According to a new analysis published this week by the Edtech Evidence Exchange, a UVA-based nonprofit organization, the total figure is also in the billions – perhaps between $26 and $41 billion a year. But that range is merely an estimate – and a conservative one at that. The ambiguity around edtech spending is doing more harm than most people realize, says Bart Epstein, CEO of the Edtech Evidence Exchange and a research associate professor at the UVA School of Education and Human Development. “The real question isn’t, ‘How much are we spending?’” he says in an interview. “The real question ...
UVA is working to develop a new system to help first responders navigate challenges during emergencies. The researchers are looking to use artificial intelligence to offer helpful prompts and other support as rescue squads make split-second decisions.
The way policing is enforced could forever be changed, following a new casebook written by a law professor at the University of Virginia. UVA Law Professor and Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Rachel Harmon says often times, society is reactive to crimes committed by police officers, in her new book, “The Law of the Police,” she’s hoping to make people more proactive.
Birth data for 2020 will not be available until fall. Virginia reports monthly live births to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but those numbers are reported six months behind, according to Hamilton Lombard, a demographic researcher at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center. Because Virginia’s birth data lags, Lombard has been monitoring other states with more robust reporting systems to project what could happen here. California and Florida reported over a 6% decrease in births since December 2019, which Lombard said could indicate “a decline for the total population in the number of birth...
Although number of local residents being vaccinated against COVID-19 rose steadily this past week, so too did the average number of daily COVID-19 cases reported across the region, according to the Virginia Department of Health. That was the message this week from UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, which noted that cases are plateauing across Virginia at rates higher than they were during last summer's peak – the second wave of pandemic – despite rising vaccination rates.
Case rates nationally and statewide seem to have plateaued higher than the peaks experienced last summer, the University of Virginia’s COVID-19 Model reported in its regular Friday update.
What concerns epidemiologists is that the plateau is higher than the peak of last summer, which rose to about 13 per 100,000 residents. That could mean if Virginians slack off on hand washing, masks and social distancing of 6 feet from others, the summer could bring a longer peak almost as high as the one experienced at the beginning of this year, according to an analysis by the UVA Biocomplexity Institute.
UVA, VCU hospitals ranked in top 3 in VA: The UVA Medical Center ranked 51st in Newsweek's ranking of the best hospitals in the country and No. 1 in Virginia. Virginia Commonwealth University placed 83rd nationally and third in the state. UVA hires new student affairs chief: The University of Virginia named Robyn S. Hadley its vice president and chief student affairs officer. She comes from Washington University in St. Louis.
The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science is now the new home of the nationally-renowned Online Ethics Center, a digital library of resources focusing on how to use technology for good.
The University of Virginia announced last month that it would confer degrees in an online ceremony and that an in-person celebration would be limited to graduating students only. But following Northam’s announcement that outdoor capacity could be up to 5,000 people or 30% of venue capacity, UVA President Jim Ryan tweeted that the school would reexamine its decision on commencement.
Many students like the ones at the University of Virginia were unable to have a summer job or internship last year due to the pandemic. According to GlassDoor, the number of summer internships hiring in May of last year was cut almost in half. With uncertainty still high for this year, the university is working to make sure it doesn’t happen again, by launching the Hoos Internship Accelerator.
Bright lights are shining on University of Virginia Grounds at the University Chapel. Friday night was the first night of the “Brighter Together” show series. Throughout the year, various UVA landmarks will be lit with the projection show. The projections play on a loop for hours, and will next move to the Rotunda.
Washington University administrator Robyn S. Hadley will be heading east this summer to take a position at the University of Virginia. An associate vice chancellor and dean for scholar programs at the school, Hadley will become UVA’s vice president and chief student affairs officer.
(Photo essay) Students embraced at a vigil for the victims of the Atlanta shootings at the University of Virginia.
This is the moment the Virginia swimmers have been looking forward to for the past two years. For the school and the ACC, the wait has been quite a bit longer. Virginia’s youth movement has tipped the balance of power in swimming to the ACC for the first time as the Cavaliers are the first NCAA champions ever from the conference.
Paige Madden won three individual events to help Virginia clinch the NCAA women's swimming and diving national championship on Saturday, the first title for the Cavaliers and the ACC. The senior, who was named MVP of the event, won the 500-yard free, 200 free and 1650 free along with one relay title, as the Cavaliers took the crown convincingly with 491 points, 137 points ahead of second-place NC State.
For the first time ever, an ACC team brought home the NCAA Championship trophy in swimming and diving as the Virginia women absolutely dominated the competition. The Cavaliers finished with 491 points, 137 points ahead of their closest competition.
(Commentary by Joy Pugh, executive director of the Virginia College Advising Corps at UVA) If you’ve thrown up your hands attempting to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, you’re not alone. FAFSA completion rates are down almost 10% in Virginia as compared to the same date last year. That statistic by itself would be disconcerting, but it only tells part of the story.
Thanks to efforts from a UVA law clinic, people accused of crimes soon will be able to present evidence of their mental state at the time of an alleged offense, which proponents argue will add much-needed context to court proceedings.
UVA doctors on the front lines of patient treatment and research say the success of current COVID-19 vaccines, added to the effectiveness of viral self-defense measures such as mask wearing, could drastically reduce the impacts of respiratory viruses in the future.