It’s been roughly three years since Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian found out he was going to be a father, but he’s still grappling with the profound awareness of his own mortality that came with it. Ohanian and co-founder Steve Huffman started Reddit after graduating from the University of Virginia in 2005 and sold it the following year for a reported $10m to $20m. It’s now one of America’s most popular websites.
Christopher Ali, a UVA associate professor of media studies, sees Liberty Global's possible Univision bid as Malone pursuing scale to more effectively deal with fast-consolidating media rivals. "Every year the M&A activity is heating up. And Malone wants to be part of this. We're seeing CBS and Viacom, T-Mobile-Sprint in telecom," Ali says. "He wants a piece of this M&A action, and Univision is his 'in' to start reassembling what he's had before."
Former foreign policy officials – including some who served in Republican administrations – said in interviews that Trump plays an unusual and at times disturbing role in high-profile criminal and sanction cases involving foreign governments. “What I know about his intervention in the Halkbank case is highly abnormal and quite worrying, actually,” said Philip Zelikow, a UVA history professor who served on the National Security Council staff for President George Bush.
Ken Cuccinelli is being eyed as the next Secretary of Homeland Security after Kevin Mcaleenan resigned as head of DHS on Oct. 11. Cuccinelli holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia, a J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law (now the Antonin Scalia Law School), and a M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University.
Rick Boyer, a Virginia conservative activist attorney and former local elected official, is helping with the so-called “Vexit” push. He said a growing movement of conservative Virginians is serious about leaving a state that he said doesn’t respect their rights. UVA law professor Richard Schragger, whose work includes a focus on the intersection of constitutional law and local government law, said the move would require the consent of both states and Congress.
An analysis by Alan I. Abramowitz at UVA’s Center for Politics found that candidates in the 2018 midterms who supported Medicare-for-all performed worse than those who did not.
An ambitious new study of genes in Asian populations is filling in big gaps in our understanding of human genetics, shedding light on the history of human migration and ultimately aiming to improve our ability to treat disease. Researchers from dozens of institutions around the world, including the University of Virginia School of Medicine, are seeking to address the under-representation of Asian populations in genetic research.
The University of Virginia has advised students to leave their program at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, and continue their studies remotely, said Brian Coy, a University spokesman.
“Environmental federalism gets cloaked in the language and rhetoric of constitutional law, but it’s really a simpler, more pragmatic concept: Who is responsible for cleaning up a toxic waste landfill that’s reached into a nearby river?” says law professor Cale Jaffe, director of UVA’s Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic.
Daniel Willingham, a UVA professor of psychology and author of “The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads,” has argued digital work probably can’t drastically reshape our cognitive systems. But he agreed there are obvious shortfalls to digital reading.
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service has a new director. Lawrence “Larry” Roberts, the institute’s fifth director, brings decades of legal and political experience as well as experience serving on business and civic boards.
In addition, with the implementation of lung screening and the increased use of CT scans in general, cardiothoracic surgeons are seeing more patients with small or undefined nodules, so the timing of the availability of technology such as OTL38 is just right, according to Dr. Linda W. Martin of the University of Virginia, who was not directly involved with this research. "In many circumstances, a preoperative biopsy is not practical or feasible, and we are faced with the need for intraoperative identification of these nodules," Martin said.
A new study of genes in Asian populations is filling gaps in our understanding of human genetics, shedding light on history of human migration and aiming to improve our ability to treat diseases, according to a news release from UVA Health. Researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and dozens of institutions globally are seeking to address the under-representation of Asian populations in genetic research.
No. 5 on the list is the University of Virginia School of Law.
Charlottesville’s population has jumped 13% in the last decade, but that growth appears to be tapering off, according to estimates released Monday by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
UVA is among more than 40 colleges that have said they have no intention to use facial recognition technology on their campuses, amid a push from digital rights group Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
What does it really mean for something to be “scientific,” and why is that label so powerful? Should we be equally confident in all scientific claims? In his recent book, “What Science Is and How It Really Works,” UVA pathology professor James C. Zimring aspired to answer those vital questions.
J. Brian Jackson, managing partner of the McGuireWoods law firm, is one of three winners of the Brennan Award, presented by the National Trial Advocacy College at the University of Virginia School of Law. Jackson was recognized for his 26-year legal career and more than 12 years of service on the college’s faculty.
In most states, the school year is 180 days long. You might think that's plenty of time for kids to absorb curriculum, and still have a few days here and there out of the classroom, especially when students are in kindergarten or first grade. But before you let your child stay home for a reason other than illness, you might want to think again. Bob Pianta, dean of UVA’s Curry School of Education, and fellow researchers followed 1,300 kids from birth through high school and examined trends in school attendance. They found missing school, starting in kindergarten, could become a habit.
“Washington is right in the thick of it,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor for Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics. “The question is, with so many big prizes voting in this small time frame, how much attention will Washington actually get?”