Most analyses of the electoral map for 2016 give the Democrats a substantial advantage. The University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, for example, says the Democrats have something on the order of 247 electoral votes — out of the 270 needed — in fairly safe states. Republicans, by contrast, have only about 206.
David Martin, a law professor at the University of Virginia who helped shape the Refugee Act of 1980 and has worked with every administration since then to refine it, noted that there is no easy approach to the problem. Even those cases that are fraudulent are often “living lives of desperate privation” and badly in need of relocation, he said.
Michelle Obama on Monday unveiled a new element of her work to encourage young people to pursue education beyond high school: a public-awareness campaign called “Better Make Room.” The Chronicleasked a small group of experts — none of whom were involved in developing the campaign — to take a quick look at the Better Make Room website and share their first impressions. One of them isBen Castleman, an assistant professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia and author of “The 160-Character Solution.”
From the get-go, University of Virginia cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham stated – despite widespread belief in the idea – there is little evidence that students have different learning styles. He contends that the theory that some of us are visual learners while others are auditory or kinesthetic is a commonly held myth.
Thatcher Stone, an attorney who teaches aviation law at the University of Virginia, says discrimination is an offense under the Department of Transportation and other regulations around common carrier airlines. “The issue would be whether there is a valid safety or legal concern, or whether this is just discrimination,” Stone said.
Civil rights heroes don’t get any more unsung than Gregory Swanson, the first African-American admitted to the University of Virginia. But his nephew, Richmond author Evans Hopkins, and other members of a commemorative panel are seeking to change that.
The University of Virginia launched one of its largest interdisciplinary degree programs to date in August. The new entrepreneurship minor is open to all undergraduate students and represents a strategic collaboration between multiple schools.
When it comes to risk of injury, football ranks as one of the most dangerous among mainstream sports. For the past several years, a pair of biomechanical engineers at the University of Virginia have been seeking the best and most innovative ways to prevent injuries through the design of safety equipment.
Franklin Kipps Birckhead, a former member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors who was active in local civic and professional organizations, died suddenly at home on Sunday. He was 61. A lifelong area resident, Birckhead graduated from Albemarle High School in 1972 and from UVa in 1976.
The Young Women's Leaders Program at the University of Virginia helped fight hunger in central Virginia by holding their annual food drive at the Kroger at Rio Hill Sunday. The students collected non-perishable food items to donate to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
A recent discovery at the University of Virginia revealed a “chemical hearth,” part of a science classroom built in Thomas Jefferson’s era. It had been sealed in one of the lower-floor walls of the Rotunda since the 1850s.
Susan Svrluga’s Washington Post article: Designed by Thomas Jefferson, the Rotunda at the University of Virginia is one of the most studied buildings in America. But it can still hold a few surprises.
A group of engineering students from the University of Virginia paired up with the Rivanna Flying Club to help families learn what it takes to fly. Families spent a day of building and flying drones, model rockets and R.C. planes during “A.E.R.O. Day” at Milton Field.
The Economist has named the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business No. 2 in the world in its annual ranking of the top 100 full-time international MBA programs.
The findings add an intriguing new layer to the link between the immune system and the brain. They suggest that conditions characterized by social deficits, such as autism, could stem in part from a faulty immune system, says lead researcher Jonathan Kipnis, professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Bob Gibson is executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. In civics classes, Americans are taught that it is up to Congress to declare war. In reality, the president as commander-in-chief decides when, and where, and how, and how much the nation goes to war. … A bipartisan commission sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia has proposed ways that Congress should reinstate its authority to engage the president in formal consultations.
According to Deborah Lawrence, an environmental sciences researcher at the University of Virginia, it is important that global efforts be diverted into protecting forests, for without a healthy forest, the world is exposed and vulnerable to the extreme effects posed by El Nino.
Brandon Garrett, a corporate crime expert at the University of Virginia School of Law, said federal prosecution guidelines would call for the U.S. Justice Department to seek tougher penalties if numerous senior executives were found to have been involved in the cheating. “The more higher-ups that are involved, the more the company is considered blameworthy and deserving of more serious punishment,” said Garrett.
In theory, Addyi might work, says Anita Clayton, a University of Virginia psychiatrist who is an expert in antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction, because it inhibits the sex-dampening effects of serotonin.
A study by a University of Virginia School of Law professor released today shows a dramatic decline in the number of death sentences imposed in Virginia which he credits in large part to better defense lawyers.