Wastewater surveillance is now being used in the Charlottesville area to help forecast surges in COVID-19 cases. The samples, combined with other data, are part of an epidemiologic model project at the University of Virginia.
After enjoying quite the run at UVA, Mamadi Diakite is looking to experience similar success now that he’s joined the Milwaukee Bucks.
(Video) The CDC is now urging “universal mask use” as coronavirus cases continue to surge. Dr. Cameron Webb, the director of health policy and equity at the UVA School of Medicine, breaks down the latest in the fight against the virus.
Kyle Kondik, an Ohioan and the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a closely watched political newsletter published by UVA’s Center for Politics, recently wrote a lengthy article for the Crystal Ball which he called a very early look at 2022 U.S. Senate races. Kondik lists three 2022 races as “potentially competitive,” including Democrat Michael Bennett of Colorado, Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Portman, from Kondik’s home state. He includes this proviso: Overall, these are Senate races where we give a solid edge to the incumbent party to start.
“Republicans came out of the general election attacking Democrats on policing and socialism and a variety of issues and they saw that they were able to draw blood,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of the nonpartisan Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, which has rated both Georgia Senate races as toss ups. “Given how Republicans made gains in the House and have been able to hold the Senate for now, it makes sense that they would stick to the same playbook.”
“One thing I think he brings to the conversation is a model for the diverse ways that Catholics live out our values in public life,” said Flores, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia sociology professor Brad Wilcox warns against jumping to conclusions about a universal spike. “Data that we have from four out of five states reporting divorce in real time - Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Rhode Island and Oregon - indicate that divorce has fallen,” he says. “No doubt, some of this decline can be attributed to the fact that some couples had difficulty getting divorces amidst the lockdowns.”
University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers believe they have identified a gene responsible for the spread of so-called “triple-negative” breast cancer to other parts of the body – a process called metastasis – and developed a potential way to stop it, according to a press release from the university.
Throughout his tenure, Trump has tried to limit U.S. spending on Chinese technology. “I think this was a proxy for larger international political issues the Trump administration has with China and an opportunity for the Trump administration to flex,” said Christopher Ali, a UVA media studies professor. “But these are serious and important questions regarding the ownership of apps and communication platforms. Is this a conversation we need to have? Perhaps. But this can’t be a conversation only about TikTok.”
A study out of the University of Virginia found that seasonal depression may be linked to a genetic mutation in the eye that makes seasonal affective disorder patients less sensitive to light.
In a video posted online Nov. 19, UVA President Jim Ryan said the University had accomplished “what many said couldn’t be done,” and showed the world “what being a great and good university looks like.” Since August, the University has identified just under 1,300 COVID-19 infections among students, faculty and staff. Those cases resulted in zero deaths and zero hospitalizations, reports university spokesman Brian Coy.
“People wanted Trump out, but they didn’t want Democrats in control,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “If that isn’t clear now, they just haven’t kept up with the election results. … This kind of compromise is probably the only thing that can get through,” Sabato said in an interview on Tuesday.
President Trump lost the election but surprised many by making new Republican inroads with Black and Latino voters. Whether or not the gain can be maintained, it's a reminder that no demographic constituency is monolithic. “I definitely know that Trump made some inroads with those groups this time, but it always surprised me that Democrats did so well with them in the first place,” says J. Miles Coleman, a political scientist at the University of Virginia. “It reminds me of something Lee Atwater would always say: How come Democrats are basically trying to tell poorer and working-class constitu...
Multiple academic studies have found companies with more diverse boards get greater return on investment in research and development. Professor Yo-Jud Cheng at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business pointed out that boards also hire CEOs. “Having a more diverse board might lead to having a broader network that allows an organization to have a more diverse candidate pool,” Cheng said.
Ultimately, Giving Green reveals the value—and the limits—of an evidence-based approach to philanthropy. Jennifer Rubenstein, a political theory professor at the University of Virginia who has written about effective altruism, told me that she thinks the methodology is good at helping donors avoid the worst 15% of nonprofits. Giving Green has likely done so here.
(By Francesca Fiorani, art history professor, excerpted from her new book, “The Shadow Drawing: How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint”) We know why the candle was on Leonardo da Vinci’s desk – to bring light into the darkness. But why a ball and a small screen, perhaps made of thick paper, or of simple wood? … Why this obsession with shadows? Because of some new invention or experiment he was considering? No. His goal was a different one: to learn how to paint.
A 1992 study by James Ryan, now president of the University of Virginia, found that federal courts of appeals heard 97 free exercise of religion cases applying the “compelling interest” test between 1980 and 1990, and they rejected 85 of these cases
The testing event will be first-come, first-served, and all for free. “It goes without saying that cost and access to health care should not be a barrier during these times to get such a critical resource,” said Ben Allen, the executive director of the University of Virginia Equity Center. On Dec. 5 and 6, the Blue Ridge Health District and the UVA Health System are teaming up to put on a massive COVID-19 testing event that prioritizes school and university staff.
Thousands of free self-administered COVID-19 tests will be available this weekend in the Albemarle High School parking lot. Priority will be given to employees of Albemarle County Public Schools, Charlottesville City Schools and the University of Virginia. Pre-registration is required and participants must arrive in a vehicle to receive a test.
UVA Health officials are in a similar plan-now, revise-later mode. “There has been a lot of discussion at the federal level about how to distribute it to the population and we know there will be a point where supplies are simply outstripped by the demand, especially early in the distribution process,” said Dr. Costi Sifri, director of hospital epidemiology at the University of Virginia Medical Center.