Meredith Clark, assistant professor in UVA’s Department of Media Studies, defends cancel culture as "an expression of agency, a choice to withdraw one's attention from someone or something whose values, (in)action, or speech are so offensive, one no longer wishes to grace them with their presence, time, and money," she wrote in the journal Communication and the Public in October 2020.
In Virginia, 83% of vaccines supplied to the state have been used – but the number of people getting shots differs sharply from city to city. That difference is especially stark in Charlottesville and Lynchburg, separated by a mere hour’s drive on U.S. 29 past vineyards and open farmland. “Virginia is sort of a microcosm of the country,” said Costi Sifri, director of epidemiology at UVA Health. “We’re going to have this same type of challenge played out in every state in the country. How do we close the vaccine gaps that are going to occur geographically?”
Critical care physician Dr. Ebony Hilton says the quick pause should give people faith that any vaccine will only be given if it continues to prove its safety. “Now we know in the United States that if there’s an issue with any of the vaccines that there is an agency in charge of saying, ‘Hey, we’re going to pause, reflect, look at the data’” she said. Hilton says this level of transparency is proof that safety is top of mind among government, scientists, and vaccine companies. UVA’s Dr. Dan Engel, a professor of microbiology, echoes Hilton’s praise. “Any kind of news like this is understandab...
(Commentary by Mark Edmundson, professor of English; subscription required) When Walt Whitman began conceiving his great volume of poetry, “Leaves of Grass,” in the 1850s, American democracy was in serious danger over the issue of slavery. As we celebrate National Poetry Month this month, the problems facing our democracy are different, but Whitman still has a great deal to teach us about democratic life, because he saw that we are perpetually in danger of succumbing to two antidemocratic forces.
Two workshops are coming up to help people understand the importance of advance directives. The Central Virginia Advance Directives Collaborative, the University of Virginia Health System and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital want to make sure people are planning ahead.
The University of Virginia's weekly COVID-19 modeling report noted that 1 in 4 Virginians 70 and older have not yet received the first vaccine dose, with vaccine uptake in this age group slowing in recent weeks. Researchers cited two possible factors contributing to the slowdown of uptake in this age group. "Access barriers likely play a role. Among other strategies, Virginia is expanding the number community vaccination and mobile clinics to make getting a vaccine easier," the report stated. "However, vaccine hesitancy is also an important factor. While surveys indicate that the greater major...
(Commentary) Researchers have found no evidence to support these conservative grievances. “I know of no academic research that concludes there is a systemic bias – liberal or conservative – in either the content moderation policies or the prioritization of content by algorithms by major social media platforms,” said Steven Johnson, an information technology professor at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce.
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced $24 million in grants for 225 humanities projects on Wednesday. The UVA project is called “Digital Sepoltuario, the Tombs of Renaissance Florence.” It is getting more than $349,000 to develop and implement a public interface for research into medieval and early modern burial and commemoration through a database and platform documenting the tombs of Renaissance Florence.
On Tuesday, UVA’s Board of Visitors approved an administration proposal to hold base undergraduate tuition at its current rate for the 2021-22 academic year.
The UVA Board of Visitors has approved a plan to freeze undergraduate tuition for the 2021-22 academic year.
National High Five Day is celebrated in U.S. on every third Thursday of the month of April. As the name goes, this special day is dedicated to giving high fives and spreading good vibes. It was started in the year 2002 by the students from University of Virginia's campus. They gave out high fives all day and then later the day was sponsored by a video calling firm named Highfive. The company even raised some money for charity to provide for free sports and arts to kids who were going through severe health conditions.
National High Five Day is an unofficial national holiday that was created by college students at the University of Virginia in 2002. It is celebrated on the third Thursday of April every year.
The University of Virginia doesn't expect the federal pause in the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to limit vaccine availability for students.
People soon may hear all about Homer’s statue on the Lawn at the University of Virginia with a simple scan of a QR code on their smartphone. In fact, they may hear conflicting interpretations of the statue, the Lawn and UVa as the University seeks to provide context to its memorials, statues, plaques and buildings. At its virtual meeting Tuesday, UVA’s Board of Visitors created a working group to develop digital ways of putting historical context to the plethora of markers, monuments and historic features on Grounds.
Yvonne Edwards faced her fears, including anxiety about the unknown, and she’s likely alive today because of her strength. Now, she’s encouraging others to do the same. Edwards is one of several people speaking out for a special Cancer Center Without Walls campaign. The center, an outreach of the UVA Cancer Center, works to address cancer throughout the commonwealth by partnering with community members to identify and meet needs.
Now that Charlottesville can take down its Confederate monuments, what happens next? Researchers, authors and activists say we should look to Germany for answers. The Memory Project of UVA’s Democracy Initiative held a webinar with Dr. Susan Neiman – an author, philosopher, and German history expert – to learn how post-war Germany redressed the trauma and violence perpetrated by the Third Reich.
New research has shown that defense rebuttal experts can have a significant impact on juror perceptions. A study published this month by law professors from UVA and Duke University looked at how mock jurors viewed fingerprint evidence after watching a video of a fingerprint expert for the prosecution. Jurors were far less likely to support a conviction if they also watched a presentation from a defense expert who explained that the evidence was inconclusive or exonerating.
The success of these women, and the thousands of others at NASA, shows what women can accomplish when given the chance. But they might not have had the opportunity if not for one woman who fought for the right to attend the University of Virginia’s engineering program more than 80 years ago. Kitty Joyner, born Kitty O’Brien in Charlottesville in 1916, was the daughter of an engineer. Inspired by her father, Joyner hoped to get into the engineering program at UVA. But UVA’s engineering program was still an all-male bastion in 1935.
When restaurateurs Warren Thompson and Ron Jordan saw an opportunity to open a new restaurant in Charlottesville, they knew it had to be something special. An alum of the University of Virginia, Thompson wanted to pay homage to the late Walter Ridley who was the University’s first Black graduate and the first African-American to receive a doctorate degree from an historically white, Southern university. So he and Jordan decided that in addition to serving high-caliber seafood, The Ridley would also be a community-driven establishment that encouraged people from all walks of life to come togeth...
(Commentary) On Friday, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Doug Parker, the current chief occupational safety and health regulator in California, to serve as the Department of Labor’s assistant secretary for occupational safety and health. Parker, a 1997 University of Virginia law school graduate, in a series of different job positions over his career, has consistently focused on the advancement of three priorities: (i) Democratic Party politics, (ii) organized labor, and (iii) occupational safety and health.