It’s natural to want to do more. According to research at the University of Virginia, our brains tend to take an additive approach.
In this case, the app is PositiveLinks, a combination health clinic portal and community forum that people with HIV receiving care at the University of Virginia Ryan White HIV Clinic can use to track appointments, remember their meds, access lab results and stay in contact with their providers. In addition, it comes with an anonymous message board for people with HIV to talk with one another. People who have used the English-language version of the app have seen an improvement in their ability to remain engaged in care and on medication—and therefore have better access to the health benefits o...
Virginia’s daily vaccination rate is dropping rapidly, making the number of unvaccinated individuals large enough to cause worries for researchers at the University of Virginia. But those worries are mixed with optimism as things are looking up in the commonwealth with dropping daily caseloads. During the past week, daily infections have declined 28%, the UVA Biocomplexity Institute reported Friday.
A weekly report by UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute acknowledges the success with a drop in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. But mixed with an optimistic tone was an assessment of vaccination situation. The number of doses administered each day is declining rapidly, with first doses dipping below 15,000 daily recently, the report said. This is happening around the entire state, even in areas like Northern Virginia.
(Podcast) To help kids who don’t get this kind of practice at home, early grade curriculum should structure activities purposefully aimed at developing motor skills, along with executive function, socio-emotional skills and general knowledge, which is what kids use to make sense of the world. That’s according to one of the paper’s authors, David Grissmer, a research professor at the University of Virginia.
(Podcast) To help kids who don’t get this kind of practice at home, early grade curriculum should structure activities purposefully aimed at developing motor skills, along with executive function, socio-emotional skills and general knowledge, which is what kids use to make sense of the world. That’s according to one of the paper’s authors, David Grissmer, a research professor at the University of Virginia.
(Book review) These days, bookstores, actual and virtual, are fully stocked with American history textbooks. “American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850” may well give the best of them a run for their money. In a beautifully crafted narrative, Alan Taylor, a professor of history at the University of Virginia and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes (for “William Cooper’s Town” and “The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832”) examines our young nation as it shifted from an eastward gaze across the Atlantic to westward expansion across the continent.
The University of Virginia’s “Climate Art and Community” course is asking business owners to take a pledge and cut down on their plastic use. “We’ve been talking a lot about the shorter timeline and every year going by where we are not lowering our carbon emissions collectively and addressing the greenhouse gas emissions in total it just becomes less and less likely that we will be able to mitigate the temperature rise,” UVA professor Amanda Nelsen said.
(Photos) The University of Virginia Chapel comes alive Friday night thanks to a light installation by local artist Jeff Dobrow. The idea behind the project is to celebrate UVA’s Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 and to offer hope and joy as the COVID-19 pandemic starts to wane. The installation will occur again at the Chapel this coming Friday and Saturday, starting at dark.
University of Virginia senior Gabby Forward searched for several months, but she was finally able to get a job in her preferred career path this spring despite all the economic disruptions and other challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The job market for the college Class of 2021 is looking better than it did for last year’s graduates, who searched for work during the height of the pandemic.
University of Virginia senior Gabby Forward searched for several months, but she was finally able to get a job in her preferred career path this spring despite all the economic disruptions and other challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The job market for the college Class of 2021 is looking better than it did for last year’s graduates, who searched for work during the height of the pandemic.
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(Video) From the Rotunda, to the UVA Lawn, and through Grounds to Scott Stadium, the University of Virginia Class of 2020 is finally celebrating graduation after a year of much anticipation.
Rain, cool temperatures, a gas shortage and even an international pandemic couldn’t stop graduates of the University of Virginia’s Class of 2020 from walking the Lawn, as hundreds returned to Charlottesville for a delayed ceremony Sunday.
If you’re ready to toss your mask, you still need to get vaccinated. On Friday afternoon in downtown Charlottesville, a new place and space to get your shots emerged. At the Sprint Pavilion on the Downtown Mall, a chance for kids – and kids at heart – to roll up their sleeves and, soon, pull down their masks, thanks to UVA Health.
Predicting population growth is a tricky game. But one Virginia institution has become the go-to source for state population predictions. When the Census Bureau stopped making state-level population projections in 2005, a lot of people were wondering where they were going to get those numbers. UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center stepped into the breach and started making their own state-level population projections. Since that time, their crystal ball has been crystal clear.
Employees will likely struggle with a loss of autonomy as they head back to a space where their arrival times and computer screens are suddenly in full view of the boss. Being watched at work might increase performance at first, but it’s not a sustainable form of motivation for employees, says Roshni Raveendhran, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business.
For many African Americans brought up by single mothers, paying for expensive tuition can be hard to crack. For Diana Wilson, however, being the recipient of many scholarships changed the narrative for her and equipped her financially to study and travel. Her stellar academic performance from high school all through the University of Virginia paved way for her to get the financial aid that she needed. When a team from Google took some UVA students on a short visit to the company, Diana was one of them. This laid the foundation for her to apply to join the tech giant.
[UVA alumna] Simone Jordan's role at SheaMoisture exists at the intersection of passion and purpose. As the global head of community commerce, Jordan leads the multicultural beauty brand's social responsibility efforts.
[UVA alumna] Simone Jordan's role at SheaMoisture exists at the intersection of passion and purpose. As the global head of community commerce, Jordan leads the multicultural beauty brand's social responsibility efforts.