Meanwhile, more universities are working together to examine their legacies of slavery and to better highlight the contributions of minority students and academics. And although administrators can be nervous about bringing troubled histories to light, transparency can often be good for the college's brand, said Kirt Von Daacke, a history professor at the University of Virginia.
Members from Christians Purpose delivered gifts to mothers who spent Mother's Day at the NICU at UVA Children's Hospital Sunday afternoon.
The founders of Christian's Purpose spent the day handing out goody bags and treats to mothers at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital. The event was a way to show new mothers the day can still be special no matter where they are.
The University of Virginia has turned an event and study space into a collaborative workplace aimed at interdisciplinary research projects. The Research Collaboration Corner, at 1400 University Ave. on the Corner, is squeezed next to the 14th Street bridge and the former medical school building, and formerly housed OpenGrounds.
Virginia is rocketing into the upper echelons of one high-growth field. The verb, by the way, is a literal one. Last month, a rocket blasted off from Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, carrying nearly 4 tons of supplies for the International Space Station, 40 live mice who were probably wondering what in the world was happening to them, and a bunch of other science experiments. CubeSats are cubes about the length of your cellphone. The rocket last month carried 60 ThinSats and four CubeSats. The CubeSats came from Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University and ...
Blandy, which is designed to promote environmental appreciation and education, is part of the University of Virginia. The farm was part of a summer home for Graham Blandy. He donated the land to the university when he died in 1926.
The FCC’s broadband map relies on self-reported data on a form that ISPs must file with the agency twice a year showing census blocks in which they offer service. Policymakers and ISPs agree that the data tends to overstate coverage, particularly in rural areas where census blocks are large, and may include locations with broadband and others without it. “The biggest consequence is when an area is considered ‘served,’ because they lose access to funding,” said Christopher Ali, a UVA assistant professor of media studies.
(Commentary by Richard Schragger, Perre Bowen Professor of Law and Joseph C. Carter Jr. Research Professor of Law) A Charlottesville circuit judge recently ruled that two statues of Confederate generals that sit in Charlottesville city parks are ‘war memorials’ under a Virginia state statute that bars their removal. While the judge’s recent decision is significant, two other issues are looming and they might be even more consequential.
When the University of California decided to walk away from negotiations with its journal publisher and push for more open-access publishing, research librarians in Virginia paid attention. “We’re definitely vigorously exploring other options and models,” said John Unsworth, UVA’s dean of libraries.
Two academics at the University of Virginia in the US are aiming to draw people into the climate debate — but not with statistics, graphs and charts. Instead, they're using music and the sounds of nature, something known as ecoacoustics, to appeal directly to the emotions and the heart.
Kevin G. McDonald, vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity at the University of Missouri at Columbia and chief diversity officer for the university system, will become vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Virginia on August 1.
Gables, decorative woodwork and front porches from Sears or Aladdin Homes became styles synonymous with American home architecture, and frequently feature on Cheap Old Houses. “These houses were aimed, not at the fancies, but at the middle class,” says Richard Guy Wilson, architectural historian and professor at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. He worries about how the decline of small-town America will affect the future of these homes. “I’m an architectural historian — I believe in saving things,” he says. “But these little towns, they’re not drawing people.”
As George Yin, a former chief of staff to the Joint Committee on Taxation and current professor at the University of Virginia, explained in February congressional testimony, the historical context is that in the 1920s, the president “had unconditional access to tax returns” and consequently that “Congress wanted to give its committees the same right.” Both the White House and the Treasury Department are, however, brazenly refusing to follow the law.
The University of Virginia Medical Center is recommending you get a second measles vaccine if you haven't already. However, this only applies to people in certain scenarios.
The two cases are “almost a road map of the most sensitive hot-button issues,” A.E. Dick Howard, a law professor at the University of Virginia, told The Hill.
All but one of America's presidents between 1976 and 2004 were governors. Since then, state leaders have barely stood a chance at the Oval Office. “Don’t write them off just yet,” says Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “There’s a chance one will catch fire. We’ve got a long way to go, and surely some of the governors will get moments to shine.”
Federal law limits the kind of federal tax information that states are permitted to disclose, which could translate into criminal penalties if New York state’s Department of Taxation and Finance does not adhere to statute should Neal request Trump’s returns. “They’re bound by the confidentiality agreement that applies to all federal tax information,” said George Yin, a tax expert at the University of Virginia who has briefed congressional officials on Trump’s returns. “They have to be very, very careful in what they’re doing.”
Ashley Deeks, a UVA law professor and a member of the State Department’s advisory committee on international law, says that in this case the head of state – according to Trump – is Guaidó, and so his appointees “can actually give consent to the U.S. government to go into the Venezuelan Embassy and potentially remove uninvited guests.” And in this case, she said, “the U.S. government gets to decide, since they are a state, and the Code Pink protesters are not.”
Two years into Donald Trump’s effort to “Make America Great Again,” it seems American exceptionalism is alive and well. Certainly compared with other nations. UVA historian Peter S. Onuf said expressions of American exceptionalism were not necessarily as hubristic as they could seem from the outside, but might reflect the debate over the republic’s relatively brief history, about what America means.
Douglas Laycock, a UVA law professor and an expert on religious freedom, said at the time that the order suggests churches should not be found guilty of implied endorsements where secular organizations would not be. Laycock had not heard stories of that happening, but added that “the IRS does jawbone churches in a way that it does not appear to jawbone secular nonprofits. Maybe that’s what it’s supposed to be about.”