Donations collected for the Charlottesville-Winneba Foundation will soon be sent to our sister city in Ghana, Africa. UVA’s Medical Equipment Recovery of Clean Inventory program also donated medical supplies to the CWF this year. The program is providing things that can be reused, as well as medical equipment that was opened, but never used in the hospital.
Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker spoke at UVA Law Wednesday evening in an event sponsored by the Black Law Students Association. Throughout February, BLSA organized events to commemorate and celebrate Black History Month.
The University of Virginia’s language was a bit more direct in its campus-wide message, asking faculty and students “not to travel internationally or to areas of the U.S. affected by the coranavirus.” Additionally, UVA cancelled all of its study abroad programs over break.
The University of Virginia also has a page with coronavirus updates, and it has canceled all outbound study-abroad programs scheduled over spring break, UVA announced Tuesday. The decision was based on the CDC’s recommendation March 1 that universities reconsider travel during the break.
In canceling programs abroad, university officials throughout Virginia cited concern for students’ safety as well as how possible quarantine measures could disrupt students’ lives upon return. The University of Virginia has recalled all students studying abroad in China and Italy and has canceled all spring break travel, affecting 275 students, said Brian Coy, assistance vice president for communications.
(Commentary by A. Benjamin Spencer, Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law) On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, a case challenging a Louisiana law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The case is widely viewed as the first vehicle that could allow the current court to chip away at Roe v. Wade, if not overturn it.
Dr. William Petri, a UVA infectious disease specialist, said community spread is often detected after patients are hospitalized and later test positive for COVID-19. Some patients in Virginia have been hospitalized for flu or respiratory conditions, he said – a common occurrence in the middle of flu season – but none have tested positive for coronavirus.
Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will headline this year's Tom Tom Summit & Festival in Charlottesville. The event, moderated by Melody Barnes, co-chair of UVA’s Democracy Initiative, will discuss how women have reshaped politics, policy and power in 21st-century America – and what’s next for women as voters, candidates, and party leaders.
A UVA Health advancement is now part of a bracket challenge.An artificial pancreas system developed by the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology is among the nominees for 2019′s best medical research. It’s now part of what could be considered the scientific version of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
Treatment for cancer can be tough, and even after a doctor says the disease is in remission, patients can be depressed, worried and confused. They may live far from their health care team, but the University of Virginia is testing a way to provide reassurance and care.
(Commentary by Nicholas Sargen, an economic consultant and a lecturer at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business)The Federal Reserve’s decision to lower the federal funds rate by 50 basis points on Tuesday is the latest indication that it is becoming an unwitting agent of the U.S. stock market.
Rooms on the historic lawn at UVA are small, and to reach the bathrooms you have to go outside, but competition for these digs – part of Mr. Jefferson’s original Academical Village – is fierce.
Ryan Zimmerman is ready for his 16th season with the Washington Nationals. The former University of Virginia star re-signed with the team this offseason to a one-year, $2 million contract (which could increase to $5 million with performance bonuses.)
J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said that a Sanders nomination would likely change how his organization rates various Senate races. “At least the initial assessment of Bernie as the nominee is that he would probably hurt in some of these competitive races like Arizona and North Carolina,” Coleman said.
Unlike many industrialized countries, U.S. workers aren’t guaranteed pay when they take off from work due to an illness. Economists and labor experts say that poses challenges for workers and employers in situations where sick pay isn’t offered, or when workers are penalized for extended work absences. “For many individuals, they can’t afford not to go to work,” said Christopher Ruhm, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia students brewed up a special partnership with a popular Charlottesville brewery to give them an inside look at the beer industry.Three Notch’d Brewing teamed up with Darden’s “School of Brew” to give UVA students an opportunity to learn how to brew beer. The brewery provides the club with the financial resources and space to create. After a month of hard work, the students release their craft beer to be sold.
Dr. David S. Wilkes of Charlottesville, Va., 63, dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, on his 1972 De Tomaso Pantera, as told to A.J. Baime. Ten years ago, I was away on business. I came home and there was this car, sitting in my garage—a complete surprise. It was my dream car. It was one of those surreal moments. I cannot explain the feeling, even today.
At UVA, Engineering Professor Osman Ozbulut has spent 15 years studying a new building material that could protect structures in the event of a quake. It’s known as memory metal, muscle wire or shape memory alloys.
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan spent his Monday morning reading to kids at the UVA Children's Hospital. The reading is part of a week-long celebration for Dr. Seuss's 116th birthday.
In their new book “Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Actions,” University of Virginia professor John B. Holbein and Duke University professor D. Sunshine Hillygus examine both the reasons for low youth turnout and the changes that may make them more likely to vote.