Prolonged opioid use may carry several potential health risks, particularly for breast cancer survivors. “One of the problems with adjuvant hormone treatment [for breast cancer survivors], and many of these survivorship treatments, is that they can be associated with musculoskeletal side effects,” Rajesh Balkrishnan, professor of public health sciences at the UVA School of Medicine, said. “It is often recommended that women take some type of commonly available painkiller and exercise to improve muscle tone. But many women require short courses of opioids to manage their pain.”
Kimberly J. Robinson, a professor of law at the University of Virginia, said the outcome was “horrific” but it could be a transformative moment for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement. “I think the risk with the Black Lives Matter movement is that it could dwindle out without requiring the systemic reforms of education and other areas that are needed,” Robinson said. “This moment will be one that people will point to as something that continues to fuel the need to move forward.”
University of Virginia researchers say that a COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration before the end of the year, but how many people actually get the shot is the next great hurdle in defeating the virus.
(Commentary By Kyle Kondik, political analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics and managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball) With Joe Biden generally leading nationally in the range of 6-8 points, Donald Trump is playing defense in a number of states that he won relatively comfortably in 2016. One of those is Ohio, the traditional bellwether state that took a sharp right turn four years ago.
In “By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation’s Capital,” which comes out Oct. 6 from the University of Virginia Press, Kim Roberts collects poems from more than a hundred writers published between 1800 and 1930, from the city’s most famous names to its most obscure.
Dexcom Inc. has partnered with the University of Virginia (U.Va.) to accelerate development of next generation continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and automated insulin delivery technology.
A California-based company has signed a five-year collaboration agreement with the University of Virginia. According to a release, DexCom Inc. announced the collaboration on Thursday, saying it aims to advance research and development efforts on continuous glucose monitoring-based solutions. The research will be focused on an automated insulin delivery system and the exploration of using continuous glucose monitoring tools outside of the Type 1 diabetes market.
As the novel coronavirus vaccine would be approved in the U.S. by Food and Drug Administration before the end of 2020, University of Virginia researcher Dr. Steven Zeichner said that the vaccine would not be effective at all if a certain number of people don’t get the shot.
For Meejin Yoon, whose work on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia has garnered extensive praise, the question is more nuanced. She sees the enslaved people commemorated in the UVA memorial as heroes too: brave casualties of an abhorrent system “who deserve to be honored and dignified.” The memorial includes the names of known enslaved people who helped build Thomas Jefferson’s campus, but several lines are left blank, because the story is unfinished. Yoon says too many memorials “try to close the topic or make it knowable to the public,” when history is never reall...
You may already recognize the University of Virginia Darden School of Business as a top global business school whose mission is to inspire responsible business leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences, but did you know these seven things about UVA Darden?
The University of Virginia (UVA) endowment’s long-term pool returned 5.3% for the fiscal year ending June 30, outperforming its benchmark portfolio’s return of 3.3%. The gains increased the endowment’s total asset value to $9.9 billion from $9.6 billion last year.
This summer has been a season of tests or lack thereof. In between checking for COVID-19, many high school seniors also experienced a test of their patience. With no in-person classes, they couldn’t take the SAT or ACT tests. As a result, college admission offices across the country changed course to accommodate a lack of standardized college admission testing. That includes colleges in Virginia, as they went “test-optional or “test blind” due to a shortage of testing availability. Universities in Virginia who also chose to go test-optional due to COVID-19 include the University of Virginia an...
This summer has been a season of tests or lack thereof. In between checking for COVID-19, many high school seniors also experienced a test of their patience. With no in-person classes, they couldn’t take the SAT or ACT tests. As a result, college admission offices across the country changed course to accommodate a lack of standardized college admission testing. That includes colleges in Virginia, as they went “test-optional or “test blind” due to a shortage of testing availability. Universities in Virginia who also chose to go test-optional due to COVID-19 include the University of Virginia an...
UVA researchers compared course completion rates for students at the Virginia Community College System who were enrolled in online courses from the start of the spring semester against those who were enrolled in in-person courses at the start and had to switch to virtual instruction due to the pandemic. They found that the shift to virtual instruction resulted in a 6.7-percentage-point decrease in course completion.
(Commentary by Jeff Bergner, adjunct professor in UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy) In the midst of all the vitriol over replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps a few facts could help to anchor the conversation.
UVA researchers recruited 155 healthy adults either into a psychological wellbeing course or put them on a wait list. Three months after the course ended, those who had participated reported fewer sick days than those who had stayed on the wait list. They also said they felt better, mentally and physically.
(Editorial) Larry Sabato, the widely regarded director of UVA’s Center for Politics, suggests the country faces “a real danger zone” between Nov. 3 and the inauguration. In an interview with columnist Peggy Noonan, Sabato offered an idea to cut off potential trouble at the pass – muster a group of prominent Americans from both sides of the aisle to preach unity, regardless of the result.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is the only Republican up for reelection this year – and one of two in the Senate, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska – who has challenged McConnell's plans to bring a Supreme Court nominee through the chamber, weeks before the election. "People will be reminded in Maine of how important that vote was and they are going to hold it against Collins in all likelihood," Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said. Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifted Maine's Senate race in Democrats' favor on Monday morning, moving it from a toss-up to a lean toward the party.
Dozens of members of the Charlottesville community showed up at a demonstration of solidarity with Louisville on Wednesday evening while demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. "Tonight is mostly about solidarity and solidarity for the people in Louisville,” said Cecilia Cain, a University of Virginia student who attended the demonstration.
Mourners filed quietly past the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s flag-draped coffin outside the white marble court building on Wednesday as the United States began three days of tributes to the liberal icon. Her popularity prompted officials to set aside two days for public viewing, rather than the one day allowed for other justices, said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.