But if he does choose not to run again, that could mean some legwork for the area’s Republicans. “Presumably, that would mean that the 5th District Republican Committee would have to choose some sort of format - whether that's just selecting a replacement themselves or setting up some sort of convention - to replace Garrett since he's already been nominated, would have to be the process,” says Geoffrey Skelley, an analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics.
As Robert Emery, author of “Two Homes, One Childhood” and psychology professor at the University of Virginia, told The Washington Post: “Kids don't count the minutes and the percents, but they sure respond if they have a good relationship with their mom and dad or if they are caught in the middle of a war zone.”
One of the nation’s most acclaimed poets, Rita Dove is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Geoff Skelley, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said the center had been informed of Garrett’s potential departure earlier on Wednesday. If Garrett were to drop out of the race, the 5th District Republican Committee would have to select a replacement, Skelley said. “They could do this by committee vote or by hosting a convention,” he said.
Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said the center would probably change its rating of the district from “likely Republican” to “leans Republican” if Garrett decides to leave Congress. “It would be tough for Democrats to win, but without an incumbent it would help them,” Skelley said. “The nominee on the GOP side would have to start from scratch.”
This Memorial Day weekend, Connecticut residents will flock to the shoreline, raising umbrellas and spreading towels along the state's beaches. Yet, behind this sunny imagery hides a somber history -- a story of coastal ownership and exclusivity. This hour, University of Virginia professor and Free the Beaches author Andrew Kahrl joins us. We reflect on the impact of Connecticut’s private and restricted beaches and learn about a 20th-century crusade to unlock the state’s coast.
The Jefferson Area Motor Squad (comprised of motorcycle officers from the Albemarle County, Charlottesville City and University of Virginia Police Departments) will host the sixth annual Jefferson Area Motor Squad Skills Competition May 31-June 2 at Sam’s Club. Each year, a different charity is picked to donate a portion of the proceeds from the event to, and this year, the families of Lt. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates (the two VSP Troopers killed tragically in a helicopter crash on August 12, 2018) have been chosen.
If you’d like to bring more art into your life, but you’ve always felt intimidated by gallery settings, it’s time to head for the great indoors. Through Sept. 30, the Fralin Museum of Art at UVA is presenting “In My Room: Artists Paint the Interior 1950-Now.” The new exhibition is taking the concept of the landscape and switching the perspective around.
“If we can provide care at home, timely, it may well reduce emergency visits and hospitalization and eventually saves Medicare money,” said Aaron Yao, a UVA assistant professor of health care policy. He points to initiatives by several agencies, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(Commentary by Thomas C Katsouleas, executive vice president and provost) It is truly an epic challenge to renew a completely dead waterway – currently with 0 percent oxygen content and unable to support any life — in one of the most populous urban centers on the planet. UVA is one of the partners committed to work with Indian and Delhi officials to address this challenge.
The former head of NASA Langley Research Center has been named associate administrator of NASA, the top civil servant job in the agency. Steve Jurczyk has been acting associate administrator for the space agency since early March, but recently appointed NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine made it official this week, calling Jurczyk a “dedicated civil servant.” He’s a graduate of UVA, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1984 and a Master of Science in electrical engineering in 1986.
There are people who live and go to school there that wish “white supremacists” wasn’t the first thing you think of when you think Charlottesville. Cue a group of recent graduates of University of Virginia School of Law. A group of (now former) black law students there put together an inspiring music video celebrating their achievements.
To understand how the U.S. asylum system works, you have to go all the way back to World War II. Millions of people were displaced after the war, including Jews who fled the Holocaust and political outcasts who escaped from behind the Iron Curtain. Many of those refugees couldn't return home. So European diplomats gathered in Geneva in 1951 to figure out how to help them – and to establish an international framework for future refugees. "There was certainly a very strong humanitarian impulse behind it," said David Martin, a former U.S. immigration official and a professor emeritus at the UVA S...
Trend forecasters rightfully focus on the housing needs of millennials when predicting the future of the U.S. real estate market. But the rising senior population, sometimes referred to as a “silver tsunami,” suggests baby boomers shouldn’t be written out of the story just yet. “Between 2010 and 2040, we predict the nation’s 65-plus population will grow by roughly 90 percent,” UVA demographics researcher Hamilton Lombard said. “In some areas of the country, most of the population growth will come from retirees.”
What is holding up the stork? The theories range from the personal to the political. One dourly amusing possibility blames screens: Researchers such as UVA sociologist Brad Wilcox have hypothesized that those of baby-making age are having “too much Netflix, not enough chill.” Young adults may be displacing in-person activities – including forming relationships, getting married and, yes, having sex – with time on computers, phones and tablets.
The need for nurses and medical professionals was in the spotlight on Tuesday, May 22, on Capitol Hill as the Senate Health Committee met to address shortages in the healthcare workforce. The University of Virginia Hospital and Sentara Martha Jefferson are both working with area programs and colleges to recruit new hires locally.
The University of Virginia Health System on Wednesday reported it performed its 1,000 telestroke consultation since partnering with smaller, community hospitals in 2015. The Comprehensive Stroke Center offers a stroke team of stroke neurologists, neurointensivists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons and specially trained stroke care nurses and information technology experts can connect through video with emergency rooms and confirm diagnosis and direct care.
The bill has the support of UVA’s Center for Telehealth, one of the nation’s most extensive telehealth hubs and one of 14 resource centers scattered across the country. Dr. Karen Rheuban, the center’s director and a former president of the American Telemedicine Association, said the bill would “allow telehealth – demonstrated to be an effective tool to deliver health care – to provide such evaluation and treatment services to greater numbers of patients nationwide.”
Gary L. Bush, represented by the Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law, was granted two writs of actual innocence by a three-judge panel of the court. Deirdre Enright, one of Bush’s lawyers, said in a statement: “Of course we are glad that Gary Bush has finally been officially exonerated. But we should take this moment to focus on the reasons he was convicted.”
Saikrishna Prakash teaches constitutional law at UVA and is the author of “Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive,” a historical study of the executive branch. There is simply no constitutional answer to the question, he said.