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“There is an obvious comparison there between what’s going on at the national level and what we’re seeing here," said Geoff Skelley of UVA’s Center for Politics. He says this lawsuit is similar to one filed by Republicans challenging the president’s executive order on immigration.
Trump’s presence in the campaign also is a big factor in the registration spike, according to Geoffrey Skelley of UVA’s Center for Politics. “You’re going to have some people who are very animated by his campaign and want to go out and vote for him. And then you have others who decided to register to vote against him,” he said.
A clinical psychologist at the UVA Health System says a person in a vulnerable state of mind could fall victim to just about anything. "When you're in grief, you're critical faculties aren't at their best," said clinical psychologist Claudia Allen.
Correspondent Joan Lunden and a friend visit the lab of UVA psychologist James Coan to explore the value of human relationships.
Virginia courthouses are natural treasures and often reflect the pulse of their communities, a renowned architectural expert told a symposium on historic Virginia courthouses on Friday. Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History at the University of Virginia, was the keynote speaker for the two-day symposium at Staunton's R.R. Smith Center for History and Art.
“Democrats will try to make her choose every time Trump says something controversial,” said Larry J. Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “Securing Trump’s votes while attracting a good number of non-Trump backers requires a delicate balancing act all the way to Election Day.”
Just as many organizations have written to the administration asking that it keep the memo in place. UVA law professor Douglas Laycock has assured the administration that the memo is legally sound.
Gov. John Kasich, Republican Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, all experienced politicians and government officials from the purple state, make “Veepstakes” lists being reported by national news outlets and have been repeatedly questioned publicly about their possible interest. Kyle Kondik, author of an upcoming book “The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President,” said all three have their strong points.
At the time he issued the order, McAuliffe said he consulted with Attorney General Mark R. Herring and A.E. Dick Howard, an expert on the Virginia Constitution and professor at the UVA School of Law. In an interview, Howard said unequivocally that McAuliffe has the authority to restore rights for an entire class rather than an individual.
(Co-written by W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project and associate professor of sociology) We interviewed the Valdezes in the course of writing our new book, “Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos.” Much of the recent news about American Latinos has been negative, highlighted by invective about undocumented immigrants. We wanted to learn what was going right for Latinos and their families.
Scientists have always known the Oct4 gene plays a critical role in embryonic development, but believed it lay dormant in adults. Researchers at a cardiovascular research lab have discovered the gene plays an important role in the formation of atherosclerotic plaque inside blood vessels.
On Friday, UVA kicked off graduation weekend with Valedictory Exercises. Friday's ceremony also included the bestowing of the class gift and remarks by President Teresa Sullivan and the Class of 2016 Trustees.
The familiar sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” rang out in Charlottesville Saturday as students turned their tassels to become graduates of UVA’s Class of 2016.
UVA awarded about 3,000 degrees Saturday in the first of two Final Exercises ceremonies this weekend. Graduates and their families sat in the rain to listen to former U.S. Poet Laureate and Commonwealth Professor of English Rita Dove, the event’s keynote speaker.
While attending UVA, Arthur Wu put his passion for design to work and, in so doing, is leaving behind an outlet for other students to let their creative abilities shine.
It goes without saying, UVA is a school of tradition and tradition dictates that Final Exercises take place on the Lawn. The somber weather was no match for the excitement in the air.
Between 35,000 and 40,000 family members and friends came to Charlottesville to celebrate their UVA graduates. Hotels, restaurants, and shops say they count on graduation weekend to boost their bottom lines going into the slower summer months.
The resume Malcolm Brogdon has put together leading up to next month’s NBA draft has been years in the making. His four-year career at the University of Virginia ended with him being one of the more decorated players in school history, a unanimous First Team All-American as a senior who became the first player in ACC history to be named league Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.
It's a familiar question: Do the liberal arts need saving? The answer here Thursday at a conference on the topic — yes — was familiar, too. For Talbot Brewer, professor and chair of philosophy at the University of Virginia, the liberal arts need saving in part from the “black mirrors” so many of us are glued to each day. Cellular phones, computers and, especially for children, television, facilitate a kind of “reverse-Weberian,” late capitalistic assault on our collective attention, he said.