teacher at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.
The Jefferson School Foundation has a new executive director. Bernard Whitsett has been selected for the position after Sue Friedman announced her retirement. Whitsett is from Charlottesville and is a University of Virginia alumnus.
(Blog) I don’t know how many times over the years I’ve wondered if this is the trip that will kill [UVA alumnus] David Tracy, and I’m glad I don’t have to worry about it any more.
Competing in Quarter-Final 12 of the “Jeoprdy!” National College Championship are: Sam Blum, a Vanderbilt University senior; Ani Dehadrai, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior and Megan Sullivan, a University of Virginia junior. (Click for results)
(Commentary) So, how much difference will these endorsements make? Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said that it depends. “The value of endorsements is hard to quantify, and the one that Mooney has from former President Trump is likely the most valuable available to either of the candidates,” Kondik told me. “But McKinley winning Justice’s backing could be important, and it also shows that at least some top West Virginia Republicans are not just going to fall in line behind the former president.”
J. Miles Coleman, an analyst at the Center for Politics of the University of Virginia, notes that Pelosi is universally recognized as a great fundraiser for the party and very good at maintaining party discipline, which is very important ahead of the November vote. “They need a strong leader,” he says. “If she retires before, it will convey the feeling that Democrats are leaving because the House of Representatives is a lost cause.”