It’s more likely that Trump will do what he’s done in the past: attempt to project strength, according to Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political analyst.
The president has said mailed ballots are so vulnerable to fraud that their widespread use could cost him the election, a widely disputed claim. “If there is one mind I can’t read, it’s Donald Trump’s,” said Larry Sabato, founder and director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “His tweets have revealed a lot — he praises mail-in voting in Florida because they have had a string of good Republican governors, but states such as Nevada with Democratic leadership are full of fraud.”
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas of the University of Virginia says President Trump is shattering norms in a very aggressive way and his speeches every night at the RNC may be overkill, that could lead to fewer viewers on the final night.
Aynne Kokas, a Kluge fellow at the Library of Congress who specializes in U.S.-China media and tech relations, said in an interview that there are multiple issues with Trump naming specific companies as prospective buyers of TikTok.
With most American theaters still closed, Hollywood’s increasing dependency on China will leave studios even more susceptible to Beijing’s censorship pressure. “This is a moment where these issues will only come to the forefront even more. ... We’re seeing the Chinese market actually moving even more toward a very strongly government-controlled landscape,” said Aynne Kokas, author of “Hollywood Made in China” and a media studies professor at the University of Virginia.
COVID-19 has affected all of us in various ways. Dr. Yun Michael Shim, who is a pulmonary and critical care doctor at the UVA Medical Center, has spent the past several months helping to treat coronavirus patients.
(Commentary by Laura Morgan Roberts, professor in the Darden School of Business) The COVID-19 pandemic has upended social habits and scrambled workplace routines. Today, with up to half of all Americans working from couches, kitchen tables and improvised desks under “safer at home” recommendations, many of the practices managers have always relied on to unify teams are no longer feasible.
(Commentary by Kelsey Clayback, Marissa Bivona and Maria Accavitti, graduate students in the Curry School of Education and Human Development) This summer, many educators and administrators are able to pause and regroup while determining the safest plan for returning to in-person schooling in the fall. However, for early childhood educators, there was no such pause. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, these educators have been continuing their work in classrooms across the country.
More COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke-Alleghany region are being linked to people taking travel risks and not adhering to mitigation guideless when off the job, a health official said Tuesday. A UVA model has predicted that this region of the state would see a spike in cases in mid-to-late September.
The surge of coronavirus cases across Southern Virginia is somewhat easing, according to the University of Virginia COVID-19 model.
The University of Virginia, acknowledging its past as an institution that enslaved 4,000 people to build and maintain its grounds, has unveiled a memorial to honor them.
The University of Virginia has a new system for people to submit reports of major infractions concerning the safety guidelines put in place due to the coronavirus.
At the University of Virginia, a virtual version of “Convocation” happened Sunday night. President Jim Ryan welcomed UVA’s Class of 2024 and urged the new students to build bridges with others, even in an era of COVID-19.
The actions of students will determine if the fall semester at the University of Virginia is to remain in-person, a University official said Saturday in a video message.
UVA Dean of Students Allen Groves released a video through social media on Saturday addressing students who are getting prepared to return to Grounds within the next couple of weeks.
As University of Virginia students were sent home due to COVID-19 in March, the staff at the Fralin Museum of Art had to get creative to finish a semester-long docent training course preparing students to lead tours in the museum.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, is starting a new live web series called “Sabato’s Crystal Ball: America Votes.”
Brick by brick, and beam by beam, the stacks of Alderman Library are coming down, as the University continues major renovations that will bring the library into the 21st century.
Producing top-shelf linebacker talent in the ACC is nothing new in Charlottesville. UVA is the only program to have an All-ACC first-, second- or third-team linebacker in eight of the last nine seasons – perhaps surprising considering the Cavaliers had losing records in six of those seasons, and finished in the bottom five in the conference in scoring defense in five of those seasons.
It’s been just over a week since the NCAA postponed fall sports championships. “I would be lying if I didn’t say it was difficult,” UVa field hockey player Rachel Robinson said. “Definitely it was hard to hear the NCAA telling you, ‘Hey, we’re not having a championship this fall.’ The team and me personally, that’s what you’ve been working toward, and as a fourth-year, this is your last chance of getting that national championship.”