As more of Virginia’s universities open for the fall semester, they’re collecting and releasing COVID-19 data and grappling with contingency plans for those who contract the disease. The University of Virginia released its first set of COVID-19 testing data Wednesday.
The five people are accomplished scholars and government practitioners who can comment on a broad array of political and governmental issues.
Tony Poljan, who is now a graduate transfer tight end at UVA, has rarely shied away from a hurdle. His stuttering is an issue he faces head-on.
The only university in the U.S. designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, the University of Virginia is one of the oldest in the country, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.
Brennan Armstrong has been named the starting quarterback for the University of Virginia. The announcement was made with a press release Thursday morning.
Expectations are rising that a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready for the public by the beginning of next year. That could mean an approved vaccine by January. “I believe that it is realistic that we will know sometime in late 2020 whether some COVID-19 vaccines are safe, exactly how effective they are, and which ones should be used to vaccinate the U.S. population in 2021,” writes William Petri, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Virginia.
We don’t hear much about the Second Lady, and that’s on purpose. But that doesn’t mean that Karen Pence has nothing to say. While Pence’s view may have tilted harder to the right than those of most Americans, his presence on the ticket comforted Conservatives who were uneasy with Trump’s more liberal history. "On social issues, I don't think you get more conservative than these two," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Michael Barber, professor of BYU’s political science, and his collaborator, John B. Holbein of the University of Virginia, examined records from the past three decades in counties using mandatory vote-by-mail in Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Nebraska and California, focusing on elections immediately before and after the system was implemented.
A set of car dealerships across Virginia will be raising money to help families and children fighting cancer get to and from hospital appointments. Donations will be made to UVA Children’s, the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation in Richmond, and the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter in Williamsburg.
Depression study suggests it may be possible to predict who would benefit. The lead author is C.J. Brush, who earned a doctorate at Rutgers and is now at Florida State University. Rutgers co-authors include Anthony J. Bocchine and Andrew A. Ude, both doctoral students, and Kristina M. Muniz, a former undergraduate research assistant who is now at the University of Virginia Health System.
“The patients in this study were children with hematology/oncology conditions,” Beth Quatrara, a nursing professor at University of Virginia, said. “They are accustomed to treatments and IVs. Providing them with time to ‘be free’ and ‘be kids’ was seen as a gift.”
The UVA COVID Tracker is a tool that is designed to track public health information and metrics about the virus and it will be updated daily.
When it comes to the best college value for your money, it’s tough to beat the University of Virginia. Money magazine just ranked UVA the second best value education among american public universities, behind only the University of Michigan.
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act has not been foolproof. Jurisdictions such as Missouri and Columbus, Ohio, drew up inventories detailing how much money federal mandates were costing them. “It was one of the few times that the so-called Big 7, all the state and local groups, actually came together and came together very, very strongly,” Ray Scheppach, a UVA public policy professor, said.
The auto industry has a long history of raising drivers’ tolerance for long commutes by making cars more comfortable and attractive places to be – all the while promising a better driving experience that’s just around the corner, says Peter Norton, a UVA associate professor of science, technology, and society and author of “Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City.”
Dr. Jeffrey Vergales, a UVA associate professor of pediatrics, said the key to limiting spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 at the four camps was keeping the 1,022 campers and staff members in separate bubbles for the entire time. That way, “if we had a case, we wouldn’t have to scramble to identify the contacts. We knew who they were, and we could very quickly quarantine those contacts,” he said.
(Commentary by Jack Hamilton, associate professor of American studies and media studies) On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks refused to play basketball against the Orlando Magic in the NBA bubble, and in doing so may have set in motion a sea change in the social fabric of American sports.
UVA Athletics has set a “meet the team” football event for Saturday… but instead of the in-person Scott Stadium events of years past, it’s all virtual.
Turning their attentions from preseason camp to more concentrated preparations for the uncertain season ahead, Virginia Tech’s Justin Fuente and Virginia’s Bronco Mendenhall are now faced with a matter that likely terrifies coaches more than any injury or depth chart concern ever could.