Sound business intelligence from Rajkumar Venkatesan, the Bank of American Research Professor of Administration at the Darden School of Business.
Poverty is the most important predictor of food insecurity, says Paul Freedman, associate professor in the department of politics and a founding member of UVA’s Food Collaborative.
Dr. Ted Burns, a professor of neurology, offered a warning to his fellow neurologists. Patients with a rare neuromuscular disease are at risk because the inexpensive drug they take might disappear next year.
New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz will deliver the commencement address at the University of Virginia law school next spring. The law school says Shortz will speak on May 22 on U.Va.'s Holcombe Green Lawn in Charlottesville.
The University of Virginia’s newest residence hall played host to the descendants of a slave couple on Wednesday. Descendants of William and Isabella Gibbons visited the Gibbons House on grounds for a reception honoring their ancestors. The couple was enslaved by different professors at the university until 1865.
The University of Virginia announced on Wednesday the winner of its first annual Hannah Graham Memorial Award — named for the student found slain in September 2014. Second-year student Claire Romaine is the recipient of the inaugural award, given to exceptional students who show an interest in the French language, public health and international aid.
The International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville is hosting a public talk about the Syrian refugee crisis at noon Friday at the Central Library downtown. Leading the talk on the recent Syrian history that has led to the crisis is Hanadi Al-Samman, a native Syrian and professor at the University of Virginia. He will be followed by the Charlottesville IRC’s executive director, Harriet Kuhr, who will speak about the organization’s efforts in response to the conflict, their work with refugees in the area and how community members can get involved.
A University of Virginia sophomore studying biology received the school’s inaugural Hannah Graham Memorial Award in honor of the 18-year-old student who was slain in Charlottesville, Va., last year. Claire Romaine earned the award for her project examining gastric cancer cases in Rwanda. The award will grant Romaine $10,000 to study field work in a French-speaking country to honor Graham’s similar Francophile interests and passion for foreign cultures.
At the University of Virginia, studies showed that when happy couples held hands, the calming effect on the brain was similar to that caused by pain-relieving drugs. But unhappy couples did not show the same benefit. James A. Coan, the University of Virginia professor who conducted the hand-holding studies, said couples who find they have an ambivalent relationship should not panic about the study findings, but should feel motivated to work on the relationship and seek counseling before their problems become intractable.
The 11th Annual Bill Steers Men’s Four Miler race is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 8. The Charlottesville event is organized entirely by volunteers, with all proceeds going back to men's health at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
A year after filming in Orange and surrounding counties, “Coming Through the Rye” is being screened at multiple film festivals around the country. It’ll appear on the big screen next week at the Virginia Film Festival being held in Charlottesville Nov. 5-8.
Virginia's car-title lending industry, facing more scrutiny from the governor and some lawmakers, is escalating its campaign contributions as the state's voters prepare to head to the polls next week. Campaign finance records show the industry has already made about $800,000 in campaign contributions this election cycle, and that's before the big-money donations that typically roll in during the final days of the campaign. "At the end of the day it does look like there's a decent chance that they may spend more money on the 2014-2015 cycle than they've ever done s...
If you were looking to toss some popcorn in your microwave in Denmark this past summer, the popular movie snack wasn’t easy to find. That’s because the country’s largest retailer months earlier yanked microwave popcorn off its more than 1,200 stores because suppliers couldn’t come up with a way to rid the packaging of fluorinated chemicals. The chemicals are not regulated in Denmark but are linked to certain cancers, hormone disruption, organ problems and lower birth weights, and found in the linings of popcorn bags. “It’s just smart business,” said An...
“Virginia was a great place to study this health care delivery transition, since it was a regional and national leader in the ADAP transition from direct medication provision to purchasing of [Affordable Care Act] insurance”, said researcher Dr. Kathleen McManus of the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases and global Health.
After tonight’s third Republican debate in Colorado, politico magazine asked the best and brightest minds on both sides of the political spectrum which candidates performed so poorly they ought to call it quits already. “Forget cutting candidates. Let’s cut this awful “debate” format. It’s terrible, and almost everybody across the spectrum agrees,” said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Voters across Virginia will be heading to the polls next week. At stake? Each of the state’s 140 lawmakers that make up the General Assembly. You may not have heard much about it though, because many seats are uncontested and not generating much attention. But some state senate races are the exception. Who wins these races could determine the shape of Virginia politics for the next two years. This race is significant for more than just Boese, because the party that wins this seat could be the party that controls the state senate for the next two years. Geoffrey Skelley is ...
James Smith, a UVA civil and environmental engineer who played a key role in developing and testing the water disinfectant, talks with Les Sinclair about the Water-Disinfecting Tablets known as “MadiDrop”.
A small, start-up company in Charlottesville is set to tackle the problem of contaminated water worldwide, with a small, silver-infused ceramic pill--the Madidrop. This new University of Virginia-inspired public benefit company with a global health mission has opened administrative offices and a small production facility in Charlottesville.
This month, the world marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations - an institution founded with the enthusiastic support of a Virginia man now known as the architect of the UN. As a student at the University of Virginia, Edward Stettinius fell short on the academic front - too busy, it seems, to complete the coursework needed for a degree. This week, UVA’s president marked the founding of the UN by announcing the Edward Stettinius Award for Global Leadership - a prize the university will give each spring to a prominent figure in world affairs.
History will probably render “mixed judgments” on the one-child policy, said Brantly Womack, a China expert at the University of Virginia.