(Video) UVA physics professor Lou Bloomfield explains some of the fundamental forces at work in Olympic freestyle swimming, and how swimmers can use science to get ahead.
(Commentary by Jacob Young, a first-year Echols scholar and the son of Michele Young, Democratic candidate for Ohio's 1st Congressional District) In early February, my mother Michele Young found herself on the fence of running for office. She knew it would be a colossal undertaking, and as someone devoted to the family, she was truly torn. I told her, resolutely, to run.
Neelum Patel, a 20-year-old UVA student, supported Bernie Sanders but now plans to vote for Clinton. She doesn’t like Trump’s treatment of minority groups. “The minority vote counts, because we’re expanding,” she said, noting that most people’s families came to the United States from elsewhere. “To say immigrants aren’t worthy of being here, it’s very hypocritical,” she said.
UVA goalie Rachel Vander Kolk is among 36 players named by U.S. Lacrosse to the 2017 U.S. Women's National Team following a three-day tryout at the organization's national team training center in Sparks. The 36 players selected will train in the lead-up to the 2017 Federation of International Lacrosse Women's World Cup in Guildford, England. Ultimately, 18 players will represent the U.S. as the team goes for a third consecutive and eighth overall world title.
UVA’s Leah Smith – who as a kid didn’t like to put her face in the water – swam the 400 in 4:01.92 and won a bronze medal, just behind Jazz Carlin from Great Britain who claimed silver. “This is my first Olympics, so I still haven’t registered that I’m even here, let alone that I won a medal,” said Smith.
The Honor Foundation’s East Coast institute, which prepares special operators for the business world before or shortly after they leave military service. The carefully selected fellows were coached for 15 weeks by business professionals and taught by faculty from some of the nation’s most distinguished business schools, including the University of Virginia.
Several members of the Virginia congressional delegation are calling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to take swift action against mandatory arbitration clauses. Those are provisions tucked away into consumer financial contracts that allow corporations to avoid lawsuits. During a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the proposed rule, Jason Johnson at the University of Virginia said the rule was designed to benefit class-action lawyers.
“Institutional investors may act differently to mutual-fund investors,” says Richard Evans, professor of investments at UVA’s Darden School of Business. “Retail investors tend to follow the trend; they rush in when things are hot and out when they are cold,” he says, whereas institutional investors are more likely to hold on to their investments through market ups and downs.
There’s very little political upside for either Trump or Clinton to force the issue, says Larry Sabato, head of UVA’s Center for Politics. “This issue – full legalization – splits the generations,” Sabato says. Older people boast higher voting rates and are leery of legalization. Younger voters form the hard core of campaign volunteers and are in favor. “So,” says Sabato, “most candidates like to sidestep the issue by focusing on medical marijuana.”
Researchers have discovered another surprising benefit of marriage – happy couples drink less alcohol than their single peers. As well as drinking less frequently, marriage causes couples to cut down on binge drinking – with the exception of some married men, who are bigger binge drinkers than males cohabiting with a partner.
At one point, Xandra – a bot designed by a team from UVA and a company called GrammaTech – exploited a bug that Darpa didn’t even know was there.
Viewers who watch videos in slow motion – as opposed to regular speed – are more likely to feel that the people filmed act with a willful, deliberate, and premeditated intention, report researchers including UVA’s Ben Converse.
While UVA was celebrating victories on the baseball field, a small team of students was cleaning up in another contest – beating more than 150 other schools with a campaign to sell Snapple.
Ryan Hargraves, senior associate dean for admission, is among experts who weighed in about one thing students should know about the transition from high school to college.
For better or worse, Hillary Clinton’s success in November will be closely tied to what people think of President Obama. “She will win if Obama is still popular in November. And she will lose if he becomes – for whatever reason – unpopular,” said Larry Sabato, director UVA’s Center for Politics.
There are plenty of Olympians with unique backstories, but not too many who entered from the sports media world. That’s the case with U.S. rower Meghan O’Leary, though. After playing both volleyball and softball at UVA, O’Leary worked in programming and production at ESPN for five years.
When the Olympics begin in earnest on Friday in Rio de Janeiro with the opening ceremonies, two current and 11 former UVA athletes will be competing. In addition, UVA coaches Steve Swanson and Kevin Sauer will be on the sidelines.
UVA has 14 athletes, two coaches and two alternates in Rio to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Together, they’ll be representing seven countries across six different sports. Here’s a full list of all the Cavalier connections in Brazil.
Trump, who started the campaign with 4 million followers, now has over 10.6 million, while Clinton, who began with about 1 million, now has 8.1 million. Trump has posted 32,800 tweets; Clinton has just 7,260 tweets to her name. With more than three months to go until the election, Larry Sabato, founder of UVA's Center for Politics, cautions to “keep it all in perspective." Yes, the candidates have a large social following, but far more people voted in the primaries, some 28 million (13 million for Trump, 15 million for Clinton) and even more, 135 million...
Republican Party leaders are increasingly concerned about recent national and state polls that show the Democratic nominee surging into a lead over Republican Donald Trump. "He is going to have to start convincing people that he is qualified for the presidency and has the temperament for the presidency," UVA political analyst Kyle Kondik said.