The centrist Biden’s win over liberal Senator Bernie Sanders in the nominating race mooted worries that a self-described democratic socialist at the top of the Democratic ticket would damage down-ballot candidates in swing states. “It’s basically around 50-50,” Kyle Kondik, an elections analyst at the University of Virginia, said of the Senate odds. “For most of this cycle, I had things leaning to the Republicans. The playing field has gotten somewhat bigger, and the states we knew were going to be competitive have gotten a little better for Democrats over time.”
Even during this pandemic, Scott Beardsley still strolls over to his office at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. The place is so eerily quiet with few students, faculty, or staff on the school’s grounds that he could hear his footsteps echo in the somber emptiness of Saunders Hall. In common with business school deans all over the world. Beardsley finds himself grappling with the most severe crisis to confront society in this generation. Unlike many of his peers, however, the former McKinsey & Co. senior partner has made Darden an exemplar in how to lead and manage an...
Are different types of soap better at killing coronavirus? Dr. Gonzalo Bearman, an infectious disease specialist at VCU Medical Center, and Dr. Amy Mathers, at the University of Virginia, answer today's questions.
Facing a deficit of $85 million a month, UVA Health announced a plan Tuesday “to mitigate the financial effects of COVID-19” that includes furloughing employees and having leaders take pay cuts. Citing a 70% decline in surgeries and 90% drop in clinic visits, the health system said that its decision to reduce expenses was needed to ensure it would have necessary funding.
Meanwhile, the University of Virginia Health System announced that it would implement a series of moves in response to lost revenue stemming from the outbreak, among them reductions in pay for leadership and physicians and reduced contributions to retirement funds.
On Tuesday, April 28, the University of Virginia Health System announced it has had a deficit of $85 million per month since the onset of COVID-19 shutdowns. One of the biggest reasons for the loss of money is the lack of elective surgeries and clinic visits.
Social interactions—even virtual—provide much-needed boosts to our immune systems. A 2016 study from researchers at the University of Virginia found socializing can actually activate the immune system—and that conversely, a desire to socialize decreases when the immune system is compromised.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is maintaining a running list of universities’ plans for resuming campus life. The page is filled with hopeful expectations. VCU has “every intention” of opening in the fall “as long as it’s safe to do so.” The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech plan to give an update by early or mid-June. Other schools are more adamant that they “plan,” “intend” or “expect” to resume normal operations in the fall.
UVA says this only pertains to undergraduate students who were living on Grounds or to graduates who lived on the Range. Patricia Lampkin, the Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Office, says the plans also include students who lived in Bice, Bond or one of the three language houses, Shea, Maison Francaise and Casa Bolivar.
The federal government is trying to help businesses, local governments are trying to help businesses — and now local businesses are trying to help businesses. Project Rebound is an arm of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, which represents the business community. Charlottesville, Albemarle County and University of Virginia economic development departments are partners in the effort.
(Commentary co-written by Stephanie Moore, professor in the Curry School of Education and Human Development) Recently, Inside Higher Education published an op-ed article on “How to Responsibly Reopen Colleges in the Fall.” In this article the authors have noble intentions, yet base their arguments on gross misunderstandings of the modalities on online and face-to-face and blended education.
A Q&A with graduating Darden student Julie Calderon Benavente.
Even as some states move to re-open, hundreds of doctors and public health experts are urging Virginia's governor to clamp down. “This is not the time to rush back into a sort of pre-COVID normal life,” said Rajesh Balkrishnan, a professor of public health science at the University of Virginia. “Virginia is about lovers, and we love life, we put life paramount here first.”
Richard Schragger, a law professor at the University of Virginia, said in an email the ruling only applies to the Lynchburg gun range, but the reasoning could apply across the state and other gun ranges could bring a similar lawsuit.
University of Virginia's Center of Politics Director Larry Sabato tells us what the pandemic could mean for national politics – including the presidential election.
Anthony Sebok, a professor at Cardozo School of Law, said if Congress did shield companies from lawsuits, “They have to come up with, I think, an adequate substitute for the tort rights they are replacing.” That could include a government fund that people could seek compensation from, similar to one created for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. But J.H. (Rip) Verkerke, a University of Virginia law professor, sees no evidence of such a fund thus far. “This looks to me more like, “Let’s get rid of liability,” Verkerke said. And eliminating liability, he warned, could be “constitutionally suspect....
The UVA Medical Center is treating 24 COVID-19 patients, and the anticipated surge of cases has yet to materialize, said Dr. Craig Kent, the University’s executive vice president for health affairs, on Monday during a Board of Visitors meeting.
Since the pandemic’s start, colleges, including the University of Virginia, have opted for virtual tours. UVA spokesman Brian Coy said, “We will analyze virtual tours and Virtual Days on the Lawn participation rates in the coming weeks.”
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise took the leap among Southwest Virginia colleges and schools Friday by setting a virtual and real commencement date.
Colleges are ghost towns, but officials are trying to reach prospective students with virtual visits and Zoom meetings. Can they replicate that face-to-face feeling? The University of Virginia’s website offers virtual dormitory tours and floor plans of residence halls.