“Reid’s got to decide whether he’s going to run again in 2016, because of his age — but that’s jumping way ahead; it’s too early to address that yet,” said Larry Sabato, director at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “If he’s no longer majority leader, that may be a factor in his decision.”
(With audio) For a man at the center of so many critical government actions, with a portfolio that includes preventing terrorist strikes and cyberattacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller has mostly avoided the limelight since he joined the bureau just a week before Sept. 11, 2001.
(By Amanda Morgenthal, an atmospheric science major at the University of Virginia) There are so many different types of clouds that we see that it’s hard to imagine that they’re all primarily water vapor in the face of different atmospheric conditions.
“There’s certainly room for adjustment, but not anything sweeping,” says David A. Martin, a law professor at the University of Virginia and the principal deputy general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security in 2009 and 2010. “The justifications for DACA made clear that this is not a situation where the president can reduce overall enforcement of immigration laws. He can just redirect it in certain ways.”
There are, however, several problems that could arise with the allegations. As Paul Stephen, who teaches law at the University of Virginia and is former international law consultant for the Department of State told YES! Magazine, that it would be difficult to sue a government employee for acting “under the scope of employment” in this case, because of the modified nature of the Westfall Act, giving officials more scope for action.
To be clear, money is not the only reason that students choose to attend colleges with low graduation rates. More selective colleges can often be less expensive for low-income students, because they can offer more financial aid, notes Sarah Turner, a University of Virginia economist.
The heart of the proposals is a controversial plan to rate colleges based on measures of access, affordability, and student outcomes, and to allocate aid based on those ratings. Under the plan, students attending higher-rated institutions could obtain larger Pell Grants and more-affordable loans.
"It's an incredibly interesting time in American history, and we have this one-of-a-kind source of highly accurate information about it - it's kind of like a time machine," Ken Hughes, a researcher with the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, told CBSNews.com. "They provide a relatively raw, uncut view of the presidency we never had before and probably never will again."
President Obama on Thursday will unveil a broad new plan that aims to make college education more affordable by overhauling the college-ranking system and allocating federal financial aid based on those results.
(With audio) When a woman reports a rape, she is given a forensic evidence exam--known informally, as a rape kit. But the rape kits used by hospitals all over the country are using a technique that puts women with dark skin at a disadvantage.
Not long ago, a tenured professor at the University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences moved to a university in New York because her same-sex partner, diagnosed with cancer, couldn’t get covered by her health insurance in Virginia. A physician at U-Va.’s medical school decamped for an Ivy League school because state law doesn’t recognize her relationship with her partner or their children, so she couldn’t get them coverage. How many more talented minds have to leave before Virginia takes concrete action to protect publicly employed academics and thus the q...
Many upperclassmen and student-athletes are already back in town, but folks around Charlottesville may want to avoid the University of Virginia area this weekend. An estimated 6,000 students are expected to begin checking into University housing this Friday, August 23, as move-in weekend kicks off.
It sounds somewhat implausible, but a University of Virginia academic has designed an interactive map that color-codes the geographic distribution of every single American, drawing on the last census.
The University of Virginia said Wednesday that it will stop offering health insurance to some employees' spouses because of rising costs under ObamaCare.
(Commentary) Last year, the University of Virginia governing board secretly plotted to oust the university's president. While board members eventually reversed that decision, they again find themselves on the wrong side of what is right for students. This time it's an effort to cutback grant aid to working-class students.
Yet signs of the menopause often begin far sooner, during the perimenopause, a phase preceding menopause that can last for up to 10 years. Dr JoAnn Pinkerton, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Virginia, says that the perimenopause is harder to deal with than the menopause itself. “Because it is not well described, people are not expecting it. And symptoms vary from month to month, so it’s hard to get a handle on it,” she says.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center of Politics at the University of Virginia, said the Quinnipiac poll was significant because it is the first poll to survey members of the public who are likely to vote. "But it's August," Sabato said. "We are going to have some defining events in the fall, including the feds' decision on whether or not to indict Governor McDonnell."
(Video) On this edition of UVa Today Bob Beard talks with Gay Perez, the executive director of UVa Housing & Residence Life. Charlottesville can expect a sharp increase in traffic this coming weekend as students move in on Grounds for the new semester at the University of Virginia.
A University of Virginia biomechanical researcher may play a big part on the field during the NFL season, but you might miss it. Richard Kent helped determine which thigh pads work and which ones do not - an important differentiation because the league has required players to wear them this season.
Manning’s sentence hints at the sort of fate that would await infamous NSA exposer Edward Snowden should he ever return to the U.S. or be extradited back to American borders from his Russian hideaway, said Robert F. Turner, associate director of the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia. “They’re comparable – two of the worst leaks we’ve had in this past century,” Turner, who thinks Manning got off easy, tells Pro Report.