Researchers at the UVA Cancer Center just released a discovery that could boost treatment efforts for prostate cancer. The findings focus on how hormones called androgens act on our cells. It sheds light on how these hormones interact inside the cell affecting gene activity.
Adventures of Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian with daughter Olympia have won many hearts on social media. From making pancakes together to playing soccer and having conversations about the current investment market, the father-daughter duo continues to rock the internet. Recently, the three-year-old Olympia crashed her father’s commencement speech for the University of Virginia. Although Ohanian Sr. called it an unexpected help, it was not the first time her daughter sorted him out.
The University of Virginia’s School of Architecture recently announced that Malo André Hutson will take the helm as the school’s new dean.
Malo A. Hutson, a Columbia University professor and expert in community development, environmental justice and urban health, will take over as dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
Charlie Spivey is putting his UVA chemistry degree to good use, pairing some of what he learned with a passion for sustainability to create Homesteader, a gluten-free, carbon-neutral vodka that’s now available at select Lowcountry bars, restaurants and liquor stores.
In the 1910s, private car owners began picking up strangers in their horseless carriages and charging a small fee to transport them on their way, giving rise to the “jitney.” Street railway companies mounted furious opposition to these new competitors. “The jitney took all the high-profit, high-density trips, leaving the low-density, low-profit trips for the railways,” says Peter Norton, a UVA history professor who focuses on transportation.
According to UVA economist Leora Friedberg, “there are many factors” contributing to the labor shortage. Friedberg points to the range of health risks service workers must consider before taking on a job. “Some of it is related to government payments, but that part of it is largely going to be temporary,” she says. Friedberg also says child care is a big factor keeping people from returning to work.
A political consultant who now calls Chesapeake home will be back on “Jeopardy!” Tuesday night. Karen Farrell moved to Hampton Roads last year with her husband, Dan, a Navy judge advocate general. Karen Farrell, a Maryland native and Princeton graduate with a doctorate in foreign affairs from UVA, had her first run on the show last year while living in northern Virginia.
Sasheer Zamata’s having a blast playing Denise in “Home Economics,” a fresh representation of “social class” lived by millennials, who audiences don’t normally see portrayed on network television. “Home Economics” is about three adult siblings with diverse incomes living in San Francisco. BGN recently spoke with Zamata, a UVA alumna, via Zoom about her new role and the power of comedy to create social change.
Sasheer Zamata’s having a blast playing Denise in “Home Economics,” a fresh representation of “social class” lived by millennials, who audiences don’t normally see portrayed on network television. “Home Economics” is about three adult siblings with diverse incomes living in San Francisco. BGN recently spoke with Zamata, a UVA alumna, via Zoom about her new role and the power of comedy to create social change.
Lee Habeeb is showcasing compelling stories of the American people from his radio program’s headquarters in Oxford, Mississippi. The New Jersey native [and UVA Law graduate] built an immense national following of listeners. Whether his focus is best-selling author Stephen Ambrose, a memorial service of a lawman broadcast during National Police Week or a profile of the late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, his stories shine.
According to Brad Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, it makes sense that celibate couples would value a more expeditious wedding than their non-celibate counterparts. Overall, the number of couples waiting until marriage to have sex has declined in recent years, Wilcox said, and many who value celibacy or abstinence do so in response to modern dating culture and its dating apps, casual hookups, and indecisive singles. There are "folks who I think become disillusioned with the character of romantic relationships and sexual relationships today an...
Matt Olsen, Uber Technologies Inc.’s chief trust and security officer and a veteran of Washington’s national security circles, is expected to be nominated to serve as head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, according to people familiar with the matter. In addition to his job at Uber, he is also currently a lecturer at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
In the modern era, third parties have never been able to do more than act as a “spoiler” in presidential elections by siphoning off votes from one of the two major parties and have sent only a tiny number of lawmakers to the House or Senate in the past 70 years — never achieving significant levels of power. “The history of third-party movements in the United States is that usually, they end up just getting absorbed into one of the two major parties,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “That, or they’re essentially made ...
Previous evidence of the prevalence of this in children and youth with a seizure disorder have yielded mixed results. On one hand, some studies have suggested that CBD use in youth can delay the start of puberty or lead to pubertal arrest. Other studies have indicated that it elevates testosterone levels in male users in the long-term. “This boy undoubtedly had central precocious puberty by clinical and laboratory findings,” said Dr. Alan Rogol, a professor emeritus of pediatrics and endocrinology at the University of Virginia. He added this is “quite uncommon in boys.”
“Ti Liv Kreyol” was created by Mayeux, educator Herbert Wiltz, and University of Virginia linguistics lecturer Nathan Wendte. An expanded second edition came out in 2020 with the help of an additional co-author, Adrien Guillory-Chatman. While Wendte was not directly involved with Woolaroo, he praised the app as a vital tool for preserving the Louisiana Creole language. “One of the most important parts of revitalizing a language is expanding the domains in which it can be used (e.g., apps and social media),” Wendte said. “This makes a statement that this language is not dead. … It is not just o...
“Ti Liv Kreyol” was created by Mayeux, educator Herbert Wiltz, and University of Virginia linguistics lecturer Nathan Wendte. An expanded second edition came out in 2020 with the help of an additional co-author, Adrien Guillory-Chatman. While Wendte was not directly involved with Woolaroo, he praised the app as a vital tool for preserving the Louisiana Creole language. “One of the most important parts of revitalizing a language is expanding the domains in which it can be used (e.g., apps and social media),” Wendte said. “This makes a statement that this language is not dead. … It is not just o...
“Ti Liv Kreyol” was created by Mayeux, educator Herbert Wiltz, and University of Virginia linguistics lecturer Nathan Wendte. An expanded second edition came out in 2020 with the help of an additional co-author, Adrien Guillory-Chatman. While Wendte was not directly involved with Woolaroo, he praised the app as a vital tool for preserving the Louisiana Creole language. “One of the most important parts of revitalizing a language is expanding the domains in which it can be used (e.g., apps and social media),” Wendte said. “This makes a statement that this language is not dead. … It is not just o...
“Ti Liv Kreyol” was created by Mayeux, educator Herbert Wiltz, and University of Virginia linguistics lecturer Nathan Wendte. An expanded second edition came out in 2020 with the help of an additional co-author, Adrien Guillory-Chatman. While Wendte was not directly involved with Woolaroo, he praised the app as a vital tool for preserving the Louisiana Creole language. “One of the most important parts of revitalizing a language is expanding the domains in which it can be used (e.g., apps and social media),” Wendte said. “This makes a statement that this language is not dead. … It is not just o...
“Ti Liv Kreyol” was created by Mayeux, educator Herbert Wiltz, and University of Virginia linguistics lecturer Nathan Wendte. An expanded second edition came out in 2020 with the help of an additional co-author, Adrien Guillory-Chatman. While Wendte was not directly involved with Woolaroo, he praised the app as a vital tool for preserving the Louisiana Creole language. “One of the most important parts of revitalizing a language is expanding the domains in which it can be used (e.g., apps and social media),” Wendte said. “This makes a statement that this language is not dead. … It is not just o...