It’s clear Donald Trump and his administration took great pains to differentiate the new executive order released Monday from his embattled first attempt at limiting immigration from Muslim-majority countries. “It’s not like an administration that makes statements about a Muslim ban can wash its hands clean of that animus,” UVA law professor Brandon Garrett said. “That evidence of intent doesn’t go away just because they redrafted it a few weeks later.”
UVA researchers have found a possible new way to combat depression using a probiotic commonly found in yogurt.
“I venture the hope that in 1960, the Commonwealth of Virginia will join hands with the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts and present to you the next president of the United States.” This introduction from Virginia Gov. John S. Battle was for Sen. John F. Kennedy at the University of Virginia’s first annual Law Alumni Day banquet on this date in 1958.
Presidential historians are among those startled by Trump’s rhetoric toward Obama, which they view as significantly outside the recent norms. “It is extraordinarily unusual,” said Russell Riley, an associate professor at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
Carolyn Engelhard, director of the health policy program in the UVA School of Medicine, comments on how the new plan dramatically changes the way the government helps patients pay for their health care.
Most of these programs only cover tuition and fees, not the full cost of attendance. There are only two four-year public institutions – UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia – that report meeting full financial need, according to data submitted to U.S. News in an annual survey.
Jefferson is often linked to the country’s history of self-government, separation of church and state, and public education. Over time, Jefferson’s name also became linked to the continuation of slavery until the Civil War, and to the loss of land for Native Americans.
Early on, two issues are dominating the headlines – travel restrictions on people from seven countries considered high risk for terrorism and a policy, adopted during Barack Obama’s time in office, shielding people who arrived illegally in the United States as children from deportation. But both of these issues cover a small portion of the population. Trump’s presidency could have a wider impact in the long term, said Doug Ford, director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law.
The UVA Board of Visitors approved using $10 million for new research equipment. This comes out of its multibillion dollar Strategic Investment Fund.
Last month, the City Council declared that March 3 would commemorate the historic moment in 1865 when Union military forces arrived in the city and liberated approximately 14,000 African-American slaves.
Also adopted was legislation mandating free speech on campus, including for “invited guests.” UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan said no provision was made to cover the cost for security that schools would incur for controversial speakers. She also again questioned legislation allowing the sale of higher-proof grain alcohol in Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control stores. The bill increases from 101 to 151 the proof of neutral spirits and includes a 2022 sunset provision.
Kirt von Daacke, assistant dean and professor in UVA’s College of Arts and Sciences, co-chairs the President's Commission on Slavery and the University, tasked with uncovering and preserving the history of UVA's slaves. He led a tour of the buildings that have preserved the history of slaves.
In the early 1970s, a young UVA student, Russell Perry, had his musical world turned on its ear by a singular performance. In a roundabout way, that memorable event has led to a wildly ambitious radio program that’s celebrating 100 years of jazz in as many installments.
As a multiethnic person myself – the son of a Jewish dad of Eastern European descent and a Puerto Rican mom – I can attest that being mixed makes it harder to fall back on the tribal identities that have guided so much of human history, and that are now resurgent. It’s hard to know what to do about this except to acknowledge that diversity isn’t easy. It’s uncomfortable. It can make people feel threatened. “We promote diversity. We believe in diversity. But diversity is hard,” UVA psychologist Sophie Trawalter told me.
“I see echoes with the past,” Ken Hughes, a researcher at UVA’s Miller Center, said in an interview. “It is clear that Trump is very defensive and he is very worried,” said Hughes, who wrote a book on the Republican interference in the Vietnam peace talks. “It might mean the investigation into the Russian interference in our election will expose other things he wants to keep hidden.”
Virginia's London Perrantes and Isaiah Wilkins, along with Virginia Tech's Seth Allen and Zach LeDay, should all enter this week's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a little extra momentum after garnering all-conference honors.
Trump's credibility has taken a hit, according to Larry Sabato, a UVA political analyst who says that the Russian ties will have serious consequences for Trump's credibility. "It's never a good thing for people to know that the Russians want you elected," he said.
Donald Trump’s extraordinary and unsubstantiated accusation that Barack Obama ordered the tapping of his phones before the November election raises three possible scenarios, each of which has serious implications for his young presidency. Larry Sabato, a UVA politics expert, alluded to a third scenario: that Trump was once again making up facts. “Claiming Obama bugged him is an extremely serious charge. Trump needs to put up or shut up,” Sabato said.
"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 Centre of Public Affairs. The importance of his look, gestures and delivery is "not to be minimised," she said, because throughout the campaign and the transition, the public wondered when – and if – he would ever become more presidential.
University of Virginia students will pay, on average, 3 percent more in housing fees and 1.3 percent more in dining fees next year. The university’s Board of Visitors approved the changes at a meeting Friday.