The two UVA graduates are Bradley T. Shipp, who has a bachelor’s degree in global studies, and Elizabeth M. Spach, who has a master’s degree in public policy and a bachelor’s degree in history.
Almost two dozen Indian Americans, including some alumni of leading Indian universities, were among those named Tuesday by the White House as winners of the highest U.S. award for rising stars of the world of science and technology, at the frontiers of new research and ideas. Among the group is Nitya Kallivayalil, assistant professor of astronomy.
Established in 1996, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers acknowledges the contributions scientists and engineers have made to the advancement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and to community service as demonstrated by scientific leadership, public education, and community outreach. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinates the PECASE with participating departments and agencies. Among the group: Benjamin Castleman, associate professor of education and public policy; and Nitya Kallivayalil, assistant professor ...
UVA analyst Kyle Kondik said that some of Joe Biden's vulnerabilities are beginning to show and he can expect more scrutiny in the debates to come.
Jennifer Sessions, a UVA historian of modern France and Algeria, spoke about the symbolism in Sylvestre’s painting. She noted that Sylvestre was very much part of the established art scene at the time of the Third Republic in France which produced such standard state-message art that they were labelled “L’art pompier” (“Fireman” art).
When the college admissions scandal broke earlier this year with the code name Operation Varsity Blues, UVA English Professor Bruce Holsinger's new book, “The Gifted School,” was already on its way to press. Holsinger saw the similarities after friends and family pointed them out.
The Northern Virginia Technology Council membership elected 19 members, including UVA President Jim Ryan, to the board of directors for three-year terms.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics illustrated on Twitter how this opposition affected public opinion. “Controversial 'busing' era in 1970s is being framed through the lens of 2019. High unpopularity of busing (most whites & many blacks) resulted in a liberal candidate for VA GOV losing his race to the R in a squeaker after he had led handily earlier.”
“A cyberattack that produces a similar effect [to a conventional strike] by disabling comparable systems, but that causes no harm to humans, [also] helps ensure that the response stays within international law limits,” said Ashley Deeks, a UVA law professor and former State Department official.
Larry Sabato, the political scientist who directs UVA’s Center for Politics, said Kelly's fundraising is a reflection of his national profile and energy surrounding his campaign.
A 1998 report by University of Virginia researchers described the impacts of acid precipitation on more than 300 brook trout streams in the area. Brook trout are more acid-tolerant than other trout but cannot survive in highly acidified streams. The assessment found that half of the streams studied had suffered harmful effects from acid rain. Several streams were “chronically acidic” and could not support any fish.
A new partnership between Albemarle County, Charlottesville and UVA will help startups in the area. The partnership is creating the Catalyst Accelerator Program, which will include dedicated staff, workspace, advisers, programming and $20,000 grants to support scalable startups.
Projections for Virginia’s population in the upcoming 2020 Census finds the population will be aging and growing more slowly. UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service says the commonwealth’s population is expected to reach 8.65 million by 2020.
Meredith Clark, a UVA professor of media studies, said that the Kardashian family had mastered exploiting the attention economy “and specifically exploiting the online outpour of outrage when they do something that draws attention.”
New UVA research shows that while cars are safer than they've ever been, women are at far greater risk of suffering serious or fatal injuries in a collision compared to men. And a major reason why, experts say, is because automotive safety tests are conducted almost exclusively with crash test dummies modeled after men.
Every year, UVA Health System and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital spend hundreds of millions of dollars on patients who don’t have health insurance. Now, the cost of this charitable care is going up at both places.
Growing up in West Chester and starring at Malvern Prep before becoming a hit machine at UVA, Gosselin was a serious Phillies fan. So naturally, his call-up to the Phillies was an emotional one.
(Book review) I know now that “G and T” stands for “gifted and talented,” those public school programs reserved for children with superlative test scores, considered by some to be the pinnacle of educational achievement, greater even than admission to an elite private school. In neighborhoods like mine, where parenting can sometimes seem like a competitive sport, “gifted and talented” might be the ultimate “pressure cooker inside a pressure cooker,” as UVA English professor Bruce Holsinger puts it in his wise and addictive new novel, “The Gifted School.”
“Proud to be a signatory. This is a hugely powerful statement. The list of signatories contains a literal ‘Who’s who?’ of Holocaust and Genocide Studies,” Waitman Wade Beorn, a lecturer at UVA’s Corcoran Department of History wrote on Twitter, sharing the open letter. “While there are certainly scholars who disagree, this statement makes the analogy a widely held view.”
No matter how far we’ve come, the reality is that “the idea of a woman in a leadership position is still seen as, ‘Oh, I don’t know if we can go there,’” says Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. That sentiment—echoed in endless debates on cable news—eventually can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, says Jennifer Lawless, a professor at the University of Virginia and an expert on women in politics.