Democrats “face an over-extended map,” said Kyle Kondik, who analyzes federal races at UVA’s Center for Politics. “But midterm forces often break against the president’s party.”
Thirty-eight states have amendments prohibiting state money from going to religious organizations. A Supreme Court case Wednesday, about whether a religious private school is eligible for state grant money, could change that. “If the church wins in Trinity Lutheran, Douglas County [the Colorado case] will probably be vacated and remanded to the Supreme Court of Colorado,” UVA law professor Douglas Laycock wrote.
Democrats are almost certainly going to have to peel off a lot of seats that Clinton lost by more than just a point if they want to take back the House, says UVA’s Kyle Kondik.
UVA researchers are using exercise and special research cigarettes to try and reduce nicotine dependency in smokers.
In honor of Earth Week, the University of Virginia hosted a dedication for its new solar panels. This was part of a week-long sustainability awareness initiative.
Groups of scientists, librarians, researchers and concerned Americans have rushed to preserve federal data and citations that have begun to disappear from government websites. Bethany Nowviskie, a research associate professor of digital humanities at UVA, has fought hard to promote initiatives that preserve pivotal research data and encourages data literacy.
“Of all the wars and all of the military actions that presidents have undertaken, that our country has been engaged in, there have been only 11 total declarations of war,” said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center.
With President Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to cut $5.8 billion from the NIH’s budget, local neuroscientist Kelly Barford says it’s time to march. As a member of Cville Comm-UNI-ty, a group of UVA professors, employees, students and friends not affiliated with the University, Barford has helped organize a mini March For Science in Charlottesville on Saturday.
On March 23, with the hull in his team’s ship cracking, Virginia coach Tony Bennett released a statement about Darius Thompson, the third transfer from his team in a 48-hour stretch. "Two of our main priorities for Virginia basketball are to continue to build a winning culture and serve the young men in the program,” Bennett said in the statement. “I know Darius, Marial and Jarred have been served well and have also been part of a winning culture during their time at UVA. As we look forward, we have a strong nucleus of players returning, and I'm excited for their continued development. As a st...
On March 23, with the hull in his team’s ship cracking, Virginia coach Tony Bennett released a statement about Darius Thompson, the third transfer from his team in a 48-hour stretch. "Two of our main priorities for Virginia basketball are to continue to build a winning culture and serve the young men in the program,” Bennett said in the statement. “I know Darius, Marial and Jarred have been served well and have also been part of a winning culture during their time at UVA. As we look forward, we have a strong nucleus of players returning, and I'm excited for their continued development. As a st...
It wasn’t all that long ago that Erich Reimer, 26, was an active member of the Democratic Party. Today, he’s a conservative Republican. Switching parties wasn’t the only major event of Reimer’s life in 2013. It was also the year that he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a political science degree. He went on to enroll at the UVA School of Law, where he is currently a J.D. candidate scheduled to graduate in May.
(By Allan Stam and Gerry Warburg of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy) Recent events at the University of Virginia give us hope that browbeaters are on the retreat. Our school was asked to host our local congressman for a public forum. The president of our university was counseled that there was substantial risk of violence if the event went forward. After consultation with state and federal law enforcement officials, UVA President Teresa Sullivan made an exceptionally difficult decision. Protecting first amendment freedoms was worth the risk.
Country Music and a 70-year Commercial College Radio Legacy: Visiting WUVA at University of Virginia
While making plans for my trip to Charlottesville for the “College Radio: Then, Now and Next” symposium, I was looking forward to seeing all three radio stations that have an affiliation with the University of Virginia: WTJU, WXTJ and WUVA. Each has a distinct personality. WTJU is a non-commercial FM station with mostly non-student hosts, WXTJ is a student-run, free-form, low-power FM station, and WUVA is a student-managed commercial FM station whose most recent format was country.
Two patients who were successfully treated at the UVA Health System for a rare brain condition — and leaned on one other for support, long-distance — finally met face-to-face on Monday, along with their medical team.
On Sunday, the focus shifts to the University of Virginia. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can see the Pavilion Gardens. In Larry Sabato’s Pavilion IV, look for floral arrangements by Rivanna Garden Club. Keswick Garden Club provided the arrangements in Ian and Wendy Baucom’s Pavilion X. Edgar Allan Poe’s room – West Range Room 13 – also will be open.
UVA kicked off Earth Week by hosting its first farmers market event Monday.
Leslie Kendrick, a professor at UVA’s School of Law, will be the school’s new vice dean starting July 1. Kendrick graduated from the UVA Law School in 2006 and joined its faculty in 2008. Her research focuses on free speech, torts, property and constitutional law.
The Preservers of the Daughters of Zion Cemetery are continuing to work on restoring the grounds that have been a part of the Charlottesville community since the 1800s. A new exhibit at UVA’s Special Collections Library will open Wednesday night to the public with artifacts on display.
Studies show sentencing in death penalty cases often depends more heavily on the race of the victim than the killer. UVA law professor Brandon L. Garrett reached a similar conclusion in his research at the national level.
In a 2015 study, researchers led by UVA’s Shigehiro Oishi looked at how happiness was used in every State of the Union address made by U.S. presidents to that point. Early presidents talked about “happiness” as good fortune and prosperity, while more recent uses took on the sense of personal well-being and life satisfaction.