“The issue is that a vote for a presidential candidate represents a vote for the electors of that candidate in the Electoral College,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics. In Maryland and Virginia, write-in votes for candidates who did not file their candidacies with the state get piled into a generic “other” or “write-in” category.
The rise of cyberbullying has caused researchers to focus on how a single instance of harmful behavior can be bullying. "It can still be the same incident, but the fact that it can span out and into so many different audiences that almost creates its own sense of traditional [repetition]," says Catherine Bradshaw, a UVA developmental psychologist who served on the Academies report committee.
“This could open up years of litigation and settlements in the same way that tobacco litigation did, also spearheaded by attorneys general,” UVA law professor Brandon L. Garrett said. “In some ways, the theory is similar – that the public was misled about something dangerous to health. Whether the same smoking guns will emerge, we don’t know yet.”
“Trump might be getting something of a ‘unity bonus’ that Clinton might yet realize after Sanders leaves the race, whenever that is,” said Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics.
If you are middle-aged, there is a fairly good chance you are alone. As people have left their home towns to pursue their careers, as record numbers of baby boomers have joined what researchers call the “Gray Divorce Revolution,” more than a third of adults between ages 45 and 65 are fending for themselves. For them – for everyone, really — friends are no longer a luxury. They are a lifeline. This is more than a psychological phenomenon, says James Coan, a UVA psychology professor who directs the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Laboratory. Friends share the burden of li...
A single gene is thought to protect against heart attacks and stroke as well as delay aging, scientists have discovered. The strand of DNA responsible - dubbed the 'fountain of youth' gene - had previously been thought to be inactive in adults. Dr. Gary Owens of the UVA School of Medicine, said: 'Finding a way to augment the expression of this gene in adult cells may have profound implications for promoting health and possibly reversing some of the detrimental effects with aging.'
The graduating class of 2016 will get its picture-perfect commencement in front of Thomas Jefferson's iconic Rotunda. The scaffolding, construction wall, and black shrouds are coming down in time for UVA’s Final Exercises.
A signature event recently took place at UVA. Sponsored by the Presidential Precinct, with the support of the U.S. Department of State and the Institute for International Education, young leaders from dozens of countries around the world were brought together with leading professors from UVA and William & Mary, as well as State department officials.
The University of Virginia’s Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center has named Abigail L. Palko as its new director. Palko replaces Sharon Davie, who was director of the center from its founding in 1989 until her retirement last year.
Joining Tuesday's protests were students from UVA, Virginia Tech and the University of Mary Washington, traveling the proposed 300-mile route of the pipeline to discuss concerns with communities affected.
A management consultant with a global consulting firm, 2012 UVA graduate Lauren Greenlief crams as much golf into a weekend as she can. It's been enough to win the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur last fall. And it's been enough to earn a sponsor's exemption in this week's Kingsmill Championship.
This might sound like cheating to you and me. Not so, according to John Portmann, a UVA associate professor and author of the book “In Defense of Lust.” He says that virtual affairs can be a beneficial thing.
As a nod to the class of 2016, we chat with a brother-and-sister pair who are both graduating, a fourth-year who is crossing off items on the 116 Things to Do Before Your Graduate list, a retiring professor who has amassed a collection of found objects in his office and a professor who has taught at UVA for four decades and says he will miss students the most.
UVA President Teresa Sullivan, discussing a host of issues.
Media Studies Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan discusses “Starving the Beast” a new documentary for which he was interviewed, about the assault on higher education in America today— including an in-depth look at the attempted forced resignation of UVA President Teresa Sullian in 2012.
Brian Balogh, a UVA historian and co-host of the podcast, “BackStory,” said it was particularly “unusual for politicians to attack the presumptive nominee of their own party” in graduation speeches. “However, this should not be unexpected in a highly unusual election cycle where the speaker of the House and former vice presidential candidate has failed to endorse the presumptive nominee of his own party.”