Sheetz held a food drive at its location in UVA’s Corner shopping district Tuesday afternoon to give students a chance to donate to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
Thomas Jefferson had very specific instructions for the obelisk that would mark his grave upon his death. He stipulated it should be made of course stone and inscribed with his proudest accomplishments (including writing the Declaration of Independence and founding the University of Virginia, but notably omitting serving as president of the United States). He did not specify where the tombstone should be located in perpetuity, however, and perhaps he should have.
With ultrasound waves guided by MRI, Insightec's Exablate Neuro system ablates deep brain tissue to improve essential tremors without surgery, sometimes with immediate results. A study conducted by the UVA School of Medicine demonstrated that patients' tremors and motor functions improved about 50 percent three months after treatment.
If he pleads the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering a question from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Donald Trump would make history. “The benefits are all legal, but I think the detriments are political,” says Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA law professor and senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center.
On Tuesday, four states will cast their votes to help set the stage for midterm elections in November. While Democrats are hoping for a blue wave, Republicans believe they can maintain the majority. Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, breaks down the competition in each state.
Braun’s campaign has labeled Messer and Rokita “swamp creatures” for the 12 years combined they have spent in the House. Trump often promises supporters he will “drain the swamp” in Washington, referring to career politicians and lobbyists. Kyle Kondik, an analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics, said Messer and Rokita “are going out of their way to be pro-Trump in almost cartoonish fashion. … It’s kind of shameless.”
For years NICU nurses have struggled with preventing premature babies from yanking on their breathing tubes, a serious problem impacting these babies. UVA nurse Tricia Cady is providing a solution to this problem with a special “hug.”
For years NICU nurses have struggled with preventing premature babies from yanking on their breathing tubes, a serious problem impacting these babies. UVA nurse Tricia Cady is providing a solution to this problem with a special “hug.”
The UVA Medical Center is lists among the “100 Great Hospitals in America” by a major national health care publication. Becker’s Hospital Review references UVA’s ranking at the No. 1 hospital in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report for 2017-18.
UVA-based undergraduate startup InMEDBio took first place and earned the People’s Choice award at the ACC InVenture Prize competition held at the Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology. The undergraduate team pitched their diabetic foot ulcer dressing, Phoenix-Aid, to a panel of judges at the Atlantic Coast Conference competition. The undergraduate startup came away with the top prize of $15 000 as well as an additional $5,000 for the People’s Choice award. Most recently, the startup placed third at the Collegiate Inventors Competition in October 2017.
UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan on Monday issued a statement regarding the death of Virginia Tech President Emeritus Charles Steger.
In February, UVA’s School of Engineering debuted its interdisciplinary Link Lab, a 17,000-square-foot space where researchers are developing innovative, dynamic systems that connect the cyber and physical worlds. The $4.8 million lab was designed to support a team of more than 30 faculty members and 100 graduate students.
Each year, UVA’s School of Nursing sponsors a writing competition for its students – a chance to reflect on the career they've chosen. This year's winner was graduate student Kit Barger, who recalled the case that taught her to speak up for her patients.
“We’re learning that exercise is a type of medicine that has broad effects on the brain,” says Wendy Lynch, a UVA associate professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioural sciences. “Initially, when somebody starts using a drug, it’s pretty much about dopamine and that is linked to euphoria. But, after a while, you get less and less of a dopamine response. Drug addiction becomes more about the need to relieve the negative symptoms – the craving, the withdrawal symptoms.”
Nearly two-thirds of the women running for governor are Democrats. "Women are generally more Democratic than men are, so you're seeing a tremendous amount of candidates emerging on the Democratic side, fueled by anger at Trump's victory," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, a campaign-tracking project of UVA’s Center for Politics.
The latest data from the Federal Election Commission and the Center for Responsive Politics shows that more than 80 percent of Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s itemized campaign donations in the current two-year election cycle came from outside Hawaii. “When you see fundraising from outside the state at that level it suggests that a candidate has at least some pull nationally or has gotten attention nationally,” said Geoffrey Skelley, a political analyst with UVA’s Center for Politics.
“Not many of the hundreds of leaders who have led American universities in modern times have influenced their institutions as powerfully as Charles Steger influenced Virginia Tech, or as gently and wisely,” noted UVA President Emeritus John T. Casteen III, whose presidential tenure coincided with Steger’s. “Charles imagined a future of service and achievement, and led Virginia Tech toward it.”
Charlottesville families gathered on Sunday afternoon at the Sprint Pavilion to learn about how injuries can affect the brain. The UVA Health System hosted the Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke Awareness Fair to show people how sports injuries, military service, falls at work, and other factors can affect the brain.
National health care publication Becker’s Hospital Review has named the UVA Medical Center to its 2018 list of 100 Great Hospitals in America.
The University of Virginia Medical Center, part of the UVA Health System, is the academic health care center partner of the University of Virginia. The UVA Medical Center was ranked the No. 1 hospital in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report for 2017-18. The publication also ranked six specialties among the top 50 nationally: cancer; ear, nose and throat; orthopedics; urology; diabetes and endocrinology; and cardiology and heart surgery.