For the second year, former UVA football star Chris Long held a fundraiser for his foundation at King Family Vineyards on Saturday. Wheels, Wine and Wonder raised money for the Chris Long Foundation to support educational equity and early childhood literacy programs locally and nationally.
More and more, when crises arise, city and state officials look to colleges to leave the bounds of their normal charter and help, says Joshua J. Yates, research director of the University of Virginia’s Thriving Cities Lab. Colleges themselves have expanded their town-gown projects since the 1980s, according to a recent report by the lab.
Tensions over the Establishment Clause go all the way back to America's birth, when the Pilgrims and Puritans came seeking religious freedom from persecution in England, which has informed the narrative ever since. "In the UK you have an established church, which tolerates all the others," says Douglas Laycock, the Robert E Scott Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School.
The relationship between United States history and law is complicated — and something distinguished University of Virginia professor G. Edward White has devoted years to examining in his “Law in American History” book series.
Trump portrayed himself as a pragmatic businessman who knew how to cut deals domestically and abroad. But time and again this year, he has shunned that approach by deciding to follow his own impulses. “He just carries forward with what he wants to do, the Constitution be damned, the institutional guardrails be damned, professional guardrails be damned and the leaders of his own party be damned,” said Barbara Perry, a presidential historian at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. “No one is standing up to him, and they fear him now.”
Kalamazoo College: Ken Elzinga, the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia.
It's possible to protect LGBTQ rights and religious freedom at the same time, as Latter-day Saint leaders propose, but not enough activists and policymakers are interested in that approach, said Douglas Laycock, a professor of law and religious studies at the University of Virginia. Compromise is treated like a dirty word in today's debates on discrimination.
Melody Barnes, co-director of the Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia, will speak at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony.
Meanwhile, more universities are working together to examine their legacies of slavery and to better highlight the contributions of minority students and academics. And although administrators can be nervous about bringing troubled histories to light, transparency can often be good for the college's brand, said Kirt Von Daacke, a history professor at the University of Virginia.
Members from Christians Purpose delivered gifts to mothers who spent Mother's Day at the NICU at UVA Children's Hospital Sunday afternoon.
The founders of Christian's Purpose spent the day handing out goody bags and treats to mothers at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital. The event was a way to show new mothers the day can still be special no matter where they are.
The University of Virginia has turned an event and study space into a collaborative workplace aimed at interdisciplinary research projects. The Research Collaboration Corner, at 1400 University Ave. on the Corner, is squeezed next to the 14th Street bridge and the former medical school building, and formerly housed OpenGrounds.
Virginia is rocketing into the upper echelons of one high-growth field. The verb, by the way, is a literal one. Last month, a rocket blasted off from Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, carrying nearly 4 tons of supplies for the International Space Station, 40 live mice who were probably wondering what in the world was happening to them, and a bunch of other science experiments. CubeSats are cubes about the length of your cellphone. The rocket last month carried 60 ThinSats and four CubeSats. The CubeSats came from Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University and ...
Blandy, which is designed to promote environmental appreciation and education, is part of the University of Virginia. The farm was part of a summer home for Graham Blandy. He donated the land to the university when he died in 1926.
The FCC’s broadband map relies on self-reported data on a form that ISPs must file with the agency twice a year showing census blocks in which they offer service. Policymakers and ISPs agree that the data tends to overstate coverage, particularly in rural areas where census blocks are large, and may include locations with broadband and others without it. “The biggest consequence is when an area is considered ‘served,’ because they lose access to funding,” said Christopher Ali, a UVA assistant professor of media studies.
(Commentary by Richard Schragger, Perre Bowen Professor of Law and Joseph C. Carter Jr. Research Professor of Law) A Charlottesville circuit judge recently ruled that two statues of Confederate generals that sit in Charlottesville city parks are ‘war memorials’ under a Virginia state statute that bars their removal. While the judge’s recent decision is significant, two other issues are looming and they might be even more consequential.
When the University of California decided to walk away from negotiations with its journal publisher and push for more open-access publishing, research librarians in Virginia paid attention. “We’re definitely vigorously exploring other options and models,” said John Unsworth, UVA’s dean of libraries.
Two academics at the University of Virginia in the US are aiming to draw people into the climate debate — but not with statistics, graphs and charts. Instead, they're using music and the sounds of nature, something known as ecoacoustics, to appeal directly to the emotions and the heart.
Kevin G. McDonald, vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity at the University of Missouri at Columbia and chief diversity officer for the university system, will become vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Virginia on August 1.
Gables, decorative woodwork and front porches from Sears or Aladdin Homes became styles synonymous with American home architecture, and frequently feature on Cheap Old Houses. “These houses were aimed, not at the fancies, but at the middle class,” says Richard Guy Wilson, architectural historian and professor at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. He worries about how the decline of small-town America will affect the future of these homes. “I’m an architectural historian — I believe in saving things,” he says. “But these little towns, they’re not drawing people.”