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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Inducts Law, Medical Professors

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has inducted two University of Virginia professors into its ranks.

Danielle Citron

Repression and political violence in China

China's mistreatment of its Uyghur minority has drawn international condemnation and sanctions. This repression and other domestic security policies are hugely costly to China. Yet the Chinese Communist Party persists in its policies while also investing in public diplomacy efforts. Why? This wide-ranging conversation examines the intersection of repression in China, Chinese domestic and international security and diplomatic considerations, and U.S. policy perspectives.

Philip Potter

Opinion: A smart and humane answer on immigration

A humanitarian crisis has pushed more than 7 million people to leave Venezuela over the past decade, some settling in South and Central America and others coming to the US. Those who arrive here have often found themselves in desperate circumstances.

David Leblang

Taking Heart From a Presidential Summit

The biennial Presidential Sites Summit convened more than 250 participants from the nation’s presidential homes and libraries, National Park Service sites, first ladies’ archives, presidential studies programs, and social media companies, along with aficionados of American presidents and their families.

Barbara Perry

Emergency phone alerts have saved lives, and caused confusion

“Over-alerting is a common fear in emergency management circles because it can lead people to ignore alerts and not take needed action. The sheer volume of different updates can be similarly overwhelming, burying emergency alerts in countless other messages,” media and communication professors Elizabeth Ellcessor and Hamilton Bean wrote in a commentary about Wednesday’s test.

Elizabeth Ellcessor

US emergency alert system: Everything to know about the national test

“The national test is best thought of as a system-wide test,” says Elizabeth Ellcessor at the University of Virginia. “If the system works for this, it should also work for the smaller, more local, ordinary uses.”

Elizabeth Ellcessor