Less than a week before Saturday’s matchup between Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, Bedford County law enforcement escorted the game ball all the way from Blacksburg to Charlottesville. According to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, this escort on Sunday, Nov. 21 was part of the annual FIJI “Run Across Virginia,” which is organized by the Rho Alpha chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Over the past 15 years, officials say the donations and sponsorships from the run have raised more than $600,000 for the Jimmy V Foundation, which supports cancer research and treatment acro...
Frozen Dinners: Given that registered dietitian and University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher Anne Wolf says we’re often “eating well over what we need” when it comes to fats, consuming unneeded additional sources from these meals won’t help.
Two West Virginia members of the U.S. House of Representatives will face each other in next year’s Republican primary. Because of population loss in the 2020 Census, West Virginia lost one of its three House seats. After redistricting, incumbent representatives Alex Mooney and David McKinley are running against each other. “It’s setting up as a very interesting and probably pretty competitive primary,” said Kyle Kondik, an election analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Kondik initially thought McKinley had the edge because he’s more familiar to West Virginia voters. But, h...
As saltwater has continued to invade the land, it’s become a thick salt marsh. “So like the dark green shrub that’s poking out in the grass, that’s a salt-associated shrub. The wax myrtle,” said Baird, who studies sea level rise around the Eastern Shore for the University of Virginia’s Coastal Research Center. Baird noted the threat extends across the Chesapeake Bay to Virginia’s mainland. “The Guinea Neck areas of Gloucester [County] are experiencing this as much or more so than some of our regions on the Eastern Shore,” she said.
Since no definition will find universal acceptance, and given the state of the country’s water resources, University of Virginia water law expert Leon Szeptycki argues against limiting the act’s scope to seek middle ground. “We’ve already destroyed a lot of our wetlands,” he says. “A lot of our waters are increasingly polluted. There’s a lot of strain on water resources in the West because of drought driven by climate change. So I’m a little bit reluctant to suggest that somebody should pursue a middle ground that’s less protective than the Clean Water Act allows.”
(Podcast) On Dec. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one of the most anticipated cases on the court’s docket in recent years, on the question of whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. Panelists discussing the case include Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law, and Richard Re, Joel B. Piassick Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law.
(Commentary by Nicholas Sargen, lecturer at the Darden School of Business) With President Biden reportedly reappointing Jerome Powell to a second term as Federal Reserve chair and make Lael Brainard as vice chair, he will have an opportunity to meet with them privately. So why am I suggesting Biden should do what no other U.S. president has done and indicate that he wants the Fed to raise rates in an election year?
UVA Health was giving out free COVID-19 tests on Monday night. If you missed it, there’s still another chance before the holiday weekend.
The intricate biological process known as autophagy plays a vital role in keeping our cells healthy and functioning by sweeping up and recycling bits of debris and invading microorganisms. Now, a team headed by Vojo Deretic, Ph.D., distinguished professor and director of The University of New Mexico’s Autophagy, Inflammation & Metabolism Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, has mapped out key details of how autophagy functions in mammals—including humans. The research team, which included scientists in Norway, Iceland and Finland, as well as at the University of Virginia and Universit...
The Bubonic Plague, also known as the “Black Death,” wiped out nearly half the population of 14th century Europe. That is the bad news. But the plague was also a major factor in the rise of economic and political freedom. In fact, a study by Daniel W. Gingerich and Jan P. Vogler of the University of Virginia found that the areas that were hardest hit by the Black Death became more democratic than areas with fewer casualties, an effect that was discernible centuries later.
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have helped to create a noninvasive way to remove diseased cells from the brain without a scalpel. According to a release, this method can remove faulty brain circuits, allowing doctors to treat various neurological diseases, such as epilepsy, without the need for conventional brain surgery.
MBAs are often lauded among the few graduate degrees to consistently pay off, with many Master of Business Administration graduates seeing starting salaries above $100,000. And top business schools, including Goizueta Business School at Georgia’s Emory University, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, report job placement rates at 97% or higher 90 days after graduation for the class of 2021. These high job-placement rates follow projections reported by the Graduate Management Admission Council, which predicts 2021 MBA placement...
Some new hires at the University of Virginia Police Department suited up for their first day on the job Monday. The UVA Police Department says it hasn’t been fully staffed for more than a year. But now, it has four new officers and new incentives to recruit even more. “A $15,000, signing bonus for any certified officer,” Captain Bryant Hall with the UVA Police Department said. “They’ll receive $7,500 payment and upon completion of their training, they’ll get the other $7,500.″
The University of Virginia Police Department announced for the 10th year it has received certification in law enforcement from the National Law Enforcement Accreditation Agency. CALEA accreditation is a competitive award that signifies excellence in public safety and commitment to the community, according to a news release from UPD.
UVA alumnus Justin Anderson has been named to USA Basketball’s World Cup qualifying team. Anderson is one of 13 players named to the squad that will compete next week in Chihuahua, Mexico. The top three teams in the 16-team Americas Zone field will qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
After a year of virtually no flu season, the illness is starting to pop up across the country ahead of its ordinary peak. January is typically when we are in the midst of a flu epidemic, according to UVA Health infectious disease specialist Dr. Bill Petri. While the transmission rate is still reasonably low in Virginia, there are signs pointing toward last year’s absence not repeating itself.
Reported mask use in Virginia has been falling over the last several weeks, worrying public health experts as the winter holidays approach. The data on masking comes from scientists at UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute and Carnegie Mellon’s Delphi Research Group, which has been tracking trends in pandemic-related behaviors and activities since March 2020.
Thomas Edward Thompson, Harry F. Byrd Jr. Professor Emeritus and past chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, died Nov. 16, 2021 at the Martha Jefferson House in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Anisa M. Zvonkovic, an academic leader with a distinguished record of promoting student success and impactful research and outreach, has been named dean of the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Zvonkovic received her bachelor’s degrees in psychology and religious studies from the University of Virginia and earned both her master’s degree and Ph.D. in human development and family studies from the Pennsylvania State University.
The building was funded by 52-year-old Jaffray Woodriff – founder of Quantitative Investment Management – a $3 billion hedge fund that uses big data to make investments. After giving the University of Virginia $120 million for its new School of Data Science, Woodriff decided to build his giant business incubator – the CODE Building on the Downtown Mall in the city where he was born and went to school.