In 2011, for example, a University of Virginia study found that when golfers believed they were using a pro player’s putter, performance improved about 38 per cent of the time. The experiment demonstrated the premium people place in objects, and the role of the mental game in sports.
Volunteers in Fluvanna County received well-deserved assistance in handling emergency calls beginning Oct. 21. A new contract crew from the University of Virginia Health System’s Medical Transport Network augmented volunteer crews by assisting with emergency 9-1-1 medical calls in the county, seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Each Achievable Dream graduate is promised a $2,000 annual scholarship for higher education, and four universities - Norfolk State, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia - have promised a free ride to any graduate who gets accepted.
Any deal he makes that increases tax revenue would likely alienate fellow Republicans. "Tax increases? If he does that, obviously he's finished," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "The grassroots activists in the Republican Party will never let him get a national nomination if he does that."
Clinton’s message Wednesday during an appearance with McAuliffe at the Paramount Theater likely will be more about energizing voters and reminding them of the election than specific policy points, said Bob Gibson, of the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. … Still widely regarded as the Democratic Party’s top star more than a dozen years after vacating Pennsylvania Avenue, Clinton figures to give McAuliffe a lift even when the polls already show him riding high, said Geoff Skelley of UVa’s Center for Politics.
"Enough Virginians decided that Ken Cuccinelli is an unacceptable choice to be governor, and Terry McAuliffe is just the lucky bloke facing off against him," says Geoffrey Skelley from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
(Commentary) The social fabric of America is “Coming Apart” as chronicled by Charles Murray in his book by that name as well as by W. Bradford Wilcox of the University of Virginia, and clinical psychologist Patrick Fagan. To take just one example cited by Wilcox, “kids who are raised in single-[parent] families are two to three times more likely to drop out of high school, for instance.”
Perhaps more importantly, Larry Sabato said Brownback benefits from running in a heavily Republican state at a time when politics are so polarized. “He may have mediocre ratings, but he has the most important letter in the alphabet for Kansas: ‘R,’” said Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “That may be more important than the ratings.”
University of Virginia Center for Politics analyst Kyle Kondik says the politics of Medicaid expansion cross party lines because of the money involved. "Some traditional constituency groups, including for instance hospitals and doctors, really want it because it's essentially good for the bottom line for hospitals and then by extension doctors," he says.
"Lockdown drills are potentially frightening to students because there is so much attention to school shootings that it creates an illusion that such events are commonplace," Dewey Cornell, a professor of education and clinical psychologist at the University of Virginia, told me in an email message. Cornell added, "Restaurants have more shootings than schools, yet we do not practice shooter drills in restaurants and no one recommends arming waitresses."
Last year, Tudor Investments founder Paul Jones and his wife Sonia donated $12 million to establish the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia. The exploration of contemplative and yogic practices is close to both of their hearts, and the couple has explored spirituality together for years. Now, their donation will help others to do the same.
(By U.Va. law professor Douglas Laycock and three others) We write in support of same-sex marriage and in support of religious liberty. Senate Bill 1 should be amended to include far more robust protections for religious liberty. Then the bill should be passed. Only in that way will the legislature protect the liberty of all Hawaiians—both same-sex couples and religious conscientious objectors.
One of the most “potent downsides” of the US entering into a binding agreement with Germany on US surveillance would be “setting a precedent that would prompt other states to seek similar arrangements,” says Ashley Deeks, a University of Virginia law professor who previously worked as an assistant legal adviser for political-military affairs in the State Department.
Briton Dominic Inglot and Filipino Treat Huey found they got on like a house of fire when they met at the University of Virginia, and now, several years on, are playing some world-beating tennis.
Former Quakers coach and current Virginia AD Craig Littlepage talks long-term changes in athletic administration and more.
Experts at ISIS and the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have been tracking the issue for several years. They estimate breakout times dependent on various factors – whether Iran converts its entire stockpile of uranium now enriched to 20 percent, or its supplies of 3.5 percent enriched uranium, or both; which of several scenarios it favors; and which centrifuges it dedicates to the assignment. As in previous assessments, the range of times it gives – now down to as little as one month – are those it would take the Iranians to produce en...
In nearly every poll since July, McAuliffe has held the lead over Cuccinelli, according to a compilation of major polls by RealClear Politics, a Chicago-based political news and polling data aggregator. "This contest is becoming very one-sided," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
According to University of Virginia economics professor Steven Stern, there are large shortages of mental health services in Charlottesville and the surrounding area.
Performing in front of a capacity crowd at the O2 Arena would be a daunting prospect for almost anyone, but maybe not when you have spent many an hour on Wimbledon’s Centre Court and played a significant part in a major movie. For those reasons you would not expect Dominic Inglot to suffer stage fright if he makes the field for next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.