Three states have already implemented paid leave legislation – California, New Jersey and Rhode Island. According to a survey conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, 91 percent of employers surveyed in California said the program had a “positive effect” or “no noticeable effect” on profitability. A study by Professor Christopher Ruhm at University of Virginia showed that in California it was 6 percent more likely for a mother to be working one year after giving birth if she took leave.
For most people, Pluto is just another light in the sky, dimmer than our eyes can detect and blobby through even big telescopes. But when the New Horizons spacecraft enters its orbit this summer, Pluto will transform into a real place whose surface we can all finally see. According to University of Virginia anthropologist Lisa Messeri, other scientists are starting to think of planets in other solar systems – exoplanets – as real places and of themselves as explorers – and the rest of us are almost ready to accept that psychological alchemy. Perhaps finally, if they see it, t...
Chris Christie is struggling and he’s fallen as a top tier candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new analysis by Larry Sabato and his University of Virginia Center for Politics, which rates candidates’ strength.
Last week, Utah’s governor signed a historic bill that extends state antidiscrimination protection to LGBT people in housing and employment. The law will extend needed protection to tens of thousands of Utah’s citizens. Remarkably, this has happened in a state with a Republican legislature and a Republican governor. That development is remarkable and salutary.
Authored by Nelson Tebbe, Richard Schragger, and Micah Schwartzman.
For David Baldacci ‘86, attending the University of Virginia School of Law inspired his career—as an author.
A swarm of runners took over Davis Square once again on Sunday morning in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.The annual Ras na hEireann U.S.A. – or The Race of Ireland and the United States – drew a total of 2,591 runners, none faster than former University of Virginia track star David Wilson. The 24-year-old resident of Brookline won the race in 15:15, an average pace of 4:55 per mile.
Tony Bennett was at peace. At first inclined to accept the University of Virginia's head basketball coaching position, he had elected to remain at Washington State, a program he had steered to new heights and a school he had come to embrace. But as Bennett dialed Cavaliers athletic director Craig Littlepage, his wife, Laurel, interrupted. "Put the phone down."
(By Alec Horniman, a professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business) The big idea: The aftermath of China’s Cultural Revolution in 1981 was pervasive and devastating. It created an absence of education and training, leaving the nation desperate for people with various abilities. Only reopened public universities and colleges provided higher education. The Education Bureau launched a new form of education called the Self Teaching Diploma Exam. People could study on their own, pass a test and earn a diploma. Thousands tried — only 6 percent passed.
On Friday morning students at the University of Virginia School of Medicine gathered with their families and friends for Match Day. During the event the UVa. School of Medicine Class of 2015 learned where they will continue their education.
A University of Virginia student who was bloodied during an arrest by a state liquor control agent says in a statement read by his attorney that he kept wondering how such a thing could happen. Martese Johnson appeared at a news conference Thursday evening, accompanied by his attorney who read a statement from the injured man.
The University of Virginia campus is at the center of an uproar again after the arrest of Martese Johnson, a student whose bloody face was broadcast widely on social media on Wednesday and presented as a symbol of brutality against young black men. Abraham Axler, UVa's incoming Student Council president, who takes office next week, has helped organize a meeting between students and state public-safety officials, set for Friday.
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan said Thursday the administration might need to rethink its relationship with Virginia’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
University of Virginia's student council announced plans to bring representatives from Virginia's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to campus for a public forum. The meeting will feature questions from the audience in Newcomb Theater at 1 p.m. Friday. Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo, Albemarle County Police and University Police will join the forum within walking distance of the university's iconic Rotunda.
Virginia lawmakers and the president of University of Virginia are calling for a reexamination of Virginia’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s arrest powers.
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan has voiced shock and indignation at the image of a bloodied student in a violent arrest this week outside a bar here. A 20-year-old African American, Martese Johnson, was arrested by white police officers who work for the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Just when the national spotlight seemed to have shifted away, the University of Virginia is reeling again.Students took to a campus amphitheater Wednesday night and to social media Thursday in protest after the violent arrest of a black student by white law enforcement officers was caught on video that depicted the incident in bloody detail.
Virginia senators Timothy M. Kaine and Mark R. Warner have joined those voicing unease after the bloody arrest of a University of Virginia student early Wednesday morning.
Virginia Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are both calling for an investigation into a recent arrest of a black honor student at the University of Virginia that left his faced bloodied and in need of stitches.
A database listing the names of all college students expelled for sexual offenses. Campus-wide alerts issued for every report of a sexual assault. And a state grant program to foster research on gender-based violence. Allen W. Groves, dean of students for the University of Virginia, said a student could easily obtain multiple official transcripts before a notation was added to the record.