(Transcript) Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato was a guest, discussing his research on the life and legacy of John F. Kennedy.
“I would say that money played an important role in allowing Terry McAuliffe to more easily define Ken Cuccinelli in ways that reduced Cuccinelli’s appeal,” said Geoff Skelley, political analyst with the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
The relationship between faculty and the Board of Visitors at UVA is in the spotlight again. The UVA chapter of the American Association of University Professors is questioning the state of shared governance at the university.
"Not every family has three senators, one president, two candidates" for president, adds Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, also to AFP. "The reason people still believe in a curse is because we have focused so heavily on this family. We know each single member of the Kennedy family and we have connected the dots for them," he added.
Catherine Ziobro wants you to know: Compliance, as a career, is more interesting than you might think. At least it is at The Carlyle Group, which has doubled its assets under management since she took on her current role, and went public in 2012.
In a new book, University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato reports that some Dallas policemen who ran up the knoll encountered people with Secret Service credentials. Who were they? The policemen let them go, and only later discovered that there were no Secret Service agents still in Dealey Plaza, said Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia and author of "The Kennedy Half-Century."
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” The way Georgia O’Keeffe saw the world opened our eyes.
The University of Virginia is one step closer to getting a new five-year strategic plan. A committee of the Board of Visitors approved it Thursday afternoon, and the full board is expected to vote on it today. The strategic plan lays out the university’s goals and priorities over the next five years, including a revamped advising system, new interdisciplinary research institutes and new international programs for students.
What is developmentally appropriate when it comes to learning? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham wrote about the subject recently on his Science and Education blog, and here is a version of that post.
(Audio) Mass media is often criticized for its lack of diversity and stereotypical portrayals. Shilpa Davé, Assistant Professor in American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Virginia, says those criticisms often stem from a black and white view of race in America, leaving out important parts of the U.S. cultural landscape such as Asian Americans.
Former middle and high school teacher Meg Heubeck is on a mission to get the country’s youth engaged in democracy. Today her classrooms are more likely to include other teachers and organizations interested in politics. As director of instruction at the Center for Politics’ Youth Leadership Initiative, Heubeck gets to talk politics anytime while working for University of Virginia professor Larry J. Sabato.
Americans aren't just dividing by region, state, and cities anymore. They are increasingly choosing to live in bright red or blue neighborhoods — and, according to Pacific Standard, they are feeling happier because of it. "When people feel like their values match their environment, they experience greater subjective well-being and increased self-esteem," researchers from the University of Virginia wrote. "Without fear of reprisal for expressing one’s values, one may be able to more easily form strong interpersonal bonds and accumulate social capital."
University of Virginia's Homer Statue: Speaking of statues, the University of Virginia has an equally bizarre tradition that revolves around its statue of Homer. Students streak at the Rotunda steps, run across the lawn, either kiss or smack Homer's bum (depending on what the streaker's height permits), and then runs back to the Rotunda.
Researchers at the University of Virginia participate in a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat patients with leaking heart valves.
To help train new workers, IBM, for instance, has created a new assessment tool that gives university students feedback on their readiness for number-crunching careers in both the public and private sector. Eight universities that have a big data and analytics curriculum -- including the University of Virginia -- will receive the assessment tool.
As with criminal records, colleges evaluate the severity of the suspension on a case-by-case basis. Most institutions do not have a blanket policy. "There's a difference between a youthful indiscretion and something violent," said Greg Roberts, University of Virginia dean of admission. Roberts could not recall whether he participated in a senior prank more than 30 years ago, but he said there were mistakes he made as a young adult. "That's part of being a teenager," he said. "It's a learning process."
Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia Law School, who worked with four peers from across the country to get religious exemptions expanded in the Hawaii bill, said the final draft is “disappointing.”
Teachers’ words, of course, can alter students’ images of themselves. In Growing Capable Kids, University of Virginia’s Carol Ann Tomlinson recalls instances when a teacher’s words and actions affected students (including her adolescent self). She writes, “Powerful teachers help students grow their capacity to be resilient by mindfully providing students with three elements: affirmation, opportunity, and support.”
A third of this year's class in the University of Virginia’s Accelerated Master's Program in Systems Engineering is made up of veterans.
A federal advisory panel recommended approval of Sanofi SA's experimental multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada on Wednesday, but said the drug should be reserved for patients who have failed other therapies. In a surprise decision, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 0 that the drug should be approved despite its potential to cause cancer and other serious conditions. "Do I want to take this drug? No way!" said Dr. Nathan Fountain of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the panel's chairperson. But for some patients, he said, it could be...