“You can tell exactly who is coming by the number of Swiss Guards and Cardinals present,” said Father Gerald P. Fogarty, professor of Catholic History and Vatican Diplomacy at the University of Virginia.
Stephen Foster, considered to be America’s first great songwriter, became famous writing blackface songs. Foster was profiled in a PBS American Experience segment, in which Eric Lott, a historian and English professor at the University of Virginia, put the “blackface” phenomena in a contemporary context: “I think the stereotypes that emerge from the 19th century minstrel show circulate to the present day and are crucial in defining white people’s sense of who black people are,” he said. “Whether it’s in the perceptions of black people who drive f...
Howell also had harsh words for McAuliffe’s budget proposal, which would use about $225 million in estimated savings that would be generated by use of about $2.2 billion in federal funds over the next two years to provide health insurance coverage. “He’s relying on $225 million in phantom savings, savings I don’t think Virginians will ever see,” the speaker said. The projected savings are based on reduced state subsidies for hospital care of uninsured Virginians, primarily at the Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Virginia medical centers, as...
... The boss, of course, is head coach Tony Bennett, and Sanchez is among six staff members who have been with the program throughout Bennett's five seasons in Charlottesville. Such stability is beyond uncommon in the nomadic coaching profession and is a cornerstone of the program and culture Bennett has forged. ... "The kids, they know what to expect from us," said Williford, a starter on Virginia's 1995 Elite Eight team. "We all know the system. We all can teach it. We all know what Tony wants. "Very few egos. We're all in it for the right reasons. No one'...
By Gerald Warburg, a professor of public policy at the University of Virginia and author of the newly released "Dispatches from the Eastern Front: A Political Education from the Nixon Years to the Age of Obama."The fact that members of the Millennial generation feel a lack of enthusiasm for both public and private institutions - as detailed this month by a remarkable Pew Center survey- should come as no surprise. We Baby Boomers have bequeathed to our young a toxic brew: $18 trillion in federal debt, declining real incomes, a fierce and diminishing job market, climate change and a br...
“The people who favor Obamacare, which is a minority, aren’t really that enthusiastic about it even if they favor it,” says political analyst Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia. “But the majority who oppose Obamacare are much more charged up, and they’re the people who tend to turn out” for midterm elections.
Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of “Sabato’s Crystal Ball,” a politics blog at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said organizations like Americans for Prosperity have been getting more involved in local elections in recent years, throwing their weight into legislative, mayoral and even school board races.
The University of Virginia has released unofficial admission statistics, and the number of applications is up while the class size is staying the same.
The challenges and future of advanced manufacturing technology took center stage of a regional symposium at the University of Virginia Tuesday. The National Academy of Engineering hosted the conference and says this is the new industrial revolution.
Ralph Cookerly Wilson Jr., founder of the Buffalo Bills and the most influential sports figure Western New York ever has known, died Tuesday at age 95.
(Audio) Robert Turner, associate director of the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia, discusses a new proposal by the Obama administration that would end the National Security Agency's widespread collection of Americans' phone data.
Jamie Lynn Spears, star of popular children's show “Zoey 101,” became pregnant this past year at age 16. Being that she was a protagonist on a television show aimed at young girls and, therefore, a role model, her pregnancy altered fans' perceptions of whether or not teenage pregnancy was a bright idea. "Teens see how glamorous pregnant celebrities are made out to be, and how much attention they and their babies are getting, and some girls start to think a baby will bring similar results to them," says Dylan Aretakis, the director of the University of Virginia'...
The NCAA allotted Virginia just about 1,200 tickets for this weekend's action at Madison Square Garden. Donors and students snagged them up in a raffle system that started seconds after Sunday’s win over Memphis.
The only sure thing, according to the Rev. Gerald Fogarty, University of Virginia professor of religion and history, is that nothing is sure with his fellow Jesuit, Francis, who has already set Vatican tradition on its ear and may well do it again. “God only knows with this guy.”
Charlottesville officially is gaga over UVA Men’s Basketball Coach Tony Bennett.
Given the demographics of the Sportsman Channel, Palin's new show will likely trend Republican, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Such viewership won't do much to expand her brand beyond her base of supporters. "The people who would watch that would be disproportionately NRA members and white males to be blunt about it," Sabato said.
(Commentary) The University of Virginia Cavaliers have a date with an imposing, impressive opponent in the NCAA’s Sweet 16 Friday night. And by night, we mean night. The game has a scheduled tipoff time of 9:57 p.m. in Madison Square Garden.
The Mark Zuckerbergs of the world have helped boost the status of geeks everywhere, says sociologist Murray Milner Jr., a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. "There are so many heroes of adult geekdom that it's no longer the weird engineer with the plastic pencil holder in his pocket," says Milner, who is updating his 2004 book Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids to reflect the changing status of geeks. "That image has been replaced by the multimillionaires that made it in Facebook or Google or whatever."