The emotional wounds of war can be the most painful and long lasting. As a U.S. Marine Corps officer, Sean Gobin saw intense combat during two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. When he left the service after 12 years, his body was intact, but his mind was in turmoil. Gobin’s plan was to walk off the war, just as Earl Shaffer had done in 1948 after serving in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. Gobin has made history by founding Warrior Hike, a program that helps combat veterans regain their mental footing during long-distance hikes. He recently was awarded a...
Recognizing civil rights and the fight for justice is the goal of the Hill-Robinson Expansion of Freedom award. Julian Bond, professor emeritus of history at the University of Virginia and a civil rights icon, is being honored posthumously with this award. He taught at the University of Virginia for nearly 23 years until his retirement in 2012. Mr. Bond, who died in August, was a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He also served as national chairman of the NAACP from 1998-2010.
The University of Virginia is taking its international offerings to a new level this week, bringing global development pros to Grounds for a new career and recruitment event that will place Wahoos in jobs and internships around the world.
Men from all over central Virginia laced up their shoes Sunday for the Bill Steers Men's Four Miler at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville. This is the 11th year for the race. The run is now held in memory of the former University of Virginia Department of Urology Chairman Doctor Bill Steers who died in 2014. Steers created the four miler to promote men's health programs at UVA.
Researchers at the School of Medicine found that mice injected with the flu virus began producing large amounts of red blood cells. They now say this could represent a significant step forward in the battle against anemia, diabetes, kidney disease or cancer.
At UVA, the GEAR UP group was led around by undergrads, who told the students about Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the school and UVA’s history of student self-governance.
He’s appreciated. He’s respected. He’s beloved. This season, the team has “humility” — along with the program’s other four pillars (passion, unity, servanthood and thankfulness) — embroidered on the inside of their game jerseys.
A jury in Manhattan on Thursday found two former London traders guilty in the first convictions in the United States stemming from the global investigation into the rigging of an interest rate benchmark known as Libor. “The Libor cases have been a symbol of the department’s commitment to taking on the major banks,” said Brandon L. Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia law school. “I think it was very important for the government to show that both individuals and the corporations will be held criminally accountable.”
Starting next year, those covered by Humana will get in-network access to the University of Virginia’s hospitals, clinics and physicians. The university announced Thursday morning the agreement, which is set to take effect Jan. 1. The partnership affects more than 10,000 people covered by Humana’s Medicare Advantage plans and Humana’s Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plan.
Dr. Joann Pinkerton, medical director of the Midlife Health Center, told Prevention that some lifestyle changes can help to reduce symptoms. These include increasing physical activity and including more calcium-rich foods into a diet.
When complete, it will be where advisors in all the university’s departments will hold regular office hours, meeting with students to discuss financial issues, coursework and opportunities for research and study abroad.
“This could open up years of litigation and settlements in the same way that tobacco litigation did, also spearheaded by attorneys general,” said UVA School of Law professor Brandon L. Garrett.
On Wednesday, medical students and professionals at the University of Virginia heard from Ian Crozier, an infectious diseases doctor who contracted and survived Ebola last year.
Last year’s Ebola epidemic has begun to fade from public memory, but the effects still linger in thousands of survivors, including Dr. Ian Crozier — a physician deployed in Sierra Leone for the World Health Organization last year. Crozier was at the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine on Wednesday afternoon to talk about his experience.
The Republican victories came despite a major advertising push by Democrats and the independent political groups that back them. Democratic-affiliated advertisers spent more than $155,000 on political ads on average compared with the $85,000 that Republicans spent on average in the mainly red-leaning states “The ad spending in these races can almost be like trench warfare,” said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “You put in a bunch of resources and the lines don’t move that much.”
The University of Virginia has now announced that second-year student Claire Romaine is to be the recipient of the inaugural presentation of the Hannah Graham Memorial Award, which was created to honor the 'destinies of high promise,” that UVa's founder Thomas Jefferson spoke of; and which Ms. Graham and Ms. Romaine have had in common.
A 2011 University of Virginia study found that surgical Medicaid patients are 13 percent more likely to die than those without insurance. Avik Roy wrote in Forbes that of the 893,658 surgical operations between 2003-2007, with normalized results for age, gender, income, geographical locations, operation, and 30 diseases–Medicaid patients were twice as likely to die before leaving the hospital than Americans who have private insurance.
Virginia's dairy industry has a big economic footprint in Virginia, with nearly 8,000 people directly employed in the milking business. A study by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia found that the dairy industry has a $3.2 billion economic output.
Some new twists are happening at this year’s Virginia Film Festival, which begins Thursday and runs through Sunday. The headquarters for the 28th annual event are at the new Violet Crown Charlottesville, and films will be shown for the first time at The Southern Café and Music Hall for the first time. Showings also will return to Vinegar Hill, which is now owned and operated by Lighthouse Studio.
Beyond all the glitz and glam and celebrity appearances, there’s no better place to be a lover of film in its purest form than at a festival. Between the premieres and sneak peeks of future hit films before award buzz and marketing tactics dominate the conversation, the risky endeavors attempting to court distribution deals and the independent and short work that you may never have the opportunity to see projected onto a screen again, festivals are the ultimate destination for any true cinephile. It is in this spirit that the Virginia Film Festival welcomes noted critic and historian Leo...