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Most of the top 50 cited legal scholars taught at 13 law schools, including three at the UVA School of Law.
The concept of an undergraduate major stems from the University of Virginia. In 1825, the university asked students to stick with specific specializations or areas of focus. Obviously, a lot has changed since 1825. Instead of the University of Virginia’s eight general areas of studies, most colleges now offer hundreds of options across majors, minors and tracks.
Despite the pandemic, 2020 was something of a watershed year, with a record eight Forté schools enrolling 45% women in their cohorts, including the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
The finish line has moved, but the destination is the same. A change in deadlines regarding COVID vaccinations for federal contractors is giving University of Virginia employees in the academic and business sides another four weeks to get their shots.
(Commentary by David Ramadan, resident scholar at UVA’s Center for Politics) The Nov. 2 election was a perfect political storm. Except for a handful of college towns and communities where the Democratic base has grown, Republicans from the top of the ticket down delivered stunning defeats in cities and counties where, until now, trends had pointed in a different direction.
“Playlist for the Apocalypse,” by Rita Dove: Plenty of poems here address disability, history and quotidian human behavior, but racism and economic oppression are the former poet laureate’s primary concerns in this book, her first in 12 years.
(Video and transcript) University of Virginia assistant professor Dr. Taison Bell joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss the latest coronavirus developments.
Richard “Dick” J. Sundberg died Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, in Hickory, North Carolina, after a period of declining health. After serving two years in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, Dick began his long and successful academic career in 1964 at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. An excellent teacher and mentor, productive researcher, and skillful administrator, he had a global impact on the field of organic chemistry. He was the author of a number of papers, reviews and monographs in his field, and co-authored the preeminent graduate text in organic chemistry, “Advanced Organic Chemistry,” r...
Tony Bennett is bringing in one of the best recruiting classes in the history of the Virginia men’s basketball program. All four members of the outstanding UVA men’s basketball recruiting class of 2022 signed their letters of intent to attend the University of Virginia on Wednesday, the first day of the NLI signing period. Isaac McKneely, Leon Bond, Isaac Traudt, and Ryan Dunn, all four-star recruits, are officially coming to Charlottesville to join the Virginia basketball program next fall.
From the Charlottesville music circuit to festival sets and multi-record albums, Kendall Street Company is making a name for themselves with their unique sound and versatility as a band. Hailing from the University of Virginia, Kendall Street Company is a group whose exploration of sound goes beyond their brand of “Jazz-grass infused psychedelic bliss.” On Sunday, I had the opportunity to speak with saxophone/keyboard player Jake Vanaman about his first connection with the band, their upcoming winter tour with The Dirty Grass Players, his personal influences, and how he and the rest of the ban...
The University of Virginia Center for Politics will be premiering a student-produced documentary on Thursday. According to a release, “Common Grounds” was created by interns at the center, bringing together students from across UVA to talk about their political beliefs.
Endologix representatives who advise clinicians could play a better role in familiarizing operators with the EVAR system’s strengths and limitations, proposed several panelists, including Dr. Minhaj S. Khaja, an interventional radiologist at UVA Health and the University of Virginia. “There definitely needs to be more education of the clinical reps as well as the physicians implanting these devices,” he said, regarding the type III leaks, patient selection issues, appropriate imaging follow-up, “and the potential for increased reintervention.”
(Commentary) I agree with several of the criticisms that members of the cryptocurrency community have aired concerning the amendment to 6050i, particularly those made by Abraham Sutherland, an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and advisor to the Proof of Stake Alliance. Although the amendment has already passed, it probably deserves to be revisited.
(Commentary) Michael Nelson, who directs the Division of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology at the University of Virginia, remarked that he personally had been deluged with emails ahead of the ad-com meeting. His “yes” vote was not the only one that bore a caveat: “I see this as an access and personal-choice and equity question,” he said, “and not a mandate for all in this age group.”
Why did the US Department of Justice drop the corruption case against Redflex Traffic Systems, despite a company executive’s admission that he bribed politicians in more than a dozen states? A University of Virginia law school librarian and a Duke University law professor have filed a freedom of information act lawsuit that might point toward an answer. The case was assigned to US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Monday. The law librarian, Jonathan Ashley, and the professor, Brandon L. Garrett, are going after the text of several non-prosecution deals, including the one that the DOJ entered ...
Taylor holds a master’s degree in educational leadership and a doctorate in education policy studies from the University of Virginia’s School of Education & Human Development and also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the College of William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Taylor has been an adjunct professor of educational leadership at the University of Virginia for the past 11 years.
The controversies and lack of releases reflect a “widespread tightening” of the China film market and Chinese media by the government, according to Aynne Kokas, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the book “Hollywood Made in China.” She predicted fewer Hollywood films would be released in China in the future, and those that are approved will face stricter regulations.
Dr. William A. Petri, an immunologist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, answers this week’s reader questions on COVID-19. Dr. Petri will keep dishing on COVID-19 and answering your questions each week in The Daily Progress for as long as you have questions.
For J.J. Davis, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Minner administration, it was Minner’s insistence that family mattered more than anything that made a lasting impression. “Family came first. So literally in the middle of a budget negotiation, my son, who had a peanut allergy, had a reaction and I had to go to the hospital. She never blinked an eye: ‘family first always,’” Davis recalled. “She lived her life that way, and she modeled it for all of us who worked with her.” Davis, who is now executive vice president and chief operating officer at the University...