Then there are the pols who have flirted with showbiz careers during a political hiatus. “Maybe they have something to prove. Maybe they are just addicted to the spotlight,” offers University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato, director of its Center for Politics and perhaps the dean of quotable political experts. “Only a tiny proportion of the population runs for office. Some motives are noble, others self-serving, but these unusual individuals have a thirst to be at the center of the action,” he said by e-mail. “Better a column than nothing at all. You’ll ...
(Podcast) UVA law professor Micah Schwartzman offers commentary on the significance and implications of the Hobby Lobby case.
On Tuesday’s Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon did a ‘Pros and Cons’ segment about the NCAA tournament. Somewhat predictably, Fallon used the opportunity to play off the name Virginia coach Tony Bennett shares with a famous singer (and a stripper).
This Virginia team, the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament’s East Region, will play fourth-seeded Michigan State on Friday night in the Sweet 16 at Madison Square Garden. Perhaps more impressive, the Cavaliers have captured even skeptical fans’ attention, forcing them to forget about an up-and-down program that, as it drifted further from the days of star center Ralph Sampson and former coach Terry Holland, seemed content to chase 20 wins, hope for an upset or two and make the occasional NCAA tournament.
Virginia (30-6) will continue its NCAA tournament run Friday night in the East Region against No. 4 seed Michigan State (28-8), a game in which the Cavaliers will be the rare No. 1 seed that enters as an underdog.
Q: Which discovery (or discoveries) in the solar system has most surprised you, and why? Anne Verbiscer, planetary scientist, University of Virginia: I know this sounds awfully self-serving, but the discovery that surprised me the most was that of Saturn’s Phoebe Ring! Yes, we planned our Spitzer observations with the intent of finding a ring, but we were really surprised (and delighted) to find that it was there!
(Letter to the editor by State Sen. Barbara Favola) In a recent study funded by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services with the University of Virginia’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, we learned that nearly 50 percent of the voluntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals could have been avoided if early treatment and community based services had been available; 25 percent of involuntary admissions could have been avoided.
Thursday afternoon, the University of Virginia band is on its way to New York City for the Sweet 16. The band packed up and boarded a bus for the trip to New York Thursday morning. That will give them a chance to sight see and possibly check out a few shows before the big game Friday.
High school student Richard Bohmah has dreams of becoming a doctor, and now he's getting support from not one but two generations of mentors. University of Virginia student Awaksi Asante mentors Richard through Collegiate 100, an off-shoot of 100 Black Men, the organization that put Awkasi in touch with his mentor, Dr. Marcus Martin.
BOSS (The Biannual Online-Journal for Springsteen Studies), the first academic journal devoted to all things Springsteen, will feature scholarly writings on the Boss himself, expanding the field of “is this actual learning?” academics into new territory. Its first edition is slated to be released in June of this year. The managing editor is Jonathan D. Cohen, a Ph.D. student in the Department of History at the University of Virginia.
Every year, some students will be left reeling when they do not get accepted into their first-choice college. In Fairfax County’s competitive academic environment, with more and more students applying to top-tier schools, those golden tickets can be particularly hard to come by, Nelson said. From 2008 to 2013, the University of Virginia had a 19 percent increase in applicants from the county, according to SCHEV data. “Many schools have been increasing their spots for in-state students, but the demand just remains so strong,” Nelson said. “In Northern Virginia, there can...
It took Branden Cogswell a little time to make some adjustments this season, but he is once again in fine form and showing off the skill set that helped him garner a reputation as one of the finest players in college baseball. A junior at the University of Virginia, Cogswell was a preseason All-America selection by Baseball America and Perfect Game. Cogswell, however, got off to a slow start at the plate this season while making the defensive adjustment from shortstop to second base.
The last time the University of Virginia Cavaliers danced in the Sweet Sixteen was back in 1995. So Friday night's game against Michigan State is big. "It's unbelievable," says University of Virginia alumni Zee Rahim. He graduated in 1997 and has followed his team closely through the good and the bad.
Edgar Coker’s life has taken some interesting turns of late. This week, he appeared at an event for the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia Law School. There he met fellow exoneree and NFL free agent Brian Banks and novelist John Grisham.
The prayer recited by Commissioner Robin Bartlett Frazier Thursday that she said is from George Washington has been proven to not belong to the first president, but is often used by Christian Conservative politicians, according to a scholar. John Fea, chair of the History Department at Messiah College, said the prayer comes from the so-called George Washington Prayer Book, which was found in a chest of papers by one of Washington’s descendants in the 1890s. The University of Virginia, which houses the Papers of George Washington, and the Smithsonian Institution have concluded, based on t...
Blame it, perhaps, on the highly competitive college admission process. Dolin cites incoming freshmen at the University of Virginia. In 2007, the average GPA for incoming freshman was 3.7. Today, it is 4.21.
It follows that there actually is a way for the government to provide birth control coverage that is less restrictive of religious rights—it just doesn’t want to extend that option to for-profit companies like Hobby Lobby. “It’s not clear why the government made this distinction,” said Douglas Laycock, a constitutional law professor at the University of Virginia. “I think they took seriously the claim of religious non-profits, and they didn't take seriously the claim of the for-profit companies, and that was probably a mistake. It might have avoided all ...
Today’s University of Virginia’s men’s basketball game against Michigan State University is not only a matchup between two nationally ranked teams, but two internationally ranked public universities.
For his part, Schlesinger said Carter was "just not a natural leader" even though he liked him personally. "He had a way of discerning things that needed to be done, and yet he was a poor leader in that he did not know the arts of keeping the public with him," Schlesinger said in a 1984 interview with the University of Virginia's Miller Center presidential oral history project.
The Virginia Women’s Chorus will present songs from “Frozen,” “Avatar” and “The Color Purple” as part of “Lights, Camera, Action,” a concert filled with movie and Broadway selections set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Cabell Hall Auditorium.