The 26th annual Virginia Festival of the Book has added four new headlining programs to its schedule, bringing music, poetry and films to the interdisciplinary mix.
Medicaid expansion reduced the numbers of low-income residents without insurance in the Diabetes Belt, according to a study referenced in a news release from UVA Health.
Charlottesville stops would include the University of Virginia, UVA Medical Center, downtown and the Amtrak station on West Main Street if requested by a passenger. A passenger also could request to be dropped off at the Waynesboro BRITE hub. Staunton, Charlottesville, UVA and Augusta and Albemarle counties have agreed to support the proposed bus route.
A group of seventh-graders from Buford Middle School traded their textbooks for stethoscopes to learn what it takes to pursue a career in the medical field. The students took a tour of the UVA Medical Center and the UVA School of Nursing to learn how to find a pulse, take a patient's blood pressure and perform an ultrasound.
(Commentary by Marlene Daut, professor of English and African diaspora studies) Marvel’s blockbuster “Black Panther” takes place in the secret African Kingdom of Wakanda. Fans of the box-office hit might not realize that they don’t need to look to the make-believe world of the Black Panther to find a modern-day black kingdom that aspired to be a safe haven from racism and inequality.
“There have only been a very small number of cases of coronavirus to date in the U.S.,” Dr. Bryan Lewis, a professor at UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, said. ”While the outbreak in China is alarming, the spread observed in the U.S. is heartening and suggests that infection control measures may be able to limit the outbreak in the U.S. A significant outbreak in the U.S. is not certain at this point.”
The UVA Medical Center presented its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award on Friday to a UVA Health student, faculty or staff member who embodies the values and teachings of Dr. King. The hospital honored Dr. Randolph Canterbury for his work in helping diversify the School of Medicine over the last 20 years.
The barriers that have prevented more women from running for office are similar on the local and national levels, according to Jennifer Lawless, UVA’s Commonwealth Professor of Politics. Women are less likely to be tapped to run by community leaders and political organizations, Lawless said.
“Why visit her husband’s family? What does that have to do with campaigning? If I was a donor to Sen. Gillibrand, I would want more information,” said Larry Sabato, a political analyst and professor at the University of Virginia. “If I am going to give her money, I would like to know if it’s going to legitimate campaign purposes, and some of those don’t sound particularly legitimate to me. It may be legal, but that doesn’t mean it’s within the spirit of the law.”
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said Romney has shown he’s principled in the impeachment process by keeping an open mind approaching the trial and asking substantive questions. “I’d say he’s one of the few who could look himself in the mirror in the morning,” Sabato said.
More than any sporting event, the Super Bowl — with all its patriotic pageantry — is tied to the question of what it means to be American. Is it all smoke and mirrors? Writing in the Los Angeles Times in 2014, UVA English professor Mark Edmundson quoted Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory, who observed, “Baseball is what we were. Football is what we have become.”
Dr. Anita Clayton, David C. Wilson Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, explained in an interview what doctors can do to limit sexual dysfunction as a side effect of antidepressants.
The impeachment inquiry against the President will also loom over the evening. Assuming the Senate trial will be over by next Friday, “Candidates may be asked if they think it was worth it,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics, said. The senators on the stage might also feel the need to justify how they voted.
Those who avoid politics will likely fare better this year, said Kim Whitler, a professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business. “Gearing up for a national election, I think people are just exhausted from the heaviness of the news,” she said. “This is that moment of escape when people are looking to have a break from the news.”
The Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association honored Emily Martin at its recent membership breakfast meeting. Martin, of UVA Facilities Management, who is among those working to build a Diversity & Inclusion program at UVA, received the Community Leadership Award.
Political scientists and commentators jumped on the idea that Sanders’ health scare would greatly affect his chances at the nomination, with Jennifer Lawless, a professor of politics at the University of Virginia, stating that she “thinks it would be difficult to encourage more people to begin supporting him.” But the current polling and surge in support for Sanders indicates voters are not buying this argument, perhaps valuing his intellectual integrity and ideas over his aging exterior.
Though in South Carolina that demographic is estimated at 5.5%, much smaller than Nevada’s, the Nevada contest is “probably more of a harbinger for South Carolina than ... Iowa or New Hampshire,” said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics. “A big part of the Democratic coalition in Nevada is the Hispanic vote.”
UVA Children's held its 13th annual Main Event fundraising gala at the Common House on Saturday night. The event raises money to support pediatric cancer programs, including patient care and research aimed at developing more effective treatments for childhood cancer.
(Editorial) We hope you like numbers because we have more of them today – all courtesy of the state’s latest population estimates from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
On Friday, the University of Virginia updated its advisory on coronavirus, which maintains that the risk posed by the disease to Charlottesville-area students is “low.” The university has advised UVA students in China for university-related purposes to leave the country following CDC guidance, and is revising plans of study for students who hoped to go to the country this semester.