Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said he welcomed the betting markets analysis, but cautioned that elections can be unpredictable. “In 2016, no one got it right,” Sabato said. “My philosophy is, let a thousand flowers bloom. The more analyses like this one, the better. Groupthink has caused more good people to get it wrong than any other factor.”
UVA is announcing a new fellowship that will help fight racism and inequity in the local area. Four Charlottesville leaders will be the first Community Fellows-In-Residence.
Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA professor of law, said he does not think the ERA is viable. In order for an amendment to go into effect, the Archivist of the U.S. must publish and certify it, he noted. “I think what it means in this context is the archivist is not going to certify the amendment as part of our Constitution because the archivist has received the legal opinion from an office whose opinions carry great weight in the executive branch,” Prakash said.
Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, a professor at the UVA School of Law, said it is likely that a lawsuit will be filed against the National Archives that will compel them to ratify the amendment if the threshold is met. Prakash, who published a paper on the ERA in the Harvard Law Review last year, said contentions against the ERA deadline have grown since the 27th Amendment (on congressional pay) was passed in 1992, more than 200 years after Congress made a resolution for its adoption.
It’s up to the voters now. Tuesday’s debate was Iowans’ last chance to see the Democratic primary contestants compete with each other onstage before the caucuses on Feb. 3, and that time will be even more precious for the candidates who will be sidelined the next few vital weeks by an impeachment trial in the Senate. “If you liked Biden or Warren or Sanders going in, you probably liked them two hours later.” Jennifer Lawless is a professor of politics at the University of Virginia whose research focuses on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics.
Which tech companies are really doing the most harm? Here are the 30 most dangerous, ranked by the people who know. Twitter: Dissent: “It’s not a global force. It makes no money. Its power is limited to its ability to reflect and refract messages that originate elsewhere or find greater amplification elsewhere.” —Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia
The 26th annual festival will run from March 18 to 22 at various locations around Charlottesville. The event promotes literacy and celebrates books from all types of genres and authors.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, a $1 million prize competition developed by Energy Systems Network and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will pit teams from universities worldwide in an effort to create software for self-driving Dallara race cars. As of mid-January, UVA was among 19 global institutions registered.
With approval from the state board of education, Central High School soon will be under partial external management. As Central has received a “Priority Improvement” rating for five consecutive years, and as such is on the state’s performance-based accountability clock, Colorado law mandates formation of a plan to bring about improvements in struggling schools. The state board recently approved a two-year partnership with the University of Virginia’s Partnership for Leaders in Education, in conjunction with Relay Graduate School of Education, to help oversee Central.
The UVA football team was ranked No. 25 in the final Amway Coaches Poll of the 2019 season, released Tuesday.
Folks seem to be less hungry on the drug. “Metformin mainly causes weight loss by lowering food intake,” says Steven K. Malin, an assistant professor and expert in exercise metabolism and human nutrition at UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development.
The Leapfrog Group – a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality – announced the recipients of its 2019 Top Hospitals award. The UVA Medical Center was awarded in the teaching hospitals category.
“Interestingly, Pennsylvania is the only state that currently has an exactly split [U.S.] House delegation by party,” noted Kyle Kondik, managing editor of / at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The split is a good illustration of how divided Pennsylvania is,” he said of the nine-nine partisan split.
Suzanne Morse Moomaw, associate professor of urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia's School of Architecture, is the new director of the University of Virginia Press.
Another plausible scenario is much simpler: Biden wins Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and quickly takes command of the race. Cory Booker’s exit yesterday may have made this more likely. “At the time Biden entered the race, Harris and Booker seemed like the most obvious possibilities who could cut into Biden’s black support,” Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia writes. “Now they’re both out.”
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association will honor two local leaders with annual awards on Jan. 29. The LCAA board of directors will present its signature Leaders' Leader Award to Andrea Copeland-Whitsett and Emily Martin. Martin is an employee with the UVA Facilities Management working to build a Diversity & Inclusion program that meets the goals of UVA President Jim Ryan's 2030 Inclusive Excellence model.
Two students at the University of Virginia are on a mission to save information from Alderman Library’s card catalog. Neil Curtis and Sam Lemley are candidates for Ph.D.s in English. They have been working since November to rescue millions of cards in the hope to preserve information for future research.
Several colleges and universities in D.C., Maryland and Virginia were ranked among the nation’s best in online education on an annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report. Two universities in Virginia are in the Top 10 best online graduate programs in education – UVA (No. 3) and Virginia Commonwealth University (No. 8).
The University of Virginia (Curry) ranks No. 3 on the list.
Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association, and Pamela Cipriano, dean of UVA’s School of Nursing, debunk some of the myths surrounding nurses and midwives and discuss the challenges the industry is facing in 2020.