Nine lacrosse greats were formally inducted as the newest members of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Saturday evening at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Kara Ariza Cooke was a three-time All-American at the University of Virginia and helped lead Virginia to the ACC title as a senior in 1998. She was also a member of the 2001 and 2005 U.S. World Cup Teams, winning the gold medal in 2001 and the silver in 2005.
“He hasn’t changed since I saw him at the University of Virginia. He’s a pro’s pro – and one of the great players that I’ve ever scouted,” General Manager Mike Rizzo said. The “face of the franchise” carries with it a ton of weight on the field and in the clubhouse. Production at the plate and making great plays in the field are tangible skills one can easily see; being the leader Zimmerman has been for the bulk of his career is not. But his teammates know and appreciate what Zim has done and continues to do on a daily basis.
Dr. Robert Carey, dean emeritus of the UVA School of Medicine, said, “There is no realistic mechanism to which one could attribute that difference in suicide.” He doesn’t believe this data is evidence to switch a patient's medication from ARBs to ACE inhibitors.
Dentures, which were often ill-fitting and uncomfortable, came from similarly disturbing sources: George Washington – who, contrary to popular legend, did not boast false teeth made of wood – likely relied on dentures made from various materials, including metal alloys, cow and horse teeth, and human teeth. “[He] probably gave his inaugural speech with teeth that were from people who were enslaved,” Kathryn Gehred, a research specialist at the University of Virginia, told Live Science’s Stephanie Pappas in 2018.
The secret to the Carters’ success might be as simple as the fact that, well, they chose to stay together. W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project and associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, has said that long-lasting couples adopt a commitment to “marital permanency,” as he told the Washington Post in 2016. “They don’t see divorce as an option.”
(By Bob Gibson of UVA’s Cooper Center for Public Service) In Virginia Senate elections, Democrats have nominated 17 women for the upper chamber’s 40 seats and Republicans have nominated six. UVA Center for Politics founder Larry Sabato calls the record numbers of women running significant. “The election will be decided on party and issues, but having a majority of women candidates – a first for either party in Virginia – is a plus for Democrats.”
The most comprehensive analyses have been conducted over the past 18 years at the University of Virginia by education professor Dewey Cornell. He developed a threat assessment model that is used by school districts across the country. It’s distinct from Albuquerque’s procedure, using different evaluation forms and classification categories. But it shares the goal of preventing school violence.
Louis P. Nelson, an architectural historian at the University of Virginia, writes in an essay for the exhibit’s catalogue that Jefferson’s designs also limited white society’s view of enslaved workers. “Jefferson the architect was incredibly important, and his legacy is worthy of investigation on its own terms,” Nelson said. “But we would do a profound disservice if we limit ourselves to a celebratory history.”
“Obviously, one would rather have more money than less, and Schweikert’s fundraising is weak,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics. “That said, he still benefits from holding a district that is right of center, although it has been getting more competitive.”
Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA Law professor, said the case fits in with a pattern of the justices showing a willingness to take a closer look at some of the court’s administrative law precedents. Prakash called it likely that the court will rule the bureau’s structure unconstitutional, but noted there is a wide range of ways that it could do so that would have vastly different ramifications for administrative law going forward.
(Dr. Amy Salerno is director of community health and well-being at the UVA Health System.) Health care providers across the country, including here at the University of Virginia, are increasingly focused on identifying key social needs that our patients may have and offering to connect them to resources to assist them.
During the recent Ebola crisis, UVA physicians delivered care in parts of Africa via telemedicine.
The MAPP2Health Core Group – consisting of Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, the Thomas Jefferson Health District, the UVA Department of Public Health Sciences and UVA Health – published a report, “Improving Health Equity: A Community Plan for Action and Accountability 2019–2022.” MAPP Core Group members, community coalitions and seven organizations awarded MAPP Core Group implementation funding across Planning District 10 contributed strategies with the overall goal of changing policies, systems and environments in order to create and sustain equity.
The University of Virginia pioneers a less invasive treatment for thyroid patients.
A new epigenetic study by Kathleen Krol and Jessica Connelly from the University of Virginia and Tobias Grossmann from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences now suggested that mothers' behavior affects their children's developing oxytocin systems.
The National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit organization, published a study in 2013 that found teachers who received low scores on their evaluations were more likely to leave their jobs than high-scoring teachers who were close to earning a substantial merit raise. The study – written by UVA’s James H. Wyckoff and Stanford University’s Thomas S. Dee – suggests that incentives of the variety that the District used “can substantially improve the measured performance of the teaching workforce.”
Beyond doctors’ advice – or lack thereof – parents may be swayed by various influences, said Dr. Rachel Moon. She co-wrote an editorial accompanying the study, which was published online Oct. 21 in the journal Pediatrics. “Particularly in the internet age, parents are getting information from so many sources besides their doctor,” said Moon, who heads general pediatrics at the UVA Health System.
(Commentary by Todd S. Sechser, professor of politics and public policy and senior fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and Matthew Fuhrmann, professor of political science at Texas A&M University) Vice President Pence announced a cease-fire agreement with Turkey on Thursday, but this does not appear to fully address the underlying problems in the bilateral relationship.
Members of the University of Virginia community share their personal experiences and connections to the currently-under-construction Memorial to Enslaved Laborers that is taking shape on the campus.
Piedmont Virginia Community College is also working with the UVA School of Architecture, which is seeking to redesign the City Council space. They hope to imagine new and better ways to engage with local public officials.