A study by political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia found that since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010, the GOP has enjoyed a net gain of 913 seats among some 7,000 legislative seats in the 50 states. Republicans have full control of 30 legislatures, Democrats only 11.
University of Virginia law school professor Brandon Garrett said the last case comparable to Citi or JPMorgan, involving a major U.S. financial institution pleading guilty to criminal charges in the United States was Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1989.
Last week in Washington, the Bradley Foundation handed out its annual prizes. … This year’s winners [include] the University of Virginia and the Hoover Institution’s James W. Ceaser.
University of Virginia allergist Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills has discovered that bites from a certain type of tick – Amblyomma americanum, or the Lone Star tick – can trigger a rare IgE response to a sugar found in beef, lamb and pork. This causes a reaction to these meats that doesn’t kick in for hours.
Researcher Dr. Ed Kelly at the University of Virginia has analyzed Pearce’s case along with similar successful studies and found that the correct guesses seem to come in clumps. These clumps correspond with a change in the test subject’s internal state.
According to Ashley Deeks, a national security law expert at the University of Virginia, the legal justification currently used by the White House — that drone strikes are a necessary part of the fight against al Qaeda and associated forces, including the Islamic State — makes information regarding the government’s use of drones untouchable.
The group will include visitors from the Museums of the American Indian, Smithsonian Museum, Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Gallery from the University of Virginia, The Australian National Maritime Museum and many major private collectors.
The study was carried out by researchers from The University of Virginia and was funded by Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale and by The National Institutes of Health. The study was published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature.
Katherine Huang of Arlington is one of 14 University of Virginia alumni and graduate students selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for study in the coming academic year. Huang graduated in May with a degree in linguistics and East Asian studies, and will teach English in Peru.
In a finding important for preventing the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and 22 other institutions have determined that the duration of antibiotic treatment for complicated abdominal infections can be cut by half and remain equally effective.
Students leaving the University of Virginia at the end of the academic term donated their unwanted furniture, appliances, non-perishable food and clothing to local charities through the annual Chuck It for Charity program, held every year at the University.
The school says these employees are the backbone of the university and that their support makes its quality of teaching possible.
Samantha Karp, 21, of New Canaan, is a member of the Virginia College Advising Corps – a program that sees recent University of Virginia graduates placed in guidance offices of high schools in Virginia to work with students who might not otherwise consider going to higher education.
Gov. McAuliffe wants Billy Cannaday, the Dean of UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, to serve another term on Virginia’s Board of Education.
“I thought it was a well-orchestrated and even touching event,” said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. “But it’s had zero impact.”
A study by political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia found that since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010, the GOP has enjoyed a net gain of 913 seats among some 7,000 legislative seats in the 50 states.
“This is one time in my life when I am going to agree with Marco Rubio,” said Molly Bishop Shadel, a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Center for National Security Law. “You’ve noted compliance issues, but that’s not the same thing as intentional abuse.”
“If you vote no today based on this risk, it would signal that you do not believe that HSDD warrants treatment at all,” Anita Clayton, interim chairwoman of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia, told the advisers on Thursday.
“These findings are highly significant,” says James Galloway, a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia who was not involved in this research, “as they indicate that now the oceans can be expected to increase their nitrous oxide emissions, just as continents are expected to, due to agriculture.”
… Finding effective measurements of these intangible qualities has been a challenge, said Dr. Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.