No single national blueprint for vaccine distribution presently exists. In Virginia, the Virginia Department of Health is charged with distributing vaccines, and it also determines priority for vaccinations.
UVA law professor Micah Schwartzman answers these and other questions about Wednesday’s violent attack on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers had begun to certify the election of the United States’ 46th president, Joseph Biden.
Jacob Shapero, an economics major and a graduate student in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, said he loves to teach – and has learned to “embrace the suck” of difficult assignments.
With a planned virtual discussion happening as chaos unfolded at the U.S. Capitol, politics professor Larry Sabato and his guests – some on the scene in Washington, D.C. – helped viewers grapple with what they were seeing.
Also in this roundup: The University’s online programs and School of Law earn top national rankings, a Latinx society hands out its annual honors and academic associations tap two faculty members as fellows.
With the pandemic ongoing, UVA Athletics is giving fans an opportunity to purchase “Hoos in the Crowd” cutouts, and there’s a story behind every one of them.
Set against a historic backdrop, Wednesday’s inaugural event included former House Speaker Paul Ryan, CNN’s Don Lemon, CBS News’ Margaret Brennan, former cybersecurity chief Christopher Krebs and others.