Dr. Patrick Jackson, an infectious disease expert at the University of Virginia said Pfizer’s announcement Thursday is promising, but expected. “I hope this will make people hesitate less,” said Jackson. “I don’t think this finding was very surprising. It was what we’d hoped to see, but certainly, it was on the stronger side of what we were hoping for.”
“I am hopeful that we will not see a fourth wave. What's going on is we have two things going in opposite directions,” said Dr. Bill Petri from the University of Virginia, referring to vaccinations rising and the British variant of the virus spreading.
There is a long legacy of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. that is often intertwined with misogyny, experts said. One of the earliest acts of anti-Asian sentiment was the 1871 Chinese massacre in Los Angeles that killed 19 Chinese immigrants, said Sylvia Chong, associate professor of American studies at the University of Virginia. The Page Act of 1875 denied Chinese women entry into the U.S. due to “lewd and immoral purposes” because “they were seen as a sort of a threat to immigration, but also, they were characterized as not being virtuous,” said Shilpa Davé, associate dean and assistant profes...
Local activist, historian and University of Virginia professor Jalane Schmidt sees vindication for various community members for “having been right all along” and reflects on the historical spaces she has worked to contextualize through tours in recent years.
Richard Schragger, a law professor at the University of Virginia who has followed the case, said Thursday’s ruling was “a symbolic victory in a way, and an important one,” following a year of protests against racism and police brutality in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Next week, BRHD is expecting 4,900 first doses and 1,100 second doses of the Moderna vaccine and 4,680 first doses and 1,170 second doses of the Pfizer vaccine, while the University of Virginia’s Seminole Square vaccine location is expecting 4,680 first doses and 1,170 second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
(Commentary) Researchers at the University of Virginia, Duke University and the University of Chicago have found that preregistration has a significant effect on youth voting. And evidence showing the turnout gap among registered young and older voters is much smaller than the registration gap between these groups demonstrates that registering more young people to vote translates into more young people actually voting.
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine and other facilities have been closely looking at the genetic makeup of thousands of people. According to a release, this analysis of the genes of more than 53,000 people offers insight into heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, which could pave the way for better treatments and ways to prevent some of the most common causes of disability and death.
Here’s how participation in supervised virtual internship experiences through the University of Virginia Internship Placement Program, which reflect not just student willingness but also employer buy-in, has grown since the pandemic started: In summer 2020, the program had 60 remote interns. In fall 2020, that number increased to 83. In spring 2021, the number reached 148. Rebecca H. Coulter, associate director of the program at the UVA Career Center, says that “a network of support is vital for students in a virtual internship.”
Here’s how participation in supervised virtual internship experiences through the University of Virginia Internship Placement Program, which reflect not just student willingness but also employer buy-in, has grown since the pandemic started: In summer 2020, the program had 60 remote interns. In fall 2020, that number increased to 83. In spring 2021, the number reached 148. Rebecca H. Coulter, associate director of the program at the UVA Career Center, says that “a network of support is vital for students in a virtual internship.”
Francis Kéré, Hon. FAIA, founder and principal of Berlin-based Kéré Architecture, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. Since 1966, the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello have presented the award to an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the architecture profession.
A bill signed by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam this week will require public universities to face up to the legacy of slavery on their campuses. The “Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program” forces five public universities -- Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military Institute and The College of William and Mary -- to take the following steps …
University of Virginia leaders say they plan to return to in-person classes and much more normal operations in the fall.
The University of Virginia announced Thursday that its fall semester will look much like those prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The fall semester at the University of Virginia will look a lot like 2019 with students and faculty in classrooms, libraries and recreation facilities open and a traditional class grading system in place. UVA officials announced the plan to return to something resembling normal in a Thursday email to students, staff and employees.
The Ridley restaurant officially opened Thursday in the Draftsman Hotel on West Main Street. Its name pays homage to Dr. Walter Nathanial Ridley, the first Black student to graduate from UVA and receive a graduate degree from any major historically white public university in the South.
UVA law professor Richard Schragger, who specializes in the intersection of constitutional law and local government law, said he took the position early in the litigation that the law didn’t apply to the Charlottesville statues. He expects Thursday’s decision to be the final word in the long-running case since he doesn’t see any grounds for a challenge under federal law.
The Top Consensus Ranked Public Colleges & Universities list has been developed by College Consensus to show future leaders and scholars across the nation the best options for their needs. By bringing together a full selection of data from publishers and student reviews, College Consensus gets the broadest ranking of the best public schools in the U.S. (UVA ranks No. 2.)
In need of some serenity from the stress of the pandemic and life in general? The Balance Box may have some tools to help you restore inner tranquility. The Balance Box consists of five decks of cards, each focusing on one topic: Anxiety, Depression, Mindfulness, Self-Esteem or Confidence. Created last year by [UVA alumna] Janine Canaday, a licensed clinical therapist and owner of Living Wellness in Chester, the cards were “inspired by the work I do with my clients to help them with coping skills outside of sessions,” Canaday says.
(Podcast) Dr. David Martin knows who he is. And he’s here to show others how to remember what it means to put humanity into the human experience. A speaker, author, business executive and futurist, Dr. Martin’s work has been engaged in every country on Earth. He works with his family in every endeavour of life. Together with his wife Kim, he directs the Breathing Enterprise workshops and facilitates implementation of Integral Accounting. Dr. Martin received his undergraduate from Goshen College, his Masters of Science from Ball State University, and his doctorate from the University of Virgini...