The University of Virginia has recognized a longtime employee who was the school's main advocate in Richmond. Stuart Connock has retired as the executive assistant to UVA's President for state government relations.
(Transcript) The opinion polls have been pointing to a widening lead for the president but political analyst Larry Sabato from the Centre for Politics at the University of Virginia is cautious about the numbers.
During this summer's governance turmoil at the University of Virginia, faculty leaders pushed for formal representation on the institution's board, arguing that the lack of a faculty voice on the board may have contributed to the disconnect between trustees and the rest of the university.
“If Obama wins by a wide margin – say, 53 percent to 46 percent – it could increase Democratic gains in the House from six seats to maybe 12 or 15,” said Larry Sabato, who tracks congressional races at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
"You can term any unexpected event in late October or early November an 'October surprise,'" said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "The surprising thing is that we're surprised by it every four years."
The University of Virginia has named one of its deans, Billy Cannaday, as the university's first vice provost for academic outreach.
There was good news for the Board of Supervisors last week as James Ellis, the director of research at the University of Virginia’s Center for Survey Research, presented the results of the 2012 community survey.
The University of Virginia's first vice provost for the arts will step down in January. Elizabeth Hutton Turner has served in the position since 2007 when it was created.
In the United States, political lineage has been a key component from the beginning, says Barbara Perry, a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, a nonpartisan institute that seeks to expand understanding of the presidency and political history.
What is more, says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, the state’s minority population, which tends to vote Democrat, has grown by at least one percentage point since 2008.
“The sequestration issue is a huge issue in Virginian particularly, but neither side can really get an advantage out of it because both sides agreed to this plan,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
The University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato has changed his rating on the U.S. Senate race between Republican Tommy G. Thompson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin to “toss-up” from “leans Republican."
Iowa is one of five battleground states -- including Ohio and Virginia -- that analyst Larry Sabato moved from the "toss-up" column to "leans Democratic."
Kyle Kondik of U.Va.'s Center for Politics was a guest, analyzing Cobgressional races antionwide.
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan is among eight people nominated to the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors.
University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato adjusted his Crystal Ball projection for the presidential election in Commonwealth.
In its presidential oral-history archives, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center has discovered timeless debate lessons learned by candidates and their advisers.
There will be a concerted effort, beginning after November’s presidential election, to convince state legislators not to approve the reappointment of University of Virginia Rector Helen E. Dragas, an influential alumnus told those gathered for a legislative town hall Thursday evening.
Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, updated his Crystal Ball ratings on Thursday with predictions that the November elections are tilting toward President Obama.
“It is too late to reengineer Mitt Romney; he is what he is, and voters will take him or leave him in terms of likability,” said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. “But what he has in his arsenal is a list of economic disappointments and broken promises from Obama. His only real chance to break through in the debates is to be relentless in cataloging Obama's weaknesses and prosecuting his case. Negativity won’t make him more likable but at this point, rejection of the incumbent by an unhappy electorate is the only conceivable way that he wins, ...