Includes quotes from Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics, and law professors A.E. Dick Howard and Daniel R. Ortiz.
"In the beginning, there were analysts saying he might well bring down McConnell," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. " ... But so far, the tea party has done very poorly in the Senate races this year. Insurgents aren't doing well."
Douglas Laycock, a University of Virginia law professor representing the complaining residents, Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens, said that the appeals court was right in distinguishing the case from the court’s landmark 1983 decision in Marsh v. Chambers.
“I kind of wonder if it may end up being helpful,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of University of Virginia politics blog Sabato's Crystal Ball.
Kyle Kondik is Managing Editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball — a non-partisan political newsletter — at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. He said it's possible that Corbett is firing an early jab at the man he expects to run against in the fall.
The fact that mice with MeCP2 in only the forebrain GABA neurons still die young is interesting because its supports the theory that glia are critical in Rett syndrome, says Jonathan Kipnis, associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia, who was the lead researcher on the bone marrow study.
Jody Kielbasa, University of Virginia professor and director of the Virginia Film Festival, says three things make movies rewatchable: intense actors, memorable dialogue and iconic scenes. “Like ‘The Godfather’ movies,” he says.
“A sufficiently advanced civilization must have some way of making exchanges within their own society, not just of goods, but of knowledge and information,” said Michael Gorman, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The Smithsonian Institute, as well as William Ferraro, associate editor of Washington’s papers at the University of Virginia, say the handwriting is not Washington’s.
Mark Crowell, the founding executive director of University of Virginia Innovation, plans to step down May 16, officials said Friday. As head of UVa Innovation, Crowell, who also serves as associate vice president for research, facilitates the translation of research innovation, technology and discoveries to the global commercial market. Hired in 2010 to transform UVa’s approach to innovation and research, Crowell said he plans to relocate to Chapel Hill, N.C., where he will work as a consultant, writer and speaker about best practices in university innovation.
By Darden professor Jeanne Liedtka and senior researcher Andrew KingIncreasingly, companies that excel at serving customers are turning to unique approaches to find value propositions that continue to move the needle. Intuit, a leader in the development of Personal and small-business software, is one such company. It is at the forefront of using design thinking to inspire innovation that delights customers.
If you are concerned that a spot on your skin may be skin cancer, you can be screened for free at the University of Virginia Health System’s upcoming skin cancer screening event.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Virginia may have discovered a way to save the lives of over 3 million people who die from water-related diseases. They've partnered with a foundation called Water is Life to produce and distribute what they're calling "the drinkable book." The book's pages are made of water-filtering paper, and the cover is a receptacle for filtering water through. In addition, each page of the book is printed with facts about safe water habits.
An American Enterprise Institute report last month found, “Compared to teens who reported that their fathers were not involved, teens with involved fathers were 98 percent more likely to graduate from college, and teens with very involved fathers were 105 percent more likely to graduate from college.” The author, Brad Wilcox of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, suggests several reasons this might be the case: Dads might help with homework, or make kids less likely to engage in mischief; they may help with tuition, too.
Microfinance provides banking services to the poor who would normally not qualify. These services usually involve such small amounts of money that traditional banking considers them inconsequential. The University of Virginia has several ties to Kiva. Jessica Jackley, Kiva's cofounder, attributes the time she spent on UVa's Semester at Sea for sparking her interest in microfinance. UVa also has a student lending team as well as an alumni lending team.
University of Virginia faculty members have received grants to support state science and mathematics elementary and secondary teachers. Officials at the Charlottesville school say the grants from the Virginia Department of Education will fund two weeks of professional development for 32 teachers during the summers of 2014 and 2015.