“The first time I went anywhere as a gay person…it was 1984. I was 22-years-old and I was going to my first meeting at the Lesbian and Gay Student Union at the University of Virginia. I was absolutely terrified.” At a talk organized by Queer Concordia on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Concordia President Alan Shepard reflected on his experiences being openly gay in life and in academia.
(Transcript) Politics professor Larry Sabato, director of U.Va.’s Center for Politics, discussed President Obama’s agenda for a “year of action.”
Gillespie's entry turns Virginia, which was a safe Democratic seat, into a competition. Larry Sabato, the University of Virginia political scientist, shifted the race from "safe Democratic" to "likely Democratic."
The University of Virginia and several local organizations are holding events to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. this month, including a keynote speech from author and NPR host Michael Eric Dyson.
This year’s graduating class at the University of Virginia will be the last to walk through the Rotunda before it’s closed for a two-year renovation project. The university will enter the second and final phase of its $50 million Rotunda restoration in May, the day after Final Exercises. When phase two begins, students will have to get used to seeing UVa’s iconic dome – one of the focal points of the UNESCO World Heritage site that also includes Monticello and the university’s original buildings – from behind a fence.
West Virginia's text messaging support project – which launched this month and provides a pilot group of high school seniors personalized college counseling by text message – was highlighted as part of the event as a new, innovative action aimed at increasing college access and completion. This pilot program is the result of a $225,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation and was designed in collaboration with University of Virginia professor Ben Castleman.
University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato says of Gillespie: "He is a heavy underdog; at the same time his is a serious candidacy. Certainly more serious than Mark Warner had ever expected to face."
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame & Museum announced its class of 2014 on Thursday. The class includes Rondé Barber, former University of Virginia standout who enjoyed a 16-year career in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and five-time Pro Bowl selection.
"Unlike many other recent retirements in the U.S. House, McKeon's does not come as a surprise: His exit had been rumored for months, to the point where two prominent Republicans back in California had essentially already announced their campaigns in advance of McKeon's actual announcement," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and John McCain proposed Thursday that the War Powers Act be rewritten to give legislators a stronger say in deciding to send troops into armed conflict. The legislation by the Virginia Democrat and the Arizona Republican stems from a growing frustration that the shifting nature of war has resulted in presidents too often sending troops into conflicts without giving Congress a chance to be heard. Their proposal is based on the work of the National War Powers Commission empaneled by the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
Yale University said it will also partner with Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia to conduct outreach sessions in 18 cities where they don't typically receive many applications, some of which are in Arkansas and South Texas.
“If there is even a small GOP wave come October, then the party could get to six seats,” said Larry J. Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “By the way, that's the exact average number of seats picked up by the non-White House party since World War II in the sixth year of a two-term administration.”
Here are some incredible stats cited by the Wall Street Journal: “Between 2001 and 2012, no individuals were charged in 65 percent of 255 cases in which the Justice Department reached deferred-prosecution agreements or nonprosecution agreements, which allow firms to avoid criminal convictions, according to an analysis of data by Brandon Garrett, the University of Virginia law professor, in his coming book `Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations.’ At the same time, no employees were charged in 75% of 125 cases in which public companies were charged and convict...
Dick Ambrose, born in New Rochelle, turns 61 on Friday. Ambrose, a former U.Va. football linebacker who played nine seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns from 1975 to 1983, was born January 17, 1953. Ambrose has been a judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas since 2004.
University of Virginia officials outlined the university’s efforts to attract high-achieving, low-income students at a White House summit. The university says President Teresa Sullivan and Ben Castleman of the Curry School of Education attended Thursday’s meeting with President Barack Obama and other administration officials. Leaders of other universities and public and private organizations also attended the meeting on increasing college opportunities.
University of Virginia law professor Darryl K. Brown said in an email that "reasonable judges could disagree about whether ‘employees of the Board’ lose their power to enforce alcohol laws if the Board has no members." State code "gives or ‘vests’ enforcement to the Board and the Board's employees," Brown said. "It doesn't clearly say that the employees lose their power if the Board is vacant, although that's a plausible interpretation, because the Board is the one that's supposed to make policy that the employees follow."
(Audio) Ever wonder what’s up there on the Red Planet? Then don’t miss your chance to speak with Alan Howard. For almost 40 years this "geomorphologist" has been studying similarities between the Earth and Mars. And lately that research has been heating up.
A recent University of Virginia study referenced in the meeting found that 3.4 percent of patients don’t find a bed within six hours. Deeds and other senators who support a 24-hour period argued that it would only be necessary in a small but critical number of cases.