A separate study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia found that two prominent research-image collections — ImSitu and COCO, the latter of which is cosponsored by Facebook, Microsoft and startup MightyAI — displayed gender bias in their depiction of sports, cooking and other activities. (Images of shopping, for example, were linked to women, while coaching was associated with men.)
The University of Virginia recently began construction of its Memorial to Enslaved Laborers on the Charlottesville campus.
The Center for Politics hosted the second portion of its 20th annual American Democracy Conference within Alumni Hall at the University of Virginia on Thursday.
Leaders of two of the region’s colleges signed a dual-degree agreement on Monday which will enable qualified students to simultaneously earn a bachelor’s degree at one school while earning a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the other, shaving two years off the traditional higher education/graduate school path leading to both degrees. The dual degree agreement between UVA’s College at Wise and the Appalachian College of Pharmacy in Oakwood will allow students to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years and then complete a doctor of pharmacy degree in three additional years.
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe was the keynote speaker at the UVA Center for Politics’ 20th Annual American Democracy Conference on Thursday. McAuliffe’s speech focused on President Donald Trump’s two years in office, and he delivered harsh criticism.
UVA sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox conducted several studies and found that the most reliable indicator of whether a married man is a committed, compassionate husband and father is whether he attends church regularly. He surveyed men with no religious affiliation, men who attend theologically liberal churches, and men who attend theologically conservative churches. The last group tested out as significantly more likely to be affectionate with their children, and are also more involved in disciplining them.
One study looked at the effect of paid leave on employment rates, women’s wages and health outcomes for babies. “The sweet spot was probably six to nine months,” said one of the authors, Christopher J. Ruhm, an economist at the University of Virginia.
A diverse group of political figures converged Thursday at UVA’s American Democracy Conference to discuss the effect of Donald Trump’s presidency and the importance of compromise.
Coming into the Australian Open, 25-year-old American Danielle Collins had never won a Grand Slam match in her career, going 0-5 in her previous attempts. Now, she stands one match away from reaching the final, with two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova awaiting in the next round. It’sa skill Collins developed during her collegiate tennis days at the University of Virginia, the American told press in Melbourne.
She started at the University of Florida, then transferred to the University of Virginia. Collins won two N.C.A.A. singles titles while earning a degree in media studies and making lifelong friends, many of them non-athletes.
A little over a year after the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, taxes are at the forefront of legislators’ minds during the short 2019 General Assembly session. UVA professor George Yin, who has served on the nonpartisan U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation, said residents in rural Virginia have a choice with the proposals.
If you’ve found yourself buried under crushing law school debt and working inhumane hours identifying and properly Bluebooking a sushi memo, you’ll find it hard to believe that there’s a law school out there boasting a 91 percent life satisfaction score from its alumni 30 years out. And yet, that’s exactly what’s happening at the University of Virginia.
Professor Joseph Allen, who led the study from the University of Virginia, said: 'In spite of the emphasis teens put on adolescent romantic relationships, they turn out not to be the most important predictor of future romantic success. 'Instead it's the skills learned in friendships with peers of the same gender - skills such as stability, assertiveness, intimacy, and social competence -that correspond most closely to the skills needed for success in adult romantic relationships.'
Leslie Odom Jr. had his first glimpse of what would become “Hamilton” in a 100-seat black box theater in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was hooked from the first 16 bars. “It’s what falling in love feels like for me,” he said Saturday at the John Paul Jones Arena. University of Virginia President Jim Ryan talked with Odom about the theater, fatherhood and failing as part of a wide-ranging discussion. The event was part of UVA’s 2019 Community MLK Celebration and the UVA President’s Speaker for the Arts series.
Exercise can protect both muscle and nerves from damage caused by the restoration of blood flow after injury or surgery, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Virginia are working to better understand how the body is damaged by the restoration of blood flow -- known as ischemia reperfusion injury. They are also trying to find ways to improve outcomes for people who suffer it, including surgery and trauma patients and soldiers injured on the battlefield.
A new study has now shown why it is even more important to exercise. The research by the University of Virginia, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, has said that post surgery, exercise can protect muscle and nerves from damage caused by ischemia-reperfusion injury which refers to the damage that’s caused to tissues when the blood supply is restored to them after ischemia or lack of oxygen.
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is inching toward a 2020 Democratic presidential bid, launched a full frontal attack on President Trump’s leadership, blaming him for expanding racial division in America. “He has unleashed something,” said the Democrat and close ally to both former President Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton. He initially joked about his 2020 plans. “I’m going to announce right here,” he said at a conference on the Trump presidency at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
The University of Virginia on Friday announced a gift of $120 million -- the largest ever to the university -- from the Quantitative Foundation. The gift will create the School of Data Science.
Longtime UVA election analyst Larry Sabato said South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is historically young for his ambitions and his resume-topper – leader of a small Indiana city – is about as far as you can get from a traditional path to the presidency.
“People can certainly be injured by airbags or sustained abrasions, but they can also ‘bottom out’ an airbag, which means just go through it and hit the steering wheel,” Dr. Thomas Hartka, an assistant professor of emergency medicine with the UVA Health System, said.