Astate organization has recognized two University of Virginia physicians and a Piedmont Virginia Community College English professor and writing instructor as outstanding faculty members. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia named Dr. Taison Bell and Dr. Andrew Wolf, of UVA’s Medical Center and School of Medicine, as well as PVCC’s Jennifer Koster as among the dozen faculty members to win the state’s highest honor for faculty at Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities.
Dr. Peter Dean, a pediatric cardiologist who is the team cardiologist for University of Virginia athletes, noted, for example, that at the beginning of the epidemic, as it became clear that Covid infection could cause inflammation of the heart in adults, no one in pediatric cardiology knew what the implications were for children and adolescents. … His colleague Dr. James Nataro, the chairman of pediatrics at the University of Virginia, who is a pediatric infectious diseases expert who studies emerging infections, said that the university, which had students on campus and held in-person classes...
Not all edible crops are destined for the food shelf—almost 600 million hectares of land is used to grow crops for ethanol, for instance. That means vast quantities of corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, sugar cane, cassava, and sugar beets are going into cars’ fuel tanks instead of people’s mouths. The move toward electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles could take a significant chunk out of this market. If all of that land were converted back to food production—a big assumption, but go with it—we could feed 280 million more people, according to one study from the University of Virginia.
In addition to Verdant Power’s riff on wind turbines, some new and unusual forms are taking shape. The University of Virginia, for example, has come up with a system based on bio-inspired pairs of oscillating hydrofoils.
One of every nine men in Virginia will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in his life. If caught early, the disease can be treated, but Black men are more than twice as likely to die from it. The University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth Universities are testing a new approach to treatment decisions – hoping to enroll new volunteers in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
University of Virginia Medical Center officials say they expect the first doses Tuesday morning. Both organizations hope to begin with a few vaccinations Tuesday and then increase the number of employees who get the shots beginning Wednesday.
The University of Virginia Medical Center expects to receive its first shipment of Pfizer’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine around noon Tuesday. Medical Center officials say they will begin vaccinating healthcare workers immediately that afternoon.
Among this group of flagship state universities in states with large Black populations, the smallest racial gap in graduation rates was at the University of Georgia. There, 83 percent of Black students graduate within six years of entering, compared to 87 percent of White students. At the University of Virginia and the University of South Carolina, the racial gap is only 5 percentage points.
The University of Virginia is outlining its plans for the upcoming spring semester as officials closely monitor the progression of the coronavirus. The University said in a new release Monday that it plans to welcome undergraduate students back to Grounds Feb. 1.
Dr. Tom Marshburn will serve as pilot for the commercial mission to the International Space Station, NASA announced Monday. The six-month mission will be his third to ISS, with his last trip ending in 2013. Marshburn, 60, earned a master’s degree in engineering physics from UVA.
Fifty years ago, Virginians voted to revise the state’s Jim Crow-era constitution, a colossal effort led by UVA Law professor A.E. Dick Howard. As executive director of the Commission on Constitutional Revision, Howard led the successful referendum campaign for the new constitution’s ultimate ratification in 1971.
For those who remain skeptical about vaccination, one high-profile medical doctor will give a day-by-day update of her experience. Dr. Ebony J. Hilton, UVA associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, plans to take the vaccine publicly and regularly update her health on YouTube.
Michael Mutersbaugh, a first-year Ph.D. student in Duke’s Neurobiology Graduate Program, died Saturday in a single-car automobile accident. Several other passengers are recovering from their injuries. Mutersbaugh graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering in spring 2019.
Spending by employees at other large colleges and universities in Virginia dwarf the donations made by Liberty workers ahead of last month’s election. For example, employees at the University of Virginia, including those who work at the institution’s vast health care system, spent more than $1.3 million on political donations in 2019 and 2020.
With a BA in Human Impacts on Ecosystems from the University of Virginia and a MA in Climate and Society from Columbia University, Tara DePorte’s formal education has focused on issues of sustainable development, society, and the environment. Professionally, her international experience includes work throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, working with colleagues throughout the world on creative community development, environmental education, social justice, policy and networking.
When the pandemic began draining bank accounts, disrupting lives and leaving people struggling to pay bills and buy food, one government body immediately sprang into action. It wasn’t the state legislature. It wasn’t Congress. It was the University of Virginia Student Council.
(Commentary) Laws managing satellite brightness and location need to be established to further pursue astronomical knowledge. University of Virginia astronomy professor Kelsey Johnson has observed that SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are excessively bright, not located in predictable orbits, and will continue to increase in numerical density. These facets of Starlink satellites have hindered astronomers’ efforts to observe space.
“One of the reasons Ossoff fell short when he ran for Congress in 2017 is, he didn’t get the type of Black turnout that he needed,” said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Now, with Warnock as something like a running mate, it may help with Black turnout.”
A.E. Dick Howard, a law professor at the University of Virginia who oversaw the drafting of the state’s current constitution, said the governor has the power to grant a posthumous pardon. “That decision does not require legislative or judicial affirmation, nor can the General Assembly or a court disturb that executive decision,” Howard said via email. A pardon removes punishment but does not take away a finding of guilt, Howard added. But a posthumous pardon can have “enormous symbolism.”
“These more recent conflicts represent more than 'uncooperative federalism,'“ Richard Schragger of the University of Virginia School of Law wrote earlier this year. “What has emerged instead is something that could be called 'punitive federalism'—a regime in which the periphery disagrees with or attempts to work around the center and the center seeks to punish those who do so, not just rein them in.”