Pharrell Williams returned to his home state to give the graduating class of the University of Virginia a rousing speech that asked them to use their education to help others and change the world for the better.
"People pay attention to the presence of eyes," said Amrisha Vaish, a UVA assistant professor of psychology. "Humans are very sensitive to the presence of other people, and we behave more socially in the presence of other people."
Players on the UVA men's lacrosse team say they’re confident heading into the NCAA tournament semifinal showdown with Duke, despite their recent history with the Blue Devils.
Researchers at Texas A&M University found that white children in first grade have more supportive relationships with their teachers than African-American classmates do. Researchers at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University discovered similar results in high school. Given that these same high school teachers assign grades and write recommendation letters, it would be surprising if these differences did not manifest in college admissions.
Pharrell Williams delivered an impassioned speech to the University of Virginia's class of 2019. Serving as the keynote speaker at Friday's valediction ceremony, the multi-hyphenate emphasized the importance and blessings of education and encouraged graduates to use their experiences at UVA to make the world a better place. Pharrell touched on issues like immigration and the rise of white supremacy, both of which have led to significant U.S. tensions and divide.
The Presidential Ideas Festival kicked off Tuesday in Charlottesville. Organized by the Miller Center and taking place on University of Virginia grounds, the three-day event aims to examine some of the most pressing challenges facing democracy around the world through the lens of the American presidency.
Area nonprofits can now apply for grants to support community health initiatives. The funding is being made available by a partnership between the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation and the UVA Health System.
The review of Charlottesville’s nonprofit funding process is nearly complete, but a public comment on Monday night has altered the timeline. Before the City Council was scheduled to vote on its next steps, Walt Heinecke suggested that the city focus nonprofit funding in the priority areas identified by UVA President Jim Ryan’s University-Community Working Group: jobs and wages, affordable housing, health care, and education.
UVA kicked off its first-ever Presidential Ideas Festival Tuesday with insights into the executive office from former diplomats and dignitaries and an announcement of a new umbrella institute at UVA to promote democracy.
The OHM team includes Dr. Akash Kumar, initially the CTO, but has now moved on to an advisory role. At present, 32-year-old co-founder Ayush Bharti, 32, an MBA from UVA’s Darden School of Business, is the CTO.
Democrats should try to find a decent candidate to run against Amash, as the district "definitely leans right but is sneakily competitive," said Kyle Kondik of UVA’s Center for Politics. "Kent County is going to be an important weather vane in the Michigan presidential and Senate races — it seems to be trending Democratic even as much of the rest of the state outside the Detroit Metro area is trending the other way," Kondik said.
Sybrina Fulton joins the growing ranks of women running for office after losing a child to gun violence. “People who have been active in the politics arena have a better sense of what it takes and more familiarity with elected officials, and so these mothers can look around and say to themselves, ‘You don’t have to have a million different credentials. If you have the passion, if you have the vision and if you’re willing to work hard, you can succeed,'” said Jennifer Lawless, a UVA political science professor.
Studying social class is tricky. First there’s the matter of definitions. “Most people would say they are middle class,” said Peter Belmi, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a lead author of the study. But how can that be?
Adding mental health services might improve a broad array of health outcomes for patients with HIV, according to a recent study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Researchers compared how a subset of patients at UVA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Clinic fared before and after the clinic expanded its mental health services in 2013. UVA nearly tripled the number of clinic patients receiving mental health care, from 385 in 2012 to 1,183 in 2014.
“Advantages beget advantages.” That’s the conclusion of a series of studies from researchers from Stanford University and the University of Virginia published Monday in the peer-reviewed Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes. “Individuals with relatively high social class are more overconfident,” they concluded. And, they said, others buy into it.
A multidisciplinary research effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, involving scientists from the University of Virginia and several other institutions, is developing gas-to-liquid technology to convert the components of natural gas to liquid products at lower pressures and temperatures than those utilized in current industrial processes.
K-12 educators are invited to attend an institute that will help them “demystify computer science.” St. Anne's-Belfield School and UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development are hosting the Computer Science Institute in July. It is open to teachers from all disciplines.
More than 7,000 students collected a diploma from the University of Virginia this weekend-- among them Dallas Ducar, who had two previous degrees from UVA. This one was especially meaningful – marking an academic and personal triumph.
During her year helming the University of Virginia’s Lawn, Joan Lee said she tried to make the heart of UVA more close-knit and inclusive.
Just a small amount of dynamite will bring down 5,000 pounds of concrete from University Hall’s iconic clamshell roof on Saturday. With a push from a plunger, a series of charges drilled into the structure will explode, bringing the roof down and simultaneously moving it away from other buildings, according to Joshua Campbell, president of Renascent Inc., the company tasked with the iconic University of Virginia structure’s demise.