Social scientists have known for a while that racism isn't just about explicit hatred and animosity. Often, prejudice is the result of split-second, gut-level decision-making rather than the acts of bad people with malicious intentions.
... Adam Waytz of Northwestern University and Kelly Marie Hoffman and Sophie Trawalter of the University of Virginia report the results of several studies on this subject in an upcoming issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science. In one experiment, white Internet users were shown a white face and a black face and asked to decide: ...
Students at the University of Virginia are working through Saturday night at a computer coding competition. This year's Hacck-athon is honoring the memory of a second year computer science student who died last month.
A popular University of Virginia sports blog is giving men's basketball fans a new incentive to cheer for the Hoos'.The Streaking the Lawn twitter account and website announced a campaign to raise money for the One Love Foundation in honor of Yeardley Love, a UVA lacrosse player killed by her ex-boyfriend. The blog's creators are asking fans to make a pledge to donate each time the Hoos' hold their opponent to under 50 points in a basketball game.
University of Virginia students Zhuo “Issac” Li and Lesheng “Janet” Xu visited Rockfish River Elementary School fifth-graders last month to talk to students about science as part of the UVa Asia Institute’s outreach program.The program allows UVa students to visit public schools and speak with students, implementing a variety of educational activities that include exchanging cultural, historical and language information.
About 20 activists gathered outside Friday’s Board of Visitors meeting at the University of Virginia demanding the right to speak to board members in public session.The activists —students and recent graduates calling themselves UVa Students United — said they want the opportunity to address the board on a variety of issues, including tuition increases, pay for university employees and cuts to the AccessUVa financial aid program.
The University of Virginia is taking part in a worldwide celebration of international education this week. The State Department and the Department of Education sponsor the week to promote international programs on college campuses. UVA's international studies office says often students don't know about the opportunities to experience the world without leaving grounds.
Same-sex couples and their children are now benefiting from University of Virginia health plans. Coverage at UVA has been extended to same-sex spouses now that they are legally recognized by the United States Supreme Court and 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Since the October rulings, UVA Human Resources has seen about a dozen same-sex spouses sign up for health plans with the university.
... Over the past few days, the Clinton Presidential Center has celebrated its 10th anniversary and the University of Virginia's Miller Center, which Baliles heads, has released the first batch of oral history interviews with veterans of the Clinton administration. The center has conducted similar oral history projects with officials who worked for presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and, now underway, George W. Bush.
Last week, the University of Virginia made public a series of interviews conducted as part of a Clinton administration history project. Many of the former Clinton-era officials spoke candidly about Mrs. Clinton, who as first lady exerted huge influence in her husband’s administration. Some of the depictions showed admiration; others did not. Yet the interviews leave the reader with a richer understanding of Mrs. Clinton than is possible to glean from her past campaigns.
The University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs on Friday released 47 interview transcripts conducted for the Clinton Presidential History Project.
Also Friday, the University of Virginia's Miller Center released a trove of more than 130 oral-history interviews with Clinton administration participants in collaboration with the Clinton Presidential Center.
A cache of largely unvarnished, newly released interviews offer a glimpse into Clinton administration's triumphs and tribulations.Everyone from former aides like Leon Panetta and Bruce Reed to world leaders like Vaclav Havel, the former President of the Czech Republic, and Kim Dae-jung, the former president of South Korea, were interviewed for the project.Released Friday by the University of Virginia's Miller Center, which conducted the interviews after President Bill Clinton left office, the transcripts will be a treasure trove both to historians and opposition researchers, whose ...
The Miller Center at the University of Virginia released the first batch of oral histories of Bill Clinton’s presidency. The interviews provide an accounting of Clinton’s two terms, from his struggles to pass a health care overhaul to his successes in steering the economy and defending against impeachment.“They’d say, ‘It’s our duty to screw him,’” said former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican who described his party’s approach. “I’d tell them, ‘The country has to run; you came here as legislators, not as bomb throwe...
After 18 year old University of Virginia student Hannah Graham was abducted from the downtown mall, employees of Commonwealth Skybar approached the sexual assault resource agency, or SARA, about educating bartenders to be active bystanders.Commonwealth Skybar Employee Kat Dillon said “There's always going to be sad and dangerous and scary things that happen. But we have the ability and the power to step in and help when we can.”
While he awaits the next legal steps in the death of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, Jesse Matthew appeared in court Friday to answer charges on another case -- an alleged abduction, sexual assault and attempted murder from nearly a decade ago.During a brief appearance at the Fairfax County Courthouse in northern Virginia, Matthew only uttered two words -- "Not guilty" -- to all three charges related to the September 2005 incident. Judge Dennis Smith set a trial date of March 9. The trial is expected to last six or seven days.