Logan Bunte-Mein, who attends the University of Virginia, advised students to adjust expectations about grades. "I took AP classes in senior year, and they're not as hard as my intro to chemistry class," he said. "The level they expect is much higher. A's are very rare. You have to get used to the fact that you might not get A's, and it's not that big of a deal."
President Barack Obama announced today that UC President (and U.Va. law alumna) Janet Napolitano will lead the U.S. delegation at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
(By Robert F. Turner, U.Va. law professor) Monday's Klayman v. Obama decision by D.C. District Court Judge Richard Leon, ruling the National Security Agency's bulk collection of telephone metadata unconstitutional on Fourth Amendment grounds, raises interesting issues. But it is contrary to Supreme Court precedent and will likely be reversed.
(By sociology professor W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia) In their embrace of a laissez faire approach to family life, some liberals and libertarians seem blind to a basic truth: namely, the success of liberalism depends in part on thriving two-parent families. The problem, then, with recent calls for the public acceptance of polygamy is that they do not adequately appreciate the ways in which the spread of relationships involving three or more adults would likely harm women, children and the spirit of American liberalism.
Robert Turner of the University of Virginia's Center for National Security Law said that a 1979 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the collection of telephone data is still relevant even though cell phones had not been invented at the time, nor their widespread usage throughout the world even imagined.
(Audio) A new report just released on the safety of Virginia schools says black male students are twice as likely to be suspended as white male students for minor misbehavior...and there are better ways to deal with it.
Are people color blind when it comes to making online purchases? Apparently not, according to a study out of the University of Virginia in which buyers were far less inclined to buy an Apple iPod in an ad when the hand holding it was black or one that was white with tattoos on the wrist than if the hand was white with no markings.
Kyle Kondik is a campaign analyst with the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “We’re calling this race a tossup for now. We believe that both sides at this particular moment have about an equal chance to win it. We had it rated as likely Republican until Wolf dropped out. This race just got a whole lot competitive.”
Brittany Altomare of Shrewsbury has earned partial status on the LPGA Tour for 2014. The May graduate of the University of Virginia shot 71-72-76-70-71 for a five-day total of even-par 360 to tie for 44th in the LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Stage III Dec. 4-8 at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. Golfers who placed 21-45 earned category 17 status on the LPGA Tour for next year, meaning they can enter events if enough golfers ranked above them don't play. They also earned access to LPGA Tour Monday qualifiers and full status on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental t...
A study of emergency mental health evaluations in Virginia shows that in 97 percent of the cases examined, a psychiatric bed was found within the legally required six hours for those who needed one. The review, released Wednesday by the University of Virginia, examines an issue thrust into the spotlight last month when a state senator was stabbed repeatedly by his son — who, according to mental health officials, had been released from an emergency custody order the day before because there was no space available at nearby mental health facilities.
(Commentary) The debate over Medicaid expansion took a major left turn yesterday when the McDonnell administration revealed that the VCU Medical Center and the University of Virginia Medical Center will lose about $500 million in federal funds to offset uncompensated care between 2017 and 2022.
An account of a fire near a statue of the University of Maryland’s mascot, “Testudo,” details the statue’s colorful history, including its 1940s-era unauthorized visit to a U.Va. fraternity.
Congressional election experts note that Democrats picked up two opportunities Tuesday while Republicans just gained one, but in an off-year election, the president’s party typically stumbles. “The two Republican retirements... give Democrats more than a fighting chance in two closely contested districts that are probably necessary pieces of any future Democratic House majority,” Kyle Kondik, a congressional expert at the University of Virginia, wrote in his analysis of the evolving landscape. “It’d be tempting to call the day a victory for Democrats, but we see i...
Just 1 percent of local residents have purchased insurance through the federal government’s new health exchange, and 40 percent of people seeking to access the federal website were unsuccessful, according to a University of Virginia survey released Wednesday.
As countries become richer and less religious, their people enjoy greater longevity, health, happiness and satisfaction in life. Or do they? A new study contends that it is those living in poorer nations that find greater meaning in life -- owing primarily to strong religious beliefs. "Thus far, the wealth of nations has been almost always associated with longevity, health, happiness or life satisfaction," said Shigehiro Oishi, psychological scientist at the University of Virginia.
The Albemarle County, Charlottesville and University of Virginia police departments will receive $2.9 million to fund a regional, indoor firearms training facility. The award from the state attorney general’s office will cover the construction costs of the proposed facility, Carter Johnson, the Albemarle police department’s spokeswoman, said in an announcement Wednesday.