(Commentary) Average-income people in rich countries, note inequality researchers Joseph Stiglitz, Todd Tucker, and Gabriel Zucman, “now pay far higher taxes than major corporations.” These corporations and the rich who run them are basically enjoying a “free-ride on the rest of society,” and their tax avoidance “means less investment in infrastructure, education, and research.” What can we do? We can fight back, and, at the global level, some reformers — like the University of Virginia Law School’s Ruth Mason — are even feeling optimistic about the struggles ahead.
(Video) UVA Political Science Department Chair Jennifer Lawless discussed a wide range of international and domestic issues — including why it’s difficult for U.S. President Joe Biden to claim a “win” on the latest jobs numbers.
(Commentary by Tomas Sedlacek, visiting senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture) Why is Russia at the negotiating table? Because Putin knows that even if he flattens Ukraine and subjugates or deports its entire population, he cannot win this war. That’s because Russia was already a dead economy walking and Putin knows it.
UVA Health reports it's hit a plateau for COVID cases. The hospital says it has 20 COVID hospitalizations as of April 1. Of those patients, 14 are in acute care, three are in ICU, and two are in pediatrics.
Friday’s report from UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute stops short of calling the upcoming increase a full-blown surge. In fact, it’s currently projected to have less of an impact than the delta wave last year. New models from UVA show a slow, but steady, growth of COVID-19 cases in the near term.
Supreme Court justices, like most people, like to appear to be consistent. No one wants to be thought to be a flip-flopper, an opportunist or a hypocrite. That means justices try not to disavow earlier legal views, even ones that appeared in dissents, in opinions they wrote as appeals court judges, in academic work, at their confirmation hearings and elsewhere. This impulse, which a provocative new article by UVA law professor Richar M. Re, calls “personal precedent,” can be at odds with respect for precedent in the conventional sense.
UVA’s Engineering School has its first female dean and she’s already inspiring hundreds of students through her new role. She says engineering is typically thought of as a male-dominated field, but she’s trying to change that. To do this, she spearheaded UVA’s first Women in Engineering Symposium Saturday.
This year’s recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals have been announced. Each year, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello and the University of Virginia select people to be recognized in fields that Thomas Jefferson held in high regard. These fields are architecture, citizen leadership and law.
The University of Virginia Investment Management Company has announced a new framework for making responsible investments, but student and alumni sustainability groups want the University to do more – namely, fully divest from fossil fuels.
Back in December, a batch of positive COVID tests decimated the Los Angeles Lakers’ already ill-constructed roster, leaving the team with little choice but to turn to a handful of replacements, mostly drawn from the franchise’s G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers. Along for the ride through one of the more brutal stretches in recent franchise history, undrafted rookie [and former UVA standout] Jay Huff had but one self-imposed rule guiding his experience alongside the celebrated veterans he continues to regard as “legends”: “Don’t be that guy.”
The North Carolina Courage announced today that [UVA alumna] Diana Ordoñez has been called to represent the Mexican Women’s National Team for the W Concacaf qualifiers. Two matches will take place during this window, the first against Anguilla at 4 p.m. ET on April 9, and the second against Puerto Rico at 9 p.m. ET on April 12.
On Tuesday, Kate Bedingfield made her debut at the White House press briefing room lectern. As press secretary Jen Psaki was absent due to Covid, Bedingfield [a UVA alumna] stepped in for the day.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, President Zelenskyy has all but begged for NATO and the U.S. to establish a no-fly zone over his country’s airspace to prevent the Russian air force from establishing air dominance over the country. Thus far, both the U.S. and NATO have declined. We invited retired Air Force Lt Gen David Deptula [a UVA alumnus] to give us his views on whether such a no-fly zone could be established and what it would take in terms of air assets.
Professor Ming-Jer Chen, a specialist in business strategy and East-West competition at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, also says that many of these women entered the business world in response to the trying times of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Their entrepreneurial ambitions were fuelled by a desire to provide a better life for their children, but also by a Confucian view of work. “Those values, like working to exhaustion, are the unique characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurs both in mainland China and overseas,” Chen explained to the Darden Ideas to Action websi...
(By Kyle Kondik, political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics) The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported changes in population from 2020 to 2021. While the headline findings mainly dealt with population declines, a number of places (particularly in the Sun Belt) are still experiencing substantial growth. A little more than five dozen counties with at least 100,000 residents grew by 3% or more from April 2020 to July 2021. These counties are spread across 20 states.
(By Michael Williams, associate professor of surgery and public policy) No one gave a second thought to the safety of dining out before the pandemic. Fast-forward to today, and it’s normal to wonder whether there is a city, state or federal policy around whether you need a mask or proof of vaccination to eat in a restaurant. The public policies around dining and many other activities have changed multiple times over the course of the pandemic. These rules are also often different from place to place. For millions of parents like my wife and me, the guidelines regarding children can be especial...
Beth Lillie has never been past the gates at Augusta National Golf Club but, like many golf fans who have been to Augusta, Georgia, she’s quite familiar with the view of Magnolia Lane from Washington Road. When Lillie’s Virginia team played the Valspar Augusta Invitational, head coach Ria Scott detoured the team van past the entrance, as you do. “We laid down on the grass and did the whole tacky thing,” Lillie said. “It was probably pretty brutal to watch.” This is the week that Lillie gets inside, having earned an invitation to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur with the rest of the nation’...
On March 31st, 2009, Tony Bennett was formally introduced as the head coach of the Virginia men's basketball program. Thirteen years later, Bennett has established himself as one of the nation's best college basketball coaches, whose resume speaks for itself. On the 13-year anniversary of Bennett's hiring, let's take a look at what he has accomplished in his time in Charlottesville.
A new study at the University of Virginia Health System could change the way drugs and vaccines are delivered.
Others that have revealed their acceptance rate include MIT (3.96%), Northwestern University (7%), Barnard College (8%, a record), Davidson University (16.8%) and the University of Virginia (19%, a record).