Asked to comment by Medscape Medical News, Lee Ritterband, professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, said the study is "a nice addition to the growing literature on ehealth generally, and Internet interventions for insomnia specifically. It is further evidence that fully automated Web and mobile programs can have significant impact on the lives of many."
The country’s most successful film star has fallen foul of the authorities. “She was one of the first Chinese actresses born after 1980 to stake a claim on international red carpets as an international star dressed by leading designers,” says Aynne Kokas, a Chinese cinema expert at the University of Virginia. “She has arguably been the most successful Chinese actress in building a profile outside of China.”
The Virginia Film Festival returns this fall with a lengthy list of standout films and special guests for its 31st annual festival, to take place Nov. 1 through 4.
Four College of William and Mary law school professors signed a letter published in Thursday’s New York Times that asks senators to deny Kavanaugh’s confirmation after the partisanship he showed in Senate Judiciary Committee hearings last week. The four William and Mary professors join nine of their colleagues from the University of Richmond School of Law and nine colleagues from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Two University of Virginia Police Department officers have been honored for heroic service to the community. Chief Tommye Sutton presented Officer Nicholas Champigny with a Medal of Valor, a Purple Heart and a Life Saving Award. Officer Brandon Smoot was also presented with a Life Saving Award.
NextGen Virginia, an advocacy nonprofit, is trying to get college kids across Virginia to vote in the upcoming election. It held an event called “10 Days Out Day of Action” at campuses all across the commonwealth on Thursday in an effort to push last-minute voter registration before the deadline on Oct. 15. UVA students say current events are driving them to the polls to cast their votes for their Congressional representatives.
(Video) While the Virginia football team has an off week, the schedule never stops for the UVA cheerleaders.
U.S. voters will soon render their verdict on Donald Trump and his ruling Republican Party after two tumultuous years that have deeply shaken the world's oldest existing democracy. "For Democrats, the top issue by a mile is Donald Trump," said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics.
(Video) A program at the University of Virginia is hoping to get women involved in STEM by telling the story of a well-known female engineer.
“I think they (national Democrats) just look at the seat and think it’s too Republican leaning for them to win. So if McMurray is going to win, he’s basically going to have to do it on his own, which is probably why it’s an uphill battle for him,” said Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics.
When it comes to matters of sexual assault, the question of how a law professor should communicate with her students has weighed heavy on the mind of UVA law professor Anne Coughlin. It's important, Coughlin says, not to trivialize anyone's experience and to approach these issues with respect, regardless of her views on the issue.
Virginia has launched a multi-million-dollar contraception initiative. The Virginia Department of Health says the long-acting reversible contraceptive initiative will give residents of the commonwealth greater access to family planning options. There are 12 facilities participating, including the UVA Health System.
Telehealth and telemedicine programs that assist health care providers in treating people with substance abuse issues will be getting a significant upgrade, thanks to a massive bill passed by Congress and headed to President Trump’s desk. Among those now using the platform is Virginia Commonwealth University, which is partnering with Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia in a telemedicine programs spanning the state.
In the new study, the researchers test the hypothesis that this link exists in the earliest stages of human development. Study leader Dr. Tobias Grossmann and colleagues tracked the eye movements of 7-month-old infants to examine whether their attention and response to seeing emotion in other people’s faces could predict altruistic behavior at 14 months of age. These findings critically advance our understanding of the emergence of altruism in humans by identifying responsiveness to fear in others as an early precursor contributing to variability in prosocial behavior,” said Grossmann, of the ...
Robert M. O’Neil, a scholar of First Amendment law who served in the 1980s as president of the University of Wisconsin system and then as president of the University of Virginia, where he was credited with recruiting more minorities to the faculty and student ranks, died Sunday at his home in Washington. He was 83.
(Video) The United States’ first openly transgender elected state lawmaker paid a visit to UVA to talk to students about her new program.
Also in the nation’s top five, out of the 797 institutions with at least 10 candidates, were the University of Georgia (86.3 percent), Wake Forest University in North Carolina (84.5 percent) and the University of Virginia (84.2 percent).
A Wednesday afternoon fire at a luxury apartment complex for University of Virginia students injured one person and left 14 occupants temporarily homeless.
At least two other public institutions have set $5 billion goals: the University of California at San Francisco, which has brought in $4.3 billion so far, and the University of Virginia, which just announced its campaign goal in June.
State Del. Danica Roem strode into the UVA School of Law Wednesday cracking jokes, fact-checking deans and encouraging current law students to make sure other’s voices are heard. Roem, the first openly transgender person to be elected and seated in a state legislature, focused her message on the need for officials who care about both equality and about bread and butter issues such as transportation and health care.