Despite these shortcomings, some people who are in favor of stricter oversight over opioids are happy to see the guidelines issued. "What I can say is that we are pleased that the agency has taken this first step in implementing our recommendations,” said University of Virginia professor Richard Bonnie, chair of a National Academies panel that called on the FDA to develop a special process for approving new opioids.
“It’s really cool to see how early infants are distinguishing between different forms of laughter,” says Adrienne Wood, a UVA psychologist who was not involved in the study. “Almost every waking moment is a social interaction for [babies], so it makes sense that they are becoming very attuned to their social worlds.”
(By Dr. Bryan G. Sauer, associate professor of medicine and director of endoscopy at the UVA Health System) Endoscopy centers perform predominantly upper endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures. The most common reason to undergo a colonoscopy is for colon cancer screening, which is typically recommended for everyone at age 50.
(Commentary by Nicole Hemmer, visiting research associate at UVA’s Miller Center) The Democratic presidential primary officially kicked off last week with the first round of televised debates. Going in, it was hard to imagine we would learn much of anything from the overstuffed event, which split 20 candidates between two nights. Yet not only were there winners and losers, but there were also surprising new revelations about the divisions in the Democratic Party.
(By Morela Hernandez, associate professor in the Darden School of Business) Researchers have come to know a great deal about how people choose to behave toward future generations, and why. Over the past 18 years, studies have identified the psychological barriers that define intergenerational dilemmas, such as when a current generation must give up benefits to act on the behalf of future generations. What we don’t know enough about is how previous generations influence our current decisions.
The ACC Network’s first football game will be Clemson’s season-opener versus league rival Georgia Tech on Aug. 29. Four days earlier, the network will air the first of a four-part mini-series entitled “All In: The Clemson Football Family.” So might the conference and its partner, ESPN, be plotting a similar, all-access project with the NCAA men’s basketball champions at Virginia?
Research from the University of Virginia suggests that humans are inherently empathetic, especially toward those who are closest to them, like friends, family, and romantic partners.
Connecticut’s ‘red flag law’ was the first in the nation. Twenty years later, it’s saved many lives.
(Commentary) June 29 marks the 20th anniversary of Connecticut’s first-in-the-nation “red flag” law. The law has several important steps and safeguards: If police investigate a report that a person possesses firearms and poses an imminent risk to himself, herself or to others, and if a judge agrees and signs a special warrant similar to a search or an arrest warrant, then police can seize that person’s firearms and make a referral to mental health professionals. In 2017, legal, medical, and social work scholars at Duke, Yale, UConn and the University of Virginia published an extensive study of...
Choosing a dog to take home from the shelter can be difficult. New Indiana University research can help explain why. Samantha Cohen, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Virginia, led the research on dog adoption during her time at IU as a Ph.D. student.
“I think it’s a wonderful testament to the humanity in our area,” said The Health Wagon executive director Teresa Tyson as volunteers began winding down services and striking tents around noon Sunday. “People come in so sick and don’t realize what condition they’re in until we see them,” Tyson said. While patient load this summer was less than the 2,000-to-3,000 level typically seen in the past two decades in Wise County, Tyson said that could be a hopeful sign for medical needs in the area.
Governor Ralph Northam visited hundreds of families in need on Friday in Wise County. He was joined by dozens of doctors, nurses and other health specialists from the University of Virginia.
Small-business owners in Charlottesville are getting hands-on training on how to give their bottom line a boost using Facebook. Facebook is partnering with the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce to show owners how to apply the most up-to-date tools and strategies to market their business. More than 150 folks gathered Friday at UVA’s Darden School of Business to figure out how to take their business to the next level.
Other schools, including the University of Virginia, have also raised their minimum wage to $15 this year.
UVA’s Darden School of Business ranks No. 17.
(Commentary by A.E. Dick Howard, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law) In May 1776, the Virginia convention, meeting in Williamsburg, took three momentous steps. Its members agreed to draft a declaration of rights for Virginia, they set out to adopt a republican constitution, and they instructed Virginia’s delegates in Philadelphia to introduce a resolution for American independence. The age of rights and of constitutions was well underway.
(Commentary by Leslie Greene Bowman, president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello) Over the past few weeks, our local governments have debated whether they should continue to observe April 13, Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, as an official holiday. We respect our local governments’ processes for establishing public holidays. The larger question is whether Jefferson’s legacy remains relevant today – and why.
In 2018, Brandon Kim and a friend, both QuestBridge Scholars, decided to start a program that would offer an all-expenses-paid visit to UVA for high school students who will be the first in their family to attend college and who wouldn’t otherwise be able to tour the school. They called it Hoos First Look, and the program, now in its second year, is gearing up to bring another set of students to Charlottesville.
Morgan Moses had the option to change his jersey from No. 76 when he was first drafted by Washington in 2014. It wasn’t the prettiest number, he remembers thinking as the equipment manager discussed it with him, but the number he really wanted – No. 78, the number he wore at the University of Virginia – was owned by Kory Lichtensteiger at that time. So Moses decided to stick it out with 76, and he decided to do more to make the number his own. It’s tattooed across his back. It’s easy to get lost in asking questions and miss the other details that he sat through four sessions and 32 hours to ha...
(Commentary by Carolyn Lane, rising second-year student and Cavalier Daily journalist) After I graduated and matriculated at the University of Virginia, I found it difficult to leave behind the habits that were so ingrained in my journalistic practices from high school. For years, censorship shaped my work by telling me what stories I could write and topics I could cover – a reality that was impossible to shed simply because I walked out of the campus gates.
Twenty-six people from across the country came to Ashtabula Thursday to help work on a Habitat for Humanity house on Seymour Drive. And they arrived on their bicycles. Bike and Build is a nonprofit group that is traveling this summer from New Hampshire to Washington. It’s a 4,000-mile journey, and the cyclists are stopping in several cities along the way to help with affordable housing projects. Claire Burke, 22, is one of the people making this trip after a classmate at the University of Virginia recommended it. “I heard they enjoyed this program,” she said. “I thought I would like it — helpi...