There’s both gravity and grace in Sidney St. Clair’s voice as he talks about the lives he’s lived.

As a wannabe weatherman. As a Midwestern radio personality. As a recreational pilot who toggles between right-side-up jaunts in a small, single-engine plane and the daring swoops, loops and rolls of a stuntman.

While the variety of his experiences belies his age (he’s just 24), as the Bland native prepares to graduate from the University of Virginia for a second time, he calls himself lucky to have found his ultimate calling: nursing.

Christina Kim was born in the United States to parents who immigrated from South Korea, but neither English nor Korean is her first language. As a child, the first language Kim learned was American Sign Language, or ASL.

Though Kim has typical hearing and speech, her parents are deaf. Kim is a “CODA” – a  child of deaf adults – and that identity has shaped her life. The soon-to-graduate University of Virginia biomedical engineering student has sought opportunities during her four years on Grounds to make life its best for the deaf community and for other CODAs.

The University of Virginia announced today that Pamela F. Cipriano has been appointed interim dean of the School of Nursing. Currently a member of the school’s research faculty, she served two terms as the president of the American Nurses Association from 2014 until December 2018, representing the interests of the nation’s 4 million registered nurses. She assumes her position on Aug. 1. 

A new discovery about dangerous Clostridium difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease. “C. diff” is the most common hospital-acquired infection; the Centers for Disease Control estimate it results in 453,000 cases per year, with 29,300 associated deaths.

The new finding from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why certain patients are highly susceptible to C. diff infections, provides doctors with a way to predict disease severity and points to a new way to treat the often-deadly condition.

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia has announced the 2019 winners of its annual faculty awards. Five UVA faculty members were recognized April 11 at an awards ceremony for their exceptional teaching and received awards totaling $25,000.

Six teams of University of Virginia students, pitching business ventures as varied as cybersecurity services and a beach basketball game, will vie for the $50,000 Pike Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Beginning at 5 p.m. Monday in Newcomb Hall Theater, students will pitch their proposals to a panel of business leaders and investors, as well as a live audience. While the judges determine the winner of the $50,000 grand prize, audience members will cast votes to award a “people’s choice” prize of $10,000.

The Executive Committee of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors voted Friday to roll back a 2.9% in-state undergraduate tuition increase approved in December and maintain the current rate for the coming academic year.  

The decision reflects the board’s commitment to affordability and is made possible by the Virginia General Assembly’s allocation of additional funds to support higher education in 2019-20.

One of the University of Virginia’s highest-profile alumni entrepreneurs returned to Grounds Wednesday to share stories of venture creation, funding new startups and balancing life as a busy dad.

Speaking to a packed house at the Darden School of Business as part of The New York Times-sponsored “Get With The Times” event, Reddit co-founder and Initialized Capital managing partner Alexis Ohanian expressed delight at the large, enthusiastic audience.

“This is exciting. Y’all came out for this!” Ohanian said. “You must have really had nothing else to do tonight.”

Millions of fans just began watching the eighth and final season of the megahit HBO series “Game of Thrones” to see who will emerge from the long winter as the ruler of Westeros.

The show has not only captured the attention of viewers – HBO said more than 17 million watched Sunday’s season premiere – but also the attention of University of Virginia English professor Lisa Woolfork, who began teaching a summer course on it five years ago and will offer it again this summer, likely for the last time.