Even as the scientific community fights against pseudoscience, climate change denial, the anti-vaccine movement and other forms of suspicion and superstition, it has an internal, nagging conundrum: Important experiments often can't be replicated. The Center for Open Science's founder, UVA psychology professor Brian Nosek, said there are many possible explanations for why those second attempts failed to come up with identical results.
Research has found that the Affordable Care Act increased the accessibility and affordability of recommended cancer screenings for millions of Americans. UVA researchers examined how the ACA, commonly known as Obamacare, impacted early cancer diagnoses in breast and colorectal cancers.
(By Robert F. Bruner, former dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business) In 2005, the president of my university called to ask if I would serve as the dean of the business school for a year. For every doubt, a reply came to mind. So I finally accepted.
Exactly how President Obama’s legacy will be assessed is a complicated question. One person who has spent time figuring out how to answer that question is Barbara A. Perry, director of presidential studies and co-chair of the presidential oral history program at UVA’s Miller Center.
As the 44th President of the United States prepares to leave office, 10 experts – including Barbara A. Perry, director of presidential studies and co-chair of the presidential oral history program at UVA’s Miller Center – imagine how future historians will judge his legacy.
The UVA Board of Visitors is taking strides to make college more affordable for students from middle-income households. Tuesday, the board announced the Cornerstone Grants as part of a multi-year strategy to enhance access and affordability for in-state students.
The University of Virginia announced Tuesday that it will add 100 undergraduate slots for Virginians. The university also announced new grants of $2,000 for Virginians from families with incomes of less than $125,000 who do not receive grants or scholarships from other sources.
UVA professor and writer Sydney Blair was generous with her time. She was an integral part of UVA’s MFA program, first as an administrator and then as an associate professor, since her own graduation from the program in 1986.
(Commentary by Bob Gibson, senior researcher at the Academy for Civic Renewal in UVA’s Cooper Center for Public Service) Virginia’s population is still growing, but not as fast as in recent decades, according to population trends examined by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
The University of Virginia will open its gates a bit wider to in-state students in the next school year and offer some middle-class families a new tuition break worth $2,000 a year.
From Russia to Iran, and from Pacific trade to nuclear proliferation to climate change, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to lead his government this week staked out sharply different positions than those taken by candidate Trump. “It is highly unusual for Cabinet nominees to express their disagreements with their president or president-elect so openly and fully,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics.
Before the bunting and barriers are even cleared away from Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump, hundreds of thousands are likely to attend the Women’s March on Washington the following day. Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s center for Politics, cited anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and civil rights-era protests that attracted crowds up to half a million as among the most prominent in U.S. history.
For presidents who left the office in disgrace, a transition into private life can have a rehabilitative effect, says Nicole Hemmer, an expert on presidential studies who lectures at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. Carter was a one-term president "who also left on a sour note," Hemmer says, but "was able to reinvent his career as an advocate for human and civil rights," becoming a beloved figure among Democrats.
(By Ed Hess, professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at UVA’s Darden School of Business) Many business leaders tell me that one of their top priorities is increasing the quality and speed of their organizational innovation. Faster and better is now being applied to innovation just as it has been applied for decades to operational excellence.
The Centers for Disease Control have issued new human papillomavirus vaccination guidelines that UVA researchers helped draft. Researchers say HPV vaccines are important for more than just preventing sexually transmitted infections.
Once upon a time, it was thought that crop diseases affected only crops. New research shows, however, that a common wheat virus can spread and harm perennial native grasses. In the current issue of the Journal of Ecology, researchers from Michigan State University, the University of Kansas and the University of Virginia show that farmers and scientists need to think about how best to protect native plants from diseases emanating from crops.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine stopped by the UVA School of Medicine to talk with students about the future of the Affordable Care Act. Kaine says he wanted to get input from the medical students, and find out what's important to them to help him become a better advocate.
All week, there will be events around Charlottesville and at the University of Virginia, including films and music as well as national speakers on social justice and equality, to explore the concept of "Silence as Betrayal." There will also be a community forum on planning a memorial to enslaved laborers at UVA on Jan. 23 along with other speakers on a variety of issues and the recent presidential election.
Months after the fateful presidential election swung out of his favor, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., swung by the UVA School of Medicine to share his passion for health care, speak on the dangers of repealing the Affordable Care Act and above all, to listen.
UVA students are offering free summer camp to children affected by a parent with cancer. Children aged 6 through 18 can apply to attend the weeklong Camp Kesem in August. It's run entirely by undergraduate students from UVA.