(By Raymond Scheppach, UVA professor of public policy) The crash landing of the ObamaCare repeal and replace measure in no way means this country is done attempting to increase access, enhance quality and control the costs of healthcare.
On the third floor of the Curry School of Education, a team of Albemarle County high-schoolers is in the midst of redesigning innovative spaces for students and faculty as part of what the county school division is calling the Project Pool.
In an interview with The Chronicle, UVA's president, Teresa A. Sullivan, discussed the institution's history and its role in the debates that have recently taken place in Charlottesville.
UVA is helping to lead an international effort to end sudden unexpected infant death syndrome. It hopes that a set of new global research priorities will help tackle the issue.
UVA psychologists are developing a new program aimed at shifting the rigid, negative thoughts that come with mental disorders. Such disorders, like anxiety and depression, can have devastating effects on people's lives, and they may lead to isolation, poverty, and poor physical health.
The UVA psychology department has developed a web tool designed to retrain the brain to think of positive outcomes to various scenarios. It’s an attempt to combat anxiety and depression that often paralyze so many.
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise will host a televised gubernatorial debate in Southwest Virginia in October. The Southwest Virginia Technology Council is sponsoring the event between Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam.
The UVA Facilities Management team on Thursday recognized seven men and women for completing the University’s apprenticeship program.
Most elite athletes have strong legs – that’s obvious to any sports fan. But it’s much harder to know the specific muscle patterns that help each athlete excel – or make them vulnerable to injury. Springbok, a startup founded by three UVA scientists, hopes to give professional athletes and coaches a better understanding of lower-body muscles with detailed renderings and analytics.
Former UVA star Malcolm Brogdon isn’t sure how “The President” nickname got started. But it stuck after fellow Milwaukee Bucks rookie Thon Maker got wind of it.
Youngstown was also a reminder that, while Trump has historically low approval ratings for a new president, he remains popular with his core supporters. "He retains pretty good numbers with Republican voters, usually 80 percent approval or better," UVA political analyst Kyle Kondik noted.
Repeating the aggressive approach that he took during last year’s campaign, Donald Trump has stepped up his tyrannical assault on Jeffery Sessions, the beleaguered U.S. attorney general. Once a trusted campaign aide, the Alabama senator was the first senior Republican lawmaker to publicly endorse the property tycoon. “We all know Trump has little self-control of his emotions. And loyalty is a one-way street,” says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia: “He is extremely angry about the Russia probe, and he’s concluded that Sessions could have protected the president and didn’t.”
It’s still too early to tell if Democrats can carry this momentum into the 2018 midterms, but so far, the signs are encouraging. “This is after Democrats routinely underperformed Barack Obama’s margins in special elections leading up to the 2014 midterm,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics.
A survey that is already underway aims to get to the bottom of why so few are using the program. UVA survey researcher Tom Woodson has already spoken with some Louisa County residents. "Sometimes there is a concern in respect to having transportation to come to the food pantry itself," Woodson said.
The UVA Health System includes the UVA Physicians Group; the UVA School of Medicine, a leading research center; and the UVA Medical Center, U.S. News and World Report’s top-ranked Virginia hospital. With about 13,000 employees systemwide and a national patient footprint, the UVA Health System serves thousands of patients from its Charlottesville campus and through partnerships with other facilities.
New research from the UVA School of Medicine, the American SIDS Institute, and other global organizations, may provide insight to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.
Researchers in the U.S. are designing and looking to develop 50-megawatt wind turbines with "extreme-scale blades" 200 meters in length. To put things in perspective, if built, they will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. The Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor project is being led by UVA researchers.
Politicians have turned some interest on Wise County, with one gubernatorial candidate proposing millions in expansion for UVA-Wise and both candidates agreeing to a debate on the college's campus in October.
A regional body that consists of Albemarle, Charlottesville and UVA officials directed the TJPDC to start work on a transit partnership last year.
One week after Albemarle County officials toured the site of a proposed University of Virginia indoor golf facility at the Birdwood Golf Course, members of the county Planning Commission weighed in on the plans Tuesday night.