Senator Tim Kaine made a stop at the University of Virginia on Saturday, in an effort to get some help with a bill. Help didn't come from law professors or even President Jim Ryan but from students.
The University of Virginia’s Cyber Defense Team (prevailed over nine other finalist teams to win the 2019 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and its coveted Alamo Cup.
The University of Virginia won the Alamo Cup at the 2019 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (April 23-25 in Orlando. The competition aims to encourage more students to pursue cybersecurity careers by introducing them to practical applications of cyber defense skills.
"Mr. Bush had given up," said Jennifer Givens. "He had gone through his trials and his appeal and had given up hope of ever getting out." Givens leads the Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law, which works to help convicted Virginians with a case for innocence.
Sadly, Al Drummond wasn’t present to enjoy the Cavaliers’ first NCAA basketball championship. He died Aug. 12, 2018, of neurosarcoidosis. Drummond deserves special recognition in Wahoo lore; he became UVA’s first African-American varsity basketball player in 1971 under Coach Bill Gibson.
(Commentary) Saturday’s celebration of George Welsh’s life didn’t overshadow the afternoon of football. Instead, it foreshadowed what Welsh’s players see occurring at their alma mater.
For the first time in Bronco Mendenhall’s tenure at Virginia, the Cavaliers plan to play a spring football game of sorts Saturday, keeping score as the offense scrimmages against the defense. Mendenhall, preparing for his fourth season at UVA, still hopes to get the program to the point where there’s enough depth to split the team into two full rosters and play an actual game, but with as many as 14 players still out from last season, this isn’t the year for that, he said.
Political analysts in Virginia said it is better for the lawmakers, particularly Ms. Luria and Ms. Spanberger, to stay off the national radar than be the face of the party in attacks ads like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and her liberal colleagues. “It’s easier to make waves when you have zero worries about reelection,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
UVA professor and renowned political analyst Larry Sabato says Joe Biden’s video formally announcing his candidacy differentiated the long-time politician and former vice president from the sprawling Democratic field he’s entering.
UVA professor and renowned political analyst Larry Sabato says Joe Biden’s video formally announcing his candidacy differentiated the long-time politician and former vice president from the sprawling Democratic field he’s entering.
The Harvard College Democrats are leading a coalition of more than 40 Young Democrats chapters to boycott the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over their policy to protect incumbent Democrats from primary challengers. Chapters involved in the boycott include: Arizona State University, Dartmouth College, Michigan State University, Rutgers University-Newark, and the University of Virginia, The Hill reported.
“NCCDC’s systematic, professional approach to this competition, and the use of real-world business scenarios, helps attract the talent that will fill the 3.5 million cyber job vacancies we will see by 2021,” said John DeSimone, vice president of Cybersecurity and Special Missions at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services. “Congratulations to the University of Virginia and all NCCDC competitors. We encourage them to continue their pursuit of cybersecurity excellence.”
Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential-campaign announcement on Thursday featured footage from the 2017 white-supremacist rally at the University of Virginia. In the announcement, the former vice president called student activists at UVA “a courageous group of Americans” who stood against those spreading hate.
The UVA Health System had a little help drumming up organ donors on Thursday. The system's popular therapy dogs were on hand Thursday as part of UVA’s fourth annual Donate Life Week.
UVA police are holding public roll calls to give the public a glimpse into what they do.
UVA police are holding public roll calls to give the public a glimpse into what they do.
Patrick Tolan, director emeritus of UVA’s Youth-Nex, a center dedicated to effective youth development, reviewed the study. He said the findings are not surprising, but they don't mean long-term consequences are inevitable for all kids who are bullied. But the study is a warning that "this is a real problem worthy of attention and intervention to stop and prevent," he added.
Janet Warren, UVA professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences, testified in that trial as an expert who knew about policies regarding protection of children from sexual abuse. Besides her work as a professor, the Boy Scouts of America retained her in 2013 to research its ineligible volunteer database and to recommend how to make it more effective, according to BSA.
Janet Warren, UVA professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences, testified in that trial as an expert who knew about policies regarding protection of children from sexual abuse. Besides her work as a professor, the Boy Scouts of America retained her in 2013 to research its ineligible volunteer database and to recommend how to make it more effective, according to BSA.
The prosecution called Timothy Longo Sr., a nationally renowned expert. He served, most recently, as the chief of police of the city of Charlottesville. He is now creating a master’s degree program on police issues for the University of Virginia while teaching as an adjunct professor teaching the police use of force at the UVA Law School.