Earlier this year, UVA researchers made a significant advance in unraveling nanowire structure. Nanowires, it turns out, have a core of precisely stacked, ordered, and spaced metal-containing hemes (the active part of hemoglobin in red blood cells). These line up to create a continuous path along which electrons travel
On Saturday, more than 100 UVA students helped clear and build the first trail on the City of Charlottesville’s newest park property.
Child psychiatrist Jim B. Tucker is balancing science and the paranormal at the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia. “We don’t take the approach of believer or nonbeliever. We research and explore the phenomenon of children who report past lives,” he says. Overlapping often are reports of kids who see dead relatives — including some who were dead long before the child was born.
One in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer, so Nicole Kelleher wants to make sure that diagnosis is as early as possible. Kelleher, 36, is a UVA assistant professor of oncology rehab, but she is also a patient.
Recent psychological research from UVA and the University of Toronto found that progressive taxes may make the average citizen happier and more content.
How powerful is friendship? UVA researchers wanted to find out whether friendship influences how we approach the challenges of daily life.
Brandon Butler, the director of information policy at the University of Virginia Library, said he approved of the MIT framework. In particular, he cited the emphasis on authors retaining their copyright, which he feels is important. The UVA Library has officially endorsed the framework. “There is no doubt that publishers do important work,” said Butler. “But we should be paying reasonable fees for what they contribute, and we should retain exclusive control of our scholarly work. Sometimes we find ourselves buying back our own work.”
David Nemer is a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and says he was “fascinated” by the stairs scene in “Joker” – and described visiting the stairs as “liberating.” “That’s when Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) finally liberates himself,” he said.
“Michigan is one of the few offensive opportunities that the Republicans have (to flip a Senate seat),” said Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, a political handicapping site run by UVA’s Center for Politics. “(But) James still has somewhat of an uphill track. … Peters has been underestimated most of his career.”
The Charlottesville Police Department is going to participate in a program to help the Children's Miracle Network at the UVA Children's Hospital. It's called the Winter Wool Campaign, and between Nov. 1 and March 1, officers will be allowed to grow beards to raise money to support cancer prevention, research and education.
It's hard enough for women to attain positions of leadership in corporate America, and once they do it's likely they'll face added scrutiny their male counterparts might not. These findings come from a new study by University of Virginia professors, published in this month's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Widely held gender stereotypes mean people tend to judge a company more harshly for ethical blunders if the CEO is female, say researchers writing in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. "When leaders are described in ways that reinforce stereotypes, we continue to find that people penalize female-led organizations more for ethical failures, but we can reduce these penalties for female-led organizations by highlighting agentic traits of their leaders," co-author Amanda P. Cowen, an associate professor of commerce at the University of Virginia said in a statement.
(Video) The University of Virginia announced on Thursday that it's raising the minimum wage for most of its contractors.
The University of Virginia has acted on its promise to extend its recent $15 hourly minimum wage to contract employees. The announcement, which the university made Thursday morning, means that contracted employees will get much-needed raises next year.
There are solid numbers that capture the current economic burden of the opioid epidemic. Estimating what it’s going to cost to fix the crisis is another story. “The notion of abatement is that we want to deal with the problem that exists, but also to begin to remedy it,” said Christopher Ruhm, a UVA professor of public policy and economics who worked for several years on a 30-year abatement plan for Oklahoma as part of that state's case against several drug companies.
A platform that connects health care organizations with community groups that are working to improve social determinants of health aims to improve area health and well-being. The UVA Health System purchased the technology-based referral network Pieces Iris, which is a cloud-based management platform that aims to help communities address social, economic and behavioral determinants of health.
The University of Virginia is moving its rehabilitation hospital from Fontaine Avenue to the UVA Research Park north of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport. Constructing a new building in the research park allows the hospital to expand from its current 50-bed facility.
A national survey of college students suggests changing attitudes in terms of sexual assault and misconduct on campus. Thirty-three universities and colleges took part including the University of Virginia, where there is rising confidence in how officials deal with the problem.
Philip Zelikow, a history professor at the University of Virginia, has written an article on Lawfare outlining exactly why the president is in both political and legal jeopardy.
On Wednesday night, the 32nd Virginia Film Festival officially kicked off, with its opening night screening completely sold out. Now, thousands of people will make their way to Charlottesville over the next five days for the festival, where filmmakers get to showcase some of their best work.