The foundation for the University of Virginia’s new School of Data Science will begin to take shape in the coming months at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road. The $35 million, 61,000-square-foot building is expected to open to students in spring 2024. It sits on part of a 14-acre site that formerly housed the Cavalier Inn. Additional plans for the site include a hotel, a performing arts center and other academic buildings.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says universities cannot make students get the COVID-19 vaccine. In his first legal opinion, issued Friday, he says the General Assembly would first have to issue a law. A University of Virginia law professor says in the short term, there will not be any changes but Miyares’ opinion could have some long-term impacts. “Most students and most faculty have already not only been vaccinated, but gotten boosters,” Margaret Riley said.
The UVA athletics department is partnering with Altius Sports Partners to provide strategic guidance in enhancing the school’s name, image and likeness program, the school announced Friday. The partnership will feature workshops for all student-athletes across 27 sports, plus coaches and staff.
A Bengaluru-specific study has revealed that India’s night curfew and weekend curfew slowed and delayed the spread of omicron, at best. “Omicron eventually spreads and affects nearly as much of the population as it would have without the restrictions,” said the case study, conducted by experts from the Indian Statistical Institute, Indian Institute of Science and UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute.
UVA critical care physician Taison Bell says omicron is milder in the same way that a hurricane can be milder than a tornado: The tornado may cut a more destructive path with high-wind speeds, but the hurricane has a much bigger footprint. “When you have so many more people who are being affected by the storm, you are still going to end up with an overwhelmed health care system,” says Bell, an assistant professor of medicine.
It looks to be a sublime matchup of contrasts when first-time grand slam finalist Danielle Collins of the United States [a UVA alumna] takes on Australian native and world No 1 Ash Barty in the Australian Open final on Saturday in Melbourne. While Barty, seeking her third major title, is the clear favorite she’ll have to stave off the inspired Collins, who is in the best form of her career.
Architecture is ubiquitous; it colors everything we see. The buildings that dress neighborhoods and make up the cities that we live in, the clothing we wear, the language we use, and the standards and laws that we inflict upon one another. How does one make something invisible visible? Architect, educator, academic, and author [and UVA alumna] Mabel O. Wilson uses architecture and architectural theory as a lens to engage with the world.
Another potential candidate outside the judiciary, Melissa Murray, 45, is a New York University Law professor. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School. She clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was then at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
When Rix Prakash started looking at colleges last year, he envisioned himself following his sister Simran to Duke University. He was hoping to take advantage of Duke’s brand new Disability Cultural Center, established in part thanks to his sister’s efforts and advocacy. … Rix did not end up attending Duke. Instead, he took the lessons learned from his sister and applied them at the University of Virginia, where he is a member of the Chronically Ill and Disabled Cavaliers student group. Together, Rix and the CIDC are hoping to create the 11th disability cultural center at UVA.
First, people saw empty shelves due to supply chain issues, and now, inflation is emptying wallets. It’s a problem that hit hard during the pandemic and it may stick around for a while. “We’re probably looking at a year, 16, 18 months before it comes back to where it was before,” said Terry Rephann, a regional economist with Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia’s Jennifer Lawless, chair of the Department of Politics, broke down the optics in the race for outgoing Congressman Jim Langevin’s seat.
The Democrats’ action came a year after Arizona Republicans censured Gov. Doug Ducey, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain for the perceived – or actual – opposition to former President Donald Trump. The party also censured McCain’s husband in 2014, the late GOP Sen. John McCain, for a voting record party members considered too liberal. “It’s almost like if you’re a prominent politician in Arizona, being censured is almost like a rite of passage to a certain extent,” said J. Miles Coleman, an analyst with Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
“Telemedicine has been around for more than a quarter-century, growing incrementally year over year, but the pandemic has dramatically accelerated its adoption across practice areas,” said Dr. Karen S. Rheuban, a pediatric cardiologist and co-founder of the UVA Center for Telehealth. “We are seeing a wholesale shift, among health care providers, insurers, policymakers and patients themselves, in recognizing the efficiencies and practicality of telemedicine, and the results of this survey validate its growing popularity.”
“Somebody was saying from the Senate that they want to do what the Republicans did with Amy Coney Barrett, and she was approved in 30 days,” University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato said. “If that happens it won’t have any effect on the midterms because people will have forgotten about it by November.”
Joe Biden’s administration is facing pressure to move quickly to ensure they do not lose progressive seats on America’s highest court, which is split 6-3 between conservative and liberal justices. “This should be a rocket docket for the Biden administration,” said Barbara Perry, Supreme Court and presidency scholar at the University of Virginia, using a judicial term for hearing cases speedily. “They should have all their ducks in a row, they should be ready to go to make the announcement . . . and get it quickly done before we are into the silly season of the midterms.”
Court watchers and analysts have described Breyer as a pragmatic jurist and a part of the court’s liberal bloc of justices. “I think he thinks that in order for the people to have trust and faith in the court – the kind of trust and faith that lets the court do its job – he has to continue to be a neutral judge,” Risa Goluboff, dean of the University of Virginia Law School and a former Breyer clerk, said.
There’s a long history of justices in the minority entrenching their positions as a “committee of one,” says Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, for a time, was nicknamed the Lone Ranger, propping up a small cowboy doll in his chambers. The Supreme Court always plays the long game, she adds. “It is not lost forever to the liberals.”
(By Laurie Archbald-Pannone, associate professor of medicine and geriatrics) New data suggests that older adults who have received two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine but who have not yet received a booster shot are also getting sick and having poor outcomes. The omicron variant, which spreads very easily, is putting a spotlight on how critical it is for these seniors to get a booster shot – especially older adults living in close quarters with others.
A new program aims to improve health care access to certain neighborhoods in Charlottesville where there are high rates of chronic diseases and shorter life expectancies. It’s called WellAWARE, and it is now serving the residents of the Rose Hill and 10th and Page neighborhoods. It’s a collaboration between tUVA Health’s Office of Diversity and Community Engagement, the Charlottesville Free Clinic, and Central Virginia Health Services.
Icarus takes 3-D scans of a person’s knee, making the brace fully custom to each individual. The brace is then made using a combination of design automation and rapid 3-D printing. Johnson said the Icarus team is working with researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia on the design automation piece to help scale the manufacturing process.