After returning to civilian life in 2006, Iraq veteran and Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Ahn, now a U.Va. graduate student, re-engaged in the political process by volunteering for Vets for Freedom, which advocates for military success in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he eventually held a paid position as director of operations through 2009.
Several polls show the 5th Congressional District race is too close to call, so the political parties are working overtime to make sure their reliable backers turn out. WVTF's Sandy Hausman reports that both Robert Hurt and Tom Perriello are courting the student vote.
Dr. Bankole Johnson, head of U.Va.'s Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences Department, gives parents tips about what they should do to keep their children safe on Halloween.
Mechanical force affects a wide range of biological phenomena, from DNA replication to strengthening bones, yet there was “no calibrated method of tracing which proteins and which structures actually carry the force” in a cell, said Martin Schwartz of the University of Virginia. So Schwartz and colleagues designed a biosensor that measures force across a protein in a living cell with piconewton sensitivity. ... Already, Schwartz says he's been bombarded with requests for the tool.
James Davison Hunter
Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and author of "Culture Wars," the book that popularized the term
America’s Holy Writ / Tea Party evangelists claim the Constitution as their sacred text. Why that’s wrong.
Newsweek / Oct. 17
William F. Ruddiman
professor emeritus of environmental sciences and author of a widely used climate textbook
House candidate Loughlin claims 94 percent of carbon emissions are natural
PolitiFact / Oct. 28
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Tea Party candidates onl...
The Charlottesville region shed more than 3,000 jobs in 2009, a result of private sector losses, according to the latest Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s jobs assessment. ..."It’s certainly a sobering report," said Michael Harvey, president of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development. ...Harvey said, however, that the area has a solid underpinning in the public sector primarily through jobs at the University of Virginia. "That’s our firewall," he said.
Bloomfield High School students recently participated in a mock election with support from the Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI) of the University of Virginia (UVA), which provides free lesson plans and points of discussion to teachers nationwide on current political issues.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's children attend a public school in Northern Virginia where one of their teachers is "an absolute rock star." "My children learn about the solar system through song," Duncan told about 350 people attending the Governor's Education Summit yesterday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. ... Duncan came to the summit in Richmond with high praise for Virginia -- he said Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria is one of the best high schools in the nation and that the University of Virginia is one of the best ...
The biggest ever analysis of UNESCO's World Heritage sites has been conducted to find the top ten most recommended sites, the top ten sites in the best condition and the sites requiring the most attention. ... Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA topped the best condition list...
For the first time in 23 years, the Virginia Film Festival has a box office on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall. It has been up and running for just two days, and so far business is going well.
So many films, so many choices. The 23rd Virginia Film Festival will be next Thursday through Nov. 7 in Charlottesville. Over four days, more than 100 films will be screened at the University of Virginia and venues around Charlottesville.
Most company executives fervently believe their firm must grow or die. So did Edward Hess, a professor of business at the University of Virginia, who had previously made his living as an investment banker and strategy consultant helping to finance growth companies. But when he started studying corporate growth in 2002, he was surprised to find that much of what he believed about the purity of growth – and what you probably still believe – was wrong.
The University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato, arguably one of the most accurate election forecasters in the country in the Crystal Ball forecasts issued by him and his top team, is now making his final prediction: the Republicans will take the House and the Democrats will retain the Senate — but he doesn’t rule out a GOP surprise on the Senate front given post-World War II political trending.
More than a hundred people turned out to put a stop to domestic violence Wednesday night. The White Ribbon Campaign sponsored an open discussion about the issue at the Newcomb Hall Ballroom. A group of students formed the White Ribbon Campaign last year in response to incidents on grounds and in Charlottesville.
Larry Sabato
Professor of Politics and director of the Center for Politics
Midterm blowout: 50 or more Dem seats set to fall in the election
The Hill.com / Oct. 26
and
Alex Sink cheats in Florida debate. Will it matter?
Christian Science Monitor / Oct. 26
Isaac Wood
Director of communications, Center for Politics
Obama will campaign for Perriello on Friday in Charlottesville
Richmond Times-Dispatch / Oct. 27
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Global warming issue may determine key races in Virginia
Los Angeles Times / Oct. 2