Sandy Hausman
Charlottesville Bureau ChiefSandy Hausman joined the Radio IQ team in 2008 after living and working in Chicago for 30 years. Since then, she's won numerous national and regional awards for her prolific coverage of the environment, criminal justice, research and happenings at the University of Virginia. Sandy is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. Contact Sandy at shausman@vt.edu.
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Jazz began in America, and today this country hosts dozens of festivals that celebrate the music – New Orleans, Newport, Monterey. But Virginia is home to many jazz fans and performers who will converge next month on Charlottesville. -
For centuries, funerals in western cultures followed a traditional pattern. The deceased was laid out in a casket for visitation, followed by a religious service and a procession to the cemetery for burial. Now, however, funeral directors report a major shift with more than 63% of families opting for cremation and more than 61% of consumers considering green options. -
The Trump administration’s annual budget contains a record $1.5 trillion dollars for defense, an increase of 44%, while cutting support for the EPA in half. Here in Virginia, individuals and groups are still working to improve the environment and create sustainable ways of doing things. UVA will present Sustainability Leadership Awards to 15 of them. -
Virginia’s Department of Corrections is the most expensive agency in the state, costing taxpayers more than $1.5 billion a year, but few people know what goes on behind prison walls. To change that, a non-profit group is coordinating a pen pal program designed to educate the public and provide support for inmates who are lonely. -
It’s been 250 years since Thomas Jefferson penned America’s Declaration of Independence, but Jefferson’s reputation as a hero might have been tarnished by one incident that occurred on June 4th, 1781. -
It’s not unusual to see solar panels on suburban homes all over Virginia, but they’re not so common in low-income city neighborhoods and in the country. Now, three women have formed a non-profit to change that. -
The governor has now signed a bill making Virginia the first state to protect wild baby animals from those who profit from their sale. Sandy Hausman reports on the measure inspired by the disappearance of two young giraffes from the Natural Bridge Zoo. -
A Virginia man who spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit is finally getting a measure of justice. Messiah Johnson remained in prison even though another man who actually committed the crime had been arrested. -
The flight of Artemis II has inspired a new generation of Americans to think about space, but even before NASA returned to rocket travel, astronomers at the University of Virginia were hoping to learn more about the universe with the help of a new telescope. -
Seven months ago, a suburban Charlottesville high school was in turmoil over politically-oriented student meetings. Now, the county seems to have found a solution.
