The hour-long debate started off on a quiet note before candidates blasted McAuliffe’s record on gun rights, and there’s one moment that’s getting a lot of attention. Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax comparing sexual assault allegations against him to the deaths of Emmett Till and George Floyd. UVA Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato called it outrageous. “Just about anybody who wasn’t already committed to the lieutenant governor probably said ‘well at least that’s one of the five I can strike off the list,’” he said.
The FCC says its service maps are outdated. It just launched a new mapping effort, but that update will take years. So a lot of counties and states like Georgia, North Carolina and Maine are making their own maps. “It’s great to hear that so many local communities and counties are doing their own mapping initiatives because our federal map is a giant disaster,” says Dr. Chirstopher Ali, a UVA professor whose work focuses on rural broadband.
News 3 This Morning anchor Jessica Larché asked Dr. William Petri from UVA whether we’re setting ourselves up for a scenario where things could be like they were at the beginning of the pandemic a year ago and exactly how much we should be concerned about these variants. “I think we should be concerned enough to encourage everyone we know to get vaccinated, because we really want to have everyone who’s 16 years of age and older vaccinated, because that’s going to limit the ability of the virus to produce new variants. Because when you have like millions of people infected around the world, tha...
A search of presidential speeches through UVA’s Miller Center shows that not one president before Joe Biden ever used the word “caregiving” in a public speech. Not one.
With “Remembering Heaven” in mind, I offer a few passages from toward the end of Bruce Greyson, “After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond.” You will recall that Greyson is professor emeritus of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the UVA School of Medicine.
In “Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work,” Jim Detert, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business, presents many examples from his decades of research on workplace courage, and explains why “fearless organizations” can make the world a better place.
As a society, we seem to have mixed feelings about whether it’s better to add or subtract things, advising both that “less is more” and “bigger is better.” But these contradictory views play out across multibillion-dollar industries, with people salivating over the latest features of their hardware and software before bemoaning that the added complexities make the product difficult to use. A team of UVA researchers decided to look at the behavior underlying this tension, finding in a new paper that most people defaulted to assuming that the best way of handling a problem is to add new features...
When presented with an opportunity to change or improve something, adults are more likely to rely on addition to correct a problem, instead of subtracting from it, a team of UVA researchers determined in the first study to analyze additive and subtractive cognitive processes.
Picture a bridge made of Legos. One side has three support pieces, the other two. How would you stabilize the bridge? Most people would add a piece so that there are three supports on each side, a new study suggests. But why not remove a piece so that each side has two supports instead? It turns out that getting people to subtract — whether a Lego block, ingredients in a recipe or words in an essay — requires reminders and rewards, UVA researchers report April 7 in Nature.
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.