Around two-thirds of Americans say the qualified immunity doctrine should be reformed. “As long as we make that [civil suit] payment transparent so we don’t have nondisclosure agreements, then we can act, and we also collect data on it,” Rachel Harmon, a UVA law professor whose research focuses on police reform, said in June 2020. “Then a community could actually say, ‘Hey, I don’t want my taxes to go up because you idiots won’t train and prepare officers and discipline them and supervise them so that they do less of this.’”
“We’re thinking about this every single day,” said Dr. James Gorham, the blood bank director at UVA Health. “We have a patient blood management group that has implemented a number of measures to ensure that we’re not transfusing unnecessarily.”
(Commentary by Nicholas Sargen, lecturer at the Darden School) Amid the wrangling over the Build Back Better legislation, the version passed by the House of Representatives to increase the $10,000 cap on state and local taxes (SALT) to $80,000 has been lost in the shuffle. With Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) threatening to vote no unless program costs are reined in, many observers believe a significant increase in SALT deductions is effectively dead on arrival. At the same time, some House Democrats from the tristate region (N.Y., N.J., Conn.) are threatening to vote no if the deductions are not i...
It’s a crisis felt in health systems across the nation brought on by the pandemic: Health care workers suffering from burnout. UVA Health is being awarded more than $2 million in an effort to battle burnout among health care workers.
On Tuesday, the University of Virginia Cancer Center became the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Virginia. With this designation, the cancer center will be able to help even more patients across the state. UVA will be one of just 52 National Cancer Institutes in the country. There are about 200 employees at the center who go above and beyond finding new ways to treat and prevent cancer.
The 21st Century Learning Project is starting in an Albemarle County charter school. It’s a collaboration between the district and the University of Virginia. “The question is, what should learning look like?” Community Lab School Principal Chad Ratliff said.
A University of Virginia research team is working to make cloth masks more effective. Dr. Gaurav Giri and his team are working with a specialized fabric to combine comfort and safety.
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce says tickets have already sold out for its first-ever State of the Community address. According to a release, seating for the event at the Center of Developing Entrepreneurs building was limited to allow for social distancing. This new event is a chance for chamber members, business leaders and the public to hear from the executive leadership of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia. UVA President Jim Ryan will be talking about initiatives to strengthen the relationship between the university and the surrounding commun...
More than $1 million is funding 14 new programs at the University of Virginia. The Jefferson Trust says this is the largest amount of grant money it’s ever awarded. UVA students and faculty have the opportunity to go before board members and pitch ideas, and see if they end up with a check to make it happen.
People fired from UVA for not getting a COVID-19 shot now have a new choice to make: “We’re not particularly reaching out to folks, but we’ve given the discretion to managers if they would like to rehire people, or their folks to reapply for jobs, that that would be fine for them to do,” Coy said.
The University of Virginia is lifting a restriction on eating and drinking at University-sponsored events and says all instructors need to return to in-person teaching.
(By Brian Teare, associate professor of English) Narrative medicine claims to champion the experience of patients — but it does so by requiring that the sick “earn” their care by telling a redemptive tale about what is wrong with them.
Vint, founded by University of Virginia graduates Nick King and Patrick Sanders, has seen success in its first year as an investment platform that enables anyone to buy ownership shares in high-value wine collections, along with some spirits.
(Commentary by Meghan Herwig, Ph.D. candidate in history and the Brian Layton Blades Jefferson Fellow) The Winter Olympics begin Friday in Beijing, and the event has brought China’s human rights practices back into the public spotlight.
New Virginia coach Tony Elliott and his staff have made the most of their time on the recruiting trail since he took the job and was introduced in December. On Wednesday, Elliott added 10 signees — eight offensive linemen and two defensive lineman — to the 10-player group the Cavaliers signed in December when Elliott and former coach Bronco Mendenhall tag-teamed the handling of the early date through the coaching transition. Here’s a closer look at the 10 commits to ink with UVA on Wednesday.
Tony Elliott’s priority in advance of his first February signing date as coach at Virginia was clear. He and his staff needed to rebuild and bolster the Cavaliers’ offensive front. From December, in his first month on the job, through Wednesday, Elliott and Hoos offensive line coach Garett Tujague recruited with urgency and their effort culminated with UVa inking eight offensive linemen as part of the 10-man group of players to sign during the traditional signing date.
Back in 1999, when Chase Heard and Andy Stepanian started a bluegrass band called the Wrinkle Neck Mules, they combed racks at vintage shops looking for classic Western shirts to wear at gigs. The two musicians, who met at the University of Virginia and bonded over their love of surfing and the outdoors, wore those shirts when they went fishing too, preferring the look over more technical garb. “The uniform was pastel, over-vented, dorky-looking stuff,” Heard said. The way they saw it, Western yokes and pearl snaps, with a splash of surf punk thrown in, just looked better. When the two founded...
Alex Rudenshiold, guitarist for metal band Infant Island and a graduate student studying internet culture at the University of Virginia, tells Rolling Stone in an email that, despite all the uproar over HitPiece, “this particular grift doesn’t really affect artists in that HitPiece wasn’t even selling files of the songs — just the receipt of purchase to the general idea of them.”
Staking results in a creation of “new property”. New property is taxed only at the time of sale, not when you discover it. As Abraham Sutherland, a lecturer at the University of Virginia, describes on Cryptocurrency Economics and The Taxation of Block Rewards, crops do not generate income until they are sold or exchanged, according to reg. section 1.61-4. According to Reg. section 1.61-3(a) gross income from mined minerals such as gold is only recognized at the time of sale, not at the time of extraction. Applying these fact patterns to staking, it could be argued that staking rewards should o...
(Commentary) “Ted Lasso” is fictional, but Carla Williams, the athletic director at the University of Virginia, is quite real. When she hired Olympic gold medalist and former WNBA star Tina Thompson, Williams was applauded for her patience in the hiring process and finding the best candidate possible for the job. I’m sure other women saw this and realized for the first time that they could have a career in sports.