The University of Virginia Equity Center is welcoming four fellows this year as part of a new initiative to reduce racial and economic inequality in the community. One of those recipients, Myra Anderson, will spend a year developing a program she calls “Queens, Cuts, and Conversations: Mental Health Support for African-American Women.” The support will be delivered through a beauty salon.
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced Thursday more than $1.5 million in federal funding for UVA and Virginia Tech to improve resources for the U.S. agricultural industry and rural communities.
Scientists at UVA’s Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center are learning about climate change and sea-level rise and their effects on coastal habitats, marine life, and ultimately, people living on the Eastern Shore and around the globe.
Some futurists, and a few economists, worry that rapid progress in artificial intelligence could lead to mass displacement of labor and social crisis. But Anton Korinek of the University of Virginia notes that not all uses of AI are alike.
(Commentary by Pamela M. Norris, executive dean of the UVA School of Engineering and the director of UVA CHARGE, a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program designed to increase the representation of women faculty in STEM fields.) As we head into a new decade, we are tasked with preparing engineers and computer scientists to lead a transforming workforce. In just five years, the workforce will require an additional 65,000 engineers. By 2028, we will need 593,900 new computer scientists. And by 2030, an Institute for the Future study estimates that 85% of today’s learners ...
The nine-member commission had help combing through the laws from students at Virginia Commonwealth University and the law schools at the University of Richmond and the University of Virginia.
Sally Southard is like most diabetics describing the disease. “It’s 24/7. No vacations,” Southard said. “You know It’s always there. You’re always thinking about it.” But that’s now changed. “I don’t think about diabetes as much as I used to because of this. I totally trust it,” Southard said, pointing to the small device she’s holding in her hand. She’s talking about the artificial pancreas, powered by an algorithm developed at the UVA Medical Center, that tracks her blood sugar and regulates the amount of insulin it’s pumping into her bloodstream.
Online degrees from three Virginia universities were cited in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Online Programs rankings. The University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Human Development was ranked third in the nation for online master’s in education programs.
UVA student Emilia Couture had no idea what the Equal Rights Amendment was before her sister told her about it a few years back. Now as the outreach director of Generation Ratify, a youth-led movement created to ratify the ERA, Couture and others are leading a new generation in the decades-long fight to add the amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said he welcomed the betting markets analysis, but cautioned that elections can be unpredictable. “In 2016, no one got it right,” Sabato said. “My philosophy is, let a thousand flowers bloom. The more analyses like this one, the better. Groupthink has caused more good people to get it wrong than any other factor.”
UVA is announcing a new fellowship that will help fight racism and inequity in the local area. Four Charlottesville leaders will be the first Community Fellows-In-Residence.
Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA professor of law, said he does not think the ERA is viable. In order for an amendment to go into effect, the Archivist of the U.S. must publish and certify it, he noted. “I think what it means in this context is the archivist is not going to certify the amendment as part of our Constitution because the archivist has received the legal opinion from an office whose opinions carry great weight in the executive branch,” Prakash said.
Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, a professor at the UVA School of Law, said it is likely that a lawsuit will be filed against the National Archives that will compel them to ratify the amendment if the threshold is met. Prakash, who published a paper on the ERA in the Harvard Law Review last year, said contentions against the ERA deadline have grown since the 27th Amendment (on congressional pay) was passed in 1992, more than 200 years after Congress made a resolution for its adoption.
It’s up to the voters now. Tuesday’s debate was Iowans’ last chance to see the Democratic primary contestants compete with each other onstage before the caucuses on Feb. 3, and that time will be even more precious for the candidates who will be sidelined the next few vital weeks by an impeachment trial in the Senate. “If you liked Biden or Warren or Sanders going in, you probably liked them two hours later.” Jennifer Lawless is a professor of politics at the University of Virginia whose research focuses on political ambition, campaigns and elections, and media and politics.
Which tech companies are really doing the most harm? Here are the 30 most dangerous, ranked by the people who know. Twitter: Dissent: “It’s not a global force. It makes no money. Its power is limited to its ability to reflect and refract messages that originate elsewhere or find greater amplification elsewhere.” —Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia
The 26th annual festival will run from March 18 to 22 at various locations around Charlottesville. The event promotes literacy and celebrates books from all types of genres and authors.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, a $1 million prize competition developed by Energy Systems Network and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will pit teams from universities worldwide in an effort to create software for self-driving Dallara race cars. As of mid-January, UVA was among 19 global institutions registered.
With approval from the state board of education, Central High School soon will be under partial external management. As Central has received a “Priority Improvement” rating for five consecutive years, and as such is on the state’s performance-based accountability clock, Colorado law mandates formation of a plan to bring about improvements in struggling schools. The state board recently approved a two-year partnership with the University of Virginia’s Partnership for Leaders in Education, in conjunction with Relay Graduate School of Education, to help oversee Central.
The UVA football team was ranked No. 25 in the final Amway Coaches Poll of the 2019 season, released Tuesday.
Folks seem to be less hungry on the drug. “Metformin mainly causes weight loss by lowering food intake,” says Steven K. Malin, an assistant professor and expert in exercise metabolism and human nutrition at UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development.