More than any ideology, Trump values winning itself – whether the contest is over ratings, poll numbers, crowd size or the claim that he gets things done. This president is no ideologue; he's transactional. Kyle KondikMore than any ideology, Trump values winning itself – whether the contest is over ratings, poll numbers, crowd size or the claim that he gets things done. This president is no ideologue; he's transactional. Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics wonders if the present is all Trump knows. "A lot of time, he may be hearing an angle on an issue for the first time," said Kondik. of...
The Democratic National Committee is putting on a national "unity" tour, but the ideological battle lines in last year's presidential primary have reappeared in Virginia's race for governor. Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center of Politics, said Sanders is using Perriello in his fight to transform the party after the establishment's failure in 2016.
Caleb Tisdale, a senior at Carlisle School, was selected this past week to receive the Jefferson Scholarship at the University of Virginia. Over the last year, 1,825 students were nominated, with 120 finalists selected. Out of those 120, only 34 were given the scholarship, which covers the full cost of attendance to the University of Virginia.
Many colleges and universities are working to transition toward sustainability in their academic programs, operations and engagement with communities. A major emphasis of their efforts has been reducing the environmental harms associated with campus operations. The University of Virginia set a goal in 2013 to reduce its emissions of reactive nitrogen 25 percent by the year 2025 relative to base year 2009, the first to do so.
The memory of a Charlottesville man lived on through a sunrise service held at the University of Virginia Easter morning.
UVA Health System is the only hospital in Central Virginia to use a new type of mammogram machine. They can now do low-dose, 3-D mammography, which is basically a major software upgrade of their previous systems.
UVA has named a new administrative building on campus for an enslaved worker who quarried stone for buildings in the early years of the school.
Some university administrators are working harder than ever to protect the First Amendment. The Daily Signal traveled to the University of Virginia, which has faced its own campus protests in recent weeks, to find out how difficult – and costly – it is in today’s political environment to stand up for free speech.
“The Wells Fargo case may be an early test of this administration’s resolve to hold corporations responsible for crimes,” said Brandon L. Garrett, a UVA law professor. “They have said they don’t want to regulate businesses and banks, and that doesn’t bode well for corporate crime enforcement.”
All presidents change positions once they get into office and receive more information, but Trump's pace "is still pretty remarkable," said political scientist Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor at UVA’s Miller Center. "We’ve had plenty of evidence over the past year and a half that Trump is a man of impulses more than a man of doctrine," she said, "which makes his policies much more pliable than most politicians."
UVA researchers have developed a new way to look into living cells. It's an imaging technique that lets scientists map out the locations of genes in 3-D in real time and understand how those locations could impact health.
UVA researchers have found a way to view genes inside living cells and map them out in 3-D, a development that can help scientists shed light on cancer and other diseases and potentially find treatments.
Norfolk differs from cities such as Richmond and Charlottesville, where divisions have recently seen enrollment turnarounds, said Hamilton Lombard, a researcher at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. "There are huge bodies of water separating the area, so it's more isolated," he said. "It just hasn't been able to capitalize on the fact that it's a central point the way that Richmond has."
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was in Charlottesville to accept a Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal on Thursday, as the community celebrated the founder’s 274th birthday. Lynch, who spoke at a ceremony at UVA’s School of Law, invoked Jefferson in a speech calling for more civility in public discussions.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe and several young social entrepreneurs spoke to local students on Thursday at the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s Youth Summit, a student-organized event that focused on empowering young people to start businesses and take on societal problems. The event’s keynote panel discussion at the Paramount Theater, “Preparing Youth for an Unknowable Future,” featured Steven Olikara, founding president of the Millennial Action Project; Laura Weidman Powers, co-founder and CEO of Code 2040; and University of Virginia student Keaton Wadzinski, co-founder of ReinventED Lab.
Sen. Mark Warner (D) was in Charlottesville on Thursday for the Tom Tom Founder's Festival to discuss politics at the Innovations in Democracy panel.
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., spoke at the Tom Tom Festival about living and working in Trump’s America. He was the keynote speaker at the event, called “Innovations in Democracy.”
Members of the public will get a chance to weigh in on the selection of a new president for the University of Virginia. The University is holding a forum on April 21 to get input from people in the community and members of the public on what the search committee should be looking for in a candidate.
On Wednesday, the UVA School of Law will host a panel with five wrongly convicted Virginians, called “Speaking of Injustice,” to raise money for the Virginia Innocence Project Pro Bono Clinic.
More than 100 people on Thursday gathered outside a two-story brick office building at UVA. There, in an hour-long ceremony, a plaque was unveiled, dedicating the building to Peyton Skipwith, an enslaved African-American man who helped build the school nearly 200 years ago.