Members of UVA’s Class of 2020 will not get to walk the Lawn as part of their Final Exercises celebration, but the University has some surprises planned to celebrate the class’s achievement.
When he was in the Navy, UVA nursing professor Richard Westphal began studying the problem we now call stress injury – changes in behavior and attitude caused by trauma or threat to life, loss or grief, moral dilemmas and fatigue.
For UVA’s Cavalier Marching Band, spring usually means a chance to get dolled up and celebrate the year’s achievements at “band prom,” the group’s annual awards banquet. This year, though, the global coronavirus pandemic threatened to bring the celebration to an abrupt halt.
On March 18, William Guilford received an email request from an intensive care nurse at UVA Health. Could UVA’s Engineering School produce PPE – from N95 masks to face shields – using 3D printing? “I always tend to put on my engineer hat first, and I wasn’t sure that creating an N95 mask was a realistic goal,” says Guilford, assistant dean for undergraduate education and associate professor of biomedical engineering. “But my non-engineer hat was just, ‘Whatever you need, you tell us, and we’ll make this happen.’”
Matthew Pottinger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser, offered a more veiled critique of Beijing on Monday as he delivered remarks to a University of Virginia symposium. Praising the May 4 anti-imperialist protests in China more than a century ago, Pottinger suggested China could benefit from “a little less nationalism and a little more populism.”
The University of Virginia announced Tuesday it has received a $1 million commitment from Charlottesville-area businessman and investor Paul Manning to establish The Manning Fund for COVID-19 Research, which will support the University’s efforts to develop COVID-19-related research projects.
Scott Darrah is an advanced practice nurse at the UVA Medical Center, where he tends to COVID-19 patients in an acute care setting. And he is a leader in developing three acute care units to handle coronavirus patients as special pathogens units.
Some UVA students may be able to find a way to better predict the spread of the coronavirus.
(Commentary by William Petri, Professor of Medicine) As researchers try to find treatments and create a vaccine for COVID-19, doctors and others on the front lines continue to find perplexing symptoms. And the disease itself has unpredictable effects on various people. Dr. William Petri, a professor of medicine at the UVA Medical School, answers questions about these confusing findings.
The University of Virginia has a long-ago connection to a NFL legend who has passed away at the age of 90. Don Shula was hired in early 1958 as an assistant coach to the late Dick Voris, and the Cavaliers’ only victory that fall was a Sept. 27, 1958 game against Duke at Scott Stadium.
Deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger hailed two “brave” Chinese doctors who raised early alarms about the coronavirus and faced retribution from the Chinese government. “When small acts of bravery are stamped out by governments, big acts of bravery follow,” Pottinger said in remarks streamed for a virtual symposium held by UVA’s Miller Center.
Soundboard talks to Jodean Chisholm, a nurse manager, and Kendall Barger, a nurse in the UVA Medical Center’s Medical Intensive Care Unit. They’ve both treated some of those in our community who have been hospitalized with COVID-19.
UVA is asking students for their feedback on how it handles the fall semester during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dean of Students Allen Groves sent the survey out to undergraduate students this weekend, seeking students’ opinions on a wide range of topics.
Ten years ago, UVA lacrosse player Yeardley Love was killed. On the anniversary of her death, many in Charlottesville, and across the nation, have come together to celebrate her memory in a positive way.
The White House’s deputy national security adviser, Matt Pottinger, is scheduled to speak on the U.S. relationship with China Monday in a online seminar hosted by UVA’s Miller Center. Pottinger’s remarks will champion democracy and freedom in China and won’t directly address intelligence on the virus, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ready to get lost in an absorbing book right about now? A new Zoom series will give readers a chance to dive into books about popular Virginia topics. The University of Virginia Press is unveiling its new UVA Press Reading Club, which offers books grouped under the theme “Virginia Pathways and People.” Starting this month, a new Zoom series, “It’s All About Virginia,” will be launched to complement the UVA Press podcast “UVA Press Presents.”
Deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger insisted Monday the United States is not considering “punitive measures” against China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, breaking with more aggressive rhetoric toward Beijing from other Trump administration officials. “The U.S. isn’t looking at punitive measures here,” Pottinger said during a symposium on U.S.-China relations sponsored by UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
This is the first in a two-part series about the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on the town of Wise and the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
Despite a short spring season, Virginia’s athletic programs still made big impacts during the 2019-20 academic year. From the football team finally winning the Commonwealth Cup to the field hockey team punching a ticket to the Final Four, there was no shortage of memorable sports moments in Charlottesville during the past collegiate sports season.
The spring semester is coming to a close, and final exams have begun for students across the country. UVA students say those exams look very different this year: they’re being taken at a distance, after a semester conducted largely in the same way.