Concerns about fake religious exemptions were echoed by Professor Douglas Laycock at the University of Virginia. While he said he “generally believe in very strong protections for the free exercise of religion” and noted his advocacy for it in front of the Supreme Court, Congress and state legislatures, Laycock said the university “has ample reason to require everyone who is medically eligible for vaccination to be vaccinated. … Some people can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons,” Laycock said, and argued that unvaccinated people “are a threat to everyone around them.”
When choosing a pediatric provider, keep those future conversations in mind. Charlotte J. Patterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, wrote in an email, “parents can ask questions about how practitioners handle issues relevant to sexual orientation and gender identity. This can help parents ensure that, whether gay or straight, cisgender or nonbinary, their children will receive safe, inclusive, and supportive medical care.” She also suggested that parents can consult with local groups — PFLAG or L.G.B.T.Q. resource centers — for recommendations about pediatric practice...
(Audio) A little under a week after the assassination of President Moïse, Haitian police have made several arrests. Catherine Porter, Toronto Bureau Chief for the New York Times and and author of the memoir “A Girl Named Lovely,” about her experience in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and Marlene L. Daut, professor in and associate director of UVA’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, join to update us on the ongoing investigations and break down the history that got us here.
Dr. Gregory Saathoff, a UVA forensic psychiatrist who also was called as a witness for prosecutors, told the jury Tuesday he believed Ramos understood the criminality of his actions. “My opinion is that Mr. Ramos is criminally responsible for the events of June 28, 2018,” said Saathoff, who also is a psychiatric consultant for the FBI.
The Virginia softball program has hired Mike Roberts to be its associate head coach and pitching coach, the school announced on Tuesday. Roberts heads to Charlottesville after spending the past three seasons as the associate head coach and pitching and infield coach at Louisiana. During Roberts’ time on the staff, the Ragin’ Cajuns won back-to-back Sun Belt championships and reached two NCAA regional finals.
Kyle Whitten has agreed to sign with the Tampa Bay Rays as an undrafted rookie. The Osbourn Park graduate was not chosen during the three-day 20-round Major League Baseball Draft that finished Tuesday. A right-handed pitcher who played four seasons at the University of Virginia, Whitten spent the majority of his college career as a reliever. He pitched in 79 total games, including three starts which all came his freshman season.
Two juniors on the Virginia baseball team were selected in Tuesday’s portion of the MLB Draft. Shortstop Nic Kent and pitcher Zach Messinger have decisions ahead of them. They could opt to return to Charlottesville for a final collegiate season or instead turn professional. … Redshirt senior catcher Logan Michaels was not drafted, but shared on social media after the draft that he has signed a deal with the Baltimore Orioles organization.
Players’ individual social media accounts were flooded with congratulations from teammates, friends and fans. The team-wide group chat was active as players celebrated the achievements of UVA’s draft choices.
UVA Health’s new emergency department and inpatient bed tower has been named a winning project in International Interior Design Association’s 2021 Interior Design Competition. The awards honor achievement in outstanding interior architecture and design that encourages and uses innovative interior design ideas, techniques and furnishings. The project was honored in the Healthcare (hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical facilities) category.
Researchers at the University of Virginia are working to target epileptic seizures through imaging technology. Patients often look towards surgery when epilepsy medications don’t work. The first step in the surgery process is finding a bad spot in the brain that acts as the source for the neurons firing that causes seizures. New imaging technology aims to help find those bad spots without having to put the patient onto an operating table.
(Press release) In partnership with the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College will host the Universities Studying Slavery conference in the fall of 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Based out of the University of Virginia and comprising more than 60 universities, USS is dedicated to organizing multi-institutional collaboration on research into historical and contemporary issues dealing with race and inequality in higher education and university communities.
The law school with the highest representation for our 40 Under 40 class is Harvard Law School, with seven honorees, followed by Cornell Law School, NYU School of Law and Yale Law School, which tie with three honorees each. Next up are Duke University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, UC Berkeley Law, UCLA School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law, which tie with two honorees each.
Here is our list of the best online management courses: Leadership and Management Courses – Coursera; Duration: Self-paced – These courses have been created with the help of some of the world’s most prestigious universities such as the University of Minnesota, University of Virginia, Yale University, etc. You will learn the fundamental concepts of leadership and management in these courses. You can then apply the concepts to improve your team’s performance and productivity.
UVA is requiring all faculty and staff to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination by Friday, July 23. Those who aren’t vaccinated will have to wear masks at all times and be tested for the coronavirus on a weekly basis via PCR saliva testing.
The University of Virginia is reminding faculty and staff members of its Academic Division to report their COVID-19 vaccination status. They have until July 23 to submit their report if they have not already done so.
J. Miles Coleman, New Orleans native and associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA: “Was he perfect? Hell no. But I’ve said for years that you just don’t get governors like him in other states. He’s helped me explain that, even though we’re a ‘safe’ state most of the time, Louisiana politics is hardly boring.”
(Audio) The WDET Book Club is reading the U.S. Constitution this summer to understand how it still shapes our lives today, more than two centuries after its inception. Professors Kim Forde-Mazuri (UVA) and Michele Gilman discuss the idea of equality in the Constitution from a modern-day perspective, and how there is still a long way to go until all Americans are truly equal.
(Commentary) Top school: Virginia’s three ACC titles were less than half of Duke’s seven, and the Cavaliers finished south of North Carolina in the Directors’ Cup. But among ACC programs, only UVA earned multiple national championships (men’s lacrosse and women’s swimming).
Lifelong horseman, accomplished owner/breeder, and Eclipse Award leading owner of 1980 Bertram Robert Firestone died July 12 in West Palm Beach, Fla., following a rapid deterioration of his health in the past week, according to his family. Firestone would have turned 90 next month. Firestone's association with horses started in the show ring. He attended the New York Military Academy where he was on the jumping team and also attended the University of Virginia.
Kevin Wong and Sean Ro have been friends for over a decade. After graduating from UVA, the two moved to NYC where Wong started a career in finance before moving into tech startups, and Ro worked as a UX designer. The roommates eventually started homebrewing in their shared studio apartment. By 2019, they also shared Lunar, the hard seltzer brand Ro and Wong co-founded after realizing the American beverage industry lacked a product that captured their upbringing as Asian Americans.