While "being out" is often characterized as an either/or situation, people have many reasons for not telling their parents they are LGBT, said Doug Meyer, a UVA sociology professor and author of “Violence against Queer People.” “A lot of people may be out to some people and not others," Meyer said. "For LGBT people, violence can sometimes come from family members, and homophobia."
"No system is foolproof," said David Martin, a UVA law professor who’s previously held posts at DHS and the State Department. "If we really wanted a foolproof system, we would shut down immigration entirely."
Most Democrats want to see Sanders treated with respect and dignity, said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. But Sabato also said the nomination battle is over and Sanders "has to cooperate.”
On a smaller scale, providers have been able to track the effectiveness of weaving remote patient care technology into their operations. The UVA Health System saw readmissions for Medicare patients with select conditions fall by 40 percent over two years with the use of Locus Health’s web-based technology.
William “Bill” Fulkerson will take the reins as chief operating officer of the University of Virginia Medical Center on Aug. 1. Fulkerson will take over for James Amato, who has served as interim COO since July.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Monday named four new members to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors and reappointed another. The new members include two major donors to a McAuliffe PAC, the wife of the former director of the Virginia Democratic Party and an ophthalmologist.
Mark T. Bowles of Goochland County, a partner with McGuireWoods, was reappointed to the U.Va. board. New members include Elizabeth M. Cranwell of Roanoke County, a public relations professional whose husband, C. Richard Cranwell, is a former state Democratic party chairman and a longtime member of the House of Delegates. Also appointed to the U.Va. board were Thomas A. DePasquale of Alexandria, a private investor; Babur Bari Lateef of Manassas, president of Advanced Ophthalmology; and James B. Murray Jr. of Keene, managing partner of Court Square Ventures and founder of the Presidential Precin...
Bridging such gaps in access and smoothing the transition from K-12 to college was the focus of last week’s “Our Students, Our Future,” a summit sponsored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia as part of a goal to make the state the best-educated in the nation by 2030. Parker spoke on a panel moderated by state Secretary of Education Anne Holton about the barriers first-generation students face and programs that help them understand their options, such as Upward Bound, GRASP and the University of Virginia’s Virginia College Advising Corps. Such programs ...
Following the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, hundreds of people came together for a candlelight vigil on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall to mark the tragedy in Orlando, Florida, and reflect on the lives of the victims. City Councilor Wes Bellamy spoke at the event, as did a representative from the Muslim Student Association at the University of Virginia.
A UVA-born Charlottesville startup with big plans to change the world of male contraception has raised the money it needs to begin the long process of Food and Drug Administration approval.
Elliott Weiss, a UVA professor who has written a case study on Shanghai Disney, said Disney is likely to face more hurdles as it builds its brand in China, but that its efforts will be rewarded by the vast number of potential theme park visitors.
"Previously Pluto was literally a speck of light. We had a few detailed images showing that its surface was different colors from the Hubble Space Telescope, and there were some blurry patches," UVA Professor of Astronomy Anne Verbiscer said. "But to see the incredible detail from a flyby from a spacecraft – that's just overwhelming."
Donald Trump and Kevin Faulconer are both Republicans who have run remarkably successful political campaigns this year, but they have sharp differences in ideology, demeanor and approach that highlight their party’s internal conflicts and cloudy future. "It's difficult to transfer what happened in San Diego to a national context," said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. "The Republican Party is so dominated by the right in the south and the Midwest, whether they’re fundamentalist Christians, the tea party or anti-taxers. You put all these ...
As Larry Sabato from UVA’s Center for Politics recently put it, if the U.S. was deliberately trying to build the biggest unpopularity contest, “we couldn’t have found better nominees than Trump and Clinton.” This election might come down to which independents are more motivated.
The pitched battle between Sen. Rob Portman and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland for Portman's seat became unusually geographically specific last week. Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics said Strickland will need to far overperform in southeastern Ohio, particularly if Portman does well in his home county, Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Friday announced $3.4 million in funding for 48 Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund grants representing targeted areas of research commercialization. The University of Virginia was awarded two grants: $100,000 and $195,000.
The U.S. government and FedEx are set to do battle in a federal court over the claim that the shipping company knowingly delivered illegal prescription drugs from pill mills to dealers and addicts, some of whom died. “It’s incredibly rare for there to be any trial in the prosecution of a corporation,” said Brandon Garrett, a UVA law professor who studies corporate crime.
Any fear Virginia baseball fans had about losing their all-time winningest coach was ceased Sunday afternoon when Brian O’Connor tweeted he is remaining with the Cavaliers.
A UVA paper by Calvin K. Lai, Kelly M. Hoffman and Brian A. Nosek says that frequent and meaningful contact with people whose racial identity does not match your own – which they call “intergroup contact” – is key to overcoming racism and bias.
Thursday the UVA Board of Visitors signed off on DLR Group, an Omaha-based developer, to head up a renovation project at the home of the ’Hoos baseball program.