(By R. Edward Freeman, University Professor, University of Virginia Darden School of Business) We are already know that MOOCs are a disruptive innovation in higher education. That issue is pretty much a foregone conclusion. The curious thing is that it has taken this long for it to happen. After all, the Internet has been with us on a large scale since the 1990s. It has just taken time for professors like me to embrace online learning.
"I'd be surprised if there weren't massive out-of-state contributions," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "Virtually every Democratic contributor knows Terry McAuliffe, and Ken Cuccinelli is a national Tea Party hero, and a favorite of most groups on the right, from the NRA to social issue organizations."
According to Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia, Cuccinelli is winning the grassroots war because he has received more contributions of $100 or less than McAuliffe.
Greg Roberts, dean of admission at the University of Virginia, said UVa still values class rank. “The rank can provide context for the reader, particularly when you see a student is applying from a school where there are few applicants,” he said.
Kyle Kondik, a House analyst for the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, says that if (and he stresses it's a big “if”) Republicans eventually suffer because of the shutdown, it will not be tea partyers who are hurt. “While the Republican brand is poor, the president isn't particularly popular — his approval is only in the low to mid-40s, according to polling averages,” said Kondik. “There would have to be an incredible amount of revulsion with the Republicans to deliver the House to the Democrats.”
“There has been a strong move toward the use of risk assessment instruments in the criminal justice system in recent years,” said John Monahan, a psychologist at the University of Virginia Law School who has been studying models of prediction since the 1970s. “The science of risk assessment is much better now than it was 20 years ago.” The instruments have gained traction not only as a public-safety measure, Monahan said, but because they allow for more efficient allocation of resources: When prison budgets are stretched thin, it makes sense to try to focus more funds o...
The Laborers, Painters and Communications Workers unions have been giving more money sooner to McAuliffe than they gave to Deeds, but two of Deeds' biggest donors, Bath County neighbor Sarah McWilliams and retired CarMax executive Austin Ligon, have not given to McAuliffe. "You've nailed it. This confirms what I have seen, even last night when I addressed a group of financial heavy hitters," University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said this week. "I was stunned to learn some I have known as hard-core Republicans have defected. Can't name names, it was...
You might think it’s easier to remind yourself not to do something that requires extra effort on your part. However, inertia sets in even under those conditions. A habitual behavior becomes well-established and it’s surprisingly hard to turn it off. University of Virginia psychologists Jeffrey Pink and Chad Dodson found that once participants were lulled into making a lab task routine, they were more vulnerable to forgetting not to do it when their attention was experimentally divided.
Some of the region’s most creative minds got to flaunt their crafts Saturday at inaugural Mini Maker Faire. … That instinct can develop into an interest that could eventually become a job, a hobby or an area of study – like it did for Taylor Anderson, a University of Virginia fourth-year student studying mechanical engineering. Anderson attended Saturday’s festival with a number of other classmates displaying some of their handiwork. “We’re showcasing some of the things we do in engineering,” Anderson said. “Especially as a modern-day engineer, ...
“Going over that speed bump with the slow down and speed up, yeah, you're wasting gas,” said Lou Bloomfield, a professor of physics at the University of Virginia. “There are so many ways in which we could change our behaviors that would conserve energy better. The speed bump is just one of the bumps on the road of life.”
Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said that in the final weeks leading up to the election, Herring’s job is to establish firmly the linked Democratic ticket of McAuliffe-Northam-Herring in voters’ minds, and “drill down on Obenshain’s past legislative votes that women in particular will find questionable.”
A forthcoming book raises serious doubts about a key piece of evidence that led a House committee to conclude in 1979 that President John F. Kennedy was likely killed as part of a conspiracy. University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato commissioned a scientific analysis of the Dallas Police Department’s Dictabelt recording of scanner traffic from Nov. 22, 1963, as part of his research for “The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy.”
As a result, there is little incentive to solve problems and much incentive to stand firm on ideology, said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Where bipartisan coalitions once compromised on landmark legislation to guarantee civil rights and enact Medicare, lawmakers in the current Congress “have nothing in common. Nothing,” Sabato said.
Testifying at the same hearing, David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security told the panel that Iran had produced “far more LEU than it needs,” and that even a halt to enrichment now would leave it in possession of stocks “far in excess of its current needs.” Albright cited ISIS and University of Virginia calculations to estimate that, if Iran took a decision to move rapidly to build a nuclear weapons, depending on which LEU stocks and centrifuges it dedicated to the task it could produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one nuclear weapon in ...
Walker has an advantage as an incumbent who survived the recall by a comfortable margin, noted University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato, who monitors state and national elections. After Burke’s announcement, Sabato reviewed his projection for Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race but decided not to change it from “likely Republican.” “She just doesn’t seem to have the résumé to be a serious challenger to Walker,” Sabato said. “Could there be an upset? Sure. We’re 13 months from the election. The signs 13 months in advance fa...
It is now evident that the Tunisian Revolution influenced and is still affecting the political and social climate in the Middle East, said John Owen, professor of political science at the University of Virginia. Owen spoke Friday in Wylie Hall.
Although Coke and Pepsi “kind of have the juice market wrapped up,” there’s still plenty of room and substantial consumer interest in new products, said Casey Lichtendahl, another Lumi partner and a professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.
(By Dr. Heather Peppard, assistant professor in the UVa Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, Division of Breast Imaging) There’s no denying that the “rules” for breast cancer screenings have become more difficult to follow: Should I begin screening at age 40 or 50? Should I have them annually or every other year? That’s why it’s important to talk to your doctor about your personal risk factors and educate yourself on the screening options available to you.
The woman with the golden touch is beckoning new businesses. Karen Booth Adams, one of Richmond’s most successful entrepreneurs in IT-related firms, is looking in new business directions.
Larry Sabato, a professor of American politics at the University of Virginia who will address the symposium on Thursday, said students remain interested in the case. “You want to learn to make sure it never happens again. You never, ever want the kind of job the Warren Commission did,” Sabato said. “If you don't do the process right, you condemn the country to decades of cynicism.”