You will be hearing a lot about the assassination of President Kennedy as we approach the 50th anniversary next week. But CBS News has something you haven't heard before: the University of Virginia has given CBS access to newly enhanced Dallas police recordings that tell the story of that day, from beginning to end.
East meets west in Charlottesville this week. A group of Tibetan doctors is working with the University of Virginia and other groups to integrate their special type of medicine into classes here and create a center for Tibetan medicine.
Larry Sabato, a professor of politics at the University of Virginia, said Rubio was appealing to the Republican base. “The Republican electorate hasn’t changed one iota. They are just as conservative as ever. Rubio has been seen as moderate on immigration so he has to be seen as conservative in other areas,” he said.
In early 2012, electronic-pop duo Gems (singer Lindsay Pitts and guitarist Clifford Usher, both U.Va. grads) took a handful of home-recorded songs and posted them to the online music repository Soundcloud. Months passed. Over time, Gems periodically posted a new single here, another there, accompanied by a new promo photo—often a shadowy image of Pitts, pouting in black and white. Last week, Gems' total Soundcloud listens broke 400,000.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, cites several factors that might weigh in Cuccinelli’s favor were he to decide to make a run at Warner: President Obama’s declining poll numbers, how Obamacare ultimately plays out and the fact that there are not yet any candidates “who could even vaguely” make a competitive run. Even so, Sabato shares Rozell’s skepticism. “Nobody's unbeatable, but Mark Warner would be a very tough target, especially for Ken Cuccinelli, (and) I don't know where Cuccinelli would get the c...
Washington University in St. Louis came out on top of Lumosity’s annual ranking of the “smartest colleges in America.” U.Va. ranked 15th, and was the No. 1 public university.
A secret society at the University of Virginia is back to spread wisdom about the written word. “They realize there's a crisis in publications, so they really want to begin looking at what's possible for the future,” said Wayne Cozart, the vice president of development for the UVa. Alumni Association who has studied secret societies over the years. Through an open letter to the university, the O.W.L. Society announced it’s back to support a literary culture on grounds. The OWLs date back to 1887.
Americans for Prosperity “saw some opportunities” and “decided to push it" during 2012, said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “As long as the money is there, I imagine they will be spending pretty heavily in 2016.”
As the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination approaches, Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, and an authority on JFK, will discuss his new findings about Kennedy’s shooting, the impact of his presidency and the echoes from the awful day in Dallas that ended it.
(Transcript) Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato was a guest, discussing his research on the life and legacy of John F. Kennedy.
“I would say that money played an important role in allowing Terry McAuliffe to more easily define Ken Cuccinelli in ways that reduced Cuccinelli’s appeal,” said Geoff Skelley, political analyst with the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
The relationship between faculty and the Board of Visitors at UVA is in the spotlight again. The UVA chapter of the American Association of University Professors is questioning the state of shared governance at the university.
"Not every family has three senators, one president, two candidates" for president, adds Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, also to AFP. "The reason people still believe in a curse is because we have focused so heavily on this family. We know each single member of the Kennedy family and we have connected the dots for them," he added.
Catherine Ziobro wants you to know: Compliance, as a career, is more interesting than you might think. At least it is at The Carlyle Group, which has doubled its assets under management since she took on her current role, and went public in 2012.
In a new book, University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato reports that some Dallas policemen who ran up the knoll encountered people with Secret Service credentials. Who were they? The policemen let them go, and only later discovered that there were no Secret Service agents still in Dealey Plaza, said Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia and author of "The Kennedy Half-Century."
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” The way Georgia O’Keeffe saw the world opened our eyes.
The University of Virginia is one step closer to getting a new five-year strategic plan. A committee of the Board of Visitors approved it Thursday afternoon, and the full board is expected to vote on it today. The strategic plan lays out the university’s goals and priorities over the next five years, including a revamped advising system, new interdisciplinary research institutes and new international programs for students.
What is developmentally appropriate when it comes to learning? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham wrote about the subject recently on his Science and Education blog, and here is a version of that post.
(Audio) Mass media is often criticized for its lack of diversity and stereotypical portrayals. Shilpa Davé, Assistant Professor in American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Virginia, says those criticisms often stem from a black and white view of race in America, leaving out important parts of the U.S. cultural landscape such as Asian Americans.
Former middle and high school teacher Meg Heubeck is on a mission to get the country’s youth engaged in democracy. Today her classrooms are more likely to include other teachers and organizations interested in politics. As director of instruction at the Center for Politics’ Youth Leadership Initiative, Heubeck gets to talk politics anytime while working for University of Virginia professor Larry J. Sabato.