William Walker: Looking for the past, but finding the future at UVA
I just returned from a reunion at the University of Virginia. Like many alumni, I was looking for the past; what I found was the future.
I just returned from a reunion at the University of Virginia. Like many alumni, I was looking for the past; what I found was the future.
The University of Mary Washington announces the launch in fall 2025 of The Center for AI and the Liberal Arts.

Couple of items from the campaign of Jay Jones, the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general – one about a new TV spot, the other about a debate with the sitting AG, Jason Miyares.
Bodily autonomy—the right to privacy and integrity over our own bodies—is rapidly vanishing. The debate now extends beyond forced vaccinations or invasive searches to include biometric surveillance, wearable tracking, and predictive health profiling.
After nearly 60 years, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will lose its federal funding in October 2025.
As artificial intelligence (AI) impacts more and more of daily life, much of society remains unsure of how to use it.
Shenandoah University artists, staff and students feel disrespected by the university’s partnership with a local company to paint a mural.
Mark Warner is starting to get it, that go along to get along isn’t going to work with Trump 2.0, that his predilection for being thought of as a radical centrist is outdated when the other side thinks everybody else is the enemy, and isn’t willing to triangulate.
Violent crime is down nationwide, which Republicans don’t seem to like, because they want it to be up, so that they can use crime as a campaign issue.
The surge of abortion bans sweeping the United States has ignited fierce debates about the rights of pregnant people and bodily autonomy.
Local news is in “serious jeopardy,” according to experts. Pitch in and help AFP continue to deliver news to the Valley, Virginia and beyond.