Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul argued against excessive surveillance and the bulk collection of electronic communication data, saying the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., show it isn’t successful. Bob Turner, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Center for National Security Law, agreed. "Our system is far more respectful of individual rights," Turner said. "The French have no equivalent to the Fourth Amendment (protection against search and seizure), and both law enforcement and intelligence services routinely colle...
Choosing the right undergraduate program can mean high earnings—without an MBA. Look for programs that meet the standards set by AACSB International, the major accrediting body for business schools. But don’t stop there. Some business programs fail to provide students with the “soft” skills, such as writing and critical thinking, they need to succeed, according to a study by Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roksa of the University of Virginia. So ask about breadth requirements too. At the best schools, business majors also get a solid grounding in the libe...
When Donald Trump said Muslims should be banned from entering the U.S., he sparked a backlash from across the political spectrum. Trump was labeled many things, including a demagogue. And that is fitting, according to Michael Signer, who teaches politics at the University of Virginia. Signer's a longtime Democratic activist and author of a book on demagogues and democracy. He says there are four traits demagogues typically share.
Preventing childhood bullying may also help curb the need for treatment of psychiatric problems in early adulthood, suggests a new study that followed more than 5,000 children in Finland. Researchers found that being frequently bullied at age eight, or having been both bullied and a bully, were each tied to a doubled risk of having psychiatric problems requiring treatment as a young adult. "It’s converging with some other findings in the field that there are some very important mental health concerns that are linked to bullying," said Catherine Bradshaw, an expert on bullying f...
Republicans struggled to deal with the fallout from Donald Trump's widely condemned remarks on Muslims Wednesday, worrying the controversial mogul could torpedo their 2016 White House hopes. The party -- which hopes to end eight years of Democratic White House rule -- faces a stark choice between turning on their presidential frontrunner and tethering a 161-year-old brand to the whims of a billionaire many Americans see as a bigot. "The Republicans are in a terrible dilemma," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "How are they ...
UVA has joined the Virginia International Trade Alliance, a state initiative aimed at getting more goods from the Commonwealth into the international marketplace.
It’s a budget year in Virginia -- meaning during this year’s legislative session the Governor and General Assembly will work to craft how the state spends its money for the next two years…. If they make it into the final budget, those renovations would be happening at University of Virginia, Longwood University and Old Dominion University.
UVA’s Allison Pugh’s research shows that Americans are more likely to blame themselves for job insecurity, even when it results from structural changes in the economy.
Ray Scheppach, a professor of public policy at UVA, can see why Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants to cut the corporate income tax from 6 to 5.75 percent.
MBA Channel caught up with Darden School of Business Dean Scott Beardsley to hear about his first impressions, how he wants to shape the business school and what the future of the MBA looks like.
More than 6,300 students from 40 area middle and elementary schools packed John Paul Jones arena Tuesday morning as the University of Virginia women's basketball team hosted Bowling Green. It was all part of Education Day, which promotes good sportsmanship among students.
The author of a book on demagogues and democracy says GOO presidential candidate Donald Trump has crossed a line and now fits the definition of a demagogue. David Greene talks to Michael Signer, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.
Kidney failure following heart surgery is one of the main causes of postoperative deaths, with previous research finding mortality rates of up to 50% after surgery. Postoperative kidney failure also has been shown to potentially affect short- and long-term patient outcomes. "While the relationship between poor kidney function and worse outcomes after heart surgery has been well established, the ability to predict the impact of preoperative renal insufficiency on hospital costs and healthcare resource utilization was unknown," said Damien J. LaPar, MD, from the University of Virginia ...
In yet another round of proposed government giveaways, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton unveiled a tax incentive plan Tuesday aimed at reinvigorating employment growth in cities such as Detroit that have lost manufacturing and production jobs or are on the brink of plant closings or major layoffs. “You have to do things to keep the base happy,” Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, told The Detroit News. “That’s something not just for Michigan, but probably aimed at Ohio, Wisconsin and all of the Rust Belt ...
Donald Trump's supporters aren't going to listen to anybody speaking against him, Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia said Tuesday, but he does think it's significant that GOP leaders and other candidates are lining up to repudiate his latest statements. "This has moved people off the fence, and a lot of Republicans, believe it or not, were on the fence," Sabato told CNN's "Newsroom" program.
When Donald J. Trump called on Monday for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” many legal scholars were aghast and said that such a ban would certainly be struck down by courts as blatantly unconstitutional. David A. Martin, a University of Virginia law professor who was deputy general counsel to the Department of Homeland Security in 2009 and 2010, noted that as recently as last May, in Kerry v. Din, the court reaffirmed its commitment to that standard in a 5-to-4 ruling. It dismissed a lawsuit by an American citizen who challenged the government&...
New studies by neuroscientists shows training in certain mental skills can build the brain’s capacity to process information and solve problems. Experts say practising those skills on the job may also help sharpen cognitive abilities. Recently, researchers have begun teasing out the specific cognitive abilities required by particular jobs. In another study, doing exercises in translating code, spotting patterns of letters or lines, and visualising the movement of three-dimensional objects in space was linked to improved scores on tests of those skills three years later, according to rese...
This time, Donald Trump has gone too far, some say. But political experts and elected officials contacted by The Dispatch were not willing to go quite so far as to say that he’s done — although most also still contend there’s little chance that even a Teflon-coated Trump will win the Republican presidential nomination. “It depends on your definition of done. Trump has said and done far too many divisive things to be elected president, and despite leading almost all polls, he remains unlikely to be the Republican nominee. However, I hesitate to say that he’s done &...
Sometime in the not so distant past, one of your kids, or a kid you know, has probably been told that she has a particular learning style. Perhaps she is a visual learner, who absorbs information best through images. Or maybe an auditory one, who needs to hear things to really grasp them. Boys are often told they are kinesthetic learners, deriving the most from a lesson through movement. It’s all bunk. “There is no credible evidence that learning styles exist,” says Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was found guilty last week of a criminal conspiracy “to willfully violate mandatory mine safety and health standards.” I asked Uhlmann, Steinzor and University of Virginia law professor Brandon Garrett, author of Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations, for their assessments of the Blankenship verdict in West Virginia, and to handicap the likelihood of criminal actions being brought against Exxon, VW and others. “The Blankenship case shows how prosecutors can successfully bring prosecutions against the highest-lev...