"Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been in the public eye for many years now," said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Political experts have cautioned that no single event is likely to outweigh the strong feelings most voters already have about the two presidential candidates. Rather, events like the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, simply add fuel to an already-burning fire. “The interest in this election was already really high,” said Kyle Kondik, of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “I think a lot of Democrats are more enthusiastic about voting against Trump as opposed to for Biden,” he added.
Wallace’s first question was about the Supreme Court and Trump’s decision to move forward with Amy Coney Barrett. But it veered off into another topic, healthcare. The candidates, however, at times talked over one another, making it difficult for either one of them to outline a coherent message. “We already see this will be one of the least instructive presidential debates ever,’ wrote Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The moderator has completely lost control.”
Veteran political analyst Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia, described the event on Twitter as "one of the least instructive presidential debates ever" and "a chaotic mess."
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato posted a blunt message on his Twitter account: “CANCEL THE REMAINING PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES.”
Jennifer Lawless, professor of politics at the University of Virginia whose research focuses on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics: “The first presidential debate may very well not be remembered for anything other than chaos and Donald Trump’s complete and utter disrespect for his opponent, the moderator, and the Presidential Debate Commission’s rules. In some ways, that’s understandable. Trump’s interruptions, personal insults and basic refusal to comply with the format made it difficult for viewers to focus on the substance of the candidates’ answers. But tha...
(Commentary) “Feminists support upholding Roe v. Wade. Amy Coney Barrett does not. Feminists support government policies to ensure equality and equity for women. Amy Coney Barrett does not. Feminists value the importance of affirmative action, environmental protection, and universal health care. Amy Coney Barrett does not,” said Jennifer Lawless, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. “Opposing a female nominee who is antithetical to feminist principles reflects a commitment to the cause.”
The woman who’s been nominated to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court has spent some time on the University of Virginia’s North Grounds. The resume for federal judge Amy Coney Barrett includes a 2007 stint as a Visiting Associate Professor at the UVA Law School. Barrett’s views have also been published in the UVA Law Review.
The details published about Donald Trump's tax returns were a revelation to the public but not to a small group of attorneys who work for a little-known congressional panel. Trump has been in the middle of a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over a 2010 claim of a $72.9 million tax refund, according to the New York Times, which obtained more than 20 years of the president's tax data. The size of the refund claim brought it before the Joint Committee on Taxation. The joint committee's role reviewing tax refunds goes back to 1927, one year after the committee was formed, said George Yin,...
'Quiet Revolt' Brewing at USPS as Postal Workers Defy Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Mail Sabotage
Chris Lu, a fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, said that while postal workers shouldn't be forced to defy leadership in order to deliver the mail on time, "it's a good reminder to thank your letter carrier for the important work they do."
Kamala Harris broke the internet when she stepped off a jet sporting a pair of Chuck Taylors (and later Timberland boots). Ed Markey wore vintage Nikes during his Senate primary. But campaign watchers haven’t seen anything yet. Cameron Webb is a true sneakerhead, and this is his shoe story. Webb, a 37-year-old candidate for Virginia’s 5th District (and UVA alum and UVA health physician), began his love affair with kicks as a teenager, when he could buy his own.
Melody Barnes, a lawyer and political advisor at the University of Virginia, addressed the need for everyone to have access to education during her BYU forum address Sept. 29. “To be educated assures us of nothing more and nothing less than the ability to engage life’s most complex challenges, to build and strengthen our body politic and our democracy and to live a life of meaning,” she said.
After joining a pod with her best friend and another neighbor, Ginny Vitiello’s fourth-grade daughter began acting out during class, distracting the other girls with goofy faces and turning off her video chat. As a result, Dr. Vitiello, a research assistant professor of education at the University of Virginia, has regularly checked in with the other parents in the pod – “trying to keep the lines of communication open” when things go amiss, she said.
All participants in these research projects sign documents that outline how their data will be collected, de-identified and shared. This ‘informed consent’ process is supposed to let them weigh privacy and other risks before they sign up, and it is required by law in the U.S. and most other places. But these documents can be difficult to parse. “Even if you’re very well educated, [the language] is still probably not as clear as it could be,” says Kevin Pelphrey, a neuroscientist and autism researcher at the University of Virginia.
“Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy,” by Siva Vaidhyanathan. Vaidhyanathan is a professor of media studies at University of Virginia. His book “Antisocial Media” follows the growth of Facebook from campus project to sociopolitical behemoth. Vaidhyanathan unpacks how citizens and governments use Facebook today, and shares what he believes turned a well-intentioned group of engineers into a corporation managing an overly powerful platform that poses legitimate threats to democracy.
“Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy,” Siva Vaidhyanathan: Vaidhyanathan’s book is a powerful critique of Facebook and an indictment of how social media has fostered the deterioration of democratic culture around the world. Vaidhyanathan is a cultural historian and media scholar and is a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
Dr Bill Petri, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Virginia, said that while he can understand the argument that testing creates complacency, aggressive testing, contact tracing and quarantining remain the best methods for containing viral spread. “It’s not rocket science,” Petri said. “The way to get it under control is doing lots and lots of tests really rapidly. You get out and identify the person with the infection and you isolate them, then you find out every single person who was exposed to that person during the infectious period and you quarantine all of them.”
The University of Virginia Center for Telehealth is part of a new coalition that aims to shine the spotlight on consumer-facing mHealth and telehealth tools to mitigate health disparities. Shepherded by the Consumer Technology Association and Connected Health Initiative, the Health Equity and Access Leadership Coalition brings together a variety of organizations and companies in the digital health space. Its first project will focus on operational and policy recommendations for increasing the value of connected health technology in tackling disparities in the U.S. health system.
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The Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Concordia announced Eye Bank of Ethiopia as the winner of the P3 Impact Award at the 2020 Concordia Summit. The annual P3 Impact Award recognizes exemplary cross-sector collaborations that feature public, private, nonprofit, or non-governmental organizations addressing societal challenges.