(Commentary) Recent leadership changes in the commonwealth promise significant and positive growth for Virginia's public colleges and universities. In addition to a new and proactive governor and secretary of education, we have three other potential game changers at the helm of three of our key universities: Teresa Sullivan at the University of Virginia, Angel Cabrera at George Mason University and now Timothy Sands at Virginia Tech.
Those numbers suggest “this issue is here to stay,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “It says it’s going to be one of the big issues in this election.”
One professor at the University of Virginia says the trip will be worth much more for both countries. "Thomas Jefferson was a real francophile," said Deborah McGrady, chair of the French department at UVa. "He absolutely loved France, and that is completely expressed at Monticello."
(Transcript) Brian Moriarty, a lecturer at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. discussed CVS’s announcement of its plans to discontinue its sale of cigarettes.
After a long rough period of bad press about sexual assaults, University of Montana President Royce Engstrom says the school has emerged as something of a model for taking steps to address the issue. “That was a difficult situation for us,” he said during a visit with the Inter Lake editorial board Tuesday. “But we’ve emerged as a much safer campus.” Engstrom said he will attend a panel discussion on the topic at the University of Virginia where only a handful of schools will be represented, and it’s largely because of the way UM responded. “We stood o...
Another study, from the University of Virginia, showed the perceived effects of cocaine varied across a woman’s menstrual cycle, with the “greatest subjective effects observed when estrogen levels are high and relatively unopposed by progesterone.” Men don’t have menstrual cycles, but there is definitely some interplay between our hormones and drug addiction.
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato rates the district “safe" Republican in his Crystal Ball ratings of House races.
Democrats said it's another sign that Republicans are nervous about Christie's problems in New Jersey. Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said the concerns may be warranted.
A recent University of Virginia study shows 1 in 10 Virginians receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits. We wanted to put a face to that study.
The United States needs to establish a “continuum of learning” so workers can keep up with a rapidly changing and increasingly technical manufacturing environment, the co-chairs of a commission that is focusing on job creation for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, told a University of Virginia audience today.
New research by the University of Virginia has found Hispanic women are much more likely than any other demographic to deny an epidural when giving birth.
Population growth in Virginia slowed last year as fewer people moved to the state, but the Commonwealth still outpaced the nation, according to the most recent official state population estimates from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
(Commentary) Feminist comedians in universities in America command great deals of respect: when Tina Fey gave the inaugural speech for the University of Virginia’s Art faculty last month, it was one of the most popular events that year.
In its latest breakdown of the 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes, the University of Virginia's Center for Politics says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the person to beat in the GOP nomination race. Kyle Kondik, Larry J. Sabato and Geoffrey Kelly write that Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie round out the “first tier” of candidates at this point in time.
Albemarle County-based Crutchfield Corp. is the 2014 recipient of the Hovey S. Dabney Award for Corporate Citizenship, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce announced today. The chamber will present the award to company founder Bill Crutchfield at its annual membership meeting and business luncheon, which is set for Feb. 19 at Glenmore Country Club.
And despite the roster of contenders, University of Virginia Center for Politics analyst Geoff Skelley says the former lieutenant governor has a slight advantage over the other eight candidates because he won two statewide races back in the 1990s.
Malcolm Bell, an archaeologist at the University of Virginia, who is the co-director of the Morgantina excavations and helped locate the possible site of the looting, says: “In retrospect it was a difficult agreement. From the point of view of any Sicilian, the absence of the silver in Aidone is much more apparent than it would be [to visitors] at the Met.”
Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics has taken another look into the Crystal Ball and there is good news and bad for Gov. Christie.
Mike London sat down and sighed. “Long day,” he said. “Good day.” Signing day usually is at the University of Virginia, and Wednesday was no exception. For the fourth straight year, the Cavaliers coach introduced a nationally-ranked class, one loaded with prospects coveted by other big-time schools.
The University of Virginia and Monticello are offering an open online course about Thomas Jefferson. “The Age of Jefferson” is the title of the course, which launches on Feb. 17 - President's Day. It's being taught by Peter Onuf, U.Va.'s Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation president emeritus.