A new study finds that even considering other factors, the walkability of a child’s neighborhood has a direct correlation to increased adult earnings. The study, by psychologists at the University of Virginia and elsewhere, looks at the effect of growing up in a walkable community on the economic mobility of children.
(Commentary) This brings me to my interest, and even excitement for, the University of Virginia’s “New College Curriculum,” a recently adopted approach to general education.
A teacher who was fired from a Catholic school in Indiana after he married another man was surprised to learn the federal government has sided against him in his private civil lawsuit in state court, saying it appears the Trump administration is trying to “politicize” his legal battle. UVA law professor Douglas Laycock said teachers with secular subjects, as Payne-Elliott did, have typically fared better in court against the schools and churches. He noted, though, the conflict is an important religious liberty issue.
Britain should block the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States on grounds that the prosecution is politically motivated and the charges against him amount to political offenses — two factors that by treaty would bar his handover, Assange’s legal team said Monday in a London court. … One British case states that to be considered a political offense “the crime must be specifically and immediately directed at ‘overthrowing or changing the government of a State or inducing it to change its policy,’” UVA law professor Ashley Deeks said.
A Biden victory in the state looks increasingly critical for his path to the nomination. Of the four early states, South Carolina is the only one where he maintains a substantial lead on Warren. “If Biden loses South Carolina, it probably means his edge with [African American voters] has dissipated, meaning that the person who caused that support to dissipate likely would be in the driver’s seat,” says UVA’s Kyle Kondik.
Since their first arrival in Virginia in 1619, slaves worked at every level of Southern society. “It was an absolutely pervasive institution,” says Louis P. Nelson, a UVA professor of architectural history and author of the final chapter in the exhibition’s catalog. “You have to work really hard to find a building in the 18th century not built by slaves.”
Trump’s erratic behavior, combined with his penchant for offending minorities, has only made it harder for Republicans to coalesce around an impeachment defense, said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at UVA’s Miller Center. “His use of this word, likening this to a lynching, is not a part of any strategic approach, but is a manifestation of an impulse to fight back with the most incendiary language that he could muster,” Riley said.
(Commentary co-written by Deborah Parker, UVA professor of Italian and a Public Voices Fellow at the Op-ed Project) If presidencies were branding exercises, sycophancy would be the trademark of the Trump era. Sycophancy in politics is often hard to see, something done behind closed doors, away from public scrutiny. But the release of a rough transcript of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's conversation with President Trump offered a window into it. His flattery of Trump began small, as routine ingratiation – a phone call, a private kowtow, with a limited audience of diplomats and of...
More than 150 top international scientists are calling on the world to take urgent action on nitrogen pollution, to tackle the widespread harm it is causing to humans, wildlife and the planet. They include UVA environmental sciences professor James Galloway, founding chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have found something new about cancer cells that could help with breast cancer treatment.
To quickly improve sleep and your relationship with your partner, don’t charge your phone in the bedroom. That way, it won’t be the last thing you see in the evening, the first thing in the morning, or, apparently, a temptation in the middle of the night (a 2016 University of Virginia study revealed that one in 10 smartphone users have checked their phones during sex).
The Bristol Herald Courier reported Tuesday that a trio of Amazon executives visited parts of western Virginia on what Gov. Ralph Northam characterized as a listening tour to become familiar with the area’s assets. Northam praised western Virginia’s educational assets, from its public schools to community colleges and a satellite campus of the University of Virginia. He predicted that Amazon would be interested in “working with all parts of Virginia.”
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam came to Charlottesville Tuesday morning to announce the launch of a new state initiative called “Opportunity Virginia.” The event was held at UVA’s Darden School of Business. More than 300 investors, state and local officials, and project developers attended to hear about the tax incentives and how to help create economic revitalization in Virginia’s low-income areas.
(Commentary by Ashon Crawley, UVA associate professor of religious studies and African American and African studies) If we use Zora Neale Hurston as our guide, we can understand that the black church has always been a place of class antagonism, and we can use that complexity to think about current trends in popular culture.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam joined businesspeople, investors, financiers and government officials at UVA’s Darden school of Business on Tuesday to kick off Opportunity Virginia, a statewide initiative to bring economic development into distressed and disadvantaged communities.
When it opened in 1825, the University of Virginia was the most expensive school in the nation, and for every student there was a slave. Two new books explore what life was like for them.
Gov. Ralph Northam announced the official launch of Opportunity Virginia Tuesday during an event at UVA’s Darden School of Business.
American universities dominate U.S. News & World Report's rankings of 2020's best global universities, a list that evaluates 1,500 schools across the globe on academic research and reputation. The University of Virginia ranks No. 49 on the list.
The University of Virginia’s Arts & Sciences faculty voted to approve a new general education program – the first major update to the undergraduate curriculum in more than 40 years, the University announced.
First Lady Pamela Northam and the Office of the Secretary of Education will host a summit Tuesday with education leaders, policymakers and academic researchers at the University of Virginia to discuss early childhood education in the commonwealth.