Athletic rivals Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are working together on two new coronavirus vaccines, and their research has shown early promise in protecting people from existing and future variants of COVID-19, according to the universities.
Scientists at UVA and Virginia Tech may have developed a potential COVID-19 vaccine that would protect against existing and future strains of coronavirus, costs about $1 per dose and can be easily transported.
People can now gather outdoors in groups of up to 25 at the University of Virginia.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are expecting Chris Taylor to be a key member of the team as they embark on their quest for a repeat as World Series champions. But he hopes his contributions to a cause close to his heart will have an even bigger impact. The UVA alumnus will host a two-hour live music event on Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. ET. The virtual Home Run for Hope concert will include performances by country music stars Brad Paisley, Jake Owen, Scotty McCreery, Toby Keith and other up-and-coming country artists.
Experts on political rhetoric said Biden has played to his strengths so far, projecting folksiness in otherwise formal settings while limiting the opportunity to add to his list of infamous gaffes. “He seems to me more relaxed now than I ever remember him in his career,” said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center. “He’s both genuine and authentic, but he’s taken on the mantle of the presidency and the dignity of the presidency.”
One issue that frequently comes up for women who are educated as engineers is dealing with the idea that you are different; different from other women, different from male engineers, different from society’s expectations of you. Jill Tietjen, an electrical engineer with more than 40 years of experience in the electric utility industry (after becoming one of the first 10 women to graduate from UVA’s School of Engineering), long ago accepted her differences, and sort of revels in them.
A hashtag and masks are part of helping University of Virginia students navigate the pandemic safely. The campaign is known as #YOUva. It came from a student project at the Meriwether Lewis Institute for Citizen Leadership.
The 59th District includes Appomattox and Buckingham Counties, and parts of Albemarle, Campbell and Nelson counties. Dr. Ben Moses, a veteran of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, is running in the district’s Democratic primary. Moses is also a relative newcomer to politics but has served as a faculty senator at the University of Virginia and on various medical boards.
(Commentary) This conversation with Dr. Aynne Kokas – associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia; senior faculty fellow at the Miller Center for Public Affairs; and author of “Hollywood Made in China” (2016) – discusses the recent setback for China’s CGTN in the U.K. and Beijing’s campaign for media influence abroad.
(Written by Andrew Kaufman, lecturer in Slavic languages and literatures) Creativity involves developing new ideas and imagining different ways of collaborating with others to solve problems. Those are critical skills in any line of work.
The effort aims to bring factual, scientific information to people across the country, particularly communities of color that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. Questions about safety, speed of vaccine development, side effects, efficacy and new variants will be answered with the latest scientific information. "In an age where most people get their information at a distance, we wanted to find a way to connect with people more directly," said Dan Engel of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Engel and Dr. Dean Kedes, both of UVA's Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer...
Experts from around the country will be holding virtual town halls this week and in the weeks ahead to try and clear up any questions people may have. "We feel if there can be more of a give and take, there can be live question and answer sessions, the public will feel better about the answers they're getting," said Dr. Daniel Engel, a professor at the University of Virginia who helped organize the town halls.
If you have questions about getting the COVID-19 vaccine you now have a chance to connect with more than 50 experts from across the United States. The experts, including several from the University of Virginia, will participate in the event called COVID-19 Vaccine Education.
Several regional COVID-19 business grant and assistance programs have exhausted their funding, but it’s worth checking to see if new rounds become available. The Virginia 30 Day Fund is still taking applications for up to $3,000 for Virginia small businesses that employ between three and 30 people. Applicants fill out an online form and submit a short video about the business and its employees. The private sector-backed nonprofit taps volunteers from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for help in the approval process.
The University of Virginia is re-evaluating Final Exercises plans after Gov. Ralph Northam announced revised COVID-19 restrictions related to graduations last Wednesday. The changes allow outdoor ceremonies to be capped at 5,000 people and indoor ceremonies can have up to 500 people.
CognitiveEMS, developed by University of Virginia researchers, provides prompts to support responders' decision-making.
(Commentary by Steven Gillon, senior faculty fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) GOP leaders and the conservative media ecosystem have spent the last few weeks focused on inflaming the culture wars. They’ve railed against the decision to stop publishing six Dr. Seuss books, falsely claiming that the childhood classics have fallen victim to liberal cancel culture, and complained about changes to the Potato Head line of toys.
U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to serve as the 14th NASA administrator. Nelson, a graduate of Yale and UVA, represented Florida from 2001 to 2019 where he served as a ranking member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
It’s not often that the path to becoming an artist is kick-started by a dog-sitting gig. But the part-time job Alanna Rivera picked up in 2012 while studying literature and Spanish at UVA was just what she needed to remind her of how much she loved painting. The Arlington painter specializes in portraits of families, pets, home exteriors and more.
A new study from the American Society of Criminology finds U.S. counties with large Protestant fundamentalist populations, greater support for Republican presidential candidates and unstable local economies are more likely to impose death sentences. The research used a data project from the UVA School of Law.