Victor A. Bolden, the corporation counsel for the city of New Haven, is on the verge of becoming a federal judge, but the days remaining for a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate are counting down. Despite the obstacles and ticking clock, Carl Tobias, a law professor and expert on the federal courts at the University of Virginia, said the believes most of the pending judicial nominees will get a Senate vote before the gavel comes down on the 113th Congress.
How’s a governor such as John Kasich supposed to stand out?“There’s a surefire way for Kasich to attract media attention: Be a moderate,” said former Ohioan Kyle Kondik, now managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The press loves a presidential candidate who plays against type in his or her own party — especially when it comes to the GOP.”
(By Edward D. Hess, a professor of business administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business) Most public companies hit a growth wall after exhausting the strategies of cost-cutting, stock buybacks, and continuous acquisitions to generate needed earnings per share. That leaves innovation—the creation of new differentiating value propositions—as the untapped value creation avenue. Unfortunately, innovation remains a struggle for many businesses for many reasons.
Incumbent governors don't lose very often. But the uncertain economy and general dissatisfaction with government combined to put a number of state chief executives in danger this fall, and four states actually gave their incumbents the boot. Sean Parnell (Alaska), Pat Quinn (Illinois), and Tom Corbett (Pennsylvania) all lost their general elections, while Hawaii Democrats defeated Gov. Neil Abercrombie in his primary. All in all, more governors lost reelection this year than in any election since 2002, according to the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
A degree in health and physical fitness education prepares students for a career assisting others in recreation centers, schools, resorts, health clubs and more. The University of Virginia is among the top 10 places to major in health and fitness education in the U.S. The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819. The public school has a tradition of developing leaders who have gone on to facilitate change in the world. Students majoring in kinesiology have the opportunity to help change people’s lives for the better by improving their fitness and...
The state health department is still looking into the cause of a rash of gastrointestinal illness on University of Virginia Grounds last weekend.Officials at UVa are now saying 18 students had to be admitted to the hospital over the weekend, most of them first-years.
State health officials are investigating an illness that sickened more than a dozen University of Virginia students. Media outlets report that 15 students have sought medical treatment since Sunday for vomiting and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
Hannah Graham, the missing University of Virginia student whose remains were discovered Oct. 18, was a victim of a homicide, the Albemarle County Police Department said Tuesday. According to information from the Virginia medical examiner’s office, Ms. Graham’s death was a result of “homicidal violence,” but the exact cause was unknown.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond has ruled that Hannah Graham’s death was a homicide, according to Albemarle County police.The official cause of death is homicidal violence of undetermined etiology and the official manner of death is homicide. A final autopsy report has not been issued, police said. The University of Virginia student went missing Sept. 13 and her remains were found Oct. 18, behind an abandoned property on Old Lynchburg Road in Albemarle.
University of Virginia student Hannah Graham’s death has been ruled a homicide but the method was “undetermined,” Albemarle County police said late Tuesday.
(By Emma Copley Eisenberg, who teaches creative writing and academic composition to undergraduates at the University of Virginia) If a reporter had asked me why I showed up for the Graham search day, I would have faltered. I had no ready answer. Perhaps I would have said: “I teach at UVA.” But there was something else.
Much of the big money in Virginia politics flows through the war chests of men and women who don't have challengers. They're the ones who've risen up the seniority ladder to lead their party caucuses or the key committees that have the power to kill legislation that special interests don't like. Climbing the seniority ladder helps in the fundraising game of course. "It certainly helps a member's standing in the party if he or she doesn't have a competitive race or opposition and is willing to assist someone with a more competitive contest with campaign funds,"...
How much can consumers control their credit? Experts disagree about exactly who pays more for insurance when credit is factored in, and why. “Credit…is not as much in one’s control as how many auto accidents you have, and sometimes credit scores are wrong and sloppily prepared, and therefore unreliable,” says Kenneth Abraham, the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.
Governor Christie will go to Canada to pitch his “North American energy renaissance” message, a trip his office announced Monday as the governor was in Washington to meet with newly elected Republican congressmen. Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, noted that the two countries on Christie’s itinerary this year — Mexico and Canada — are traditionally the first travel destinations of U.S. presidents. “It allows him to take a strong position that conservative Republicans will like,” Sabato said. “He&rsqu...
Hampton University, a traditionally black school in southeastern Virginia, teased an upcoming poll they had conducted. But the poll was never released. Why wasn’t it released and what impact could it have made on the election? The polling of the Virginia race was so badly skewed in favor of Warner prior to the election that University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato called for a probe. “I want an investigation of the polls in Virginia,” Sabato said after the election. “They were completely wrong.”
There's an unlikely partnership forming in Charlottesville between sexual assault counselors and bartenders after the community was shocked by the disappearance and murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. It started with one bar in the downtown mall where Graham went missing and quickly grew to 10 -- all interested in educating their employees about what to look for if customers are in trouble.