“The world seems to be splitting at the seams," observes UVA nursing and drama professor Tim Cunningham, a professional clown. But laughter can bring us together, and that’s why Cunningham spends his spare time juggling, doing magic tricks and pratfalls to make people laugh through Clowns Without Borders.
(Editorial) To his credit, Northam advanced some unique proposals to help build a new economy in rural Virginia. He proposed to expand UVA’s College at Wise — specifically adding graduate programs there with a focus on renewable energy. He proposed to waive certain taxes on startups in economically-distressed communities, which would cover rural Virginia and some central cities, too. He proposed to expand broadband internet.
Expanded outdoor tourism, health care and regional leadership development in Southwest Virginia are the goals of federal funding recommendations that Gov. Terry McAuliffe made Friday. A recommended $100,000 grant would go to Rally SWVA to create a new economic development emerging leadership program. Rally SWVA is a program of UVA’s College at Wise’s economic development office. The proposal would also get more than $17,500 from UVA-Wise and nearly $22,500 in “sponsorships.”
“I work with Elizabeth Warren,” proclaimed Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia at an event at UVA in November, pointing to an opioid bill the two worked on together that became law.
An athlete from a young age, Leland Melvin attended the University of Richmond on a football scholarship, and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He then completed a master’s degree in materials science engineering at UVA.
Guy Geier recently kicked off a year-long presidency of the AIA’s New York chapter. He said attending architecture school at UVA was “where I cultivated my design-thinking capabilities and was exposed to a wide range of academic and cultural subjects.”
The Virginia CubeSat Constellation is a NASA- and Virginia Space Grant Consortium-funded mission that will place three very small satellites in orbit as a constellation from the International Space Station as part of the NASA Undergraduate Student Instrument program. The student-led mission is a VSGC project and joint effort among four member universities: ODU, UVA, Virginia Tech and Hampton University.
Kyle Kondik, an American politics expert at the University of Virginia, said a Trump endorsement would help Jim Renacci in the GOP primary.
Republicans won’t be able to stifle Democrats as much as they did when they controlled two-thirds of the chamber, said Geoffrey Skelley, an analyst for the UVA Center for Politics.
The ranking by Sabato’s Crystal Ball, at UVA’s Center for Politics, also changed Monday with Royce’s announcement. It’s now seen as a “toss-up.” Previously, it was ranked as “likely Republican.”
Nonpartisan election handicapper Crystal Ball, which is led by Larry Sabato of UVA’s Center for Politics, revised the rating for California’s 39th Congressional District following Royce’s announcement. Instead of “leaning Republican,” the race is now a “toss-up,” according to Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik.
“I’ve told people that after Trump, I take everyone seriously,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center of Politics.
“Inevitably, the looming election cuts into legislative time and makes many members cautious about passing big-ticket items,” said UVA political science professor Larry Sabato.
Brandon Garrett, UVA law professor and author of “End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice,” said that this trend could contribute to “steeper declines in some of those counties that used to be at the forefront of death sentencing.”
“What can it be like to work for Donald Trump?” UVA Miller Center researcher Ken Hughes asked. “You have to let off steam.”
Mormons believe their leaders are chosen by revelation to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, according to Kathleen Flake, a UVA professor of Mormon studies.
UVA professor Nicola Bezzo and his students are mapping out a historic tunnel in Crozet through the eyes of a hand-built robot.
That forecast comes from Autonomous Research, which based the number on the results of a 2002 academic study by researchers from UVA and two other schools.
UVA Today: To Russia With Love: UVA Research Team Creates One-of-a-kind Database. “After combing through more than 8,000 scientific articles, the team – led by Dr. Scott Heysell, an associate professor of medicine for infectious diseases and international health – has put the finishing touches on what they believe is the only geo-located database of HIV research conducted in Russia and former Soviet Union countries.”
For the fourth consecutive year, more people have been moving out of Virginia than in, according to the Demographics Research Group at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.