(Commentary by Ashley Deeks, E. James Kelly, Jr.-Class of 1965 Research Professor of Law) Companies working for the U.S. military invented duct tape. And Silly Putty. And undershirts. Military necessity drove these and other technological advances, which were tailored to the enemies the military was fighting and the nature of conflict at the time. The endless war against al-Qaeda and its associates has similarly fostered a range of technological inventions or advancements, driven by the nature of the foes America has been fighting for two decades.
An expert at UVA’s Center for Politics says the coronavirus may impact the presidential election in ways this country has never seen.
As Virginia faces a shortage of respirator masks, the UVA Medical Center has recommended its staff use ear-loop masks to in order to conserve respirators.
The UVA Athletic Department officially cancelled all spring sports and activities on Tuesday. UVA had suspended all athletics activities March 12 due to the spread of COVID-19, but in accordance with the Atlantic Coast Conference’s announcement, everything has now officially been cancelled.
Each variable is being evaluated further by a working group that will build consensus about how to define and measure them those factors, said Bart Epstein, the president and CEO of the Jefferson Education Exchange, which is leading the project. JEX is a nonprofit affiliated with UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development.
At Tufts University in Massachusetts and the University of Virginia, mutual aid Facebook pages have been set up, so students and community members can help each other with money, housing, frequent flyer miles or anything else they need. Isabella Liu, a 19-year-old Student Council member at UVA, runs her school’s page, which is called Hoos Helping Hoos. She told NPR that in the first 48 hours, they raised $3,700 of aid and fielded $4,500 worth of requests.
The University of Virginia is not going to hold Final Exercises this spring. Instead, a team is currently working on coming up with alternatives to mark the occasion, and updates on that will be provided as they come out.
The University of Richmond is postponing its commencement ceremony, and the University of Virginia said late Tuesday that its Final Exercises have been canceled “as currently planned.” UVA also announced that online classes will remain in place for the rest of the semester – and that “all events on Grounds are canceled, no matter the size, until at least May 15.”
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Virginia on Tuesday night announced that all classes will be held online for the remainder of the academic year and Final Exercises are canceled.
UVA President Jim Ryan announced on Tuesday that classes will remain online for the rest of the semester and that Final Exercises will not proceed as planned. Ryan also says all events on UVA grounds, no matter the size, are canceled until at least May 15.
Tuesday was St. Patrick's Day, and normally it's a very different scene on the Corner at UVA than what was seen this year. UVA students were heeding Gov. Ralph Northam's order to limit crowds at bars and restaurants, even on what would normally be a busy night.
The University of Virginia will keep classes online through the rest of the spring semester. It has also canceled Final Exercises, the University's series of commencement events. It said it would seek out alternatives for graduating students.
For the first time, the editors of the Cavalier Daily – UVA’s student newspaper – were having to plan out their issue via webcam. Just a few days ago, this week’s print edition was going to be a special issue on March Madness. Now, suddenly, it had turned into a special issue on a global pandemic.
A UVA research team says it might have found a new way to detect COVID-19. Dr. Ben Orsburn’s team is using a device nearly every lab in the world has on hand, and could potentially diagnose patients within hours of them becoming infected.
“The upticks in activity in some regions may be related to COVID-19 infections as they would be captured by the same surveillance systems as influenza,” Dr. Bryan Lewis, a professor at the Biocomplexity Institute, told AccuWeather. “As we are starting to see, this pandemic has the capability of causing significant morbidity and mortality.” 
The term means staying at least six feet away from others and avoiding crowds of people. Health experts say practicing social distancing decreases your chances of getting the coronavirus or spreading it to others. Professor Louis Bloomfield said it’s important to ensure the virus does not grow exponentially. He created a video explaining exponential growth and how it pertains to the virus.
As the nation adjusts to the threat of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, it’s only natural to worry whether a cough or aches and pains could be signs you have become infected by the virus. Dr. William Petri, a professor of medicine and immunologist at the UVA Medical Center, explains when you need to call your doctor.
From a high of 37,989 in 1980, Buchanan’s population is now down to 21,295, according to the latest population estimates from UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Buchanan, like many rural counties, is being hollowed out – its rate of decline is simply faster than all the others. According to the UVA estimates – which constitute official estimates the state uses for all sorts ofExternal Headlineplanning and budgetary purposes – Buchanan actually saw 1,956 people move out. The difference between the two numbers is a matter of life and death, quite literally. 
According to the health district and the University of Virginia, the person is a member of the Women’s Center staff who lives off-Grounds. She is receiving treatment and has been quarantined at her home, according to an email sent to the UVA community by school President Jim Ryan.
“Common Law” is a podcast by the University of Virginia law school. Its hosts, Dean Risa Goluboff and Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick, explores how law shapes society, how we shape law and why we should all care, according to its website. In each episode, Goluboff and Kendrick invite a new guest to discuss different areas of law, including best-selling author John Grisham and a variety of UVA professors. Each season explores a different theme, starting with “The Future of Law” and now, in its second season, “When Law Changed the World.”