“[State Rep. Charles Booker] has surged at just the right moment,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “Is it large enough to overcome her lead [that of retired Marine and Democrat Amy McGrath]? Maybe, although I wouldn’t bet on it. ... It’s one thing to surge. It’s another thing to win.”
Dr. Cameron Webb works in Charlottesville treating coronavirus patients. His days are a mix of coordinating testing in different parts of the community – he’s the director of health policy and equity at the University of Virginia – and, of course, campaigning to represent Virginia in the House of Representatives.
“In this moment, when many of these same companies have said they stand with their Black employees and they are horrified by the murder of George Floyd and so many other Black people, then it’s also a moment to acknowledge the racism baked into the economy of this nation, and the conditions under which Blacks have had to live in order to build the country,” said Laura Morgan Roberts, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business and author of “Race, Work and Leadership: Positive Organizing in a Global Society.”
(By Jacqueline Jodl, special assistant to the dean and associate professor in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development) Relationships are important for all learners, says strategic education advisor Jackie Jodl, but they are particularly important to those who are at risk. When it comes to promoting engagement and sustained performance, the research shows that boys are more dependent on these student-teacher relationships than girls.
A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is saving lives and offers a model for communities across the country, a new scientific paper reports.A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is saving lives and offers a model for communities across the country, a new scientific paper reports.
Case mix index, which refers to how sick a specific group of patients is, has been declining for COVID-19 patients, UVA Medical Center spokesman Eric Swensen said. COVID-19 patients appeared to be at the sickest levels the week of May 4, after a high number of patients from hospitals with maxed-out ICUs were transferred to UVA.
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association has pledged its support of training programs and students enrolled in the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Wade is also working with the Central Virginia Small Business Development Center and the University of Virginia on a project to give Louisa businesses a platform where they can sell products on the internet. Project Propel began as an effort by UVA to create new internships for undergraduate and graduate students during the pandemic.
According to the latest weekly update on UVA’s COVID-19 model, community mitigation strategies in Virginia have prevented an estimated 951,087 cases.
Modelers with UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute provide weekly projections for the Virginia Department of Health. Friday’s report factored in compliance with infection control. If everyone in the Roanoke metro area gave each other space, wore masks and washed their hands, the number of new cases each week would be just a handful until zeroing out in July and August.
Right now, more than half the country lives in the nine most populous states. By 2040, according to a University of Virginia analysis, half the country is expected to live in just eight states. About 70% of the country will live in 16 states – meaning that 30% of the population will control 68% of the Senate.
(By Grace Elizabeth Hale, professor of history and American studies ) The long history of images of racial violence in the United States suggests that we need to question this too-easy consensus and the idea that more cameras – not just bystanders with phones but police body cameras and other forms of surveillance – will fix the problem of law enforcement violence.
(Commentary) How do we create a reality that reflects the highest values of equity and empathy? To be happy with where our nation is today is to be complicit with its oppressive past. How do we move forward? Only by having honest conversations that are based on truths and facts, and by making certain justice for all is truly that, can we advance.
Dr. Jennifer A. Ross at UVA’s Department of Emergency Medicine and colleagues have reported cases of sudden, severe fall of blood sugar encountered by a number of men after consumption of a so-called male sexual enhancement supplement. The outbreak began in August 2019.
(Commentary by Greg Fairchild, associate professor at the Darden School of Business) As the sepia-toned footage spooled across the TV screen, the words “Tulsa 1921” were superimposed over the mayhem. My throat tightened. I knew that place and year well. The terror of the Tulsa race riot is something that has been with me for almost as long as I can remember.
(Audio) “Strange Fruit.” “Fortunate Son.” “What’s Going On.” Protest songs are part of the American story. Guests including Claudrena N. Harold, African American and African studies and history professor, discuss the context of protest songs.
(Subscription required) While a UVA undergraduate, Joshua Anton created an app to prevent users from drunk dialing, which he called Drunk Mode. He later began harvesting huge amounts of user data from smartphones to resell to advertisers. Now his company, called X-Mode Social Inc., is one of a number of little-known location-tracking companies that are being deployed in the effort to reopen the country.
(Subscription required) While a UVA undergraduate, Joshua Anton created an app to prevent users from drunk dialing, which he called Drunk Mode. He later began harvesting huge amounts of user data from smartphones to resell to advertisers. Now his company, called X-Mode Social Inc., is one of a number of little-known location-tracking companies that are being deployed in the effort to reopen the country.
(Subscription required) While a UVA undergraduate, Joshua Anton created an app to prevent users from drunk dialing, which he called Drunk Mode. He later began harvesting huge amounts of user data from smartphones to resell to advertisers. Now his company, called X-Mode Social Inc., is one of a number of little-known location-tracking companies that are being deployed in the effort to reopen the country.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many states are urging residents to vote by mail, and election officials are bracing for a more time-consuming ballot-counting process. However, “If it’s not that close, we may be able to discern the presidential winner even if large shares of the vote are still outstanding in key states,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics.