Watch students from the Class of 2020, including UVA’s Derrick Wang and Caroline Hanes, share words of encouragement and optimism for the future, despite the fact that they will not be able to walk across the graduation stage this year.
A Garcia win would mark the first time Republicans have flipped a seat in California since 1998. Kyle Kondik, managing editor at UVA’s Center for Politics, noted that Republicans “would and should feel great about winning a Clinton-won seat.” The pieces have lined up for Republicans, who have criticized Smith’s voting record in the state assembly as consistently favoring raising taxes, while Garcia’s defense credentials have boosted him thanks to the district’s sizable defense industry.
Over the course of his presidency, Trump has responded to criticism of his performance or comments by suggesting or outright asserting that his critics are criminals. Trump is now reverting to a familiar political tactic as he faces the most significant challenge of his presidency, said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
Professor Alban Gaultier, a researcher from the University of Virginia, told News Medical: “I am excited to see the results from this clinical trial. If proven effective in decreasing the symptoms of COVID-19, this treatment would be a safe and affordable option for fighting the pandemic.”
Retail health clinics offer a way to receive low-acuity care, vaccinations and symptom checks, all key health needs in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. “They're definitely playing a role in widespread testing location, whether or not they’re within those clinics themselves,” said Dennie Kim, assistant professor of business administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business and an expert on health care delivery and reform.
Experts say in a new scientific paper that telemedicine tools developed to battle Ebola have potential in the fight against COVID-19. According to a release, the tools were developed at UVA Health, and they allow doctors to provide personal, high-quality care while conserving vital personal protective equipment and reducing infection risks.
A discovery at UVA is leading researchers to test a popular antidepressant as a potential treatment for COVID-19. The antidepressant is called fluvoxamine, and researchers say it could prevent dangerous overreactions by the body’s immune system.
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are currently testing the antidepressant fluvoxamine, recognized widely under the brand name Luvox, as a potential treatment for COVID-19. The new study follows work done by the University of Virginia School of Medicine, which determined that it "may prevent dangerous overreactions by the immune system."
For the first time in nearly 200 years, the University of Virginia will be honoring its graduates not on Grounds – but online. Starting Saturday at 1 p.m., students, their families and friends will be able to tune in to the University’s virtual celebration and conferral of degrees on its website, as well as on UVA’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Leaders at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise plan to begin the coming fall semester on campus, after shifting classes online this spring amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Video) The coronavirus pandemic is forcing a paradigm shift for public education, with schools closed and students learning from home. UVA’s Miller Center put together a virtual panel of experts Tuesday to discuss the lasting effects of the pandemic on classrooms.
As Kieran O’Connor of UVA and colleagues now reveal through a compelling series of seven studies, another type of discrepancy is seen as being hypocritical, too: when individuals are perceived to use private good deeds to assuage their guilt over morally dubious public works.
Dr. Michael Williams, director of UVA’s Center for Health Policy, said the state isn’t yet ready to reopen. “To be able to do it safely, I think additional things need to be in place that are not necessarily in place for all members of our society,” Williams said.
(Commentary by Jhanya Williamson, third-year student double-majoring in international economics and statistics) While there’s a good deal of potential in online education, one UVA student thinks it’s not well-suited for every subject.
It is vital faculty make this change swiftly, agrees Larry Murphy, president of executive education at UVA’s Darden School of Business. “Schools will suffer consequences if they don’t make the necessary investments in technology and take this opportunity to upskill their faculty and make them comfortable with, and excited about, virtual learning.”
During a wide-ranging phone interview, Bronco Mendenhall talked BYU and Virginia football, why he left Provo and whether there will be a football season this year.
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics, described the race as “very close,” and noted that governors during the pandemic have benefited from a type of “rally around the flag bonus.” “I think Montana has turned into a bona fide Democratic target, even though I think I’d still rather be Daines there than Bullock ultimately,” Kondik said.
President Donald Trump’s effort to keep his personal and corporate financial records away from congressional and law enforcement investigators comes before the Supreme Court Tuesday amid indications some justices may be reluctant to weigh in. “If the president wins and it’s 5-4 … there will be people claiming that the president’s appointees have come to his defense,” says Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA law professor whose recent book, “The Living Presidency,” warns of its ever-expanding powers.
Mark Edmundson, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, writes if Blake were to recast “London,” probably his best-known poem, for the uses of the present, the poet might be inclined to re-title it “New York” or “Washington.”
To assess whether that explains Hempstead’s low voucher usage rate, Edgar Olsen, an economics and public policy professor at the University of Virginia, said the town should disclose how many vouchers were taken out of and into Hempstead last year. Town officials did not respond to a question on the subject.