(Commentary) The call for a right-to-vote amendment is an attempt to redefine virtue away from exclusion and toward a broader and more inclusive view. James Savage, a professor of political theory at the University of Virginia, points out that this concept is also rooted in the founders’ views. “A fundamental characteristic of republican virtue is citizen participation in political life,” he says. “Virtuous citizens are obligated to engage in political life, minimally by voting. As part of its purpose, the state should encourage this virtuous participation, not imp...
(Op-ed by Grace Elizabeth Hale, a professor of history and American studies at the University of Virginia and the author of “A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle Class Fell in Love With Rebellion in Postwar America.”) The opposition by the New York State chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s restrictions on sugary soda caught many Americans by surprise. But it shouldn’t: though the organization argues it is standing up for consumer choice and minority business owners, who it claims would be hurt, this is also a favor for a stalwart ally &mdash...
No one really knows what Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda, modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, representing the enlightened human mind, and standing at the head of the University of Virginia’s Academical Village lawn in Charlottesville, VA, looked like originally.
Jason Lawrence, an associate professor of computer science, makes his debut as a columnist offering tips for photographing products for the Web.
Although the FDA has not yet approved a testosterone gel specifically for women, many doctors simply prescribe the male version off-label or have a compound created by a pharmacist. And no, it won't make you grow hair on your chin or give you huge muscles. "The doses prescribed for women aren't large enough to stimulate male characteristics," says Dr. Anita Clayton, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia and author of "Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy."
U.Va. law alumnus Thomas R. Bagby, president of Woods Rogers PLC, has been installed as 2013 president of The Virginia Bar Association, the state’s oldest and largest voluntary organization serving the legal profession.
The benefits of intact biological families were emphasized on a "Building a Marriage Culture" panel at the National Review Institute's 2013 Summit, "The Future of Conservatism." The other two panelists, Professors W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, and Mark Regnerus, sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, described what academic research has found with regard to the relationship between marriage and children.
A recent update of the 2010 census by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service highlights what is likely to be the biggest challenge facing the city of Suffolk during the next 25 years or so — growth.
(Commentary) This commentary prominently features the dilemma of U.Va. student Natasha Scott, whose parents are Asian and African-American. In applying to colleges, she agonized over which racial box to check on her profile.
The state's population growth is outpacing the nation, with northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and the Richmond area leading the way. University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service says the state's population grew by 2.
"Both the Obamas had to tread very lightly and carefully on and around that subject [of race] for a host of reasons," said Barbara A. Perry, a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center who has written a book on Jacqueline Kennedy.
"We are in a place today that is really extraordinary for people who care about food and agriculture and food production and food consumption,” said Paul Freedman, an associate professor in the department of politics at the University of Virginia. Freedman also specializes in the politics of food. Freedman told the group true food appreciation requires more action than just picking up a fork.
For a half-century, the courtroom was where Richmond lawyer and native Murray J. Janus (who earned undergraduate and law degrees from U.Va.) carved out a reputation for fierce defense, a fathomless understanding of the law and an unparalleled work ethic. On Monday, hundreds of mourners — among them judges, clerks, fellow lawyers and former athletic teammates — heard him praised as a kind, ever-attentive father.
One of the nation’s most explosive college football teams over the past four years, the Oregon Ducks, will be coming to Scott Stadium this September, the first of a two-game series.
Experts say schools are among the safest places for the young. Researcher Dewey Cornell, who studies school safety at the University of Virginia, says 99 percent of homicides of children ages 5 to 18 occur outside of school.
A group of researchers from the University of Virginia is studying discrimination, but not between people of two different races. The study focuses rather on discrimination between people of the same race.
A University of Virginia at Wise student accused of falsely reporting a gunman on campus is facing federal charges. Bryant Alexander Hairston is charged in a criminal complaint with knowingly making false, fictitious and fraudulent statements and representations.
Dozens of University of Virginia students are volunteering their services to take the headache out of filing taxes. Starting Monday, university employees and people living in the Charlottesville area can receive free help preparing their taxes.
The first time El Sawyer found himself on the 12th floor of One Independence Mall, seated across a shiny conference table from Zane David Memeger, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, his instincts got the better of him. Resisting the impulse to flee, Sawyer got the chance to pitch a movie, a documentary about inmates reentering society. Memeger green-lighted the project, backing it with $30,000 in department funds. Tuesday night, the hour-long documentary "Pull of Gravity" will be screened at the Constitution Center before 200 invited guests.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, called the cover photo “pretty avante garde.” “Would this play in Peoria? I doubt it. But we’re talking about New York City,” Sabato said.