When the swimmers arrived in Atlanta for the NCAA Women’s Championships, the University of Virginia was undoubtedly the team to beat. On night one in Atlanta, as Virginia and Stanford each finished first in a relay (neither one a surprising result), nothing changed in the status quo of the race for the national title. Virginia still holds the advantage.
Research conducted by the University of Virginia found that more than 50% of early educators in child care report being unable to pay for medical expenses, 40% are food insecure, and 30% report difficulty paying rent.
As for what the future might hold, Dr. Williams brought attention to a model by the University of Virginia that’s specifically for the Three Rivers Health District. The prediction was that the area would continue on its current course of cases declining, perhaps to a point below last summer’s numbers.
Anita S. McGinty, who until July 2021 served as the director of PALS, the early literacy assessment in Virginia, said D.C. is not unique in its declining literacy scores. A University of Virginia study examining PAL scores found that nearly 35 percent of kindergarten through second-graders failed to meet benchmarks in reading in fall 2021, compared with 21 percent in fall 2019. McGinty, who also was an associate professor at the University of Virginia, said that school districts should ensure that struggling readers receive ample individualized attention to help them catch up on reading.
Although sticker prices on tuition have steadily increased at public two- and four-year colleges and universities over the past several decades, the changes in net tuition paid (tuition minus grant aid) vary substantially by family income and institution type, say Emily E. Cook of Tulane and Sarah Turner of the University of Virginia. In fact, for students with family incomes below $30,000, tuition at four-year universities increased by 32.6% between 2008-09 and 2018-19, but net tuition increased by only 4.5%.
(Commentary) Congratulations to University of Virginia School of Law Appellate Litigation Clinic students Jacob Larson and Benjamin Lerman, who argued the case for plaintiff and were on the briefs; to Gregory Eng, who was also on the briefs; and to Prof. Scott Ballenger, who was counsel of record.
It wasn’t exactly a well-kept secret that the Ravens entered this offseason determined to upgrade their offensive tackle depth. The addition of veteran [and UVa alumnus] Morgan Moses certainly accomplishes that. The Ravens reached an agreement Tuesday night with Moses on a three-year, $15 million deal. The longtime Washington starter and 2021 New York Jet fills a major need for the Ravens, who have uncertainty at both tackle spots.
A University of Virginia alumnus is helping to save Ukraine's cultural heritage because thousands of items are at risk of being destroyed in the war. These include historical items like artifacts, statues, and paintings that define Ukraine's towns and cities.
Todd Gilbert knows he makes a certain impression on people. He’s a big guy — 6-4 or 6-5, “depending on how full of myself I am that day,” he says. For years, the UVA alumnus’ bald head, scowl and goatee, combined with a cutting wit, were powerful weapons of intimidation in Gilbert’s role as a top Republican debater in Virginia’s House of Delegates. But this year, Gilbert, 51, took on a far more nuanced job as speaker of the House — keeping the parliamentary gears turning for others to engage in the kind of debates he used to dominate.
(Commentary) In his report, national correspondent Miguel Almaguer asked Taison Bell, a doctor at the University of Virginia Department of Critical Care and Infectious Disease if Americans are “willing to get a second booster or a fourth shot?” Bell whined that “we've seen problems with people getting their first booster. I mean we only have 50% of eligible people boosted right now, that's already a big problem.”
Danielle Citron, law professor and director of University of Virginia’s LawTech Center, similarly said that legislation require firms to take “reasonable steps” to stop dangerous illegal activity. What counts as “reasonable” would need to be defined and should depend on the size and focus of the platforms, with small startups and global platforms held to different expectations.
That assessment of the country’s founding document and the presidency comes from professors William Marshall and Saikrishna Prakash, writing for the National Constitution Center. The University of North Carolina and University of Virginia law professors, respectively, note there is a question among scholars about “whether the president must honor statutes that purport to limit his or her authority over law execution.”
“These observations—while they’re important, provocative, and will no doubt lead to additional research—don’t provide guidance at the clinical level,” Robert Dreicer, MD, associate director for clinical research and deputy director of the University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, told Verywell. Dreicer was not involved with the study. “We know that people may have certain differences in side effect profiles, but this [research] doesn’t tell you, if a patient walked in today, whether you’re going to treat her differently.”
“There’s a huge overlap between higher-risk health conditions and being a lower income person and then therefore being enrolled in the Medicaid program,” said Dr. Chris Ghaemmaghami, a professor of emergency and internal medicine for University of Virginia Health and a physician specialist for VDH’s COVID-19 response. “Virginia’s not unique, but those are definitely the folks who have been hit the hardest by this.”
Todd Sechser is a professor of politics at the University of Virginia and a senior fellow at the Miller Center. He is also co-author of “Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy,” a book that looks at the history of nuclear threats. He says while it's not in Russia's best interest to use nuclear force, we are entering a potential gray area regarding what could develop into World War III. "This is the first time since the 1980s that we have had to confront the real confrontation between the U.S. and Russia," said Sechser. "There are some real gray areas that would make for some agonizing choices ...
(Video) Mitu Gulati, sovereign debt professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, joins BNN Bloomberg to speak on the millions of dollars in interest due from the Russian government to global investors. He notes the default is likely, and expects countless international lawsuits to pursue Russian assets.
Russia is seen as unlikely to tap into its dollar funds to pay interest rates to investors, given that the country desperately needs to hold onto its foreign currency reserves because of the global sanctions. "I suspect Russia is not going to pay," says Mitu Gulati, a professor at the University of Virginia who is an expert on sovereign debt. "They need to preserve their foreign capital."
International law scholars say, the whims of the Russian government could determine the fate of U.S. assets in Russia. The stakes are high: Exxon has $4 billion in Russian limbo, according to a Reuters analysis of company statements. Citigroup has $10 billion there, the analysis found. “Whether it's a storefront or a mine, there's really not not a whole lot you can do to protect that from seizure by the government,” says Paul Stephan, a law professor at University of Virginia’s School of Law and expert in post-Soviet legal systems.
Students at the University of Utah who want to study how “environmental anti-racism” intersects with “carceral studies” are in for some good news – their school has received $517,000 to create a new program with that focus. The University of Utah was one of five schools in the nation to be awarded this grant. The University of Southern California, Georgia State University, the University of Virginia, and New York University also received this grant.
One of the researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Center for Reproductive Research, Dr. Daniel Heisenreder, said, “We’ve known for decades that obese women often have difficulty getting pregnant. For this reason, many doctors recommend weight loss before pregnancy, but few studies have addressed a healthy lifestyle, the problem of comparing exercise to exercise and weight loss.”