“In the 20th century, few would have thought this was likely to happen at all, much less that Virginia would be the first in the South to eliminate capital punishment,” said Larry Sabato, a political analyst at the University of Virginia. “This is a watershed moment. It shows dramatically how different the new Virginia is from the old.”
Presidential historian Barbara Perry says that despite Trump’s reputation for norm-breaking, racism and online bullying, the former president fulfilled many of the main promises he made on the campaign trail in 2016. ”Maybe more than most presidents, he made good on his promises,” says Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center.
Vivian Riefberg, a UVA professor studying the economics of health care, noted that the federal government distributes the vaccine based on state populations. States then dole out the vaccine to counties and localities. When people receive a shot in a state that isn’t theirs, Riefberg said, “it confuses the allocation system.” It can also create the perception that people from other states are jumping the line and taking the vaccine from in-state residents. “It could create some ill-will,” Riefberg said.
The concept is called “passive immunization,” said Dr. William Petri, an infectious disease specialist at the UVA School of Medicine. Doctors have used antibodies in this way for years, Petri said, so patients might benefit from temporary immunity against a number of ailments. Patients bitten by a potentially rabid animal, for example, receive antibodies for near-term protection against developing rabies as well as a vaccine for long-term, active immunization.
Should we be wearing two masks? “If all of us could do the common sense thing of wearing a mask just to start out, that will go a long way,” Dr. William Petri with the University of Virginia explained. “The double masking may be a good idea because of these new variants that are more transmissible.”
Physicians with UVA Health say they are not expecting a spike in cases as students of all ages return to the classroom. UVA Health Director of Hospital Epidemiology Dr. Costi Sifri says national research suggests returning students to a K-12 classroom setting with proper health and safety measures – such as mask-wearing, social distancing and temperature checks – does not pose a significant risk, especially as teachers get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
Four members of the UVA faculty have been selected by their peers to be recognized for their teaching. The Jefferson Scholars Foundation announced the winners of 2020-21 faculty awards this week.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are spending more time outdoors. The pandemic has also sparked an increased interest in foraging for wild foods. This can lead to accidentally eating something poisonous. The Blue Ridge Poison Center at UVA Health announces the publication of a reference guide to poisonous plants native to Virginia. It is now available on their website listed as the Socrates Project.
A Charlottesville nonprofit is shining a light on heroes in Virginia every Friday,, and now the organization is recognizing frontline workers at the UVA Medical Center.
UVA is hosting clinics for people who are over the age of 75 and workers who qualify under Phase 1A and 1B.
Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Tuesday made a visit to Children’s National Hospital, and a virtual visit to the University of Virginia, to emphasize the agency’s goals of investing in telehealth strategies, with a specific emphasis on serving marginalized communities, veterans, and low-income patients.
The UVA School of Law reported that “a small number” of students tested positive in the fall semester. The school continued with in-person instruction. “Our continued ability to offer in-person classes and services is a significant achievement, one that has taken enormous effort from every member of our community, and one that will continue to require vigilance and care,” wrote Stephen T. Parr, senior associate dean for administration, to the Law School community.
All told, 20 of the schools that had shunned The Economist cooperated with this ranking, including the Chicago Booth, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Yale, and UVA’s Darden School of Business. (Darden ranked No. 11)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the first of his fireside chats in March 12, 1933, on the banking crisis, according to UVA’s Miller Center.
In her critical biography of Ghalib, Mehr Afshan Farooqi, associate professor in UVA’s Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures, and daughter of late Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, analyses and interprets Ghalib’s Persian as well as Urdu oeuvre to understand why he didn’t publish half of his Urdu compositions.
A Bluejay is said to be an empty-headed chattering bird from the country, folks from the countryside seeing the city for the first time were known as Jays. The motor industry chose the term popular at the time to change the narrative. Peter Norton, a UVA assistant professor and the author of “Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City,” the narrative is no accident. His research shows how our view of streets was systematically and deliberately shifted by the automobile industry, as was the law itself.
Is the Winchester area growing so fast that it’s turning into another Loudoun County? According to UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, the answer appears to be no.
UVA scientists have made an exciting discovery that could lead to treatment of a leading cause of blindness in this country and might also prove useful in treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, multiple sclerosis and type II diabetes.
As Congress debates the role Donald Trump played in a Capitol invasion last month, some scholars are looking for ways to heal the pain of friends and families divided by politics. [UVA professor] Rachel Wahl has spent years studying conversations between people who disagree over political and social issues. She did a book on police and communities demanding change, brought students together from a small evangelical college and a large secular university.
Analysis by UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute shows that Loudoun County is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Loudoun is the only one of the state’s 35 health districts with a surge; cases are declining in 29 of the 35 districts.