The Virginia governor's race is seen as a test for both parties following Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory and could be a bellwether of voter sentiment ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, when Democrats will be looking to maintain control of the U.S. Congress. "If the Republicans can manage to recapture Virginia, which has clearly moved in a Democratic direction, the prospects for Democrats in the midterm elections in 2022 will be dimmed; there's just no doubt about it," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said Trump's shadow still loomed over the race given the continued news coverage he generates. "Yes, Youngkin projects a good image," Sabato said. "But it's easily dented, maybe even destroyed, because he has a big 'R' next to his name and he is very definitely tied to Donald Trump."
The message of Helfer’s excommunication and that of other members seems to be that the faith can tolerate diverse opinions but “when that behavior seeks to influence others, then that’s when the church takes official action,” said Kathleen Flake, a professor of Mormon studies at the University of Virginia.
Several major websites were briefly inaccessible early Tuesday morning. The sites all rely on Fastly, which is supposed to improve the speed of reliability for its sites. University of Virginia professors who specialize in cybersecurity weighed in on the error to break it down to the community. “What happened is they changed the configuration and it had unintended consequences,” Jack Davidson, a professor of computer science at UVA, said. “Because of the global breach of this, it’s hard to back it out, to kind of undo what you just did, it takes time.”
Lisa Woolfork, an associate professor of English at the University of Virginia, said Black women in academia face “the same obstacles that Black women face in general. … They are very much rooted in the same racism that impacts every Black person’s life in this country.” The work of Black scholars, Woolfork said, is sometimes not seen as academically valuable because it is about Black people. Or it is otherwise dismissed or belittled. “Why is it that when Black women do achieve, when Black women are at the top of their game, there still is something, some institution, some set of policies or j...
(Co-written by Cathy Hwang, professor of law) Three decades of finance, economics, and legal studies in corporate governance have been built substantially on data sets with nearly unknown provenance. A new paper sets to correct this fatal flaw of contemporary corporate governance research by debuting a brand new resource—the Cleaning Corporate Governance database.
(Commentary by Steven M. Gillon, senior faculty fellow at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs) On June 8, 1968, a 21-car train carried the body of slain presidential candidate and New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy from New York’s Penn Station to Washington’s Union Station. The trip lasted eight hours — twice as long as expected — because more than 1 million people gathered along the tracks and milled in stations to honor their slain hero. The interracial nature of this outpouring of grief reminds us how his death shook so many Americans and left his supporters without a leader advocating for c...
A University of Virginia study suggests that cold showers may relieve depressive symptoms.
If you’re tossing and turning all night, coughing, or simply waking unrefreshed, and you’re sleeping with your pet, there may be a connection. A research study published by University of Virginia Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center found cat hair can result in an allergic reaction, leaving you with the symptoms above.
If you’re tossing and turning all night, coughing, or simply waking unrefreshed, and you’re sleeping with your pet, there may be a connection. A research study published by University of Virginia Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center found cat hair can result in an allergic reaction, leaving you with the symptoms above.
UVA researchers believe they have found a lead to treat the most common form of muscular dystrophy. The muscle disease is known as myotonic dystrophy.
A new metric for assessing cardiac health, called pulmonary artery proportional pulse pressure, or PAPP, could help to identify people at high risk of hospitalization or death due to pulmonary hypertension or heart failure, allowing for more timely and effective treatment, a study reported. UVA researchers who developed PAPP called it a “simple measure” that could be useful in identifying at-risk patients, so doctors might “tailor more aggressive treatments” for them, such as a heart monitor implant.
30th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Jeff Hamilton asked the workgroup to consider expansion of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise by 4,000 students as part of a larger effort to encourage state agencies to move to Southwest Virginia. Hamilton said large corporations and their workers would not see Southwest Virginia as a preferable place to work and live. “If they don’t want to work here, we can hire people here,” Hamilton said, adding that state agencies in Richmond could free up office space for those large corporations by moving operations to Southwest Virginia.
Stephen Schoch is not your average closer. And his team, the University of Virginia Cavaliers, is not your ordinary college baseball team
They aren’t known as the “Cardiac Cavs” for nothing. The University of Virginia baseball team is going back to Super Regionals in the Men’s College World Series following a big victory over Old Dominion University. It’s their first trip since 2015.
Through Coursera, the University of Virginia offers “Introduction to Personal Branding,” a course that helps you navigate the cluttered social media world. It helps with everything from crafting a mission statement for your personal brand to maintaining your presence on at least three social media platforms.
10. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: Learners should consider a less traditional but more career-enhancing path in UVA’s MS in commerce. Learners can leverage their undergraduate degree with business and pivot to a career in analytics, finance, government, health care, management, marketing, or nonprofit. In just 10 months, learner will present to top executives, learn to work effectively on diverse teams, and expand their global mindset through a global immersion experience to Europe, Asia, Latin America, India, or the Middle East.
4. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: The University of Virginia has a master’s of science in nursing degree program with 10 concentrations to established nurses and learners looking to enter the field. UVA’s MSN in clinical nursing leadership has paths for direct-entry into nursing and for advancement to managerial and leadership positions for practicing nurses. Additional concentrations in adult, pediatric, neonatal, and psychiatric acute and primary care give learners chances to work on individual interests and improve professional knowledge. UVA accepts only 90 candidates annuall...
A new national study casts significant doubt on the idea that states, at least, are better positioned to run schools than locally elected officials. Overall, researchers found little evidence that districts see test scores rise as a result of being taken over. If anything, state control had slightly negative effects on students. “Maybe school boards are the least worst option that we have,” said Beth Schueler, a professor at the University of Virginia and one of the study authors.
(Commentary by Elizabeth Ellcessor, associate professor of media studies) COVID-19-related messages are a new use of the alert system. They indicate changing ideas about what constitutes an emergency and underscore the challenges of public messaging in a personalized media environment.