(Editorial) Here’s something to which advocates of the for-profit model of education — including those associated with the University of Virginia — should pay close attention: The air seems to be leaking out of the for-profit success bubble.
On the 25th anniversary of the Virginia Film Festival, Patricia Kluge and former Governor Gerald Baliles both are being honored for its founding. According to Kluge, however, someone else first floated the idea of a film festival in Charlottesville.
“It’s the classic double-edged sword of governing,” University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato said. The national political expert’s state is key for both campaigns and was directly affected by the storm’s path.
“The president is in a better position to benefit from this because he is actually the president and Romney does not have an official role in government,” said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “But what if things go really bad? What if FEMA seems not up to the task? That reflects badly on the president.”
"It's moving in the right direction, but it's still an unimpressive number," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "It's so close to the election I don't know how many people are left to influence."
Then there is the gravitas and expertise which certain American pundits continue to bring to their analysis of the polls. One always notices this in the BBC's election-night coverage, and the realisation that whereas we have nervous psephological chatterboxes who sometimes look as if they could do with a back-stage makeover, the Americans usher in the elegantly coiffeured Professor Larry Sabato from the University of Virginia, whose last job before he got tenure was clearly introducing Kool and the Gang at Madison Square Gardens.
Hurricane Sandy may decrease early-voter turnout in swing state Virginia — and help Mitt Romney more than President Obama, analysts say. “It will matter more to the side that’s less energized,” said University of Virginia political-science professor Larry Sabato.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, told TPM, “It depends on where it hits and how much, it’s just impossible to say in advance.” Sabato added that “If Obama were directing the snowstorm it would be in the Shenandoah valley and Southwest Virginia as they want as low a turnout as possible in those rural areas. If Romney were directing the snowstorm, it would go right down the corridor from Northern Virginia into Richmond, which is where Obama’s votes come from.”
President Obama got it right last week when he predicted that the Democrats would retain control of the Senate and Republicans the House. Kyle Kondik and Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics sees the status quo remaining on Capitol Hill.
That struggle signals trouble, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. People have known Obama for four years and made their judgment, while they’re just getting to know Romney. Romney also maintains a Republican base firmly on his side. "This year Republicans would vote for a badly sculpted piece of driftwood over Obama," Sabato said.
The organization that owns and operates the University of Virginia's research parks is proceeding cautiously as it considers development of the three facilities.
Over the past decade, policymakers focused on what jihadists had in common with Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization. And that approach seemed to bear fruit, says Christopher Swift, a professor of law at the University of Virginia. "In the process ... we've discovered a lot of linkages and relationships," he says.
The gorgeous campus of the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, is not just one of the prettiest college campuses in the country, but is the only university in the U.S. to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site!
In a day-long fundraiser for the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Thursday, the Newsplex and Volvo of Charlottesville matched funds and donated $3,000 to the University of Virginia Medical Center's Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
Two University of Virginia ROTC cadets are among the best of the best. Cadets Aimee Moores and Joseph Riley are both near the top of the Army's Cadet Command National Order of Merit list.
Each fall the University of Virginia's top students are honored at the halfway mark of their undergraduate careers. UVA's Fall Convocation was held Friday as a way to honor top students and teachers.
Coverage of a panel discussion focused on the Cuban Missile Crisis and hosted by the National Archives. The panel featured David G. Coleman of U.Va.’s Miller Center.
"Obama will still win the 18-29 vote," said Geoffrey Skelley, from the University of Virginia's center for politics. "But the question is really does he get closer nationally to the two-thirds he got of them in 2008, or is he only at around 60% this time?"
Fran Crippen should still be with us. He died senselessly, needlessly, shamefully. And for now, in vain. Two years removed from the tragic open water race that claimed the American swimmers life, the sport has yet to take all the necessary steps to ensure we don’t have another Fran Crippen.
The Tomtoberfest Elliewood Block Party kicked off Saturday with a design challenge. How might the space around The Corner and the old entrance gate of the University of Virginia be re-imagined as a plaza of arts and innovation?