Kyle Kondik, managing editor of the nonpartisan Sabato's Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics, gives Democrats an even shot at taking back the House. "I am not jumping up and down saying the Democrats will take the House back," said Kondik, who added that with the election still six months out, plausible options range from Democrats gaining only 15 seats to a blue takeover that could net them as many as 50.
Kyle Kondik, of UVA’s Center for Politics, said the race in Ohio for Tiberi’s old seat in the suburbs north and east of Columbus could be the main event in this round. Tiberi and the Republican Main Street Partnership are supporting state Sen. Troy Balderson, while Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and the political arm of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus has thrown its lot behind insurgent Melanie Leneghan, a Liberty Township trustee who bills herself as a ‘Trump conservative.’
Trump won Ohio by eight percentage points. Brown can't ignore the increasing Republican hold on Ohio politics, wrote Kyle Kondik, who works at UVA's Center for Politics and is managing editor of political forecasting newsletter Sabato's Crystal Ball. "With Ohio changing, Brown cannot leave anything to chance," Kondik wrote in his column last week.
Rep. Jim Renacci won the Ohio Republican Senate nomination on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in November. Helping matters for Brown is Trump’s deep unpopularity nationwide and his relative unpopularity in Brown’s state. “It may sound overly simplistic, but Trump being in the White House is the biggest reason why Brown is favored,” Kyle Kondik at UVA’s Center for Politics said recently. “There’s just a frequent midterm drag that hurts the presidential party and helps the non-presidential one, and that’s exacerbated when the president is unpopular.”
Primary voters are generally the most motivated and often the most radical voters. “Republican primary voters have grown increasingly suspicious of the party leadership over the past decade,” says UVA political analyst Kyle Kondik.
(With UVA law professor Ashley Deeks) Because autonomous weapons systems are already in use today, the ultimate question about their capabilities is not a technical one, but rather a legal and ethical one.
Through a showcase of wine, culinary delight and one-of-a-kind auctions, the V Foundation raised more than $475,000 during its fourth annual Virginia Vine event – a gala held April 28 at Stone Tower Winery in Middleburg. Through these fundraising efforts, each of the Virginia Vine mission partners – including the UVA Health System Cancer Center – will receive a mission grant.
UVA recently launched the Fibrosis Initiative, a platform intended to support and mobilize researchers to collaborate and conduct studies focused on fibrosis. This program is expected to expand knowledge on fibrosis and lead to potentially groundbreaking discoveries that could open up new therapeutic opportunities.
Monticello and the University of Virginia’s Academical Village together are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Monticello was the plantation home of President Thomas Jefferson, and the Academical Village is part of the original construction of the University of Virginia. Jefferson designed both.
Sheetz held a food drive at its location in UVA’s Corner shopping district Tuesday afternoon to give students a chance to donate to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
Thomas Jefferson had very specific instructions for the obelisk that would mark his grave upon his death. He stipulated it should be made of course stone and inscribed with his proudest accomplishments (including writing the Declaration of Independence and founding the University of Virginia, but notably omitting serving as president of the United States). He did not specify where the tombstone should be located in perpetuity, however, and perhaps he should have.
With ultrasound waves guided by MRI, Insightec's Exablate Neuro system ablates deep brain tissue to improve essential tremors without surgery, sometimes with immediate results. A study conducted by the UVA School of Medicine demonstrated that patients' tremors and motor functions improved about 50 percent three months after treatment.
If he pleads the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering a question from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Donald Trump would make history. “The benefits are all legal, but I think the detriments are political,” says Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA law professor and senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center.
On Tuesday, four states will cast their votes to help set the stage for midterm elections in November. While Democrats are hoping for a blue wave, Republicans believe they can maintain the majority. Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, breaks down the competition in each state.
Braun’s campaign has labeled Messer and Rokita “swamp creatures” for the 12 years combined they have spent in the House. Trump often promises supporters he will “drain the swamp” in Washington, referring to career politicians and lobbyists. Kyle Kondik, an analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics, said Messer and Rokita “are going out of their way to be pro-Trump in almost cartoonish fashion. … It’s kind of shameless.”
For years NICU nurses have struggled with preventing premature babies from yanking on their breathing tubes, a serious problem impacting these babies. UVA nurse Tricia Cady is providing a solution to this problem with a special “hug.”
For years NICU nurses have struggled with preventing premature babies from yanking on their breathing tubes, a serious problem impacting these babies. UVA nurse Tricia Cady is providing a solution to this problem with a special “hug.”
The UVA Medical Center is lists among the “100 Great Hospitals in America” by a major national health care publication. Becker’s Hospital Review references UVA’s ranking at the No. 1 hospital in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report for 2017-18.
UVA-based undergraduate startup InMEDBio took first place and earned the People’s Choice award at the ACC InVenture Prize competition held at the Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology. The undergraduate team pitched their diabetic foot ulcer dressing, Phoenix-Aid, to a panel of judges at the Atlantic Coast Conference competition. The undergraduate startup came away with the top prize of $15 000 as well as an additional $5,000 for the People’s Choice award. Most recently, the startup placed third at the Collegiate Inventors Competition in October 2017.
UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan on Monday issued a statement regarding the death of Virginia Tech President Emeritus Charles Steger.