As the University of Virginia examines its history with Native Americans, a petition is circulating asking the school to remove a statue depicting an attack on a native family. David Swanson is seeking signatures on the petition to remove the memorial to George Rogers Clark and has been in contact with UVA President Jim Ryan about the statue. Ryan forwarded the petition to the school’s segregation commission, according to a spokesman. The commission is examining UVA’s history of segregation.
(By Mona Kasra, assistant professor of digital media design) My collaborators and I recently studied how people evaluate the credibility of images that accompany online stories and what elements figure into that evaluation. We found that you’re far less likely to fall for fake images if you’re more experienced with the internet, digital photography and online media platforms – if you have what scholars call “digital media literacy.”
“It is important that women suffering with this condition have a choice of treatment options,” said Anita Clayton of the UVA School of Medicine, who headed studies of the drug’s safety, in an Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc. statement. The impact of low sexual desire, she added, “goes far beyond the bedroom and can often result in anxiety, loss of vitality, self-esteem issues and relationship stress.”
After 20 years, the Remote Area Medical event in Wise is about to reach a milestone: treating its 100,000th patient. Longtime partners including the UVA Health System and UVA-Wise will join other organizations and groups for this year’s health clinic.
University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock, though, was relieved by what he viewed as a limited opinion. He filed a brief opposing the Maryland memorial on behalf of Christian groups and the Jewish War Veterans, but he said that “From a true state separation perspective, this could have been much worse.”
The presentation, and the similarly powerful response by theologian Nichole Flores, a professor at the University of Virginia, created a buzz the entire weekend, and I heard more than one theologian say the impassioned standing ovation that followed the session came out of a deep sense of relief that a critique of the pro-life movement was finally spoken aloud at a CTSA plenary.
According to a study in the journal Menopause, strength training can benefit your mental health in addition to your physical health. “Exercise increases blood flow to the brain, which can lead to new brain cells and better connections between brain cells. In addition, exercise releases endorphins, which boost your mood,” JoAnn Pinkerton, M.D., executive director of the North American Menopause Society and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia, told Bicycling.
A group of researchers that attempted to determine the relationship between student housing and grades outlined their findings in a new study published this month in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. Josh Brown, the lead author of the study and an instructor of leadership, foundations and policy at the University of Virginia, said administrators should consider how they invest in student housing and the types of residence halls in which they are investing. Even though the college might benefit from better aesthetics, “there is a social cost” to these buildings, he said...
Swanson says he contacted University of Virginia President Ryan, who said he was interested and referred the matter to a department to look into. A UVA spokesperson says President Ryan has shared the information with the Commission on the University in the Age of Segregation. That commission is currently working on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, which is in the midst of construction at the university. The University of Virginia says it's looking into the matter, as the statue sits on the school's property.
Social change is on the way from young leaders around the country as they brainstorm new ideas to help their communities. The University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center is hosting the 2019 Dalai Lama Fellowship Assembly for youth leaders to connect with one another. The one-year Dalai Lama Fellowship Program helps guide leaders though social change projects while also meeting others who have similar goals.
Earlier this week, the Contemplative Sciences Center (CSC) at the University of Virginia hosted the 2019 Dalai Lama Fellows Contemplative Leadership Assembly, from June 17 – 21. More than 40 young leaders from 22 different countries gathered at the event as part of a one-year fellowship.
“Because focused ultrasound has such a powerful combination of features -- it’s an entirely unique and minimally invasive tool that can trigger a variety of responses in the body -- it has tremendous potential for treating a host of medical problems,” says Richard Price, PhD, who is research director at the University of Virginia Focused Ultrasound Center. “There are probably many applications for focused ultrasound that we haven’t even begun to contemplate yet.”
Thomas Hammond, a professor at the University of Virginia and a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, made several trips to the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1991. During his travels, he visited many Soviet cities, taking more than 3,000 photos along the way. A newly presented series of his photographs taken from 1956 to 1975 depicts scenes of Soviet life, culture, nature and people. The photos show scenes of everyday Soviet life as well as its special moments, transporting the viewer back through the decades.
The Above the Law law school rankings are a little bit late this year. Sorry. But we still have the only rankings that take into account this year’s ABA employment data. So, you’re welcome. That employment data has in part driven a change at the top. According to our metrics, the best law school in the country for getting a high-paying job is… The University of Virginia School of Law.
The Federal Reserve maintained the federal funds rate Wednesday at 2.25% to 2.5%, but suggested it may reduce the rate if the economic outlook worsens. “This is the first time that they really pretty strongly signaled that they're considering loosening policy going forward,” said Francis E. Warnock, professor of business administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
The Federal Reserve maintained the federal funds rate Wednesday at 2.25% to 2.5%, but suggested it may reduce the rate if the economic outlook worsens. “This is the first time that they really pretty strongly signaled that they're considering loosening policy going forward,” said Francis E. Warnock, professor of business administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
University of Virginia psychologist Brian Nosek, the creator of the Centre for Open Science, and first author of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines — intended to curb motivated reasoning through best practices for research design and dissemination — explained the process to journalist Philip Ball. Whether one is a scientist or not, “most of our reasoning is in fact rationalization,” or fitting what one thinks one observes to what one wants to see. Whereas confirmation bias is a filtering mechanism, motivated reasoning both filters and distorts the influx of new informatio...
The House Committee on the Judiciary will host a second hearing on the Mueller report entitled, “Lessons from the Mueller Report, Part II: Bipartisan Perspectives” at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Witnesses include Saikrishna Prakash, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
(Commentary by Ashley Deeks, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School) “Would the United States then have the right under international law to use force against Iran in self-defense? The answer is unclear, even under current U.S. interpretations of jus ad bellum rules.”