University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato says the rift between Obama and labor "isn't particularly wide or intense, at least not yet." "Labor may feel like it's getting half a loaf, but in their view Republicans would let them starve -- and they're probably right, since nearly all of labor's money and muscle goes to backing Democrats," he said. "So labor still has plenty of incentive to support Democrats in the fall."
(Commentary by Douglas Laycock, the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law) The threshold issue in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius is whether any plaintiff’s free exercise of religion is substantially burdened within the meaning of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
There's also no empirical evidence about whether active-shooter drills actually save lives. To conduct such a study would require "thousands of schools studied for many years," because mass school shootings are so rare, said Dewey Cornell, Ph.D., a threat assessment expert and a professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
A new senior center in Charlottesville is looking for people to sign up. The Blue Ridge Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, is enrolling people now. After years of planning, the building is open, the staff is in place, and they're now waiting for their first participants. PACE is a joint venture of the Riverside Health System, the University of Virginia Health System, and the Jefferson Area Board for Aging or JABA.
Larry Sabato with the University of Virginia's Center for Politics says that as Scott Walker emerges as a possible establishment Republican candidate for president, these emails will undoubtedly lead to more scrutiny. "If you're asking me, will there be a lot more coverage of this? The answer is absolutely yes, particularly if Walker does run for president," he says.
The administration’s decision breaks no new legal ground, said George Yin, a University of Virginia tax law professor and former chief of staff to Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation. There are plenty of previous instances of the Treasury Department delaying enforcement of a tax provision beyond a deadline set by Congress, he said.
A group of University of Virginia students is bringing some much needed health care to an under-served community in Charlottesville. They're organizing free health screenings for people who might not be able to get the services elsewhere.
(Commentary) Since 2011 he has made deportation of criminals who are illegal aliens a top priority and deferred action on immigrants brought to this country as children who have no criminal record and are attending school. Personally, I considered that sensible enforcement and a wise use of limited resources, as did David Martin, an international law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena hosted some tried-and-true successes, as well as a rock surprise. Jason Pedone, general manager there for SMG, called country artists the “backbone of the arena’s success this year.” The facility hosted Luke Bryan, and also Taylor Swift, who grossed nearly $1 million in her Sept. 14 show.
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) has introduced a resolution that supports the designation of May 3 as "National One Love Day" in an effort to raise awareness about dating violence. Ruppersberger's resolution honors Yeardley Love, a lacrosse star at the University of Virginia who was murdered by boyfriend George Huguely V.
Virginia couldn’t hit from outside. Senior Joe Harris couldn’t hit a shot at all. A boisterous crowd at Cassell Coliseum could sense a vulnerable in-state rival as the home team hit timely buckets. It looked like last-place Virginia Tech might just pull off a stunner. But when it mattered most, Harris was ready to shoot again and sophomore Justin Anderson quieted the hostile fans.No. 14 Virginia escaped with a 57-53 win against the Hokies on Tuesday night, using a spirited comeback led by Harris and Anderson to extend its win streak to 10.
(Podcast) Interview with Aniko Bodroghkozy, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, about her book, “Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement.”
A bipartisan group of current and former Virginia officials is trying to take politics out of the state’s redistricting process by the 2021 election. Currently, the legislature draws the state’s political lines after each census. But the lines often reflect which party is in control of the statehouse. OneVirginia2021: Virginians for Fair Redistricting, founded by Leigh Middleditch, co-founder of the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, will advocate for nonpartisan redistricting outside of lawmakers’ control.
(Book review) Forget Tom Cruise scaling the Burj Khalifa tower; the hot new super-agent is 14th-century writer Geoffrey Chaucer. Thrill to his daring Middle English rimes! Gasp at his mighty scansion! Here in the pages of Bruce Holsinger’s medieval adventure, that randy old poet finally gets the “Mission Impossible” cameo he deserves.
Using the sharp-eyed NASA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers (including Nitya Kallivayalil of the University of Virginia) have for the first time precisely measured the rotation rate of a galaxy based on the clock-like movement of its stars.
A year off of floating Gov. Bill Haslam's name as a potential candidate for national office in 2016, Politico has the Tennessee Republican on a shortlist of potential aspirants for the presidency in two years. A brief history of governors and the presidency by University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato gives the Washington insider website an opportunity to float a few names for 2016.
There are three common drugs for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan. Like a shell game, if you pick the right drug a patient is likely to respond. And, unfortunately, picking the wrong drug can lead to treatment failure. As reported in this month's issue of the journal PLoS ONE, a University of Colorado Cancer Center and University of Virginia study used a sophisticated model of ovarian cancer genetics to match the right tumor with the right drug. Patients who were matched in this way lived an average 21 months longer than patients who were not matched.
An accomplished student, Pancake did well in school and went on to West Virginia Wesleyan College and Marshall University. After graduating, he taught English at two military academies before receiving a fellowship to the University of Virginia. There he was mentored by the distinguished trio of John Casey, James Alan McPherson, and Peter Taylor.
Considering an MBA program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School but unable to visit? A new virtual tour on the school’s website provides a 360-degree view of the school and its campus that will leave you feeling like you just got back from Charlottesville.
Men who marry in their 20s make more than those who marry after the age of 30, according to a the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project.