... In Blacksburg, Harrington’s former professor at Virginia Tech, Jane Vance, says while this could represent future closure, the Help Save the Next Girl organization she helped to start with Harrington's parents has no plans to stop in its effort to educate young women about safety and predatory danger.
The desperate hunt for missing UVA student Hannah Graham took an astonishing turn on Monday when it was revealed police are linking the case to that of the notorious abduction, rape and murder of student Morgan Harrington.
... Matthew is scheduled to make his first court appearance this Thursday, October 2 at 10 a.m. via video uplink in Charlottesville General District Court. Matthew will also appear in Albemarle General District Court on October 2 at 9 a.m. on two reckless driving charges.
Rain is not putting a damper on the search for Hannah Graham Monday in Albemarle County; it actually helped.
... "I would be surprised" to see a mandatory renewable portfolio standard in the final recommendations, said Terry Rephann, regional economist with the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.... While the term "cap and trade" often is equated to an "energy tax" by critics, it has been used before in Virginia, said University of Virginia professor Vivian Thomson, an eight-year veteran of Virginia's Air Pollution Control Board and a former EPA staffer."In 2006, the General Assembly commanded that the Department of Environmen...
Poet Gregory Orr recalls accidentally shooting and killing his younger brother when they were on a hunting trip as children.His essay in the New York Times began, “When I was 12 years old I killed a younger brother in a hunting accident near our home in upstate New York.”That was in 1959. Orr is now a poet and a professor of English at the University of Virginia. His most recent collection is called “River Inside The River.”Here & Now’s Robin Young talks to Gregory Orr about the aftermath of that day in the woods, and how he came to once again find meaning aft...
Retired University of Virginia professor and new U.S. poet laureate Charles Wright sits in the backyard of his Charlottesville home, where he likes to write. Wright has received many honors in the poetry world, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bollingen Prize and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
Calderon’s Washington experience has changed her outlook.Previously, Calderon was considering law schools only in Florida. That changed when the NMSHSA interns visited the University of Virginia, which boasts of one of the nation’s top 10 law schools.An admissions dean listened as Calderon described her rugged childhood, and working her way through the University of Central Florida.Then the dean asked Calderon whether she was considering the Virginia law school. Calderon said she couldn’t afford to attend law school outside of Florida. The dean, Cordel Faulk, suggested financ...
While a judge weighs whether a murder confession in one of the nation's most notorious missing child cases can be used at the suspect's trial, a larger question is looming: Was it all made up? ... "This is central evidence," said University of Virginia Law professor Brandon Garrett, who specializes in false confessions. He said the judge could look at the length of interrogation, mental history and other factors.
The obsession with energy and the environment in Michigan is not anywhere near as prevalent in other Senate races, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. It's prompted by each campaign's attempts to tarnish its rival's image, he said."This is a direct result of the growth of the opposition research industry," he said. "Every campaign does a major investigation on themselves and the opposition. They look through every little thing for items that can be used on the stump."
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball newsletter at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said many Republicans in state races across the country are drafting off federal issues to gather speed from the national political mood.President Barack Obama is primed for Republicans to assail, energizing their partisans and courting disaffected moderates. Democratic turnout also tends to lag in midterm elections, Kondik said.Kondik's boss, Larry Sabato, said Beauprez's task is not so simple as being in the right place at the right time."Americans like a good ...
The 10th District is Virginia in microcosm. Spanning the urban-oriented enclaves of Fairfax and the apple orchards around Winchester, it leans left on its eastern end and squats solidly Republican in the west. The area in between, around Dulles and the exurbs of Leesburg, bulges with Asian and Hispanic newcomers. “If you want to take the temperature of the country,” says Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, “this might be a good district to pick.”
... "Male voters either really like Ernst or really dislike Braley, or some combination of the two," said Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.Braley's 13-point edge with women is a solid Democratic performance — not as great as some Democrats achieve, but still quite good, Sabato said.But Ernst's 25-point lead among men in a competitive U.S. Senate contest "is notable and rare in any state," Sabato said. "Braley either has to build up his margin with women or find some way to appeal to a lot more men, or obviously, he'...
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said Grimes’ success in raising lots more in small contributions is partly because Democrats have made greater efforts to identify small donors and make it easier for them to give — through websites like one named Act Blue.“Democrats have become much better at soliciting small contributions than Republicans. It’s one of the GOP’s biggest problems nationally,” Sabato said. “And this is the national race right now, so for Democrats you can really marshal a lot of small gifts from a...
By Jayni Foley Hein and Michael A. Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity, and an associate professor of law at the University of Virginia.Framing leasing decisions as now-or-never choices made within a single five-year period will systematically lead to inefficient overexploitation of natural resources. By taking into account the option value of delaying a decision, the government can match the oil industry’s own game and strike the proper balance between efficient levels of offshore development and environmental stewardship.
By Harold A. Gould, visiting professor of South Asian Studies in the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.... India needs to stress the fact that US policies toward Pakistan have done little to deter Pakistan from perpetuating the domestic political and economic policies and environment that subsidize and nourish Islamic radicalism, inhibit secularism and pluralism, and encourage childish anti-Americanism, while simultaneously taking advantage of American strategic naiveté to extort billions of dollars from the US treasury to subsidize a military esta...
By Laura C. Meyer, a mindfulness instructor at U.Va.Rumination is a mental habit which leads to fixation on flaws and problems, thus extending a negative mood.
The John Paul Jones area was full of families as the annual WVPT book fest provided free books for children in Charlottesville. They had more than 2,000 books that kids could choose from including new books and some that were gently used. There was also fun and games for the entire family. The festival aims to put a book in every child’s hand.... There were more than 50 different organizations helping with the event and providing educational opportunities. The University of Virginia Children’s Hospital also supported the annual festival.
The University of Virginia recently received a grant that will provide funding on research the effects of climate change on coastal communities (“Armed with grant, UVa climate research combining science with social studies,” The Daily Progress, Sept. 14 online). This study recognizes that Virginia is uniquely vulnerable to the devastation of climate change.Nine out of 10 Virginians reside in a city or county that has declared a federal weather-related disaster. Coastal communities are some of the most at-risk because of rising sea levels and more frequent and severe storms. T...
It's not just children's advocates in Kazakhstan who question the educational value of the cartoon series. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia in 2011 found that watching 9 minutes of the show negatively affected the behavior, problem-solving skills and focus of 4 year olds.