The back-cover copy of UVA professor of English Jane Alison’s “Nine Island” identifies it as “an intimate autobiographical novel,” which seems both exactly right and entirely inadequate.
Coaches and athletes alike have sworn by pickle juice for decades, pointing to its sodium content as a way to help retain moisture and electrolytes. “Most athletes walk around in a dehydrated state,” said Randy Bird, UVA’s director of sports nutrition. “It’s a gradual problem throughout the week. So Monday they practice and don’t properly hydrate, and Tuesday they do it again. And then, bam, it’s Saturday, and they’re very dehydrated.”
UVA is moving forward with plans to give the intersection of Emmet Street and Ivy Road a complete makeover. The Board of Visitors recently approved the “long-term framework” for a plan to make major changes to the intersection.
“Across the nation, Democrats are trying to nationalize their races because they think they can use Trump as a weapon. In this race, it’s pretty clear Democrats are trying to localize, because Trump is not a drag but an asset for Cole,” says Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics. “This is one of the few places in the country where Republicans are more concerned with nationalizing a race than Democrats are.”
But in applying the word "genocide" to that dehumanization, Madley has touched a sensitive nerve among historians. The objectors include UVA’s Alan Taylor. Taylor's article in The New York Times – identified as a "book review" but more an essay on epistemology – calls genocide "rhetorically double-edged." Taylor notes the word was coined in 1944 to describe Hitler's systematic process of destroying ethnic groups. "The term distorts if projected back onto the mid-19th century," he writes.
Trump could win Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, Nevada, and Maine's 2nd Congressional District, run close in these other states – and still lose the election but potentially top Clinton in the popular vote. "Trump's edge among white, non-college educated voters could make him more likely to pull a popular vote win off, doing well in parts of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Nevada," said Geoffrey Skelley, analyst for UVA’s Center for Politics.
During the primaries, Trump did better in online polls than in telephone polls. According to one interpretation, respondents may have been uncomfortable telling a caller that they planned to vote for him. Checking a box in an online poll, when no one is looking, did not present the same discomfort. "He was basically evenly split in terms of overperforming and underperforming where his polls were," says political analyst Geoffrey Skelley at UVA’s Center for Politics.
Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics said the idea that racial problems in the United States started with the election of Obama “is just flat-out wrong.” “Race is in many ways the original sin of American life – the nation was founded as half-slave, and half-free, and while the country has made great strides on race throughout its history, it’s very clear that racial minorities face certain disparities and challenges that whites do not have to deal with,” he said.
American researchers have completed the longest study of popular agricultural genetically modified organisms to date. The 14-year study found that GMO crops increased the use of herbicides on American farms by 28 percent. “In the beginning, there was a reduction in herbicide use,” said UVA economist Federico Ciliberto, who led the research team, in a statement. “But over time the use of chemicals increased because farmers were having to add new chemicals as weeds developed a resistance to glyphosate.”
Thousands of volunteers spruced up their community Wednesday as part of the United Way Day of Caring. Charlotte Badenhop is one of 15 employees from the UVA Health System who volunteered to touch up the walls inside the Charlottesville Police Department.
Two years after 18-year-old Hannah Graham vanished from the University of Virginia, those closest to her will remember her with a memorial fastpitch softball tournament.
The Baskerville family did not intend on all four siblings graduating from the same college. Nonetheless, that’s exactly what happened.
JAUNT and the University of Virginia are joining forces to provide an alternate mode of transportation to residents and employees who live in Crozet.
About 1,900 people participated on the 25th anniversary of the United Way Laurence E. Richardson Day of Caring on Wednesday, including at Monticello, where employees from UVA’s finance department helped remove pesky invasive plants growing along the Saunders-Monticello Trail.
After a 26-year career with a global consulting firm, Scott Beardsley became the ninth dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business in 2015. He moved not only jobs, but also countries – from Brussels, the heart of Europe, into one of the 10 Pavilions on the Lawn, the grassy center of the University of Virginia. Yet he doesn’t feel like a fish out of water. That’s Beardsley for you.
Researchers at the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine might have the answer to treating both Ebola and cancer. Scientists are working to create a purified form of Hops, a molecular unit cancer cells use to grow and survive. Ebola also uses it to infect our cells.
Engineering students at the University of Virginia are getting a chance to meet some potential employers.The fair is a chance for the eSchool to bring companies to students, help students find jobs and internships. This year, UVA says 194 employers were at the John Paul Jones Arena talking to students. Organizers say that is a good thing.
The Women's Four Miler race in Charlottesville fell short of its fundraising goal this year, but the women's fitness community is coming together to fill the gap and help the University of Virginia Cancer Center. The women's fitness community is rallying together to raise the extra money, which all goes to support breast and ovarian cancer research at the UVA Cancer Center. Female-owned studios like Purvelo, Pure Barre, and True Pilates are donating all proceeds from their classes on Tuesday, September 20, while Hot Yoga and Fly Dog Yoga also had special fundraising classes this mo...
The University of Virginia had a special visitor Tuesday night. Dr. Mae Jemison, the first-ever African-American woman in space, gave a talk at Old Cabell Hall. Jemison has orbited the Earth 127 times. Jemison’s visit marks the beginning of the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science’s year long Diversity Learning Series.
University of Virginia law professor Brandon L. Garrett, who has written a book on flawed forensics and wrongful convictions, titled, “Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong,” argues that the council’s report is well-founded and supports a 2009 National Academy of Sciences report that much of forensic evidence used in criminal trials is “without any meaningful scientific validation.”