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Student's 'Remedy to save America' speech earns top honor at oratory contest

Jered Cooper, a third-year student and government major, won the competition and a $500 prize. The competition was organized by the University of Virginia's Miller Center Practitioner Senior Fellow Mary Kate Cary.

Mary Kate Cary

Student's 'Remedy to save America' speech earns top honor at oratory contest

Jered Cooper, a third-year student and government major, won the competition and a $500 prize. A panel of judges included former presidential speechwriters Clark Judge (Ronald Reagan), John McConnell (George W. Bush), and the University of Virginia's Miller Center Senior Faculty Fellow Jen Lawless.

Jennifer Lawless

Irish America believes they have a role to play in securing Northern Ireland's peace

Former President Bill Clinton views Ireland as a huge part of his legacy, a fact borne out by Professor and Co-Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center Russell Riley, who interviewed Clinton in 2010.

Russell Riley

How the Nov. 8 midterm elections could affect Donald Trump’s political future

Mr. Trump has already seen success ensuring that Congress after the mid-terms looks “much more like Donald Trump,” said Jennifer Lawless, senior faculty fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.

Jennifer Lawless

Why aren't more moms running for office? One group is hoping to change that

Women—even more so those with young children—are still in the minority, Vote Mama's research shows. This is despite the proven political power of mothers, Faculty Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center Jennifer Lawless said.

Jennifer Lawless

The price of aggression: Russia's war in Ukraine

The 2022 Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy addressed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting shifts in the global geopolitical landscape and featured the University of Virginia's Miller Center Faculty Senior Fellow Philip B. K. Potter.

Philip B. K. Potter