UVA has had several projects taking a closer look at the history involving enslaved people who built the school. Now, just over a month before the memorial to enslaved laborers is dedicated, some of the research is expected to continue.
(Commentary by Qian Cai, director of the UVA Weldon Cooper Center’s Demographics Research Group) As an immigrant, a proud naturalized American citizen and a professional demographer, I feared the citizenship question proposed for the upcoming census would discourage participation. Fortunately, the question has been scrapped. Unfortunately, another new approach by the U.S. Census Bureau presents an even bigger concern.
Sarandon Elliott, a student at the University of Virginia, was drawn to YDSA for similar reasons. “I grew up in a working-class black neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, and I just saw that capitalism has never worked for the working class, especially black working-class folks. It’s time for a change, it’s time for radical change.” Elliott attended this year’s Young Democratic Socialists of America conference in Chicago.
“Initial disparities in uninsured rates between diabetes belt and non-belt counties have not existed since 2014 among expansion states,” wrote the authors, led by Min-Woong Sohn of the University of Virginia.
“Bloomberg is probably going to have an uncomfortable night," University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato said. “He’ll be attacked by the other five candidates, probably repeatedly. His TV ads allow him to present only the positive image he prefers, but Democratic viewers are going to be learning things that won’t please them.” Sabato said he expects Bloomberg to fight back.
Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics, agrees the state can still recast its late date and make the best of it by convincing candidates to use the three-week gap between the last primaries and the Pennsylvania vote to blanket the state – perhaps as a warmup to the fall campaign.
Elderly individuals – those age 65 years or older – make up 43% of Americans undergoing an inpatient operation and are more likely than younger patients to have postoperative complications, results of multiple studies show. More than one in 10 of the elderly patients in the new study had an unexpected readmission, according to study authors. "Readmissions are stressful and expensive and Medicare reduces payments to hospitals with excess readmissions," said Dr. R. Scott Jones, a study coauthor and emeritus professor and chair of the University of Virginia's surgery department. "We want to antic...
The University of Cape Coast has released seven new varieties of cowpeas to help increase yields and promote food security. The research was funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Treaty on the Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, with support from the University of Virginia, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
(Commentary by Dr. Patrick Northrup and Dr. Shawn Pelletier of the UVA Medical Center) Seriously ill Virginia residents in need of lifesaving liver transplants face longer wait times and a greater chance of dying under ill-considered regulations implemented Feb. 4 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will do everything in our power to fight what we see as a misguided change.
Researchers at the University of California Davis and the University of Virginia found that internet skills and experience with photo-editing software, like Photoshop, predicted how well people could tell if a still image was faked.
Consider UVA’s College Republicans, a chapter that has focused on training future party leaders. Members described how belonging to the group tempered their more extreme impulses. Meeting and working for politicians helped them appreciate electability over fiery rhetoric, while debating public policy with visiting experts led them to see compromise as a way toward the greater good.
Political insiders are looking ahead to Super Tuesday, Virginia’s Democratic Primary that takes place on March 3. Larry Sabato with the UVA Center for Politics says getting to the polls will be crucial as Democrats are “muddled this year.” He says the moderates are splitting their votes, which has worked to Bernie Sanders' benefit.
"While flu remains quite active throughout the nation, the season is beginning to weaken and slow down," Dr. Bryan Lewis, a professor at the Biocomplexity Institute at the University of Virginia, told AccuWeather. "However, make no mistake, this season is strong and still in full swing."
Political experts say that Sanders has moved to the left along with the rest of his party after the issue became a major vulnerability for him in his 2016 primary campaign against Hillary Clinton, who found and exploited Sanders' rare vulnerability on the left. "Bernie shifted with the Democratic Party (even as an independent)," Professor Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said. "And he saw in 2016 his gun record could be a real detriment to his presidential ambitions."
John Holbein is attempting to solve the mystery. An assistant professor of public policy at UVA, his research focuses on education and political participation. His new book with Duke University professor D. Sunshine Hillygus, “Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action,” will be released Thursday.
John Holbein is attempting to solve the mystery. An assistant professor of public policy at UVA, his research focuses on education and political participation. His new book with Duke University professor D. Sunshine Hillygus, “Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action,” will be released Thursday.
Charlottesville Public Schools is getting $124,000 to help expand its computer science programs. The grant will help Charlottesville Public Schools create partnerships with the University of Virginia, Tech-Girls, and Computers 4 Kids to develop resources, train teachers, and engage students in computer science.
Charlottesville Public Schools were granted $124,000 to create a partnership with the University of Virginia, Tech-Girls, and Computers4Kids to develop resources, train teachers, and engage K-8 students in computer science.
UVA’s School of Medicine received its largest amount of funding in school history with $146.3 million from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal 2019.
Four public universities were also granted awards to develop partnerships with school agencies and school divisions in their regions. George Mason University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia’s College at Wise and Virginia Commonwealth University were each allocated approximately $125,000 in funding.