(By William Antholis, the director and CEO of UVA’s Miller Center) Republican Sen. Ben Sasse said it best: "We are in the midst of a civilization-warping crisis of public trust and the president’s allegations today demand the thorough and dispassionate attention of serious patriots.” He was responding to President Trump’s accusation that former President Obama wiretapped him directly.
Researchers from the UVA School of Medicine found that gut bacteria can play a part in depression, by studying mice before and after they were subjected to stress.
A recent new study advises that consuming yogurt may help ease the symptoms of depression. According to researchers, depression is one of the leading causes of mental disarray affecting millions of people across different age groups. The study, done by the University of Virginia, it stated that eating yogurt rich in lactobacillus, a kind of probiotic bacteria, may help relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety.
The Daily Progress reports that the University of Virginia might turn to a “nontraditional” candidate when it names a successor to President Teresa Sullivan.
Congressman Tom Garrett told a weekend gathering of Republican activists in Albemarle County he’s eager to field questions from local constituents. Garrett has encouraged them to show up at an upcoming event he’s arranged with UVA’s Batten School.
This year marks the 100th birthday of President John F. Kennedy, who remains a magnetic figure for many Americans – even those who were too young to live through his presidency.
Legendary Charlottesville photographer Ed “Flash” Roseberry, who documented decades of UVA student life, is profiled on the occasion of the publication of a book of his most notable work.
His basketball team isn’t entering the NCAA tournament with the hype of a top seed or a veteran roster full of Final Four expectations. But don’t tell UVA coach Tony Bennett that this year’s bid to the Big Dance holds any less importance.
This year’s Virginia Film Festival will take place from Nov. 9-12, festival officials announced Wednesday. The festival is a program of the University of Virginia and its Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts.
More consumers are falling prey to scams in which con artists pretend to be someone trustworthy, like a government official or service technician, in order to fraudulently seek money, the Federal Trade Commission reports. "Everything is based on social trust. We tend to accept things when people ask us," said Luca Cian, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Virginia.
They’ll need to make some room in the sports hair hall of fame for University of Virginia freshman sensation Kyle Guy and his man bun/top knot hybrid, which has taken the college basketball world by storm.
The No. 6 seed Virginia basketball team will play No. 14 seed Pittsburgh in the ACC tournament second round on Wednesday. Tip off is set for 9 p.m. from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
The Democratic primary for Virginia governor features former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, two candidates who are taking different approaches to the campaign. “It’s pretty clear that Perriello is shaping his campaign as very much an anti-Trump campaign,” UVA political scientist Geoffrey Skelley said. “And while Ralph Northam has plenty to say about Donald Trump, at the end of day, I don’t feel his rhetoric is aimed so much at the national picture as Perriello’s is.”
It’s clear Donald Trump and his administration took great pains to differentiate the new executive order released Monday from his embattled first attempt at limiting immigration from Muslim-majority countries. “It’s not like an administration that makes statements about a Muslim ban can wash its hands clean of that animus,” UVA law professor Brandon Garrett said. “That evidence of intent doesn’t go away just because they redrafted it a few weeks later.”
UVA researchers have found a possible new way to combat depression using a probiotic commonly found in yogurt.
“I venture the hope that in 1960, the Commonwealth of Virginia will join hands with the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts and present to you the next president of the United States.” This introduction from Virginia Gov. John S. Battle was for Sen. John F. Kennedy at the University of Virginia’s first annual Law Alumni Day banquet on this date in 1958.
Presidential historians are among those startled by Trump’s rhetoric toward Obama, which they view as significantly outside the recent norms. “It is extraordinarily unusual,” said Russell Riley, an associate professor at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
Carolyn Engelhard, director of the health policy program in the UVA School of Medicine, comments on how the new plan dramatically changes the way the government helps patients pay for their health care.
Most of these programs only cover tuition and fees, not the full cost of attendance. There are only two four-year public institutions – UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia – that report meeting full financial need, according to data submitted to U.S. News in an annual survey.
Jefferson is often linked to the country’s history of self-government, separation of church and state, and public education. Over time, Jefferson’s name also became linked to the continuation of slavery until the Civil War, and to the loss of land for Native Americans.