The investigators found that about 22% of the injuries were associated with a caregiver falling, noted Dr. Rachel Y. Moon, who was not involved in the study. “Carrying a baby changes your center of gravity – and can also obscure your vision of where you’re walking, so adults who use these devices should be cognizant of this,” said Dr. Moon, with the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia autism researcher Kevin Pelphrey said other studies have shown that giving oxytocin by nose may lead to changes in brain regions involved in social behavior. He said the study’s use of a behavior checklist to assess the hormone’s effectiveness may have limited its findings.
University of Virginia School of Nursing Dean Pamela Cipriano was elected as the 29th president of the International Council of Nurses at the group’s Council of National Nursing Association Representatives on Oct. 6.
The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize was founded in 2019 to celebrate the late, great designer’s often-overlooked field, as well as honor her influential and pioneering work. Aiming at continuing her legacy, the prize will be given every two years and the inaugural award has just been announced: crowning American landscape architect Julie Bargmann as the 2021 Oberlander Prize winner.
(Co-written by Kyle Kondik, political analyst and the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics) With less than three weeks to go before Virginia’s nationally watched gubernatorial election, we couldn’t blame anyone for getting flashbacks to the last gubernatorial race in the Old Dominion four years ago.
UVA Health honored National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day by lighting up the south tower. Green, blue, and pink lights illuminated the top of the building on Wednesday night.
The University of Virginia is addressing how social media is contributing to the coronavirus pandemic. During the University’s Medical Center Hour, Dr. Danny Avula with the Virginia Department of Health spoke to the importance of getting trustworthy and reliable information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine on social media.
A new discovery shows immune cells in the brain could have implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine found that cells called microglia can negatively affect small blood vessels in the brain. This could contribute to strokes, Alzheimer’s, loss of balance and mental decline.
Researchers from UVA Health have developed an artificial intelligence technology for heart imaging, dubbed the Virtual Native Enhancement. The researchers said the AI technology could improve care for patients allowing doctors to examine their hearts for scar tissue while eliminating the need for contrast injections required for traditional cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
“Over the last five years, even as IT leaders ranked cybersecurity in the top two areas that require more investment, the average cybersecurity budget has increased only marginally,” says Chris Maurer, a professor at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce who, along with colleagues at the University of North Texas, recently completed a five-year investigation of cybersecurity practices within organizations.
It was 1898, and John Henry James was on a train headed toward certain death. The Black ice cream vendor had been falsely accused of raping a White woman, arrested and taken to a neighboring town to avoid a lynch mob. But the next morning, authorities put him on a train back to Charlottesville, where he was to be indicted at the Albemarle County Courthouse. He never made it; an angry crowd pulled him from the train outside of town and lynched him. Within a few years, a Confederate monument nicknamed “Johnny Reb” went up at that same courthouse, along with some old Confederate cannons. Then cam...
The Overseas Student Mission has been pairing international students with host families in Charlottesville for Thanksgiving since 1953. The organization runs the “Set an Extra Plate” initiative aimed at welcoming international students at the University of Virginia into Charlottesville homes for a Thanksgiving meal. The organization is still in need of dozens of families to open their doors for the holiday.
Every once in a while you might notice a brick wall that serpentines instead of cutting straight across. These so-called crinkle crankle walls are more common in England, but are found here and there in the U.S. as well. Their jump across the Atlantic is probably thanks to Thomas Jefferson, who directed them to be built at the University of Virginia in the 1800s.
University of Virginia’s Democracy Initiative is partnering with StoryCorps, a nonprofit with the mission to share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds. The project, One Small Step, is encouraging everyone to participate. It’s a chance to get to know the story of someone with a different political view.
(By Stanley Stepanic, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures) The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, and one that takes many forms: from Alucard, the dashing spawn of Dracula in the PlayStation game “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”; to Edward, the romantic, idealistic lover in the “Twilight” series. In many respects, the vampire of today is far removed from its roots in Eastern European folklore.
(By Joseph E. Davis, research professor of sociology) “Operation Varsity Blues,” the 2019 college admissions scandal, returned to the news earlier this year when a Netflix documentary provided a fresh opportunity to decry abuses of privilege and the selfishness of parents seeking to boast of their children’s achievements. Comforting accounts, to be sure: We are not like those celebrity cheaters! But not very illuminating. When we consider how parenthood has changed in recent years, we may find we are not so different after all.
“Jumping Man,” a relief sculpture carved in pine, is a curious relic of an advertising campaign. Under the shadow of a looming skyscraper, we see a young businessman, depicted life-size, as he earnestly jumps on the open bottom drawer of a vertical file cabinet. There could hardly be a better opening to “Skyscraper Gothic,” the small but charming exhibition now on display at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.
(Subscription may be required) A landscape architect whose work focuses on unloved and degraded spaces has just been awarded the profession’s new top prize. Julie Bargmann, founder of D.I.R.T. Studio and a professor at the University of Virginia, is the inaugural laureate of the $100,000 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize.
A study from the University of Virginia published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that counties in ex-Confederate states with more Confederate memorials had more lynchings.
UVA Law alumna Kelsey Hazzard, an attorney and the founder and president of the group Secular Pro-Life, is one of the signers of an amicus brief supporting Mississippi’s pro-life law.