The Ohio district encompasses the northeast suburbs of Columbus, as well as more rural areas to the east. That’s a demographic composition that boosts Democratic hopes that the race will be the latest where Democrats outperform Hillary Clinton’s 2016 showing. Trump won the district by 11 points in 2016, a closer margin than the district Lamb won. On the surface, the district looks like an attractive target – albeit a distant one – for Democrats. But Kyle Kondik, a UVA elections analyst, believes it’s more complicated. “Pennsylvania’s 18th ...
(By Daniel T. Willingham, UVA psychology professor) I'm the father of a child who has a rare chromosomal disorder, trisomy-18. It affects about one in 5,000 births and leaves children with profound mental and physical disabilities. Life expectancy is harrowingly brief; some 90 percent of affected infants don't see their first birthday. There are many reasons why it's important for people to know about this syndrome – to encourage more research, advance better policies for families coping with it, to "raise awareness." But when I consider my daughter Esprit, I'm interested in a specific ki...
Snow is playing havoc with today’s schedule for the first day of Virginia’s Festival of the Book. Festival director Jane Kulow says if the venues are accessible and the authors can get there, then the event will go on. Even though it was snowing heavily, the 11:45 a.m. event at the Omni with former astronaut Leland Melvin went on.
It's spring break, but instead of getting their sun on a beach, 11 UVA college students are getting their sun on a roof in High Point. “We`re with an organization called Chi Alpha,” said Val Hornsby, a freshman. “It's a Christian organization on the grounds and we just really wanted to help people out.” They're volunteering with Community Housing Solutions, a small non-profit that serves Guilford County with home repairs at a reduced cost to keep people -- many of whom are elderly or disabled -- in their homes.
On Wednesday, HackCville, which helps students develop skills and network with others, announced a fellowship that will help UVA graduates who are trying to start their own businesses.
A conference at UVA this week gathered historians, anthropologists and experts from countries affected by the Atlantic slave trade to discuss ways to acknowledge participation in slavery, memorialize enslaved laborers and explain history to the public.
NPR's Michel Martin talks with UVA media studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan about whether this is a watershed moment for Facebook users.
A UVA law student says county sheriff's offices across the United States need to go. His argument stems from his research that sheriffs’ deputies are more likely to be corrupt than police officers. UVA student James Tomberlin says sheriffs are often protected from the checks and balances processes that police officers go through, which he says often leave the office unaccountable.
If the affair did happen, Trump and Cohen's denials could be used by Mueller to cast into doubt the reliability of their claims about other areas of his investigation. "This information would go generally to both of their credibilities and, more specifically, to both of their potential modus operandi for trying to control information that might be adverse to the president's interests," said Stephen Braga, a white-collar criminal defense professor at the UVA law school.
It’s easy to see how ShotSpotter could save victims by providing paramedics with faster and more accurate location reports. But how – and even whether – ShotSpotter also reduces shootings hasn’t been proved. “There haven’t been any rigorous studies of the impact of ShotSpotter,” said Jennifer Doleac, a UVA assistant professor of public policy and economics. One reason is the company goes to extraordinary lengths to keep cities from releasing their ShotSpotter data.
Within Christian circles, Hollywood, rock ’n’ roll and anything that sounded “liberal” were now the enemy in the minds of the televangelists and their legions of followers. The culture wars proceeded apace, and they kept the faithful mobilized. Increasingly evangelicals doubled down on building their own record companies, publishing houses, and increasingly, their own subculture. And the only time they poked their heads above their own wall was to hand out a voter’s guide or endorse a political candidate. By the time UVA sociologist James Davison Hunter coined the term “culture wars” in 1991, ...
Dozens of UVA students are continuing their discussion on how to prevent gun violence. On Monday, speakers at a gun sense forum delved into the topics of race and gender. Attendees also reflected on past events and focused on informing themselves on current legislation and policy.
There's a spotlight on slavery at UVA and Monticello during March 19-21. A first-of-its-kind international conference is taking place, where people have plenty of history to discuss. Museum and historic site officials are comparing the narratives and stories of slavery, and how the institution controlled the world for centuries.
The Rutherford Institute in Albemarle County is hosting a public conversation on free speech following last summer's Unite the Right Rally. On Wednesday, First Amendment lawyers John Whitehead and Nadine Strossen will debate the tensions surrounding the First Amendment. The event will be held in UVA’s Rotunda.
A few years ago, researchers in Germany set out to plumb the moral consciences of small children. Their actions, according to Amrisha Vaish, the UVA psychology researcher who led the study, demonstrate “the beginnings of real guilt and real conscience.”
Siva Vaidhyanathan, UVA professor of media studies and author of the upcoming book on Facebook “Antisocial Media,” says Facebook's policies betrayed users. "This was not a data breach. This was Facebook being Facebook," he said.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society honored outgoing UVA President Teresa Sullivan on Monday. Sullivan was presented with the Silver Hope Award, given to someone who has maintained an exceptional leadership role in the community.
High school students from Argentina and Chile had a warm welcome at UVA on Sunday with a mini-a capella concert on the Rotunda steps. They are in Charlottesville as part of the UVA Center for Politics’ Youth Ambassadors program, to learn about civic engagement and develop their leadership skills.
UVA’s Darden School of Business has received a $30 million endowment dedicated to providing international study opportunities to every full-time MBA student at the school, at no additional cost to the student.
Single-parent households have less money and less time for children. To be sure, many single parents are heroic, but it’s a struggle. Studies tell us “that children raised by single parents are significantly more likely to have children young, to drop out of high school, and to work less as young adults,” write UVA sociologist W. Bradford and Isabel Sawhill of the Brookings Institution.