We know that Thomas Jefferson’s stirring words on equality and inalienable rights do not comport with his own history. Jefferson’s conflicts as a man and thinker are even embedded in his architecture – as majestic as his words but also masking ugly truths. His crowning achievement is the University of Virginia, which he founded, designed, and began building in 1817.
Wesley Aaron Volk died July 12 at age 95 in Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. He joined the Department of Microbiology in the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1951, soon became a full professor, an remained at the school for 43 years.
In a 2017 study, a research team led by UVA professor Patricia Jennings focused on 224 New York City elementary school teachers. The teachers who participated in a mindfulness-based program were better than nonparticipants at regulating their emotions, and rated lower on measures of depression, anxiety, exhaustion and feeling pressures.
John Stanley Land played football at Rockbridge High School and became the first African American scholarship football player at the University of Virginia. In addition, he was part of the first entry class of Black undergraduate students at UVA.
(Podcast) Keillor reads the poem “Dawn Revisited,” by Rita Dove, UVA Commonwealth Professor of English, starting at 3:43 min.
Cumulus Media Sports WSBN-A (ESPN 630 The Sports Capital)/Washington has joined the University of Virginia’s Virginia Sports Radio Network. The station will air Cavalier football and men’s basketball, plus coaches’ shows.
Almost all medical visits at the Charlottesville Free Clinic were done remotely between March and May. That’s a huge help for people who have devices, but those that don’t also don’t have access to medical care. The clinic is crucially important for the 2,600 uninsured or under-insured people who go there. A group of students at the University of Virginia has a solution.
(Commentary) Opponents warn of grave threat to civil liberties as observers say the president seeks to build ‘law and order’ credentials. Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said: “He took longer than I thought he would to start emphasising law and order. But I bet he starts at the convention. It’s going to be one of the key themes of the convention. ‘These crazy liberals are causing problems again.’”
The etiology of type 1 diabetes continues to be debated, although experts agree it is likely a mix of genetic and environmental causes. Twin studies and epidemiological data provide important information on the familial risk for type 1 diabetes, according to Stephen S. Rich, director of the Center for Public Health Genomics at the University of Virginia. Early twin studies suggested that type 1 diabetes was highly heritable. Among identical twins where one twin has type 1 diabetes, up to 50% of co-twins also had type 1 diabetes, Rich said.
Officer Simonetti of the University of Virginia Police Department has been selected as the department’s Officer of the Month for June.
(Commentary) More than four months into the pandemic, Americans are swimming – and sometimes drowning – in an ocean of information that, paradoxically, is also a desert of clarity and consensus. “We’re dealing with irrationality on all sides,” said Babur Lateef, an ophthalmologist in Northern Virginia who is chairman of the school board in Prince William County and a member of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors. In both positions, Lateef said he hears from parents who insist that school reopen entirely in person (“Get my kids in five days a week or give me my tax dollars back,” one...
(Subscription required) College teams from around the world are preparing for the October 2021 competition with a $1.5 million prize at stake. “To us, racing is a proving ground. It’s the stress test for AI, for autonomous vehicles,” said Dr. Madhur Behl, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia who is leading one of the teams.
Some people are a lot more susceptible to boredom. And from “covert narcissism” to low self-control, the reasons why can teach us about the origins of this mysterious emotion. In 2014, a team of social psychologists from the University of Virginia discovered during a series of experiments on mind wandering that many participants – around 25% of women and 67% of men – were deliberately electrocuting themselves when they were left alone in a room for just 15 minutes, purely for something to do. One person shocked themselves nearly 200 times.
The University of Virginia Foundation announced Monday that Brad Butler has been promoted to chief financial officer.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UVA is going to be online-only this fall.
(Commentary by Jennifer Rubenstein, associate professor of politics) The “new normal.” This is how journalists, politicians, doctors and companies are talking about life after the acute emergency phase of COVID-19. As a scholar of public emergencies, this phrase jumps out at me.
UVA, MIT, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology and Graz University in Austria are among the universities that will take part in the race.
As soon as the coronavirus pandemic started, and lockdown kept teammates from spending time together, UVA wide receiver Terrell Jana wondered how he could further establish his burgeoning voice and presence.
(Subscription required) Parents help steer job searches for grads stuck at home. Jenna, who graduated from the University of Virginia in May, shared with her mother a spreadsheet she created to organize applications for residencies at hospitals across the country. Her mother was helpful when it came to editing her essays, Jenna said, but badgered her about submitting applications early and not waiting for deadlines.
Students at the University of Virginia are encouraging people to donate old smartphones and tablets to give to senior and low-income patients at the Charlottesville Free Clinic for access to telehealth services.