A.E. Dick Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs
Survey: U.S. admires, but hasn't read, Constitution
Charlottesville Daily Progress, Sept. 16
Larry Sabato, professor of politics and director of the Center for Politics
Palin to make high-profile visit to Iowa
Reuters, Sept. 17
Jerry Stenger, director of the state climatology office
State's drought could quickly become much worse
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sept. 17
Daniel Willingham, professor of psychology
Drill, Baby, Drill
New York Times magazine, Sept. 16
Dr. Andrew Wolf, professor of medicine
One-Time PSA Test at 60...
At the University of Virginia School of Architecture, Professor Elizabeth Meyer teaches a whole course on the Mall, in which students are asked to sketch out ideas for how the nation’s front yard might be reimagined …
No Child Left Behind, the most influential and infuriating federal education law in 40 years, is not quite dead, but getting close. … So I was pleased to see that two of those superbright economists who seem to be doing all the education research these days, Thomas S. Dee of the University of Virginia and Brian Jacob of the University of Michigan, have provided a quick summary of what NCLB did, before we forget it ever existed.
There is a common perception that the hand sanitizers are better than common soaps against germs and bacteria infection. However, a recent study carried out by the University of Virginia has hinted that their effectiveness may not be that good in reality.
All mental abilities appear to decline with advancing age, but the decreases aren't as sharp as some research has suggested, a new study contends. In the study, Timothy Salthouse, a University of Virginia psychologist, analyzed scores from 1,616 adults, aged 18 to 80, who completed tests of five key cognitive (or "thinking") abilities: reasoning, spatial visualization, episodic memory, perceptual speed, and vocabulary.
Hand sanitizers are no better than ordinary soaps in protecting you against colds and flu, but they sure protect you against gastrointestinal illness, found a new study. ...However, the University of Virginia research, funded by Dial Corp., which makes a hand sanitizer, did show that the sanitizers worked against gastrointestinal illness.
...The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia conducted a similar study, and found that couples who read the Bible together at home and who prayed together feel a strong marital bond. Interview subjects described prayer as "the great reconciler," saying that it helps to "pray over every important milestone."
Bird vomit is turning out to be a valuable research tool for scientists like the University of Virginia's Charles Clarkson, who is often covered with avian upchuck at the end of each work day in the field. Clarkson and others analyze the regurgitation, as he politely calls it, to determine bird diets, presence of pollutants, and other information.
University of Virginia President, Teresa Sullivan, is offering more specifics about the "Day of Dialogue" on Grounds. The event is a response to the violent death of UVa. lacrosse player, Yeardley Love. The day-long event is set for September 24. It will feature discussions involving students, faculty and staff about the issues raised by Love's death. Sullivan wants professors to incorporate the sessions in their classes, and she is asking supervisors to be flexible with staff members who want to attend.
The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors on Tuesday unanimously backed $22.9 million worth of repairs and renovations to the Rotunda. The Thomas Jefferson-designed Rotunda has been showing signs of aging. The roof is leaking, UVa officials say, and nearly all of the decorative Corinthian capitals atop its columns have deteriorated to such a degree that they need replacing.
Gerard Alexander
A politics professor and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Why Liberals Are Wrong to Equate Conservatives with Racists
Reason Magazine – Sept. 13, 2010
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Race and Beyond: Whistling Dixie
Center For American Progress – Sept. 14
Edwin Burton
A professor of economics
Burton Discusses Virginia Jobless Rate, Election Impact: Video
Bloomberg News Service – Sept. 13, 2010
Brandon L. Garrett
A professor of law
Confessing to Crime, but Innocent
New York Times – Sept. 13, 2010
Dr. David S. Geldmacher
An associate professor in the Depart...
College athletes including the University of Virginia men's soccer team and women's rowing team were honored by President Barack Obama on the South Lawn. [Includes video]
By Larry Sabato, a politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
...2010 was always going to be a Republican year, in the midterm tradition. It has simply been a question of degree. Several scenarios were possible, depending in large measure on whether, or how quickly, the deeply troubled American economy recovered from the Great Recession.
Spoiler alert: If the presence of all those alcohol-based hand sanitizers makes you feel safe from disease, skip this blog post. The sanitizers – Purell, Germ-X and the like – started popping up everywhere last year following the outbreak of the H1N1 “swine flu” virus. But new research out of the University of Virginia finds that they are of no particular use in warding off the flu. They also failed to ward off rhinovirus, a major cause of the common cold.
A new look at tests of mental aging reveals a good news-bad news situation. The bad news is all mental abilities appear to decline with age, to varying degrees. The good news is the drops are not as steep as some research showed, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. "There is now convincing evidence that even vocabulary knowledge and what's called crystallized intelligence decline at older ages," said study author Timothy Salthouse, a University of Virginia psychologist.
The University of Virginia's statue of founder Thomas Jefferson is undergoing cleaning and repair. Conservators have washed the bronze statue on the north side of the university's Rotunda with a mild detergent, then coated it with specially formulated hot wax that inhibits corrosion and brings out the metal's luster.
The University of Virginia Art Museum is presenting a four-part film series to accompany "Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens," which features photographs of African objects by American artist Man Ray and his international avant-garde contemporaries of the 1920s and 1930s.