As much fun as the bright, sparkling exclusives are, film is an art form with a rich history that deserves as much acknowledgment as the newest blockbusters. It is in this spirit that the Virginia Film Festival welcomes noted critic and historian Leonard Maltin, who will serve as host, interviewer, curator and guest programmer for several special events at this year’s Virginia Film Festival. As part of VFF’s partnership with the Library of Congress, Maltin will introduce two classic films at UVA’s Culbreth Theatre: legendary noir mystery The Maltese Falcon (Saturday) and racy...
The New York Times published this week an expose of the horrors of arbitration clauses forced upon consumers by companies with which they do business. Having just covered this topic in my first-year contracts course, I thought I might supply some of the details that the Times omitted from its initial explanatory article. The Times, although it examined the outcomes of several thousand arbitrations, makes only passing reference to the detailed study of arbitration awards published this summer by the CFPB, a report rich with data. The article fails to mention any of the thoughtful responses the ...
The second Democratic presidential debate is fast approaching and undoubtedly, the wind is at candidate Hillary Clinton's back. Despite the electoral success of President Obama, the nation still leans center-right. Republicans control both chambers of Congress, which includes the largest majority in the House since World War II. Equally eye-popping, according to calculations by noted political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, Republicans now control more than 4,100 of the 7,000 state legislative seats nationwide. This startling number represents the highest seat gain f...
Looking over the detailed descriptions of the songs in the album’s liner notes, it is easy to be struck by the diversity of influences upon klezmer music. “This collection gives us a much broader view of where klezmer music was on the eve of World War I,” said Joel Rubin, a professor of music performance at the University of Virginia and a leading authority on the history of klezmer. “You can really hear that the assumption that klezmer music had gotten totally corrupted in America is not true. In fact, what we see is a back and forth taking place between the artists in...
Last week, a New York Times special report revealed that prior to the 2011 Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, four high-ranking government lawyers conferred in secret to consider the legality of the mission and alternatives, producing memoranda that ultimately gave President Obama the green light. The memos have not been made public, but it is possible to glean key features from the Times story and from public documents. The picture they paint is deeply troubling. University of Virginia law professor Ashley Deeks concluded in a law review artic...
Mike London’s introduction to Kendall Bayne was so random that it’s a wonder they had a relationship at all. Four years later, London, the football coach at Virginia, postponed all of his morning and afternoon appointments Monday to travel to Roanoke for a celebration of Kendall’s life. Kendall died Thursday after a five-year battle with adrenal cortical carcinoma. She was 19.
Your snoring or the snoring of a loved one may be the subject of some teasing at home, but UVA doctors say it could be a sign of something much more serious.
"When you drink fluids to excess, the amount of water in your body goes up while the sodium level in your blood falls," says UVA kidney specialist Dr. Mitchell Rosner said, a kidney specialist at the University of Virginia. Even sSports drinks don't deliver enough of the mineral to keep this balance in check.
An unexpected result in a UVA School of Medicine lab experiment could be a big step forward in the battle against anemia.
America's favorite holiday tradition will once again kick off the season of joy as the 89th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade returns to march down the streets of New York on Thursday, Nov. 26 (9 a.m.-noon in all time zones.) Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker of NBC's "Today" will anchor the broadcast. Twelve performance ensembles will take up the call of the baton and march down the streets of Manhattan, creating a wave of thunderous applause. Among them: the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia).
Charlottesville has been named one of the Top 10 Best Places to Retire by Livability.com. The website says the city's low cost healthcare, recreational activities, good weather and walkability make it ideal for retirees. The University of Virginia provides many educational and entertainment opportunities for residents, including art shows, theatrical performances, concerts and sporting events.
Virginia's dairy industry has a big economic footprint in Virginia, with nearly 8,000 people directly employed in the milking business. A study by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia found that the dairy industry has a $3.2 billion economic output.
Every entrepreneur wants to maximize their productivity and achieve their goals. Each day becomes a white-knuckle grind, and the struggle for self-discipline and will power is exhausting. A study by Timothy Wilson, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, took a group of college freshmen who struggled academically and felt intellectually inadequate. They were split into two groups; the intervention group was informed that it's common for students to struggle in their freshmen year but improve as they adjust to college life. They also watched videos of upper-class student...
Crossfit Charlottesville is standing behind one of its members as he battles cancer. Sunday, the gym put together a fundraiser called Deadlifts for Derek to raise money for Derek Young who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. More than 80 family members, friends, and athletes from across Virginia came out to Deadlifts for Derek. They participated in rowing and lifting barbells and raised money for the University of Virginia Health Foundation and Cancer Center.
Derek Young was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer earlier this summer. Young is an active member of Crossfit Charlottesville, and the organization decided to host a fundraiser for the place where Young is spending most of his time, the University of Virginia Cancer Center. "It's amazing to see it all come together," said Scott Linton, General Manager of Crossfit Charlottesville. "I felt like I haven't had to do anything but cheer people on." Young is happy to be giving back to the organization that is giving him extra time to live.
(By Brian Balogh, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and co-host of the public radio show and podcast “BackStory with the American History Guys.”) Barely noticed in a sea of odd moments in last week’s third Republican debate was Mike Huckabee’s homespun acknowledgment that he was wearing a Trump tie. It was a reminder that among the 10 candidates on stage, only one was a brand name: Donald Trump. Pundits will begin to explain Trump, the political phenomenon, only when they recognize that his presidential campaign is also a business strategy.
The U.S. Department of Labor has required 401(k) plans to send an annual fee disclosure statement to 401(k) participants for the past three years. This document lists the costs and investment performance of every fund in your 401(k) plan in a single document, and it can be used to find the lowest cost and best-performing funds in your plan. "If your plan includes low-cost index funds, something below 0.2 percent or 20 basis points, that is likely to be a good option," says Quinn Curtis, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Ready or not, Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Loved by some, loathed by many, our biannual clock twirling ritual has wide-ranging and often surprising implications. “We could easily avoid them by moving to year-round DST — that is, permanently shifting that hour of daylight to the evening, and then leaving our clocks alone,” Jennifer L. Doleac and Nicholas J. Sanders wrote in the Brookings piece Thursday. “Our research suggests that we’d be safer for it.”
“It’s hard to call this anything but good news,” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “I remember the 1950s and 1960s, when Virginians would openly decry racially mixed marriage or the adoption of children of another race. And the Senate race is in the Richmond area, once one of the most resistant to change. “Today,” Sabato said, “a mixed-race family is a political plus. Without saying a word, you project an image of progress and modernity.”
Co-authored by Robert C. Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education, exploring recent funding and strategies that will strengthen Virginia’s early education programs.