“There’s a huge sense of anticipation. The United States has become a reality TV country, and at the moment we have a reality TV presidential race,” said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Excerpt of commentary by Larry J. Sabato, a University of Virginia professor of politics, on Politico.com on July 16.
“Most GOP strategists have written off Christie,” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “This is a good opportunity for him to show them they’re wrong — if he can,” he said.
This week’s Climate Cast – with guest Vivian Thomson, associate professor in the University of Virginia's Department of Environmental Sciences and the Department of Politics – explores how deep the cuts to emission standards in the U.S. could impact global carbon pollution, the reactions to the new standards and what to expect down the road.
Since Nathan Moore joined WTJU 91.1FM as general manager in 2011, the community radio station has embraced change with new energy. His influence led the station to launch WXTJ 100.1FM, featuring solely UVA students as DJs. He was also instrumental in WTJU’s expansion into Richmond as 102.9FM and 1430AM. The most recent change under Nathan’s leadership is a new video series known as “BottleWorks.”
Nearly a year after the University of Virginia Health System acquired full ownership of UVa Culpeper Hospital last October, the 70-bed hospital is getting a new regional parent company this fall: UVa-Novant Health Joint Operating Company.
Social Conservatives’ Plan To Win The Culture Wars: ‘We Will Eventually Breed Them Out Of Existence’
A new study from researchers at the University of Virginia further finds that implicit bias against gays and lesbians is decreasing across all demographic groups.
The resistance to settling down goes hand in hand with our generational acceptance of casual sex and a rising marriage age. According to 2013 data from the University of Virginia National Marriage Project, the average age of first marriage is 27 for women and 29 for men — a huge increase from 1970, when the median ages were 20 and 23, respectively.
A 2015 report (PDF: http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/20_Bassok_Is_Kindergarten_The_New_First_Grade.pdf) from the University Of Virginia’s Curry School Of Education found that Kindergarten classrooms have increased instruction in literacy and mathematics at the expense of artistic and child-directed play.
Two Washington Mandela Fellows hosted by U.Va. and the Presidential Precinct appear on the Voice of America’s program Straight Talk Africa.
The bill, based on the University of Virginia winning map from the 2011 Division One Virginia Redistricting Competition, creates six competitive Congressional districts.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated Albemarle’s population at 103,000 in 2013. That number is expected to rise to 154,814 by 2040, according to projections from the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan has sent a letter out to the school’s students about a couple of programs they are required to complete regarding sexual and gender-based violence and alcohol abuse prevention.
According to a new study from psychologists at the University of Virginia (“Personality and geography” by Shigehiro Oishi, Thomas Talhelm and Minha Lee), introverts and extroverts prefer different landscapes for their vacations, and they may even seek out different environments for a home.
The championship, of course, is the major highlight for Steve Swanson, the former Dartmouth College women’s soccer coach who has been at the helm for the University of Virginia women for 15 years. He was traveling with the U.S. women’s national team at this summer’s World Cup, which the U.S. won.
In 2013, Asa Eslocker and Harriett Jameson, then master’s degree candidates in the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, traveled to Loma Linda, California; Sardinia, Italy; and Okinawa, Japan asking one question: Why are people in these communities living longer than the rest of us?
Pop Unmuted is a podcast dedicated to in-depth discussion of pop music from varying critical and academic perspectives. On Episode 14, Scott Interrante and Kurt Trowbridge are joined by PopMatters’ contributing writer Annie Galvin, a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Virginia, and Alice Bolin, a poet and essayist, to talk about various aspects of pop lyrics.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said, “I’d add Jerry Brown’s quixotic effort in 1992. But my nominee would be Ross Perot in 1992.”
Whether being in the top 10 makes a difference in the long haul is to be seen. Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics said being in the top 10 may lend prestige that could ultimately lure campaign donors.
Geoffrey Skelley at the University of Virginia Center for Politics said Graham also scored below 1 percent in a Fox News poll in July that asked voters which candidate they would like to learn more about during the debates. A separate Quinnipiac poll showed more than half of the people surveyed had no opinion of Graham. “Not participating in the first debate isn’t going to help him on this front,” Skelley said.