"If I was giving the speech, I'd hit immigration last because that's an issue that seems to have real bipartisan possibilities," said Sidney Milkis, a political scientist at the University of Virginia.
The mood of the country was cautious optimism, says Edward Lengel, editor-in-chief of the George Washington Papers at the University of Virginia. "Washington appeared steady at the helm, and government appeared to be working with reasonable efficiency."
The University of Virginia is hosting Senator Mark Warner Monday for a discussion on the nation's debt crisis. The senator's visit is part of the student-run ‘Up to Us' campaign.
The University of Virginia's Miller Center is remembering one of its former directors. The center is planning a memorial service in the next few weeks for Kenneth Thompson.
(U.Va. law alumnus) William H. Hines is a fast talker – so fast that his words tumble over each other and his sentences often veer off in unexpected directions. But even this self-confessed Type A personality, who compartmentalizes so well that he can manage a 385-lawyer firm while performing a multitude of civic activities, was at a loss for words last November, when the Rex organization’s selection committee told him he would reign on Mardi Gras as Rex 2013, king of Carnival.
(Commentary) The #foemooc stumble gave fuel to a growing backlash of academics such as Cathy Davidson at Duke and Siva Vaidhyanathan at the University of Virginia, who are questioning the business models and pedagogical soundness of these courses.
The more things change the more they stay the same. Although its latest lineup has been together for a decade and a half, progressive bluegrass pioneers, The Seldom Scene continues to build on the foundations set by the original group more than a half-century ago. "People tell me that we still sound like The Seldom Scene," banjo player (and U.Va. grad) Ben Eldridge, the sole remaining founding member, said.
Repubican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli conceptually signaled support for marijuana initiatives in Colorado and Washington -- voters in both states last year approved efforts to legalize pot -- during an appearance at the University of Virginia this week, according to news reports.
"When a naïve CD4 cell comes across its target pathogen, it takes days or even weeks before the immune system is full mobilized against that pathogen. But an activated-memory CD4 cell can cause the immune system to mount a full-blown response within hours," said William Petri, MD, PhD, chief of infectious diseases and international health at the University of Virginia.
A judge has certified charges against the man accused of attempting to abduct a University of Virginia student last November. Twenty-seven-year-old Matthew Beaulieu appeared in Charlottesville General District Court Thursday afternoon.
But gasify uranium with flourine and put it in a rapidly spinning centrifuge, and you can separate the nuclear wheat from the chaff. As the centrifuge spins, the heavier, non-radioactive U-238 moves to the centrifuge wall, while the U-235 moves toward the center, explains Houston Wood, a University of Virginia engineering professor who worked on gas centrifuges at the U.S. Department of Energy.
A former University of Virginia employee who police say asked an undercover detective posing as a 13-year-old girl to transmit semi-nude images of herself online is out on bond.
Health officials at the University of Virginia are working to stop the spread of a deadly bacterium that has already infected one student.
The number of people signing up for online classes at the University of Virginia is skyrocketing. More than 55,000 people have signed up for "Foundations of Business Strategy.
The former director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia has died, the center announced Thursday. Kenneth Winfred Thompson, 91, died Saturday at Martha Jefferson House.
“Fashionably late” is usually just an expression. Thursday night DeMya Walker (former U.Va. basketball star and current professional player) was fashionably late in a literal sense. She arrived right at the start of intermission during the Rancocas Valley girls basketball team’s 77-16 victory over Pennsauken — just in time to be honored on the court she once dominated as a player.
"To launch an independent bid, outside of the normal two-party system, you have to have a lot of money," said Geoff Skelley, UVA Center for Politics analyst. "And so maybe Bolling is going to have that money."
The University of Virginia is trying to break the barriers of a tough subject. Thursday night, people at UVA got together to have an open conversation about gender violence.
This week, in what was billed as a major policy address, Virginian Eric Cantor, the Republican House majority leader, called for eliminating the research "funds currently spent by the government on social science — including on politics of all things.
A water purification tablet that could enhance the quality of life for millions of people in developing countries is making its official debut at the University of Virginia.