The Christian attempt to transform American society through politics has failed and may actually be counterproductive for Christianity, according to [a new book by] University of Virginia sociologist James Davison Hunter.
Near the end of his masterful book To Change the World, we discover that [U.Va. sociology professor] James Davison Hunter does not believe we should (or can) change the world. ... It's a surprising turn, given that a casual reader might naturally think, for the first hundred pages, that To Change the World is about how to change the world. And therein, as they used to say, lies a tale worth telling.
As Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) faces criticism for issuing a civil investigation demand, essentially a civil subpoena, to the University of Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) said today that he does not recall issuing any similar civil demands to state agencies during the more than three years he served as Virginia's attorney general.
The "lacrosse" killing. Yeardley Love's death, allegedly at the hand of her University of Virginia classmate George Huguely, will be forever tagged with that unfortunate, too-easy label.
Workers at the UVA Women's Center say it is likely that Love never reached out for help; a theme that is, unfortunately, all too common in cases of violence against women. ‎
A recent story in online magazine Slate examined underdogs in sports -- specifically, how and why the average sports fan, when not already invested in a particular team, roots for the underdog. ... A year ago, the University of Virginia baseball team knew this feeling well. After claiming the 2009 ACC championship as a No. 6 seed, the Cavaliers earned a less-than-desirable seeding in the NCAA tournament regional and super regional. Surprisingly, they clinched both series to earn the program's first trip to the College World Series.
Area policy-makers should do more to encourage land use policies that promote food production. That was one basic suggestion offered Tuesday by planning students enrolled in a food systems planning course at the University of Virginia.
On a night that was supposed to be a quiet one, with final exams just a day away, more than 1,500 students at the University of Virginia put down their books Wednesday and paid tribute to a fellow student killed this week.
University of Virginia students will gather tonight at the McIntire Amphitheater for a candlelight vigil in memory of the fourth-year student who was killed early Monday morning.
By Mark Edmundson, a professor of English and author of the forthcoming memoir "The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll."
... After graduation, I spent five years wandering around doing nothing — or getting as close to it as I could manage. I was a cab driver, an obsessed moviegoer, a wanderer in the mountains of Colorado... The most memorable job of all, though, was a gig on the stage crew for a rock production company in Jersey City. ... the most memorable night of that most memorable job was the night of Pink Floyd.
Includes link to 8 minute video from Today Show featuring Meg Heubeck, a Center for Politics staff member and the advisory board chair for the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, who knew Yeardley Love.
A field study of the relationship between testosterone and natural selection in an American songbird, the dark-eyed junco, has defied some expectations and confirmed others. Scientists from Indiana University Bloomington, the University of Virginia, [and other schools] report in the June issue of The American Naturalist (now online) that extreme testosterone production - high or low - puts male dark-eyed junco at a disadvantage in both survival and reproduction outside their semi-monogamous breeding pairs.
Some people with Alzheimer's disease may be helped by a brain shunt normally used to treat another, less common neurological condition, new research suggests. The other condition, normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), occurs when excess cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the ventricles, or cavities, deep within the brain. The reasons for the build-up of fluid are unknown, but it tends to occur in older people, said study author Dr. Sebastian Koga, a senior resident and surgeon in the department of neurosurgery at University of Virginia Health Science Center.
As University of Virginia men's and women's lacrosse players and their families struggled to make sense Tuesday of the killing of a female team member‚ allegedly at the hands of a male player‚ athletic director Craig Littlepage said "part of the healing" will include the teams playing in their respective NCAA tournaments that begin in less than two weeks.
...The last day of classes at the University of Virginia on Tuesday coincided with a series of developments in the murder case that has shocked and saddened this campus since news of it broke Monday.
Fern R. Hauck
An associate professor of Family Medicine and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on SIDS
Safe Sleep Summit advocates clear message on co-sleeping
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / May 3
Isaac Wood
A political analyst for the Center for Politics
Independent says he would run if Hurt on ballot in 5th District
Lynchburg News and Advance / May
By Robert F. Turner, co-founder of U.Va.'s Center for National Security Law
President Obama's deadline for closing the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay expired 102 days ago, and Attorney General Eric Holder has now admitted that at least 40 detainees will be held indefinitely, without trial. Enough, already: It's time to rescind the order, rule out any civilian trials -- and explain to the world why holding the detainees at Gitmo is the right thing to do under the Law of Armed Conflict (which subsumes what was long known as the Laws of War).