A student’s grade point average means nothing to admissions officers without context, University of Virginia admissions dean Jeannine Lalonde, aka “DeanJ,” explains in posts on social media. “Methodologies differ so much that it’s impossible to know an applicant’s academic story from the GPA. GPAs are not standardized,” Lalonde wrote in a blog post for the UVA admissions blog, “Notes from Peabody.” “Two students with identical GPAs could have very different coursework and grades on their transcripts. This is why we talk about the transcript being the most important factor in understanding your...
A handful of scientists around the world are trying to create a universal vaccine that would protect against this – and all future – coronavirus pandemics. The problem they face is that viruses are constantly mutating. That’s why a vaccine that protects against the virus that causes COVID-19 may not protect against future variations of the same virus. In order to achieve that, scientists need to find something deep within the coronavirus that must remain constant. In a small lab tucked away at the UVA Medical Center, infectious disease specialist Dr. Steven Zeichner and his team believe they h...
Afterward, the grooms and their families dined privately at the Inn’s Michelin three-star restaurant. The Inn thoughtfully arranged florals in University of Virginia orange and Columbia blue, reflecting the grooms’ legal alma maters and offering tribute to the late Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, a former UVA professor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Columbia alumna, whose close friendship despite ideological differences always inspired the Aiden and Brady.
Hard seltzer category revenues leapt from $41 million in 2016 to $2.5 billion in 2020, according to figures from market-research firm T4. It also aligns with the experiences of the half-dozen current or recently graduated college students from across the country I interviewed for this story. “I really didn’t drink them that much, or even know that much about them at all my freshman year, but second year they were there a lot,” says Katharine (not her real name), 22, who graduated from UVA earlier this year. “I have not seen a keg in awhile,” she continues. “Even in my sophomore year [2018-19, ...
Jason Morefield says he was introduced to the game of chess at a very young age. Now, as a first year at the University of Virginia, his skill and passion for the game are paying off. While many people spent Labor Day relaxing and enjoying the last bit of summer, Morefield was competing for the state chess title. His path to winning the championship included matchups with two former state champions.
J. Miles Coleman, Associate Editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA, said on Twitter that Joe Biden still would have won District 2 with this new map, just by fewer points.
UVA’s Larry Sabato agrees that economic insecurity had little to do with non-college educated votes for Trump in 2020, but believes it’s “fundamentally” about ideology. He writes: “I find that support for Donald Trump among white working class voters reflected conservative views across a wide range of policy issues including social welfare issues, cultural issues, racial justice issues, gun control, immigration, and climate change. In other words, the rejection of the Democratic Party by white working class voters is fundamentally ideological. This fact makes it very unlikely that Democrats wi...
The ads appear to be part of “an attempt to undermine Youngkin’s support in western rural areas, where gun ownership is sacred and the Republican has a big lead – as all Republicans do these days,” according to Larry Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
“There are a lot of factors that suggest the Democrats are going to have a really hard time holding the House majority and the Senate’s 50-50, and so they lose one net seat and the Senate majority is gone,” said Kyle Kondik, an analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics. With Biden’s majorities in the House and Senate in peril, “you’d feel better about Democrats’ chances if his approval rating was more like it was two months ago than it is now,” Kondik said.
“The Latter-day Saints display in microcosm what we see in the larger culture,” Kathleen Flake, UVA’s Richard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies, told me. “There is political radicalization and a lack of confidence in the traditional sources of authority – and, consequently, an anxiety about where people can look for truth, about either secular or religious things.”
Disney’s next Marvel movie, “Eternals,” may not be released in China because its director, Chloé Zhao – who was born in the country – said during a 2013 interview that “there are lies everywhere” in China. “I would be surprised if ‘Eternals’ got released in China,” said Aynne Kokas, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the book “Hollywood Made in China.” “The controversy has gotten a lot of attention and has been a rallying cry for Chinese netizens.”
Bob Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, said the controversy has delivered yet another blow to the public school system. “What public schools are working very, very hard to be able to do is to teach history accurately and teach history fully,” said Pianta.
“Viral variants arise by mutation of the virus’s genetic material,” said Daniel Engel, professor of microbiology, immunology and cancer biology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. “The overwhelming majority of the time, these mutations do not alter the virus. The mutations are silent. However, extremely rarely, a mutation or a set of mutations will occur in the population that gives the virus a significant advantage over the original virus from which it came.” Engel was a presenter at the CLL Society’s recent webinar on staying protected from COVID-19 and its Delta variant.
Dr. Bill Petri, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Virginia, discusses who is eligible for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster that was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Confusion over COVID-19 has been widespread since the pandemic began. Now, with booster shots, new variants and approvals and recommendations for vaccines varying by age group and medical history, some of us are more confused than ever. Dr. William A. Petri, an immunologist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, is here to dish out answers to your COVID-19 questions in the Daily Progress.
(Co-written by Peg Burchinal, research professor in the School of Education and Human Development) It is time to change the narrative around social infrastructure investments for families. It is urgent that our country invest in high-quality care, family leave, and universal pre-K not only because it helps children thrive in high-quality early environments, but because it enables parents to enter the workforce—raising families out of poverty.
In the 24th issue of the “Debating Japan” newsletter series, the CSIS Japan Chair invited Leonard Schoppa, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, and Tobias Harris, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, to share their perspectives on whether Japan is entering a period of political instability.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Medical Center Hour returns this week. This week’s virtual session will be about improving clinician well-being, a topic that has been of big concern during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the scientific article written by Jonas Hedman, Otto Mønsted guest Professor Suprateek Sarker from the University of Virginia, Professor MSO Stefan Henningsson and Assistant Professor Thomas Jensen, both from the Department of Digitalization at CBS, which was published in the Journal of Management Information Systems, a CEO from the shipping industry shares his experience of corruption.
The University of Virginia is expanding its footprint in Northern Virginia, including its Rosslyn campus. The University currently operates a satellite location of its Darden School of Business in the top two floors of an office building at 1100 Wilson Blvd., one of the two Rosslyn “twin towers.” As part of the expansion plan, announced last week, the UVA Darden DC Metro campus will be renamed UVA|NOVA and will offer more courses from other schools within the University.