Larry Sabato, the political scientist who directs UVA’s Center for Politics, said the result is widespread anxiety and uncertainty about the party's future. "I've had establishment Republicans say to me, 'The party is dying,' " he said. "The GOP they knew, it's half-dead already and probably will be dead within a few years. And at that point, it will be a Trumpist party. Those are their words, not mine."
(By John Edwin Mason, who teaches African history and the history of photography at the University of Virginia) They came to Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1968, by the thousand – young and old, black and white, traveling in buses and cars and mule trains. Most were African Americans, but Latinos, white, and members of half a dozen Native American nations were on hand as well. This was the Poor People's Campaign.
People who get coverage under Medicare and go to the UVA Health System will find all of the providers are covered by a new plan. This is thanks to a new Medicare Advantage plan being offered by Aetna and is available for beneficiaries in Charlottesville as well as the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison and Nelson.
Virginia's unemployment rate is only 3.7%. So why is the economy a big issue in the governor’s race?
Enrollment at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, which has a modern, attractive campus, is stuck at about 2,200. Local officials say it needs to more than double in size to bring in a critical mass of talent and research programs that could lead to job creation. That would require a sizable investment from the state.
In a typical year, the foundation brings in about $1 million, mostly through book sales. For 2015, the most recent year for which records are available, compensation for staff and trustees ate up most of that — Green made $224,276. Add in other expenses — insurance, legal fees, etc. — and the foundation basically breaks even. However, it has spent $1 million to endow 20 scholarships at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise and has also endowed a business professorship at the college.
The UVA Health System unveiled a Medicare Advantage plan with Aetna Oct. 25. The plan, called Aetna Medicare UVA Health System, will provide beneficiaries in six counties access to UVA Health's providers at in-network rates.
UVA basketball player Isaiah Wilkins didn’t have to look in the mirror last March to know something was wrong. He’d been losing weight for more than a month, and he had trouble swallowing, but his mother’s shocked reaction confirmed how dire it had gotten.
According to UVA researchers, the resveratrol you get from drinking one glass of red wine three or four times a week may be enough to starve any nascent cancer cells. The scientists dosed human cancer cells with resveratrol and found that the compound inhibited the key action of a cancer-feeding protein.
The 2017 Literary Award for Poetry was given to Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia and author of “Collected Poems: 1974-2004.” A former U.S. poet laureate and poet laureate of Virginia, Dove has earned many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1987, and has 25 honorary doctorates, the most recent from Yale University.
Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia politics expert, said Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was “smart” to retire. “He had a miserable year in front of him – tough primary he might have lost, potentially a difficult general election, too. At best his chances to hold his seat were 50-50,” said Sabato, who added that the Democrats had a “good chance” of picking up the seat if Ward became the Republican candidate.
A new discovery may help people suffering from severe trauma or the full-body infection known as sepsis who develop multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, or MODS. UVA researchers say exercise may help protect people from disease and could one day reduce the death rate among the sickest and more gravely injured.
Increasingly, Virginia schools are getting financial support to seek a more diverse population in STEM programs -- that's science, technology, engineering and math. In Charlottesville, grants are funding a partnership between Piedmont Virginia Community College, UVA and Buford Middle School to make that dream come true.
One of the biggest problems facing public education in the commonwealth is taking center stage at the University of Virginia. The Curry School of Education hosted over 100 professionals and policymakers Tuesday. The hope of the conference is to get everyone on the same page and come up with possible solutions to address the shortage of teachers.
There is no question that Williams’ exposure to big-time college football at Georgia and Florida State was one of the factors that landed her Virginia’s AD post, beating out a talented field of six semifinalists.
The Slave Dwelling Project recently held its largest-ever event at the University of Virginia to commemorate the hundreds of enslaved men, women and children who built and ran the school in the 19th century. Nearly three-dozen panels saw more than 100 speakers over the three days. But at the center was an outdoor sleepover in near-freezing temperatures, where the enslaved would have slept.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe stopped by UVA’s Curry School of Education on Tuesday to discuss K-12 teacher shortages in the state. The governor took part in a public discussion with Bob Pianta, dean of the Curry School, to cap off a daylong summit that featured guests and speakers from UVA, as well as educators from across Virginia.
A Dartmouth student who united his classmates against hatred in the wake of Charlottesville was chosen by Major League Baseball to deliver the game ball before Game 1 of the World Series. After seeing white nationalists march on the University of Virginia, 18-year-old Carlos Polanco decided to act. He reached out to other incoming freshman heading to Dartmouth, and worked on a statement from the Dartmouth class of 2021 to the incoming students at the University of Virginia, encouraging unity and acceptance.
Carmen Williams did all she could to hold back tears as she watched her mother, Carla Williams, introduced as the new athletic director at the University of Virginia. UVA introduced Williams on Monday, two days after she arrived on campus with her husband, Brian, and children Carmen, Camryn (both students at the University of Georgia) and Joshua.
On Monday, Carla Williams became the latest example of "Black Girl Magic" when she was named as the new athletic director at the University of Virginia.
UVA’s student-run Arts Board Committee has invited New York-based artist Ed Woodham, founder and director of Art in Odd Places, a collaborative arts festival, to be the artist-in-residence. Woodham will give two talks this month on the significance of art in public space. In the spring, he’ll collaborate with students, artists and the community to create an Art in Odd Places festival in Charlottesville.