In the spring, law students from across the state organized and sent letters to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners asking it to eliminate a portion of the application that prompts the disclosure of mental health conditions, saying that students who need mental health counseling aren’t getting it out of fear that they will be denied admission to the state bar. The changes took effect Jan. 1 and were announced this week at the first Law Student Wellness Summit at the University of Virginia School of Law.
The American Jewish Committee has joined with Christian and Jewish advocacy organizations in filing an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to rule unconstitutional a large Latin cross on government property in a Washington, D.C. suburb. The brief was prepared by Professor Douglas Laycock, a church-state scholar affiliated with the University of Virginia and University of Texas.
“When women run for office,” point out Danny Hayes and Alexandra D. Kurtz of George Washington University, and Jennifer L. Lawless of the University of Virginia, in a recent working paper, “they raise as much money and are just as likely to win their races as men.” They also receive similar press coverage, Hayes and Lawless found in their 2016 book, “Women on the Run.”
Kathryn Crespin, a researcher at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, took a deep dive for you and put out a list of the five things baby boomers need to know. The researcher examined men and women 85 years and older.
The UVA Facilities Management Apprenticeship Program teaches a skilled trade through a combination of on-the-job training, technical education and classroom instruction in a four-year program.
Recently, the University of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation have devised the first nitrogen calculators.
Gregory B. Fairchild, a professor at the University of Virginia’s business school, said both the violence in Charlottesville and the current upheaval could give some young people pause about moving to the state. In theory, that could affect companies’ decisions as well. But he doubted that the scandals would have a measurable effect on Virginia’s economy.
The Virginia Film Festival and the Virginia Festival of the Book will welcome actor, writer, director and producer Emilio Estevez for a screening of his film “The Public” on March 22 at 7 p.m. at The Paramount Theater, as part of the 25th anniversary Virginia Festival of the Book.
(By Dr. Fern R. Hauck, Spencer P. Bass MD Twenty-First Century Professor of Family Medicine, professor of public health sciences and director of UVA’s International Family Medicine Clinic) My father-in-law, just 13 years old, and his father were deported from France to Auschwitz in 1942 and they spent almost three years in some of the most infamous Nazi concentration camps until liberated by American troops in 1945.
Hamed Joodaki, a University of Virginia Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering talks with Les Sinclair about his quest to make seatbelts safer for obese people.
The scandals may cost the Democrats their chance to take over control of the legislature in November's elections, said Larry Sabato, the director of UVA’s Center for Politics. The scandals have eroded voters' faith in the party to put forward good candidates, and any perceived racial disparities in consequences for the three officials may cause further harm, he said. "You've got three of them in trouble, and then potentially the African-American goes and the two whites stay," he said in a telephone interview. "Now, there could be complete justification for that, but it looks terrible."
"This has really taken off in recent years," Larry Sabato, a top elections expert and the director of UVA’s Center for Politics, wrote in an email. "Big money is easy to collect, but small money gets a campaign votes, not just cash. People who give even five bucks have skin in the game. … Anybody who buys a piece of merchandise from an e-store is almost certainly a strong supporter of the candidate who will give money, volunteer in some way, and give a candidate the best kind of advertising — vocal endorsement to family and friends.”
A UVA historian talked Monday about the legal status of Africans when they first arrived in Virginia 400 years ago. Many historians say they are not exactly sure about the legal status of the first Africans to Virginia, but they said it is safe to say the first Africans were all enslaved when they arrived at Point Comfort in Virginia.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with A.E. Dick Howard, a drafter of Virginia's current constitution, about the state's impeachment policies, and how and why an elected official could be impeached.
The UVA Health System is opening an expanded eye clinic at the UVA Medical Park Northridge on Ivy Road. The expansion is in response to an increase in population and in high-risk groups.
The UVA Health System has opened an expanded eye clinic at UVA Medical Park Northridge on 2955 Ivy Road. The expanded clinic includes nine additional rooms and new eye specialties available, including cornea and retinal care along with treatments for cataracts and uveitis.
A member of the UVA School of Medicine has been recognized for research discoveries that are making a major impact. According to a release from the UVA Licensing and Ventures Groups, Lee M. Ritterband has been named the 2019 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year.
Campus free speech policies in practice leave marginalized students vulnerable to hate speech. Students, therefore, cannot depend on their universities to provide protection from incidences like the demonstration at the University of Virginia, targeted flyers that promote harmful ideas and speakers who spread hateful ideologies. Thus, “neutral” free speech policies are insufficient if universities intend to provide a safe environment for all of their students since “neutral” free speech policies allow hate speech that is harmful for some of their students.
UVA students and faculty are researching ways for people to act in more sustainable ways in their everyday lives. On Monday, researchers from various academic backgrounds presented their findings on a range of topics aimed at improving the environment.
For 39 years, UVA alumnus Dan Bonner has been a television analyst for college basketball games, mostly in the Atlantic Coast Conference. There may be names you know better from the ACC, but no one has been at it longer than Bonner.