Cammie Brothers, who teaches art and architectural history at UVA, says some of the best sculptures in the European tradition were produced not for palaces or gardens but for cathedral facades.
Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest private coal company, has agreed to make more robust disclosures to its investors about the financial risks it faces from future government policies and regulations related to climate change and other environmental issues that could reduce demand for its product. Commenting on the settlement, Brandon L. Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said, “The most interesting question is whether this will be a template for further disclosure and greater transparency by other companies, particularly energy companies.”
Jeb Bush has moved from presumed frontrunner to a candidate trying hard to gain his footing in a field crowded with quicker-off-the-mark hopefuls. But his clumsy campaigning is something of a family tradition, a political liability that prompted ridicule for his father and brother but wasn't enough to keep them from the presidency. But Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said Jeb Bush has a tougher task than did his family in previous elections. "Unlike his father and brother, Jeb is running in a strongly outsider, anti-establishment year. ...
“The sprawling nature of the Feb. 5 event will test the candidates’ ability to draw votes under an array of different systems of voter participation,” wrote Rhodes Cook for Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “In short, Super Tuesday will test the candidates’ organizational ability, campaign skills, and most importantly, their vote-getting appeal, in far-flung settings unique in their scope and variety.”
If you’re watching CBS’s CSI, trying to get a grasp on anything that deals with clinical forensics, Dr. Ralph DeSimone says the more you watch, the dumber you’re going to get. Situated at his desk behind an oversized microscope, the 57-year-old petite pathologist carefully eyed several glass slides, studying the tissue and searching the specimen for possible diseases. After starting his employment at UVA Culpeper Hospital (formerly Culpeper Memorial and Culpeper Regional Hospital) in 1991, Dr. DeSimone became the county’s medical examiner in Culpeper and Madison from 19...
The Obama administration is under increasing pressure to investigate allegations that Exxon Mobil Corp. misled the public about its knowledge of climate change. All of the Democratic candidates for president have called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch an investigation, joining a number of Dem lawmakers and major environmental groups. Brandon Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia College of Law, said the DOJ might look into a case if it could find investors who could prove harm.
At the Virginia Film Festival Friday Charlottesville Tomorrow was pleased to co-sponsor with the University of Virginia Curry School of Education the documentary film Most Likely to Succeed. A panel discussion after the showing featured the film's executive producer Ted Dintersmith, Kathleen deLaski of the Education Design Lab and Jennifer Chiu, Joe Allen and Bob Pianta from the Curry School.
Famed film critic Leonard Maltin offered his review of the Virginia Film Festival Sunday. Maltin took part in a discussion at the University of Virginia's Culbreth Theater as part of the festival. He talked about historic films preserved by the Library of Congress including "The Maltese Falcon" with Humphrey Bogart and "Employees’ Entrance" from the 1930s.
The Charlottesville community is commemorating the 50th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The University of Virginia Center for Politics held a documentary screening and discussion of "Selma: the Bridge to the Ballot.” The film portrays the role of young people in Selma, Alabama and the struggle for African-Americans to attain voting rights.
As the screams of a crying baby faded in and out of the soundtrack and images of violence and bloody wounds filled the screen, a Virginia Film Festival audience was taken to the front lines of the Vietnam War. With three Academy Awards under his belt, director and producer Oliver Stone drew a huge crowd to the Paramount Theater on Saturday for a discussion and showing of his 1989 film “Born on the Fourth of July.”
Are you happy? Very happy? If you’re in your 30s or older, a new study has found that you’re less likely to answer “yes” than your parents were. The findings, being published online Thursday in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, come on the heels of another recent report that found that death rates of middle-aged white Americans have been rising, largely due to suicide and substance abuse. It is, of course, also impossible to ignore the economic downturn in the past decade. Shigehiro Oishi, a researcher at the University of Virginia, has documente...
On Thursday a panel will review the Columbia University report “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected” at the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies' second forum in the year-long “Engaging Race” series. The forum will begin at 4:30 p.m. at UVa’s Robertson Hall, Room 123.
The emotional wounds of war can be the most painful and long lasting. As a U.S. Marine Corps officer, Sean Gobin saw intense combat during two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. When he left the service after 12 years, his body was intact, but his mind was in turmoil. Gobin’s plan was to walk off the war, just as Earl Shaffer had done in 1948 after serving in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. Gobin has made history by founding Warrior Hike, a program that helps combat veterans regain their mental footing during long-distance hikes. He recently was awarded a...
Recognizing civil rights and the fight for justice is the goal of the Hill-Robinson Expansion of Freedom award. Julian Bond, professor emeritus of history at the University of Virginia and a civil rights icon, is being honored posthumously with this award. He taught at the University of Virginia for nearly 23 years until his retirement in 2012. Mr. Bond, who died in August, was a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He also served as national chairman of the NAACP from 1998-2010.
The University of Virginia is taking its international offerings to a new level this week, bringing global development pros to Grounds for a new career and recruitment event that will place Wahoos in jobs and internships around the world.
Men from all over central Virginia laced up their shoes Sunday for the Bill Steers Men's Four Miler at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. This is the 11th year for the race. The run is now held in memory of the former University of Virginia Department of Urology Chairman Doctor Bill Steers who died in 2014. Steers created the four miler to promote men's health programs at UVA.
Researchers at the School of Medicine found that mice injected with the flu virus began producing large amounts of red blood cells. They now say this could represent a significant step forward in the battle against anemia, diabetes, kidney disease or cancer.
At UVA, the GEAR UP group was led around by undergrads, who told the students about Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the school and UVA’s history of student self-governance.
He’s appreciated. He’s respected. He’s beloved. This season, the team has “humility” — along with the program’s other four pillars (passion, unity, servanthood and thankfulness) — embroidered on the inside of their game jerseys.
A jury in Manhattan on Thursday found two former London traders guilty in the first convictions in the United States stemming from the global investigation into the rigging of an interest rate benchmark known as Libor. “The Libor cases have been a symbol of the department’s commitment to taking on the major banks,” said Brandon L. Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia law school. “I think it was very important for the government to show that both individuals and the corporations will be held criminally accountable.”