For many campuses, like the University of Virginia, this fall marks the first time a Students for Trump group led campaign activities. Sabrina Kim is the Students for Trump ambassador at UVA, and she told The Daily Caller News Foundation that she plans to get students organized for Trump this fall.
A number of College Republican organizations have either refused to endorse Trump or have declared themselves on the fence. Republican groups at campuses including Harvard, Penn State and Princeton Universities have decided not to endorse the candidate. And the College Republicans at the University of Virginia are deliberating whether they will do so.
An expanded lineup of speakers is now available for the fourth annual TEDxCharlottesville event, “The Power of One,” taking place Nov. 11 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville. Recently announced speakers include 2016 Olympian (and UVA alumna) Meghan O’Leary.
Friday was a good day for the University of Virginia, the General Assembly and what constitutes democracy around here. The state auditor’s report showed that the school’s investment program complied with the law and that its Strategic Investment Fund pooled funds in a way “similar to pooling of resources by the Commonwealth’s Treasury for the General Account.” In other words, UVA was doing intelligent things in ways consistent with the practices and intents of the General Assembly.
(Commentary by Lisa Messeri, a UVA assistant professor of science, technology and society) The European Southern Observatory recently announced that astronomers have detected a planet the size of Earth orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. We discover hundreds of “exoplanets” every year, but this one is different: It orbits its star at just the right distance so that, in theory, it’s possible it could sustain life.
Two UVA graduates will be helping Dan River Region high school students review college options, explore careers and plan for the future as part of the Virginia College Advising Corps program. The program, which is sponsored by UVA and Americorps, is sending 22 UVA graduates across Virginia to advise high school students with the perspectives of someone fresh out of college.
Bronco Mendenhall needed to learn a new culture just as much as those in the new culture needed to learn about him.
As late as 1992, only 7 percent of women in unions had contracts that guaranteed equal pay for equal work. Even the Fair Labor Standards Act – one of the most significant pieces of pro-labor legislation in American history – was the result of compromises that excluded many low-earning women, such as domestic and clerical workers, from its key protections such as the minimum wage, according to UVA law professor Risa Goluboff.
Democrats might not have to worry about Virginia, at least at the presidential level. Larry Sabato, the director of the UVA Center for Politics, declared Virginia is no longer a battleground state. Virginia, once a near-certainty win for Republican candidates, is now trending more towards Democrats, he predicted.
Physician house calls were once a staple of American life. But over time, reimbursement rates for primary care physicians did not keep pace with those for other medical specialties, and, from the 1980s onward, it generally became more difficult to sustain primary care practices. As that happened, those who made house calls were less able to afford the losses that came with making home visits. As medical technology became more prevalent, doctors were less inclined to leave office- or hospital-based practices and their high-tech equipment, said Nengliang Yao, an assistant professor in public hea...
Whether it's President Obama's signature health care law or an expansion of LGBT rights, groups on the right are fighting back against policies they say are infringing on their right to practice religion. "In some cases you have unsophisticated patients in emergency situations, and if the Catholic hospital refuses to treat or doesn't provide referral, then that patient may have no way to find out [their options]," says Douglas Laycock, a UVA law professor and a leading expert on religious liberty.
Astronomers found a planet as close by as a planet could possibly be – in the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. The planet orbits its star every 11.2 days. That puts it in the “habitable zone,” where liquid water could exist on the surface. In light of all this uncertainty, the squee over this planet feels premature, or even just outright incorrect. “I was really surprised when I read the European Southern Observatory article that was pretty clearly saying, ‘This is the most Earth-like planet we’ve found to date,’” says Lisa Messeri, a UVA ant...
Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, said she has not visited Louisiana yet because "the relief effort can't afford any distractions." That's a real concern with high-profile visits, even though they may draw attention to the disaster, said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. Presidents did not routinely visit disaster areas until they could easily fly there. "It's a logistical nightmare on top of the disaster itself," Sabato said, noting that visits require coordination with busy police and emergency personnel and sometimes s...
(By Matthew Burtner, professor of composition and computer technologies) Burtner talks icebergs, climate change as a musical instrument, and why field work matters.
A new study by researchers at UVA’s Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning suggests that the racial or ethnic heritage of the teachers in the front of pre-kindergarten classrooms can make a big difference in the performance of students.
The campsite called Norden here on the Tibetan plateau is not quite as spare as the tent homes of nomads who drive yaks across these wind-scrubbed pastures. “In the high-end market, it’s difficult to get heard out there and reach the right people,” said Dechen Yeshi, 34, who runs the camp with her husband, Yidam Kyap, also 34. Ms. Yeshi met her Tibetan husband, Kalsang, while attending Vassar College. Then the pair moved to Charlottesville, Va., where Ms. Yeshi pursued graduate studies in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Virginia.
Patricia Jennings, an associate professor of psychology at UVA, isn't necessarily out to change all the factors that stress teachers; she aims to help them become the change they wish to see in the world.
In presentations at Wednesday’s meeting of Charlottesville’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces, UVA professors Kirt von Daacke and Karen Van Lengen spoke about how UVA and other communities around the country have been discussing how public monuments reflect – or in some cases overlook – essential narratives that explain a community’s history.