A Charlottesville-based startup company that makes indoor, hydroponic farming systems is moving its headquarters to Richmond with plans to hire about 24 people over the next few years. Babylon Micro-Farms has rented a 7,700-square-foot office on Carlton Street in Richmond’s Scott’s Addition neighborhood to serve as its headquarters and as a research and development facility, the company said Wednesday. “Richmond was an obvious choice as we outgrew our space in Charlottesville and decided where to relocate,” UVA alumnus Alexender Olesen, the company’s co-founder and CEO, said in a statement. “I...
Graves, a UVA Law graduate, accepted a position as the executive director of the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission, an initiative created by the Mississippi Supreme Court to examine the ways that Mississippi delivers civil legal services to low-income individuals. During her time with the commission, Graves worked with the Mississippi Bar Association, local churches, and medical providers to “promote and expand legal services in the state,” she says.
Charlottesville firefighter Quentin King is one of the many picking up extra shifts while also working part-time at the UVA Medical Center. “I take it upon myself to maintain the best level of care I can because whenever I see a patient, I envision that as a family member of myself,” King said.
“In 2021, Democrats won’t be able to just bank on the state’s anti-Trump sentiment,” said Miles Coleman, an analyst at UVA’s Center for Politics. “The school reopening issue is something that, to a fair degree, transcends party politics. If the GOP can cast the current Democratic regime as incompetent, it may be a potent issue.”
This school year has been a difficult one for many and with Gov. Ralph Northam’s recent directive to have students inside schools by next month, the Virginia Department of Education is taking action. On Wednesday, Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane announced the formation of a workgroup of educators, school administrators, mental health professionals, parents and leaders of community organizations. Among the group members is Emily Solari, professor of reading education in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development.
Dr. K. Craig Kent spoke about COVID-19 vaccinations at UVA Health during the February meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.
In terms of the COVID-19 vaccine, doctors are weighing in on the concept of delaying the second dose of the shot. Dr. Bill Petri, an infectious diseases professor at the University of Virginia, has been studying the effects of COVID-19. “We all need to be vaccinated so there’s herd immunity that we can stop the pandemic,” Petri said.
“In a 50-50 Senate, every senator is king. That’s especially true for the handful of centrists such as Manchin who can bend partisanship a bit, depending upon the issue,” Dr. Larry Sabato, a politics professor and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
(Editorial) FDR’s attempt at court-packing was strongly opposed – by the justices themselves, Congress and the public at large. “Congress and the people viewed FDR’s ill-considered proposal as an undemocratic power grab,” noted Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center. A crisis was averted when two of the sitting justices were persuaded to support the New Deal, which historians call “the switch in time that saved nine,” and FDR eventually got to replace all nine justices as they either died or retired.
UVA Miller Center Director Bill Antholis says arguments are likely not to cease in Washington even if senators do not vote to convict former-President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Antholis says senators could put together a resolution barring Trump from seeking further office even if he’s not convicted in the trial.
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library will host events to celebrate Black History Month, including one on gospel music and civil rights on Thursday. Claudrena Harold, a UVA professor of history, will talk about her latest book, “When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras.”
It’s been known that stress, fever, and sunburn can cause cold sore flare-ups but patients may wonder why that happens. Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have been studying the herpes simplex virus for years, and they might have the answer.
UVA will host a hiring fair to fill many temporary jobs around the University. People will have the opportunity to meet with recruiters on Zoom starting at 2 p.m. Thursday.
UVA’s Equity Center has announced its 2021 class of Fellows-in-Residence.
Some OB-GYN physicians, including Dr. Jennifer Doorey of UVA Health, are changing their guidance to their patients. “At this point, I’m telling people, I can’t recommend it across the board, but what we do know is pregnant women are at much higher risk for complications because of COVID, so it’s a balance of the risks that we do know from a deadly disease and the risks that we may or may not know fully yet from a vaccine in pregnancy,” Doorey said.
The report, around 100 pages long and layered with primary sources and historical research, focuses on six policy areas: housing, education, criminal justice, health, environmental justice and agricultural equity. UVA Law students worked on the research and drafting that formed the basis of the report, and commissioners arrived at policy recommendations through majority votes after taking public comments and suggestions from advocacy groups.
(Transcript) Melody Barnes of UVA’s Democracy Initiative, Miller Center and Law School, and former chief counsel to the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy – who helped broker the rules for President Clinton’s impeachment trial – was a guest.
A Q&A with UVA alumnus Alexander Olesen, co-founder of Babylon Micro-Farms.
Retired running back Tiki Barker is elusive and quick on the gridiron and in the boardroom. Barber played 10 seasons in the NFL with the New York Football Giants. Since retiring, he has followed his passion for business in which he earned his degree from the University of Virginia. “What I learned, obviously from my football career but also my early business career, is that relationships are invaluable,” he said.
Dawn Staley grew up carrying the weight of a burden, but she didn’t know it. She was poor, living in the projects of North Philadelphia, coping with four older siblings “who thought it was their right to tell me what to do,” she said. Today, the UVA alumna is among the winningest college basketball coaches ever.