UVA professor Larry Sabato's "Crystal Ball" report predicts that after Election Day, Democrats will hold 47 seats in the Senate, Republicans will hold 49 seats, and four seats will be toss-ups.
Despite Saturday morning's rainy weather, hundreds of central Virginians rallied at The Park at the University of Virginia to raise money for childhood cancer research at the 2016 CureSearch Walk. The event has helped fund several options at the UVA Children's Hospital.
UVA now owns several properties on Roosevelt Brown Boulevard south of the railroad tracks that separate its hospital from the Fifeville neighborhood.
In many ways, the 1976 election – commemorated in the latest documentary from UVA’s Center for Politics, “Feeling Good About America” – could not be more different from the current election. That’s the point, said Larry J. Sabato, the center’s director.
One of the world’s most ennobled books is in repose in a hermetically sealed display case at the University of Virginia. Great care has been taken to safeguard and present a rare First Folio edition of William Shakespeare’s plays published in 1623.
The University of Virginia takes pride in its founding. It traces its roots to Thomas Jefferson, and now consistently ranks among the nation’s top public universities. Its reputation for academic rigor has the potential to grow.
The University of Virginia community is grieving the loss of a well-known medical professor. Sixty-eight-year-old John Herr passed away Sept. 17, suffering a heart attack after taking part in a race. Herr was not only a professor of medicine and biomedical engineering, but also a successful inventor with 64 patents. He started multiple companies in Charlottesville based on his research in cancer and birth control.
The UVA men’s basketball team posed for a photo as a sign of unity against social injustice Thursday night. The teammates, dressed in black with arms interlocked, knelt at midcourt of the John Paul Jones Arena practice floor. Several players posted photos of the moment, tweeting “Kneel for Injustice. Kneel for Equality.”
They're the best of the best. U.S. Olympians and Paralympians did our country proud during the 2016 Rio Games. Now, they’re getting big props from the commander-in-chief. “This year’s summer Olympians gave us enough milestones and moments to last the next four years," said President Obama at a ceremony at the White House Thursday. Gold medal swimmer Leah Smith – a student at the University of Virginia -- has never been to the White House. “When I meet a celebrity, it’s just crazy to me because I realize they’re a real person. I’m just su...
Trump’s overall numbers are low in part because he didn’t really start a concerted fundraising push until this summer; before that he said he was “self-funding” his campaign. Kyle Kondik, managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a UVA election forecasting outlet, noted that Trump’s efforts have generally skewed toward small-dollar donors.
By overriding President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill clearing the way for lawsuits against the Saudi government in connection with the 2001 attacks, lawmakers this week potentially put the key U.S. ally on the hook for tens of billions of dollars in liability. “I am concerned that this will do very little for the victims,” said Paul Stephan, a UVA international law professor.
Virginia Beach Congressman Bobby Scott is stepping up his fundraising efforts and forming a new political action committee. It’s the clearest sign yet that he’s angling for the Senate seat that might be vacated by Tim Kaine if he becomes vice president. Scott is going to need that money, says Geoff Skelley at UVA’s Center for Politics. “To some degree, he’s playing catchup a little bit if he’s going to be appointed because if he’s appointed to that seat, he’s got to run in a special election in 2017," Skelley said. "And if he wins...
By overriding President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill clearing the way for lawsuits against the Saudi government in connection with the 2001 attacks, lawmakers this week potentially put the key U.S. ally on the hook for tens of billions of dollars in liability. “I am concerned that this will do very little for the victims,” said Paul Stephan, a UVA international law professor.
UVA political scientist Larry Sabato revealed the enormity of Trump's task in an August tweet – "Trump polls 1-2 percent among blacks. In '64 Goldwater got 6 percent after voting no on the Civil Rights Act. In '68 segregationist George Wallace won 3 percent." Rated as a genuine appeal for black votes, Trump is making a hash of it – some polls actually measure his support among blacks at zero.
Scalia's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller gave citizens the right to keep guns at home for self-defense but acknowledged that the right is not without limits, so little change is likely. "The court seems to have fashioned the kind of compromise that most people are not severely unhappy with," says Daniel Ortiz, who directs the Supreme Court litigation clinic at the UVA School of Law.
Researchers at the University of Virginia reported that widespread adoption of GMO crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant, leading to "serious environmental damage."
The content of M.B.A. curricula has become more global. Top schools mandate that a minimum percentage of cases taught in their courses pertain to business situations outside the United States. There is also a much broader selection of internships, consulting projects or study abroad at partner schools or their very own campuses (like University of Virginia’s learning residences in Brazil, India, China, and beyond). While these were an attractive academic option a few years ago, they are now a required part of many programs’ core curriculum.
Breast density reporting laws exist in 28 states, but do women in those states know what, exactly, it means if an exam reveals they have dense breasts? According to a recent UVA study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, a majority of women in states with such laws do not know specific details about breast density and what it can mean for a woman’s health.
(Audio) UVA law professor Douglas Laycock discusses Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has been suspended from his role and is being investigated by a judicial oversight panel, which is weighing an ethics complaint against Moore.
The value of a public education in Virginia is tremendous, and our colleges remain respected the world over. But getting more of the commonwealth’s young people through the doors – and getting them out without asking them to shoulder an unbearable cost burden – should be a priority come budget time.