Leidy Klotz, an engineer at the University of Virginia, noticed that minimalist designs, in which elements are removed from an existing model, were uncommon. So he reached out to Gabrielle Adams, a social psychologist at the University, to try to figure out why this was the case. The two researchers hypothesized that there might be a psychological explanation: when faced with a problem, people tend to select solutions that involve adding new elements rather than taking existing components away.
The legislature also swiftly defeated Northam’s proposal that it promise to spend the savings from the elimination of the controversial coal tax credits on the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Northam wanted those savings to go toward expanding course offerings in data science, computer science, cybersecurity and renewable energy. The governor can’t require the lawmakers to spend the money this way, so he was hoping to get the legislature to make a commitment.
Lawmakers rejected amendments from the governor on two bills passed to sunset some coal employment tax credits largely targeting Southwest Virginia. Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed amendment would have redirected the money being spent on the credits to the University of Virginia’s College at Wise for programs in data science, cybersecurity and renewable energy.
A new partnership aims to give working adults access to career-accelerating, online programs. The University of Virginia and InStride announced the partnership to help workers upskill and finish their degrees on Wednesday.
Colorado lawmakers have passed new legislation to pause the state’s Accountability Clock for the second time due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it’s paused, low-performing schools will be unable to change their rating. … Risley International Academy of Innovation Principal Janelle Manes says they’ve focused efforts on improving curriculum and providing more resources for students. “We are currently working with the University of Virginia to get supports in our building level as well as the district level. We have a closer relationship with the district through that process.”
(Podcast) How does the culture of the workplace affect objectification of employees? In today’s Academic Minute, Peter Belmi, an assistant professor of leadership and organizational behavior at UVA’s Darden School of Business, looks into this question
After a hard year, medical professionals at the University of Virginia are talking about what they have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and how it will change post-pandemic care.
Taison Bell, an infectious-disease physician at the University of Virginia, noted that the rate of blood clots among AstraZeneca recipients was close to the rate you’d see in a normal population. “When we look at the risk of death from COVID-19, long haul from COVID-19, versus these very rare side effects, I think the overwhelming pendulum swings towards getting vaccinated,” he said. “I’m not particularly concerned about this announcement.”
Tuesday was a night Charleston’s Emma Navarro will not soon forget. Navarro, 19, scored her first WTA professional tour victory by defeating Mexico’s Renata Zarazua (6-4, 6-3) in straight sets in an opening round matchup. It was the first win in her hometown tournament for the University of Virginia freshman and Ashley Hall alumna.
Having your parents involved in your sports affairs can feel overbearing at times. Imagine if you were an athlete and your parents owned the stadium in which you performed? Emma Navarro can. The 19-year-old tennis sensation from Charleston has been named one of the five main draw wild cards in the field of 56 players at the Volvo Car Open. Navarro also happens to be the daughter of well-known Charleston philanthropist and billionaire Ben Navarro, and Kelly Navarro.
Jinna Kim isn’t afraid to fail. That may be why she’s so successful. An interdisciplinary artist, her work is popping up everywhere from TV shows and commercials to museums, magazines and film festivals. She’s an actor, a model, a photographer, a writer and a filmmaker. Then there’s her day job at Bank of America, where the Darden School of Business alumna was recently promoted to senior vice president.
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he plans to nominate former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan as administrator of the General Services Administration, a powerful position whose previous occupant played a role in his delayed transition to the presidency. Carnahan earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
The student group’s 2020 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard found that Gibson Dunn conducted the second most anti-climate litigation of any law firm with its representation of oil and gas exploration, development and production companies. “It’s unacceptable that a supposedly prestigious firm like Gibson Dunn has no standard guiding its fossil fuel work other than profit,” said Jeremy Kemp, a University of Virginia School of Law student, and member of the group.
Luminiferous aether became the answer. It was the medium that light travelled through, an invisible substance all around us that couldn't be felt the way air could, but just existed. It was the stuff that waved when light moved, the same way that air waved when sound moved. With that, scientists went on to measure the "aether wind." Michael Fowler from the University of Virginia explains that, under the assumption of the aether, the Earth moves through it while orbiting the sun. Therefore, the aether should be felt rushing past the Earth (like if you ran your hand through water), and ligh...
Aynne Kokas, author of Hollywood Made in China and assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia in the US, says Chinese movie producers face the double bind of producing commercially viable films that meet the demands of Chinese censors. “Political content [from China] tends to present a challenge overseas,” she says.
The Democratic primary for a Pennsylvania Senate seat that’s key to future control of the chamber is shaping up to be expensive and crowded, with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman setting the pace with a substantial early cash haul. Fetterman’s receipt of $3.9 million in first quarter contributions already is starting to affect the 2022 race to replace retiring Republican Patrick Toomey, according to outside analysts and campaign aides. “It certainly helps” get him attention and support from national Democrats seeking to expand their majority, said J. Miles Coleman, an analyst at the UVA Center for Poli...
Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia Center for Politics said, regarding substance abuse generally, that it was “now so widespread that it’s hard to see how there could be prejudice around it."
The intense focus on anti-Asian violence in America comes as the Biden administration is seeking to rebuild its credibility and popularity in the region, where the U.S. has recently condemned human rights abuses in Myanmar and Xinjiang, China. "It's a smear on the ability of the U.S. to advocate for human rights globally," said Aynne Kokas, a media studies professor focusing on U.S.-China relations at the University of Virginia.
When UVA professor and activist Jalane Schmidt, who has advocated for the removal of the statues and led historical tours recontextualizing them, heard the news last week, she felt a mixture of excitement and sadness. “I wish this could have happened several years ago. We lost three people,” says Schmidt, referring to the deaths of Heather Heyer and two Virginia State Police troopers during the Unite the Right rally. “Things should have never gone this far.”
(Commentary) Thus you get the seemingly incongruous but immensely revealing cooperation, starting in the 1950s and continuing today, between white supremacists and “libertarians.” Who thereby show their true colors. Nancy MacLean’s “Democracy in Chains” is illuminating on this point. Her book describes the career of the influential Nobel laureate economist James M. Buchanan [once a UVA faculty member], one of the founders of public choice theory, which is devoted to the impeccably capitalist goal of exposing and explaining the systematic failures of government.