[Darden alumna] Jacqueline Grace is breaking barriers as the senior vice president and general manager of Tropicana Atlantic City. And the advice she gives to others: Just do it.
The palm walk inside Tropicana Atlantic City was bustling on a recent Saturday afternoon as guests wandered about looking for the front desk, a place to eat, or their next big win. Standing beneath the walk’s palm trees at the intersection that leads to an abundance of gaming opportunities or to The Quarter, the properties inside the mall area, stood [Darden alumna] Jacqueline Grace. A mask covered her infectious smile but her body language portrayed her as happy as she moved to the music that intermixed with the noise of slot machines, the cheerful screams of winning gamblers and the groans o...
(Commentary) On Nov. 3, nearly two-thirds of Virginia’s voters approved a major change in the way the state redraws legislative and congressional districts, slaying the gerrymander in favor of a bipartisan commission to handle redistricting. Eight years ago, such a political reform was considered hardly possible in Virginia. Conventional wisdom insisted that no majority party in the General Assembly would give up the power to draw their own district lines for their own partisan advantage. But Leigh B. Middleditch Jr., a respected Charlottesville lawyer, saw the chance to build a movement that ...
“I think most of Golden’s colleagues will understand that, of all the House Democrats, he is one of the most in need of a hall pass, so to speak, to vote against leadership from time to time,” says Kyle Kondik who tracks Congress at UVA’s Center for Politics and points out that Golden now holds the most Republican district of any House Democrat in the country.
There are many who have written off the board’s utility, seeing it as a fantasy of corporate self-regulation. “It will have no authority over advertising or the massive surveillance that makes Facebook ads so valuable,” Siva Vaidhyanathan, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia, wrote in Wired last May. “It won’t curb disinformation campaigns or dangerous conspiracies. It has no influence on the sorts of harassment that regularly occur on Facebook or (Facebook-owned) WhatsApp. It won’t dictate policy for Facebook Groups, where much of the most dangerous content thrives. And mo...
Dr. Lorna Breen died by suicide in April 2020. She was a sister, a “cool aunt” to her eight nieces and nephews, and an emergency room director at New York Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan. “She was always helping people, and jumped into action whenever she could,” said Corey Feist, Dr. Breen’s brother-in-law and chief executive officer of the University of Virginia Physicians Group.
A University of Virginia psychologist says individuals experiencing ‘pandemic fatigue,’ where they become irritable due to restrictions associated with the pandemic, now have something to look forward to as the weather gets warmer. Nicole Ruzek, director of UVA Counseling & Psychological Services, says meeting friends or family outdoors can have a lasting impact on your well-being to recharge and stay vigilant.
Last year, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Claudia W. Allen, a clinical psychologist and the director of the Family Stress Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, told The New York Times that if there are differences of opinion, it’s important not to pass judgment, start lecturing or assume that your relatives have bad motives. “The people who are willing to take more risks are usually doing it because they’re valuing connection. And the people who are less willing to take risks are usually less willing because they are prioritizing safety. Connection and safety are both go...
A Lynchburg man needed a new liver before he could undergo what his doctors called a life-saving heart surgery. Benny Nash had been battling an aggressive liver disease, called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, for the past four years. His doctors then discovered an issue with his heart valve, which needed more immediate attention. In order to perform the surgery on his heart, Benny's doctors at the UVA Health’s Transplant Center said he needed to have a liver transplant.
That brings this story to September 2020: Child Cancer Awareness Month. It was a chance for Luke Post to do exactly what he’s always wanted to do: help others, even though he’s the one undergoing treatment. It all started with a shirt.
That brings this story to September 2020: Child Cancer Awareness Month. It was a chance for Luke Post to do exactly what he’s always wanted to do: help others, even though he’s the one undergoing treatment. It all started with a shirt.
Rehabilitation therapists at UVA Health are reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, staff gathered photos and wrote stories looking back at pivotal moments from the past year. They also took part in a walk through UVA Grounds to pause and reflect on the darker aspects of COVID-19. Now, the group is looking ahead and focusing on raising money for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, United Way of Greater Charlottesville and All Blessings Flow to help those affected by the coronavirus.
Dr. Taison Bell and Dr. Costi Sifri, both from UVA Health, spoke at a briefing Friday about COVID-19 vaccine efforts and the next steps needed to be taken in the community. One of the efforts is equitable distribution in the Blue Ridge Health District.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put inequity in health care under a microscope. The pandemic started with marginalized communities getting hit hardest by COVID-19. Now, those same groups are the ones getting left behind in the national vaccine rollout. “Distribution has been an issue nationwide. Every state that reports data on whose received a vaccinations has reported discrepancies between those who have received their vaccine. It tends to be white Americans, whereas under-represented minorities, who disproportionately over-represent cases and deaths, have received disproportionately low access to...
With new strains of the COVID-19 virus circulating and only about 15% of Virginians fully vaccinated against the original strain, University of Virginia medical experts say society should not rush a return to old routines.
Researchers from Cornell University, North Western University and UVA recently combined complementary imaging techniques to explore the atomic structure of human tooth enamel, and identify chemical weaknesses in its structure. Understanding these chemical weaknesses could provide the key to not only conquering tooth decay but also reversing the process.
One of the biggest hurdles to putting more circuits and power onto a smaller chip is managing the heat. As chips become smaller, heat increases exponentially. Not only are there more transistors in a given area, which generates more heat in a small space, they also are closer together, making it harder for heat to dissipate. Now a research team led by Northwestern University and the University of Virginia addresses this major hurdle. By exploring an emerging type of material with the potential to keep chips cool as they continue shrinking in size, the researchers have enabled others to continu...
New research out of the University of Virginia suggests that exercise during pregnancy may significantly reduce expectant mothers’ children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life.
According to a new analysis published this week by the Edtech Evidence Exchange, a UVA-based nonprofit organization, the total figure is also in the billions – perhaps between $26 and $41 billion a year. But that range is merely an estimate – and a conservative one at that. The ambiguity around edtech spending is doing more harm than most people realize, says Bart Epstein, CEO of the Edtech Evidence Exchange and a research associate professor at the UVA School of Education and Human Development. “The real question isn’t, ‘How much are we spending?’” he says in an interview. “The real question ...
UVA is working to develop a new system to help first responders navigate challenges during emergencies. The researchers are looking to use artificial intelligence to offer helpful prompts and other support as rescue squads make split-second decisions.