Canadian rowers took home gold in the women’s eight competition, ending a 13-year reign held by the United States in the event. Former University of Virginia rowers Susanne Grainger (’13) and Christine Roper (’11) helped power the Canadian boat, finishing with a time of 5:59.13.
Jenny Boucek helps round out the Pacers’ coaching staff after spending the past few years with Rick Carlisle in Dallas. Boucek and Carlisle became acquainted through the University of Virginia, where they were both standouts.
A 19-year-old from Alexandria, Virginia, Frances Montevilla is a second-year student at the University of Virginia. She is planning on majoring in American studies with a minor in Indigenous studies. This summer, she is interning for First American Art Magazine through UVA’s Mellon Indigenous Arts Program. Frances is a bright mind with many perspectives to contribute to UVA, FAAM, and the many other spaces she will take part in in the professional future that stretches before her.
A 19-year-old from Central New Jersey, Cady de la Cruz is a second-year student at the University of Virginia. They are an undeclared major interested in pursuing a minor in Indigenous studies. This summer, they are interning for the First American Art Magazine through UVA’s Mellon Indigenous Arts Program. Guided by their own experiences and identities, Cady is a bold and thoughtful individual with the power to transform spaces within UVA, FAAM, and more.
A 19-year-old from Central New Jersey, Cady de la Cruz is a second-year student at the University of Virginia. They are an undeclared major interested in pursuing a minor in Indigenous studies. This summer, they are interning for the First American Art Magazine through UVA’s Mellon Indigenous Arts Program. Guided by their own experiences and identities, Cady is a bold and thoughtful individual with the power to transform spaces within UVA, FAAM, and more.
“There is some inherent conflict between the rank-and-file voters in the GOP and business interests over immigration,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, told Zenger. “Republican politicians are much likelier to espouse hawkish views on immigration now, even compared to the George W. Bush years. Business interests are probably more aligned with Democrats on immigration, but they also are at odds with Democrats on many other issues.”
“I think there are a lot of kind of national establishment-style Democrats who just feel like Turner would be a thorn in the side of leadership along the same lines as the so called ‘Squad,’ ” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of “Sabato’s Crystal Ball” (referring to longtime politics professor and political prognosticator Larry Sabato) at the University of Virginia.
Yet, 50 years since it was written in 1971 by a highly respected Virginia lawyer and future U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, the memo remains shrouded in mystery. Political analysts and historians sharply disagree on its actual level of influence. The debate itself testifies to the enduring power of the concise yet comprehensive 34-page document that outlined why and how corporate America could — and should — assert influence over American politics, society and culture. “Rarely has any memorandum or position paper been more successful, more influential than the Powell Memorandum,” says A....
A.E. Dick Howard, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, wrote in an email that “Justice Mims is the model of a citizen dedicated to public service. He has held office in all three branches of Virginia’s government, but he has never sought public office for its own sake.”
Eight Virginia children’s hospitals earned recognition from the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings, released Tuesday. Among them is UVA Children’s, ranking first in the state and No. 7 in the mid-Atlantic region, recognized for its neonatology, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes, orthopedics, and urology specialties.
A University of Virginia Health blog writer is posting the words of five individuals since March 2020 who’ve been working the front lines at the hospital treating COVID patients. It’s called “Voices from the COVID Unit”, and health system writer Kelly Casey has posted journal entries from one nurse who contracted COVID herself — then her grandmother died in the UVA COVID unit.
Centra Health will be working closer with UVA Health by the end of this year to provide smoother transitions and boosted service to transplant patients. The two providers announced their strategic clinical affiliation Wednesday, which will affect a few different areas of care.
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a finding that could boost drug development for diabetes, cancer and other diseases. According to a release, they have overturned conventional wisdom regarding the workings of certain hormone receptors within cells.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has some groundbreaking research on hormones. A research team has a finding that could boost drug development for various illnesses and disorders including cancer and diabetes.
(Podcast) Today I talked to Jim Detert about his book “Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work” (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021. Jim Detert is the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He’s won multiple awards for his teaching and curriculum development at both UVA and Cornell University.
A study involving UVA psychologist Noelle Hurd, circulated as a working paper through Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform, finds that high school students with mentors tend to earn better grades, stay in school longer, and make more money than peers who are otherwise similar to them. Unfortunately, the lower-income students who seem to benefit the most from mentoring at school are also the least likely to receive it.
Washington State University will lead a new federally funded research institute to take the agriculture industry further into the future via artificial intelligence. The USDA-NIFA Institute for Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support – also known as the AgAID Institute – will look at how AI can help tackle farming challenges related to climate change, weather, water supply and labor. Partners with the institute include Oregon State University; University of California, Merced; University of Virginia; Carnegie Mellon University; Heritage University; Wenatchee Valley Coll...
A construction project is underway near the University of Virginia. The University plans to put a hotel, conference center, and academic and arts facilities on the 14.5 acres of land near the Ivy Corridor.
Colleges and universities are planning to vastly reduce throw-away plastic on campus. At UVA, sustainability director Andrea Trimble says people from various programs met virtually for three months. “We formed our working group of over 40 people to figure out how to do this as well as inventory all of the plastics at UVA.” While some medical uses will remain, the school plans to cut out all plastic that could be replaced by something re-usable or compostable. “That includes single-use plastic food service containers, straws, cutlery, plastic bags and plastic water bottles," Trimble...
UVA’s Pavilion VIII is getting a makeover, and construction workers have made a discovery from the past. They found pieces of a roof system designed in 1835 by UVA professor Charles Bonnycastle.