A new study showed that just a little bit of video gaming leads to a better adjusted child, while too much may lead to negative behavior. "It's no longer a realistic idea that parents can keep this out of kids lives just like you can't keep junk food out of your kids lives because they would go to other kids houses. if one of the kids has access to it then other kids have access to it," comments Dr. Patrick Tolan, professor of education at UVA.
Researchers from the University of California at Irvine, the University of Virginia, and the University of California at Los Angeles collaborated to study how Whites, Asian Americans, and African Americans evaluate diversity. The research included three studies, and participants were asked to rate the diversity of various groups of people that were presented as a team at work.
A recent study led by University of Virginia psychologists produced some startling results. Research subjects were given time to sit alone and reflect. They quickly grew restless and unhappy. After only a few minutes away from their desktops and mobile devices, some subjects grew so anxious they self-administered electric shocks to stop the experiment!
Coping with water scarcity is a local and global issue that needs to be addressed immediately. As Dr. W. Hugh Moomaw of the University of Virginia states, “water will be the human rights issue of the upcoming generation.”
The University of Virginia Health System has released a new app that helps parents and families personalize their hospital experience. The service is free for families at U.Va.'s Children's Hospital. The app shows information like important phone numbers, medical records and services the hospital offers.
True education has value in and of itself, a value that leads to self-actualization and that cannot be measured with standardized tests. Through education, and especially through studying the humanities, we learn what happiness is and how to become our best selves. As University of Virginia philosophy professor Talbot Brewer points out in his excellent essay, “The Coup That Failed: How the Near-Sacking of a University President Exposed the Fault Lines of American Higher Education” (Hedgehog Review, Summer 2014), “The humanities are…a gateway to and instigator of a life...
"Part of the power of incumbency is getting an office and then using that, and your political skills, to survive," said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
“This is Howard Baker’s state,” says Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “They’re not fire-and-brimstone Republicans.”
"The stakes here, symbolically and politically, are very high," said Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia, citing the clash between religious teachings and the [Obama] administration's embattled health care law.
"The Democrats are really behind the eight-ball now, and with just three months to go until the election, any substitute candidate is going to start well behind in fundraising and issue development," said Larry Sabato, a political analyst and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "Schweitzer has statewide name ID, but this applies even to him." ... Kyle Kondik, political analyst and managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said with Schweitzer out of the mix, Democrats are in trouble come November....
Geoff Skelley, a veteran analyst with the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said it would be virtually impossible for Edmond to pull off an upset in such a blue district. He pointed out that President Barack Obama garnered fully two-thirds of the vote in the district in 2012.
The obvious moral of the University of Virginia’s 2012 fiasco, in which its governing board attempted but failed to unilaterally oust the president, is that universities must never operate without transparency and openness. But for some members of the Board of Visitors, student rallies and faculty condemnations were not enough of a lesson. It took a new eruption of public anger and a backlash from legislators last week to force the dialing back of a board “statement of expectations” that would limit members’ ability to publicly dissent.
... Debate. Discussion. The exercise of reason. Arguing. These were the essential tools for a free society to discover “truth.” Too bad the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia today seem to have forgotten the intellectual foundation Jefferson laid for the school they’re running in his name.
The way you talk is usually passed down from your parents. It can represent the culture you grew up in and can be a source of pride. A professor at the University of Virginia at Wise, Amy Clark, told us that's not always true for those people speaking Appalachian dialects. Dialect includes the words, grammar and accent we use to speak. ... She points out in her book, Talking Appalachian, that her dialect represents the rich history of this region. ... The assistant director of professional and career development at UVA Wise, Neva Bryan, told us despite the pride that can come with spe...
Republicans need a net gain of six seats to take the Senate this year, and “Bill Clinton is going to be a fairly hot commodity and Hillary Clinton, too, depending on how much she wants to campaign in these fairly red states,” says Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Why are incumbents continuing to win their primary elections across the country? "Perhaps the key factor is that, in reality, none of the challengers have been very strong," University of Virginia political science analyst Kyle Kondik said.
US President Barack Obama is reportedly considering options to move on immigration reform via executive action despite protests from disapproving members of Congress. "The situation requires faithful execution of appropriation laws," David Martin, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and immigration law specialist, told Business Insider. "If they drop far below that, then there'd be real legal issues."
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll revealed strong public dismay with both political parties, but also found that independent voters have yet to engage in this year’s elections and may stay home, making a wave election less likely. University of Virginia analyst Larry Sabato put it this way at a recent forum organized by Politico: “This is the best map for Republicans since 1980,” he said. “They should run up a huge margin based on the conditions that ought to be present in a sixth year (of a president’s term) election. Ain’t happening so far...
When major world crises erupt these days, a least some members of the media rush to check the blog of Renesys, a small New Hampshire-based firm specializing in what it calls "Internet intelligence." The insights found there into which dictator has kicked his country off the Internet for how long is a byproduct of Renesys's core work of selling information on the flow of Internet traffic to Internet service providers. But by monitoring the Internet's vital signs, the company can see how the ever-evolving global network of networks fits into global events.Doug Madory ...