In partnership with the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, VPM will present a screening of “Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team.”
UVA students living in residence halls will be tested for COVID-19 at least every nine days and those living off-Grounds will be given kits to test themselves, University officials announced on Tuesday.
In a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv*, researchers investigated if testing pooled wastewater samples frequently could be an efficient method of monitoring COVID-19 infections in a building. The researchers collected wastewater samples from a hospital building and dormitories at the University of Virginia, and wastewater from a water treatment plant in Charlottesville, and from a private residence.
The University of Virginia announced Tuesday it is increasing the number of people allowed at gatherings.
The book, “Making Young Voters,” co-written by John Holbein, assistant professor of public policy and education, offers a surprising insight about what kind of education actually influences youth voting behavior – and it’s not necessarily civics class.
Radio interview with Dennis Proffit, psychology professor emeritus, on his op-ed about the psychology of people ignoring COVID regulations.
Fourth-year Savannah Page founded The College Scoop to ease the transition between high school and college for incoming first-generation, low-income UVA students.
Republicans have dominated Georgia presidential elections for a generation, but Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 bid for the White House has made this Southern GOP stronghold competitive for the first time in nearly 30 years. “In Georgia, and in the Deep South in general, the heart and soul of the Democratic Party coalition is Black voters,” said J. Miles Coleman, an election analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
(Subscriber access only) With just over three weeks to go until U.S. election day, Joe Biden has a significant polling advantage over Donald Trump, pointing to a potential blowout victory for the Democratic presidential challenger on Nov. 3. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said that the intensely polarized nature of U.S. politics meant it was “hard to imagine” a Biden landslide akin to 1984, when Republican Ronald Reagan carried 49 out of 50 states and 60% of the popular vote.
With classes moving online this semester, George Mason University students have been feeling the impact of the pandemic — and they want a change. The University of Virginia has just answered a similar petition, saying they will now give undergraduate students the chance to opt into a pass/fail grading system.
Coronavirus concerns, coupled with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led UVA to close the coffin on this year’s Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn event.
As of Sunday, there were 99 active cases of the virus on Grounds, down drastically from last week. Of those active cases, 78 are among students.
UVA canceled its annual Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn to help keep the community safe.
(Editorial) With any social movement, there comes a time when somebody has to say, “Enough.” University of Virginia President Jim Ryan seems to have reached that moment.
Nearly one in eight people with private health insurance receive a “surprise” bill for out-of-network expenses after undergoing an elective colonoscopy, according to an analysis by researchers at UVA and the University of Michigan.
Business Insider named Dr. Taison Bell one of its “30 Leaders Under 40 Changing Healthcare.”
A significant new report supported by the World Economic Forum argues there must be a “transport transformation” if the planet is to benefit from the Paris Agreement’s decarbonization commitments. The associate professor of history in UVA’s Department of Engineering and Society added that “we must present change as liberating, as an expansion of choices, and not as constraining, or as a loss of choices.”
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said the allegation that Scully would not moderate the debate objectively was “beyond ridiculous.”
Mental health experts offer advice on how to handle the return to indoor life the cooler weather will bring. “We’re moving from sprint mode to marathon mode,” said Bethany Teachman, a UVA psychologist specializing in anxiety. She added that since stressors tend to pile up over time, we’ll be “going into winter feeling depleted and exhausted.”
This summer, Bacardi introduced Plume & Petal, a “spa-inspired” lineup of low-calorie, low-alcohol vodkas aimed at “the modern woman.” It’s common practice to target consumers based on their identities, particularly gender, says Tami Kim, an assistant professor of marketing at UVA’s Darden School of Business.