For much of the past century, West Virginia generally was more Democrat than the nation as a whole in presidential elections, according to Kyle Kondik, a numbers-cruncher at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. “It was a notable outlier for Democrats as recently as 1980, when it was one of just a few states to back Jimmy Carter's re-election bid, and 1988, when it was one of the handful of states to back Michael Dukakis,” he explained.
McAuliffe and Cuccinelli detest each other, and their conspicuously different positions give their supporters fodder for criticism, said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Cuccinelli is viewed by many as an extremist on social issues, but he's beloved by many conservatives for his strong stances against abortion and his attacks on ObamaCare and climate change,” Skelley said. “McAuliffe is viewed by many as a party hack who is a Virginian only by way of living in the D.C. suburbs for 20-plus years while working for Dem...
At the University of Virginia's SPEED clinic, Max Prokopy studies what makes elite runners like Bolt so fast. "He's been able to marry tremendous genetic advantages with a ton of practice and work ethic," said Prokopy.
David Chun and his parents emigrated from South Korea when he was seven months old. His parents worked long hours to send him to the University of Virginia and Penn’s Wharton business school, where he excelled. In his early 30s, Mr. Chun founded Equilar, a business that provides data to corporations on executive compensation and governance. But although his story follows the ever-upward arc traveled by some members of America’s “model minority,” it veers away from it in one important way: Unlike many other young Asian immigrants, Mr. Chun started making large charitable...
Saturday's gathering was the first reunion since the passing of University of Virginia professor Allan Gianniny, who co-edited the family's definitive history alongside his cousin, Robert Lewis Giannini III.
Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said he was “taken aback” by the revelations about Cuccinelli’s gifts. “Cuccinelli’s part in Jonnie Williams’ giveaway program isn’t nearly as corrupt as Bob and Maureen McDonnell’s,” he said. “But nonetheless Cuccinelli looks like a garden-variety pol who just wanted his share of the goodies.”
“As far as I know, no governor has had to deal with a scandal similar to this one,” said Geoff Skelley, a political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said it’s too early to predict outcomes, but Graham is most vulnerable in the June primary rather than in the general election. “The fact that Graham has drawn these opponents reflects what we have all heard over the past few years — many tea party Republicans want him out,” he said. “If anyone, or the combination of multiple candidacies, forces him into a runoff, Graham could be in real trouble.”
Neither approach accurately reflects the estimated costs and benefits being weighed by a new legislative commission tasked with overseeing reforms of the state’s Medicaid program and deciding whether to allow it to expand. “You’re talking about governing, not about campaigning,” said Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
“No one seems to be talking about the physician shortage issue,” said University of Virginia School of Medicine CEO R. Edward Howell. “If you don’t deal with the shortage of physicians and nurses, expanding funding will only do so much.”
A new US study of 9,600 children under 5, conducted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that those who had at least one sugary drink each day were 43 per cent more likely to be obese than those who had such drinks less frequently or not at all.
(Commentary) Fifty-seven races out of 100 for the House of Delegates this November will have no major party competition. So many that University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato, the king of predictions, said last week that Republicans are a lock to maintain control.
Here’s a milestone that probably won’t thrill you: Tuition and fees have hit the five-digit mark in Virginia.
Riley Wilson has made the drive up I-64 to the University of Virginia at least 100 times. For four years, he and his family attended baseball games at Davenport Field while older brother Tyler pitched for the Cavaliers. Most days, they’d make the trip not even knowing if Tyler, who pitched out of the bullpen for three seasons, would see any action. Having visited Charlottesville so often, Riley got comfortable with the atmosphere, the coaching staff and the school in general. Earlier this summer, the rising senior at Cosby committed to spending his college years at Virginia.
The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech are opening an education center in Newport News. The University of Virginia Eastern Regional Center will be jointly operated by the universities.
Professor Timothy Beatley, an international expert in sustainable cities and urban nature, will be co-hosted by Victoria University and Wellington City Council next week as he sets out to explore Wellington as a ‘living city’.
Angeline Lillard, director of the Early Development Lab at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, said her center recruits by holding an annual fair — complete with clowns and face painting — and by attending local farmers' markets and book fairs. "Basically any place where there are lots of young children," she said. "What we don't see enough of is low-income families," she said. "Middle income and well-educated people of all races will tend to go to the kinds of events where we recruit. It really seems to be more about income and resources...
"Christie is known as a moderate Republican; Booker is known as a business-oriented Democrat," said Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "Bingo! They’re the sort that attracts cross-party money, and the money of people who want to be with the big boys, the winners."
(Op-ed by Andrew D. Kaufman, a U.Va.lecturer and author of the forthcoming “Give ‘War and Peace’ a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times”) On July 24, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor sought by the United States on espionage charges, received a copy of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” from Anatoly Kucherena, a Russian lawyer assisting him with his asylum request. In this same time span, incarcerated juveniles on the other side of the world – Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center in Powhatan to be specific &nd...
Among the quarterfinalists in the U.S. Women’s Amateur golf tournament is Lauren Diaz-Yi of Thousand Oaks, Calif., an incoming first-year student. Today she is scheduled to face Doris Chen of Taiwan in the match-play tournament.