New research finds the sun’s glare on your phone or tablet over time could be harmful to your health and contribute to skin cancer. University of Virginia’s Dr. Barrett Zlotoff found that out after hooking up sensors to a mannequin’s head and measured the actual U-V light. 75 percent more light reflected on a laptop and 35 percent on a smartphone.
The University of Virginia’s Presidential Search Committee will hear from two of the university’s presidents at meetings on Sunday and Monday.
Warsaw Community Schools has entered into an unprecedented partnership with UVA’s Darden School of Business and Curry School of Education as Indiana’s first school acceleration program participant. The program is a rigorous, three-year district and leadership development course emphasizing four main foundational “levers of change.”
(Commentary by Geoffrey Skelley of UVA’s Center for Politics) On election night in November, exit polls provided the first insight into how different demographic groups voted. But months later, other richer data sets are being released, and they provide researchers with new information about the election and the voters who participated in it.
UVA accepted more than 9,950 applicants for its incoming class of 2021. In the fall, about 3,725 of them will arrive in Charlottesville for their first year at Thomas Jefferson’s university. A record number of people applied to the University this year – nearly 36,800, up 13 percent from the previous year.
In “’Tis the Season for Holiday Travel,” Momentum magazine quotes Dr. David E. Jones, a UVA assistant professor of neurology: “Jet lag can affect fatigue, appetite and concentration, and cause headaches or a feeling of malaise in anyone,” he writes. “And if you’re already dealing with MS fatigue, as up to 90 percent of people with MS are, it can be a compounding factor.”
Money is the main reason behind Hollywood’s hiring of Chinese stars, a new book, “Hollywood Made in China,” by UVA assistant professor of media studies Aynne Kokas, stated.
(By Daniel Willingham, UVA professor of psychology) March 18 was National Trisomy-18 Awareness Day. It’s important to me because one of my daughters, Esprit, has Trisomy-18. In the spirit of the day I’m going to offer just a little background for those who are unfamiliar with it, but focus mostly on one interaction small children typically have with Esprit: staring at her.
Researchers at UVA's School of Medicine are testing an online program to help combat the stigma of HIV. Researchers say the program will address the problems they see most commonly among those who don't take their medications.
The University of Virginia’s Jubilate choir had breakfast March 9 at Habitat for Humanity’s Restore on Highway 92. The choir had been in town all week restocking the store with spring merchandise and volunteering at the Habitat home being constructed on Racine Ridge.
The University of Virginia reports that some of its engineering students are among those at other commonwealth schools working on amateur radio satellites and matching ground stations to track them and collect data.
A few dozen UVA faculty members have listed the qualities they want in the school’s next president. They want someone with a solid academic background, and a desire to promote higher education here and in Richmond.
WTJU is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2017, but simultaneously is facing a serious financial threat. The station receives about 15 percent of its budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which the White House has earmarked for oblivion in this year’s proposed federal budget.
At a public meeting Wednesday, more than 50 UVA faculty members sent a clear message: they want the University’s next president to have an academic background.
Woody Sauldsberry, the 60th overall selection out of Texas Southern University in the 1957 NBA draft, is the only player in history outside of the first round to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Nearly 60 years later, Milwaukee Bucks rookie guard (and UVA alum) Malcolm Brogdon hopes to give the ex-Philadelphia Warriors big man some company.
"Jobs in the health care sector have become more complex, which require more experienced staff, and an MBA is a way to fill that need," says Jeff McNish, assistant dean of career development at UVA’s Darden School of Business. "The pressure to maintain or manage costs through business practices has become more important than ever and the MBA is in greater demand than ever before."
When food insecurity occurred in the preschool years, it also had a negative impact on school performance, said Johnson and her co-author, Anna Markowitz, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Virginia. The effects of food insecurity during preschool appeared to less consistently impact kindergarten performance than did hunger at an earlier age.
Children who don't get enough to eat in their first few years struggle far more with social and cognitive skills than their better-fed peers, a new study shows. New research from UVA and Georgetown University reveals this food insecurity has a devastating impact on their brains that lingers for years, impacting their entire school career.
Tickets for the March 31 event at UVA’s Frank D. Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, originally limited to 135, have been increased to 230, according to the Garrett campaign.
UVA’s Darden School of Business has launched a new massive open online course, “Financial Accounting Fundamentals,” with an intent to enable learners of all backgrounds in the fundamentals of financial accounting.