(Commentary by Kyle Kondik, political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics) To the extent that partisan gerrymandering is a problem in American democracy – and not everyone believes that it is a problem – it’s not necessarily because the intent of would-be gerrymanderers has become more nefarious, but rather because their handiwork is arguably more effective now than it’s been in the past.
William Barr revealed himself to be an angry man, not a hatchet man, and if he occasionally wielded the hatchet for Trump, he did it on his own terms and for his own purposes. In 2001, when he sat for an oral history with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, he thought of Congress as merely annoying, likening its members to “infants,” and believed that, while the press was biased against Republicans, it had on balance been fair to him, if not to the president he served.
A clinical trial is underway at UVA for a possible COVID-19 treatment. The study approved by the Food and Drug Administration consist of a team of UVA researchers who are testing a new anti-inflammatory therapy for COVID-19 patients.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine says it has discovered a process that will hopefully lead to new treatments for seizure-related brain injuries.
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have found a process in the brain they hope can be used to treat seizure-related brain injuries.
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, the White House homeland security adviser, fielded a question on antifa and domestic terrorism at an event last month sponsored by the University of Virginia. The questioner asked if the Biden administration “acknowledge[s] that antifa is a domestic terror threat.” Sherwood-Randall didn’t directly answer the question, instead reiterating the administration’s all-of-the-above approach. “We are looking at any group that uses violence to achieve its political ends,” she replied.
Gov. Ralph Northam recently granted an absolute pardon to Bobbie Morman, a Norfolk man who was wrongfully convicted in 1993 for shooting a gun out of a car. Morman spent 22 years in prison despite the fact no one was hurt in the incident He owes his freedom in large part to the University of Virginia School of Law’s Innocence Project.
(Commentary by Josh Mound, postdoctoral fellow) The recent ProPublica exposé about billionaires’ almost-nonexistent tax bill was just the latest to reveal how little the ultrarich pay in taxes. We need to attack the wealth and power of the rich – and that means massively increasing taxes on them.
Attorneys leading the charge in a landmark rally lawsuit said during a University of Virginia event Thursday that they hope the case serves as a deterrent to future acts of white supremacist violence.
Few teams in any Olympic sport face more pressure this month than the U.S. women’s basketball squad. It has won six straight Olympic gold medals and is favored to win a seventh. First-time Olympic head coach Dawn Staley knows all about pressure, both as a player and a coach. Whether Staley was starring as a point guard at Philadelphia’s Dobbins Tech, the University of Virginia, in two professional leagues and several Olympics, or serving as head coach at Temple and currently South Carolina, she has enjoyed one successful moment after another.
The 57-year-old cyclist, who was killed in a car attack at Balboa Park on Tuesday, was identified Wednesday as a prominent architect and planner who oversaw the planning and design of several San Diego State University facilities. Laura Shinn worked as SDSU’s director of facilities planning and was serving as the 2021 president of the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects’ San Diego chapter. She also was a founding member of the Women in Architecture group in San Diego. Shinn received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Virginia in 1985 and a master’...
In a story that seems tailor-made for a Hollywood movie, 2016 DeForest graduate Logan Michaels has been living his own fairytale as he finished up his collegiate baseball career at the University of Virginia. In his final season with the Cavaliers, Michaels helped lead Virginia to an appearance in the College World Series. … Michaels’ baseball career is not over yet. He had hoped to be drafted during last week’s MLB Draft, but signed with the Baltimore Orioles after not being selected.
Virginia Cavaliers head coach Bronco Mendenhall addressed the media at ACC Kickoff on Wednesday. Below is the transcript of the UVA head coach’s media session from the event.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues across the globe, the topic of vaccinations dominated conversation on Wednesday at the ACC’s Football Kickoff event. New conference commissioner Jim Phillips, athletic directors, coaches, and players were all asked about vaccinations and how they can impact the upcoming season. For Virginia, head coach Bronco Mendenhall and AD Carla Williams are hoping to put the struggles of last season behind them. According to Williams, the Cavaliers have a 90% vaccination rate among student-athletes. “The University of Virginia has a unique policy. I’m not sure how wid...
Long before they said their vows, from the very beginning of their relationship, Jordan and Naomi Jackson have supported one another through thick and thin. The pair studied at the University of Virginia. They met on campus in 2011 after she mistook him for his twin brother and they ended up striking up a conversation with one another. They would become fast friends, a companionship where both parties wanted to see each other thrive and made the effort to ensure it would happen. By 2013, they were officially a couple (even sharing the news on Instagram) and for seven years, they traveled toget...
(Commentary by Dr. Bob Newman, School of Medicine alumnus) The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us what really matters in health care and has exposed the problems in our health system. We have underfunded our public health system and were left vulnerable when we needed it most.
Meghan O’Leary grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, although she was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While attending college at the University of Virginia, she competed in both softball and volleyball. In fact, she didn’t pick up rowing until 2010. She worked for ESPN before leaving to pursue her Olympic dreams. O’Leary trains at the US Rowing Training Center in Oklahoma City and the New York Athletic Club.
No matter what happens in Tokyo, Nashvillian Alex Walsh is already part of history. Swimming the 200-meter individual medley during swimming’s U.S. Olympics Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, in May, Walsh — member of Nashville Aquatic Club, a Harpeth Hall alumna and rising sophomore at the University of Virginia — was part of one of the closest finishes in Olympics-qualifying history. Walsh touched the wall at 2:09.30. Cavaliers teammate Katie Douglass was two-hundredths of a second behind her.
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are projected to be the hottest games on record — and not just because of the sweltering temperatures. Enter Alex Walsh, the 6-foot-tall University of Virginia sophomore who’s representing Team USA for the first time after winning the 200-meter individual medley race at the Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha.
A Mobilian will be competing for the gold in swimming this weekend. UVA swimmer Paige Madden's first event is the 400-meter freestyle this Sunday.