Booker T. Washington died 105 years ago, but his ideas, thoughts and memories are virtually alive in 14 volumes at the University of Virginia, thanks to a digital offshoot of the University Press.
Amber D’Souza, a professor who studies infectious diseases and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, suggested at least 20% of students should be tested each week. Over the course of a 15-week semester, D’Souza’s suggested testing regimen would amount to 300 tests for every 100 students. Last fall, only UVA achieved such a testing capacity among the state’s 10 largest colleges.
Raheel Tauyyab, a UVA third-year student, said he learned about the flag from a professor who was monitoring the news about the riot on his computer during a virtual class Wednesday afternoon. Tauyyab, a Muslim American who said his goal was to one day work at the Capitol, said he could not forget the traumatized look on his professor’s face. “I won’t lie: I did shed a tear,” he said. “It was really stabbing to the heart to see something like that happen.”
When authors Laura Morgan Roberts [a Darden professor of practice], Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele began working on their books about diversity, equity and inclusion several years ago, they could not have predicted that they would be contributing to one of the best-selling topics of 2020.
(Commentary by A.E. Dick Howard, professor of law) George Mason's famous Declaration of Rights for Virginia (1776) declares that government is "instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community." But when the declaration turns to the question of who in that community should have the vote, it is more qualified.
Born July 23, 1963, Evelyn McGee-Colbert is the daughter of prominent Charleston litigation attorney and politician Joseph McGee. The 57-year-old was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She attended the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences, where she majored in English and drama.
UVA alum Michelle Cusimano Vachris has been selected as a 2021 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award recipient. Vachris is one of seven former college student-athletes to receive the Silver Anniversary Award in recognition of their collegiate and professional achievements, as well as their civic contributions.
(Book review) This is not an impartial review. The majority of the essays in Gary Gallagher’s “The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis” first appeared as columns that he regularly writes for this magazine, and that he began at my behest in 2009. If I liked them when they ran in the magazine, how could I not like them now? Throughout his career he has been committed to reaching out to a popular audience and making Civil War history accessible. His university classes were legendary for filling up, he leads battlefield tours, and he advocates for battlefield pre...
In 2018, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was testifying before Congress as Facebook went through an early round of investigation. At that time, University of Virginia media studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan described the company’s mode of operation: “It wants to discern patterns so that they can see what we like, who we care about, how passionately we care about certain things. And then, when it can mathematically distill those patterns, it can compare us to other people like us. That helps them put more things into our news feeds that are likely to generate interest, which hooks us even more. It’s the...
Indiana University Health has convened a panel of national experts on diversity and health care to investigate a high-profile case involving alleged racist treatment at the health care system’s hospital in Carmel, Indiana. Co-chairs Dr. David Wilkes and Dr. Jeannette South-Paul are both leaders in clinical care and cultural competence. Formerly at IU School of Medicine, Wilkes left the university in 2015 to become dean of the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine.
(Video) UVA’s Larry Sabato discusses the implications of Wednesday’s siege of Capitol Hill and whether calls for President Trump’s removal from office are likely to come to fruition.
(Video) "Bloomberg: Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. The aftermath after pro-Trump mobs storm the U.S. Capitol. Reaction from guests including Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia.
“I don’t think you’re going to see the United States preaching about our great democratic ... system very much, at least for the next few years,” added Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “The sheen is off the shining city on the hill, to use the phrase that [former President] Ronald Reagan liked to use. It’s a tragedy.”
(Audio and transcript) UVA history professor Philip Zelikow calls this a test for America. While he says he was appalled to see some of his fellow Republicans side with Trump, he says the U.S. could still remain a model for the world. “That's a better model for the world than what the Chinese government did the same day, by the way, in the same news cycle – mass arrests of people who want to have democracy in Hong Kong. If you look at how China has responded to its crisis of choice and how the United States will respond to this crisis, the world can draw those judgments.”
Both U.S. Senators from Virginia have called for invoking the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to remove President Donald Trump from office, but Larry Sabato at the UVA Center for Politics says that's easier said than done.
Political scientists from across the country, including dozens from Virginia, have called for the removal of President Donald Trump from office. In the letter to Congress, Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet, the signers say the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution needs to be invoked. Several people from the University of Virginia signed it, including John B. Holbein, Kevin Cope, Denise M. Walsh, Justin Schon, Alexander Welch, Nicholas Winter and Jacob Lollis.
In an interview Thursday, local activist Jalane Schmidt quoted poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,” Schmidt said. “They don’t see the danger of it. People of color do, and people who fight for racial justice, we do. We take it very seriously because there’s the whole history here of violence and police don’t see that.”
In 2017, white supremacists announced their intention to march in Charlottesville before the rally, said Jalane Schmidt, a race and religion professor at UVA. They threatened the lives of certain Charlottesville residents and even planned a car attack — which later happened, she said.
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are asking Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. UVA law professors Deborah Hellman and Charles Barzun weigh in on what this could look like if it goes into effect.
(Video) UVA political science chair Jennifer Lawless spoke to the acts of domestic terrorism at the United States Capitol on Wednesday — and what she sees are the prospects for those who are calling for President Donald Trump’s removal.