UVA Health is looking to recruit babies between newborn to 16 months old to examine social development throughout the first year of life. Infants participating will do five two-hour sessions where the babies will use an eye tracker to view pictures, undergo a recorded play interaction with their parent, and provide a saliva sample.
A team at the University of Virginia School of Medicine found the missing link in the human body's blood pressure control system. Scientists had been looking for the link for 60 years – it turned out to be a mechanotransducer inside of kidney renin cells. The researchers found it by using a combination of lab models.
Across the United States, neighborhoods that bear the brunt of industrial air pollution tend to be Black, brown and low-income. Diesel trucking accounts for a “huge fraction” of air inequalities across the United States, said Sally Pusede, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Virginia. That’s true even though diesel trucks make up just a small percentage of the vehicles on the road.
(Audio) There are many strategies for mitigating the affects of climate change. Most of them involve finding ways to reduce or eliminate the use of fossil fuels. But what if that’s not enough or can’t be achieved? A new study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says geoengineering should at least be investigated. Scott Doney, inaugural Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor in Environmental Change, University of Virginia led the study
A new University of Virginia Cancer Center study shows women in rural areas have less resources to prevent certain cancers. About 81% of both urban and rural women were up to date on their breast cancer screenings, but only 78% of rural women were following the colorectal cancer screening guidelines.
Women who live in urban and rural areas get screened for breast cancer at similar rates, but rural women get screened for colorectal cancer at significantly lower rates than their urban counterparts, according to new research from the University of Virginia.
Over the past few years, even with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, CvilleBioHub has thrived and grown as it continues to establish itself as one of the premier life sciences clusters in the state of Virginia. Currently the group provides mentorship and guidance to more than 75 companies, and that number is expected to grow as more companies spin out of UVA and the surrounding region.
“RIVANNA is a homegrown business demonstrating very clearly the value of the University of Virginia and its alumni to Virginia and the Charlottesville area,” said state Sen. Creigh Deeds. “This investment will invigorate the local economy, and the new jobs will further diversify our workforce.”
Then, in 2014, an ambitious project was launched for the restoration of the Rotunda, returning it to its central role on campus as Jefferson intended. Before any shovels hit the ground, however, the restoration process began with a lot of research – two years, to be precise. As the Journal of the American Institute of Architects said, “The project tapped into some of the most advanced conservation measures available,” which made the whole restoration as much of an archaeological project as an architectural one.
That may explain why the Harvard Management Company report prompted some further thinking. Compared to the results of some schools with smaller endowments (University of Virginia, 49%, Brown 51.5%, Dartmouth 46.5%, Duke 56%), why did HMC earn “only” 33.6% on its portfolio?
As a prominent connection on the University of Virginia's campus and a designated entrance corridor for the City of Charlottesville, construction for Ivy Corridor is underway. The formerly underutilized site includes four blocks of property along Ivy Road between the Ivy-Emmet intersection and Copeley Road and is a key connector between the University's North Grounds and Central Grounds.
UVA’s Miller Center held a meeting of the minds Tuesday, bringing together a group representing medical and government agencies to discuss the response to the coronavirus.
Early decision admissions for the University of Virginia are out. UVA staff members say this is the most-diverse early decision group they have seen. There is also an increase in applications from 2020, because students were able to tour UVA Grounds once again.
University of Virginia officials on Tuesday announced that three parcels of university-owned properties are being considered as potential project sites for developing affordable housing.
The company was founded in 2010 by UVA graduate students and now holds more than 38 global patents and patent applications.
(Co-written by Brad Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project) According to the U.S. Census, the average American couple gets married around the age of 30. Many young adults believe that forming unions closer to that age reduces their risk of divorce, and, indeed, there is research consistent with that belief. But we also have evidence suggesting that religious Americans are less likely to divorce, even as they are more likely to marry younger than 30.
Dec. 15, 2020 was a day of hope, a day when the light at the tunnel’s end seemed more like sunshine than an oncoming train. That was the day when, after nearly a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the very first vaccines were being injected into the arms of health care workers in Charlottesville. “That day was filled with so much excitement. It was a tangible sense of relief,” said Justin Vesser, who administered the first doses of vaccine to UVA health care workers.
(By Amanda Christine West, M.S. in Data Science alumna) Data science is cool, and yet I don’t think anyone who was a kid in the 2000s or earlier dreamt of doing it when they grew up.
Smith’s status as an everyday player, along with him perhaps being cut slack for being thrown into unexpected duty, proved to be decisive. He ended up winning a clear majority of the votes cast, getting 64% of the vote.
Wu has carved out a path in the tightly controlled film industry, not by pushing political boundaries but by creating excitement out of the party’s ideology. “Wu Jing represents a particular muscular, nationalist vision of the party state that is acceptable to the party,” said Aynne Kokas, an expert on Chinese cinema with the University of Virginia. “It’s a sweet spot in the Chinese market that the films can be approved by regulators to a degree, but they also are appealing to audiences.”