With new COVID-19 case records in Virginia climbing every day, UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute says there’s still a long way to go. Models created by the institute in November forecasted 25,000 cases a week across the commonwealth following the holiday season. So far, cases are meeting or exceeding those projections.
African Americans are two times more likely than whites to have Alzheimer’s disease. Folks in the Charlottesville area got a chance to learn about the disease, as well as share experiences, during a forum Monday. The Alzheimer’s Association hosted the event, which was aimed at African Americans and sponsored by several groups, including the University of Virginia School of Nursing.
The nationwide social unrest in the wake of Black lives lost at the hands of police, coupled with the pandemic disproportionately affecting Black communities, quickly made one of the UVA Equity Center’s fellows change her original project. Myra Anderson has been working on creating a mental health center in Charlottesville since this past summer that would be named the Sankofa Center, a name derived from an African bird from the Akan people of Ghana that symbolizes taking the good from the past and bringing it to the present.
More than a dozen people – including representatives of the UVA Law School’s Innocence Project – spoke in favor of the bill.
In average salary, Stanford was followed by Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business ($143,867), NYU Stern School of Business ($143,858), the University of Virginia Darden School of Business ($139,945), and, rounding out the top five, Berkeley Haas ($139,122).
Donald Trump’s presidency is coming to an official end in just a matter of days, but what he’ll do in those days is unknown. Some question if he may use the time to potentially pardon himself. Law experts at UVA and across the nation say it’s unclear if it’s even possible, since it has never been done before. “What we’ll see, is a court deciding this, once and for all, if, as I expect, President Trump were to pardon himself,” said Brian Kalt, a law professor at Michigan State University and panelist at a recent UVA Miller Center virtual discussion.
A new UVA course analyzing the threats facing democracy around the world has seen increased interest from students. “Democracy in Danger” investigates issues like xenophobia, extremism, and disinformation inspired by the UVA-based podcast of the same name.
A local woman has gotten the names of five of her ancestors added to the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia.
UVA is sticking to its plan to resume in-person instruction on Feb. 1. “We feel better positioned to deal with the virus,” said Brian Coy, UVA spokesman. “That said, there’s a lot more virus in the world, in the nation, in Virginia, and in the Charlottesville area, so it’s going to require a lot more vigilance from the university and from individuals to make sure that we have a semester that’s as successful as we did last fall.”
University of Virginia students are coming back to Grounds soon for an in-person spring semester. We asked why the University feels comfortable bringing students back for in-person classes, starting on Feb. 1, when we are in the toughest days yet of the coronavirus pandemic. “The University is, without a doubt, more prepared to handle this virus than we’ve ever been,” said Brian Coy, the University’s spokesperson. “We have greater testing capacity, we know a lot more just about how to manage the virus, we’re starting to see a lot of members in our health system and other people in the region b...
University of Virginia officials on Friday said they will start the spring semester as planned on Feb. 1 with in-person classes but will limit gatherings to no more than six people for at least the first two weeks and possibly later.
GOBankingRates examined the U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best National University Rankings list and identified the 21 highest-ranking schools with tuition and fees for the 2020-21 school year below $20,000. This excludes fees associated with housing, dining, transportation and other costs. [UVA checks in at No. 4.]
UVA Health staff will join Blue Ridge Health District personnel to help give shots in the arm to residents who qualify as next-phase recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine.
UVA politics professor Jennifer Lawless said Harris’s pivotal role in the Senate will mean she “is going to be cast in a very different light than previous vice presidents” and will make her crucial in terms of putting forward a legislative agenda. “Now that doesn’t mean that she’s not going to weigh in on important policy decisions or try to be a broad adviser to Joe Biden, [but] at least for that first 100 days, she’s pivotal to ensuring that any piece of tied legislation gets passed.”
For a nation that has prided itself as a beacon for democracy around the world, the peaceful transition of power looks anything but, said Larry Sabato, director of the UVA Center for Politics. “The world will see Biden sworn in, in the middle of a military camp that’s indistinguishable from the Green Zone,” Sabato said, referring to the fortress-like area of central Baghdad set up after the Iraq War.
Lisa Woolfork, an associate professor of English, cherishes her memories of going to fabric stores with her grandmother. Looking past all the colorful textiles, she got her first deeper insights into what she calls “this ancestral craft.”
Janine Jagger, a retired professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases, as well as former director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, dedicated her career to helping improve the safety of nurses and health care providers through injury prevention, especially related to needles. Today, the 2002 MacArthur Foundation grant recipient is focused on her NGO, Familial Mediterranean Fever Foundation, in addition to her advisory work for the Africa Action Network for Nurses & Nurse-Midwives, which has helped facilitate lo...
In one week, the United States will be in the post-Trump era, and there will be more room for people like Meijer, said Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "In fact, Republicans desperately need to elevate members of Congress who aren’t Trump drones, who can appeal to the vast middle in well-educated suburbia and among the young who have been deeply alienated by Trump," Sabato said.