Most of the hourlong argument before the Supreme Court last week focused on whether the courts should get involved in reviewing partisan gerrymandering cases at all and, if so, what standard or test should be used to review such claims. “The issue presented here is whether or not the plaintiffs have found a new formula that could be used to figure out if a redistricting plan is extreme gerrymandering,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics.
Now a second movie, “Marshall,” which opens here Friday, is stirring similar Jewish concerns. Like “Selma,” the new film is “based on a true story.” The Virginia Law Weekly, published by the UVA Law School, reviewed the film, noting that Joshua Gad, who played Friedman, “captured the essence of a bumbling new lawyer.” Jenna Goldman, editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Weekly, was intrigued enough to investigate the actual rape case, Connecticut vs. Spell. Goldman discovered that this “real story” was far from real in how it depicted the Jewish lawyer.
(By Barbara A. Perry, presidential studies director at UVA’s Miller Center) Nowhere are a president’s persuasive abilities more necessary, and the people more receptive to them, than in the aftermath of a tragedy. But why do we expect a partisan political figure to soothe our nation’s jangled nerves after a disaster? The answers lie in the nature of the office, the men who have held it, modern public grieving rituals and contemporary media culture – but also in the cumulative impact of crises and the expanding demands on presidents as power has accrued to them.
A pair of children's hospitals will create a clinically integrated network dedicated exclusively to improving children's health. According to a release, the UVA Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters will create the network, which will be the only one in Virginia designed specifically for pediatrics.
A recently discovered dwarf galaxy in the constellation Lynx may serve well as a proxy for better understanding the developing chemistry of the early universe, according to a research team that includes UVA astronomers.
More than a decade after the Women's Health Initiative clinical trials, lingering misperceptions regarding hormone therapy still prevent many women from getting relief from their menopause symptoms. A new study from the UVA Health System uncovers knowledge gaps of clinicians treating postmenopausal women and identifies need for additional education.
UVA is one of several Atlantic Coast Conference universities that worked with the Smithsonian Institution to create a festival celebrating creative exploration and research. The first ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival will be held this weekend in Washington, D.C.
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia was granted departmental status. Deborah McDowell, director of the institute, stated that “the institute has existed since 1981 and for the entirety of that time, it has been a program. A program signals secondary status in an institution of higher learning.”
The third and final debate in the governor’s race produced one clear, unmistakable winner: The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
Tickets will go on sale at 12:01 a.m. Friday for the latest films and events announced Tuesday by the Virginia Film Festival. Actor Anthony Michael Hall will appear at a screening of his film, “The Lears.”
UVA is asking the city of Charlottesville for ownership of Brandon Avenue. Tuesday, UVA presented an update on the Brandon Avenue project to the City Planning Commission. The project would build more upperclass housing, move the Student Health Center and add a greenway with a stormwater feature into the middle of the street.
“It’s always hard, though not impossible, for the president’s party to maintain or even gain ground in an election,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, said in a Sept. 21 interview. He cited solid approval numbers in recent years for former Presidents Bill Clinton in 1998 and George W. Bush in 2002, when their parties bucked midterm trends. But, Kondik said, those types of gains are made when the president has favorable numbers.
Professor Larry Sabato, who runs UVA’s Center for Politics, said Trump’s polling numbers in Virginia weren’t too surprising. But Sabato said the decline in net approval ratings doesn’t mean that people are switching sides. “Opponents aren’t becoming supporters, supporters aren’t becoming opponents, but it is affecting the degree to which they’re either enthusiastic about him or opposed to him,” he said.
"Trump is not [popular] right now, and his weakened standing could threaten Republican chances to defeat Democratic Senate incumbents in dark red states," observed Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of the VA Center for Politics' Sabato's Crystal Ball.
(Commentary by John Moore, professor at UVA’s School of Law) The Constitution of the United States, and its subsequent Bill of Rights, produced the greatest political success in history: the United States of America. Much of the genius behind that success came from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and other Virginians. Virginia contributed greatly to the early success of the nation, providing four of our first five presidents; Washington, Jefferson, Madison and James Monroe (not counting Virginia’s later contributions to the presidency, including Woodrow Wilson). The recent “Charlottesville” tr...
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters is forming an alliance with the University of Virginia to develop best practices for pediatric care in both locations. The alliance, which is called a "clinically integrated network," is the first in the state focused on children's health, according to a joint news release from the hospital systems Tuesday.
A recent UVA-led study shows that most threats made in a school setting in Virginia are not serious in nature and can be dealt with accordingly, according to the determinations of threat assessment teams.
Daniel Cox spent most of his career studying Type 1 diabetes. About a decade ago, he measured his own blood sugar. It was high. He thought it was a mistake, measured again, and got the same results. Cox, a professor of psychiatric medicine and internal medicine at UVA’s School of Medicine, has used blood glucose monitoring to manage his diabetes for seven years. He has offered the program to a few people, and he recently received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to test his strategy in clinical trials.
A University of Virginia library is preserving the events of Aug. 12 and the Charlottesville community's response to the “Unite the Right” rally.
Interestingly, at least two schools – the College of William & Mary and UVA’s College at Wise – simply omit addresses and phone numbers from their student directories, rendering them useless for solicitation purposes. Instead, requestors might only get a campus post office box, which also takes care of the safety concern.