If Virginia continues on its current trajectory, the University of Virginia COVID-19 Model expects 203,473 confirmed cases by Thanksgiving, according to a weekly update posted at the Virginia Department of Health’s website.
Donors at UVA Children’s have pitched in to make sure patients of all ages staying there have a happy Halloween by making them goodie bags.
Things went pink at White’s Travel Center. Most of the trucks there are tractor trailers, but Friday saw the University of Virginia Mobile Mammography Coach parked there for visitors. It was the fifth year for the White’s Goes Pink program that encourages checks as well as raising money for research.
In a statement shared with his class session, Communications Professor Jeffrey Leopold apologized and said he was wrong for saying “Africans didn’t know what food meant.”
If the pandemic stays on the current course, it could mean the state’s cases will continue to trend up into January before dropping down again, according to an analysis by the University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Min Park used the device, called the Comaneci, to prevent an aneurysm from rupturing.
John Waller has lived a notable life in Virginia Beach. The architect designed City Hall, several school buildings and dozens of homes. He grew up on a farm outside of Lynchburg, studied architecture at UVA and moved to Virginia Beach in 1953.
UVA law students are gearing up to act as “poll observers” at polling places in Charlottesville and Albemarle County on Election Day. Their main objective: To prevent voter intimidation and harassment.
Sarah Kearney found her mission right out of high school. That summer, a wealthy family asked her to help launch a philanthropy focused on fighting climate change. She’d so impressed Arunas Chesonis, who made his fortune in telecommunications, during her internship at his company that he promised her the job once she graduated from UVA. Seventeen years later, Kearney has not only mastered the skills needed to run a charitable organization and a venture capital fund worth around $50 million, she’s pioneered a new way of financing clean technology startups and emerging technologies.
The Athletic’s Britt Ghiroli reported on Thursday that the team plans to trim staff in scouting, baseball operations, and research and development. That doesn’t include Mike Cubbage, a long-time assistant to general manager Mike Rizzo. Cubbage, a former UVA standout, confirmed Thursday that he was retiring at the end of this month.
A big member of the Charlottesville and UVA community is battling a brain tumor. Mark Mincer, owner of Mincer’s University of Virginia Imprinted Sportswear, is set to undergo surgery at the UVA Medical Center Friday. According to his family, Mincer went to the hospital Tuesday evening after exhibiting symptoms of a stroke.
Selena Johnson, a 20-year-old student studying computer science at the University of Virginia, is concerned with police violence, reproductive rights and climate change. “I want to see some sort of regulation on the big companies that are contributing to like 70% of the world’s pollution,” she said.
(Commentary by Evan Sandsmark, Ph.D. candidate in religious studies) There has been much debate about how different forms of government have handled the pandemic. In the early stages of the crisis, it appeared that authoritarian governments may have had an advantage over open, democratic societies.
Albemarle County has seen one of the biggest spikes in early voting commonwealth-wide. UVA Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato says that’s not surprising. “Just like wearing masks has become partisan, how you vote has become partisan,” he said.
The race for the Fifth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is now considered one of the most competitive races in Virginia. J. Miles Coleman at UVA’s Center for Politics also says one of the candidates, Democrat Dr. Cameron Webb, has been moving toward the center. “Something that’s sort of rare, in his ads, he’ll really try to frame himself as a business-friendly type of Democrat, which is not something you normally see,” he said.
Fringe candidates with unusual beliefs can be found in every election, of course, but this cohort of QAnon followers on the ballot is somewhat unique. “People with crazy beliefs run for Congress all the time, it’s just a question of whether there’s a unifying force among candidates of their crazy beliefs,” said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics.
“In all likelihood, Senate control may come down to Iowa and North Carolina,” said Kyle Kondik, an analyst at UVA’S Center for Politics.
Biden's campaign and groups backing him have collected $101 million from donors in the financial, insurance and real estate industries, according to data from the CRP, a nonpartisan research group. That compares with $59.9 million in industry donations for Trump and groups backing him. "Minorities, women and younger employees are pushing for a new direction" on Wall Street, Larry Sabato, a UVA politics professor who also runs the University's Center for Politics, said.
Experts believed that Biden’s chances of victory in these areas were slim. However, his team are now feeling confident, and, as things currently stand in the national polls, Trump is still ahead of Biden in Georgia, but his lead is little more than 0.4%, whilst Biden holds a slender lead in Iowa – with an advantage of 1.4%. “It is an acknowledgment from the Biden campaign that they think they can win those states,” Kyle Kondik from UVA’s Center for Politics said. “Ultimately the candidate’s time is their most valuable resource, and sending [Biden] to Georgia and Iowa is a recognition that they...
Political analysts say they are more certain about polls this year because the public appears to be much more certain about their vote. "The polls are much more reminiscent of 2012, when there was an incumbent on the ballot and the electorate was much more decided," UVA political analyst Kyle Kondik said. "And since there are fewer undecided voters, Biden is more consistently hitting above 50% support. And to me, that is a higher-quality lead than Clinton's was because it suggests Biden has majority support."