UVA researcher Jennifer Doleac, an assistant professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has been using data from new surveillance technology to research the disparity between the number of recorded gunshot sounds and the number of reported incidents of gun violence.
More than 40 middle and high schools from all over the commonwealth sent teams of students to compete in an engineering olympiad at UVA Saturday.
"What is the point of the [Tom Tom Festival] is to really come together, meet each other, form partnerships, leave legacies and connect resources, and that's what we've been doing all week," Celia Castleman, a festival organizer, said. That mission was fulfilled at Saturday's block party with the UVA Maker Club tent. The club started at UVA to harness the creativity of students, allowing them to pursue their passions.
UVA’s Earth Week kicked off Sunday afternoon with an event called “The Big Spring Thing” at the Community Garden.
What do you get when you combine science with girl power? If you do it at UVA, you’ll get a day called “Ladies in the lab.”
Two recent studies look into the costs, potential profit and market share of using fully autonomous cars to start a mobility-on-demand service in Austin, Texas. The first study, by UVA’s T. Donna Chen and two colleagues, looks at the costs and charging infrastructure choices.
(Commentary co-written by UVA law professor Saikrishna Prakash) Almost as soon as North Carolina passed House Bill 2, which preempted locally enacted civil rights protections for gay and transgender people, the state’s attorney general, Roy Cooper, announced that his office would not defend it against the inevitable constitutional lawsuits.
Hillary Clinton's Wall Street ties date back to when her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was in politics. "She and her husband have been in politics a long time and Wall Street is a big donor for all parties," says Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. Being seen as friendly with the individuals and institutions that brought down the economy and were never held accountable has been toxic. "These connections have been a liability since 2008," Sabato said. "President Obama got plenty of Wall Street money too and that wasn't an issue.&...
"Clinton was very effective. She got across her main theme: That Sanders is better at diagnosing the problems than offering solutions. This is a key message that gets to heart of doubts about his campaign. Sanders had many strong moments but overall her demeanor and message were spot-on," said Larry J. Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics.
It's a simple and, perhaps, self-evident notion: "Every election," UVA political scientist Larry Sabato has observed, "is determined by the people who show up." Sabato's dictum is also a window into why some public officials still work to prevent certain people from exercising this fundamental right. It's simple. Keep your opponents' voters away from the polls and you win.
UVA political scientist Sidney Milkis writes in a new research paper that Organizing for Action provides a new kind of support for a president who's always at odds with Congress, asking its network to spread his messages.
Teaching 4-year-olds requires specific skills and knowledge that aren’t always taught in preparation programs, said Robert Pianta, the dean of UVA’s Curry School of Education and director of the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education. “Four-year-olds are very curious and interested in being learners … they’re very eager to engage in conversation. They’re physically active,” Pianta said. “A teacher of 4-year-olds has to be an orchestra conductor.”
The dairy industry contributes $3.2 billion annually to Virginia’s economy, according to a 2014 economic impact study conducted by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
A researcher at UVA’s School of Medicine is developing a new long-lasting male contraceptive. Unlike a vasectomy, it does not require surgery to install or to reverse. Contraline is a non-hormonal liquid polymer gel that gets injected. The polymer then hardens into a firm gel that blocks sperm, similar to a coffee filter.
The UVA Center for Telehealth is taking on the name of its founder and director, Dr. Karen Rheuban.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe used the Paramount Theater stage Thursday to sign into a law a bill designed to protect the intellectual property rights of student entrepreneurs. Speakers Daniel Wilson and Alyssa Dizon, directors of HackCville, a UVA student innovation incubator.
Clara Duffy and Leela Ghaemmaghami, juniors at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, started Seniors Connect to help older people use and understand technology. They won their choice of either $4,360 in funding generated by the audience or a coveted spot at the i.Lab at UVA’s Darden School of Business.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the U.S. Pham Quang Vinh has highlighted the remarkable developments in relations between Vietnam and the U.S. over the past two decades, as well as orientations for future bilateral ties at a talk at UVA.
On Thursday the Tom Tom Festival hosted a discussion about innovation in the athletic arena. Patriots defensive end Chris long joined UVA football, basketball, and field hockey coaches to share their behind-the-scenes experiences.
State employees donated more than $4 million to charities as part of their annual Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign. UVA was the state agency that raised the most donations; employees donated nearly $1 million.