(By Barbara A. Perry, Presidential Studies director and Gerald L. Baliles Professor at the Miller Center) The nation’s highest tribunal is normally wedded to precedent. For the sake of the law’s stability and to maintain its own legitimacy, the Supreme Court tries to avoid decisions that would muddy legal interpretations if they changed every few years. The current controversy over the partisan political activities of Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife, Virginia, raises an intriguing query about another kind of precedent: whether spouses of past justices have engaged in questionable personal or pr...
9. Birdwood Golf Course (University of Virginia): Designed by Davis Love III, Birdwood Golf Course is part of the famous Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville and is home to the University of Virginia’s golf teams. Along with a championship 18-hole golf course, Birdwood also has The Nest, which is a six-hole par-3 course. In addition, Ridges is a fantastic 18-hole putting course that sprawls over an acre of land. Birdwood not only serves up a championship layout, but it also has all of the modern amenities and extras to make it a top collegiate facility.
After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the premier Special Olympics events in the world is back. Beginning Tuesday, the 14th annual Xperience Tennis Invitational — featuring some of the top players from around the globe — will kick off at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. The event features an opening ceremony on Tuesday, as well as a clinic by the University of Virginia women’s tennis team.
(Video) Join us for a live conversation with University of Virginia assistant professor of history Chris Gratien as we discuss his new book, “The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier,” which explores the social and environmental transformation of the Adana region of Southern Turkey during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that makes lynching a federal hate crime. According to some University of Virginia researchers, there were more lynchings in states with Confederate statues, like Virginia.
A talented team led by Joseph P. Allen and Jessica J. Connelly (University of Virginia) evaluated how long-term cannabis exposure impacts epigenetic aging as measured through DNA methylation profiles. They assessed links between cannabis use (assessed yearly) and epigenetic aging (measured at age 30) through a prospective longitudinal study of over 150 participants aged between 13 and 30 from the southeastern USA.
For over two decades, scientists have puzzled over how vertebrates make the essential polysaccharide hyaluronic acid, which has broad medical applications. One team – including Jochen Zimmer of UVA – took a different tack and solved the mystery.
Before moving its traditionally in-person campus tour “Days on the Lawn” to an online tour when the pandemic began, the University of Virginia created a “Virtual Grounds” section on their website. This section included the virtual tour [and several other elements].
The University of Virginia School of Law has been named one of the top law schools in the country. U.S. News and World Report released its 2023 rankings for graduate school programs, including law school.
The University of Virginia has a lot to celebrate: The UVA School of Medicine and UVA School of Nursing are the best Virginia has to offer, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The University of Virginia has earned national recognition for its School of Medicine and School of Nursing programs. Both schools earned top rankings in the U.S. News and World Report's 2022-23 Best Graduate Schools guide.
The White Sox added a new outfielder, acquiring Adam Haseley from the Phillies for pitching prospect McKinley Moore, the club announced Tuesday. Haseley was the No. 8 overall pick in the 2017 draft out of the University of Virginia.
Former NFL defensive end Chris Long will drive the pace car prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday. As a standout star for the Virginia Cavaliers from 2005-07, Long has a strong connection to the area.
It seems obvious that one of the most lacking skills in America today is the ability to communicate across different generations, ideologies, and life experiences. [UVA alumnus] Garret Sawyer is a born communicator. He loves helping people, not only through his local job with Wayforth, a rapidly growing national company that assists seniors in transitioning from their homes into senior communities, including assisted or independent living, but also through his work in the community.
[UVA alumna] Deanna Van Buren increasingly felt called to use her talents to create true change in the world around her. Now, she designs restorative justice spaces that promote healing instead of punishment.
University of Virginia Professor Emeritus Dr. Judith White held a talk at the Center at Belvedere to discuss the possibility of the next pandemic. She emphasized the importance of being prepared during the event Monday, and how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped the scientific community.
Women over 50 should see their OB-GYN annually, says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Midlife Health Center at UVA Health. And they should make sure to see one who is knowledgeable about perimenopause and the menopausal transition.
UVA law professor Naomi Cahn said, "There's a lot of nitty gritty that is involved, in terms of transferring title to anything that is jointly held, or anything that the deceased person held in their own name."
Assistant professor of Hip Hop at the University of Virginia, A.D. Carson, said the scenario was being used to confirm biases held by some people and to push a false narrative. "You see a lot of people making comments about what it means that a black man assaulted another black man, after a black man made jokes at the expense of the disability of a black woman," Dr Carson said. "In the way that the stories are being presented – it's violence among black people at the Oscars, which were just accused of being so white very recently, and now that they have diversified, it's like airing black folk...
Around noon on Fridays, as a yoga class heats up at a recreation center in Boulder, Colorado, electricity flows in from a Nissan Leaf plugged in behind the facility, cutting the city’s utility bill by about $270 a month, or roughly what it costs to lease the car, Boulder official Matthew Lehrman says. The results of this experiment are making a potent point about the nation’s clean energy future, demonstrating vehicle-to-building power supply for controlling electricity costs and extending the reach of wind and solar power, according to UVA Engineering professor David Slutzky, founder and chie...