With the coronavirus pandemic placing significant restrictions on the level of contact college coaches could have with recruits, Bronco Mendenhall and his staff became adept at forging connections through video conferences with the 24 players they signed Wednesday on the first day of the early signing period.
Isao Sekiguchi has been appointed Regional Vice President, Marketing and Sales, ASEAN. Sekiguchi holds a masters degree in business administration from Darden Business School, University of Virginia.
Isao Sekiguchi has been appointed Regional Vice President, Marketing and Sales, ASEAN. Sekiguchi holds a masters degree in business administration from Darden Business School, University of Virginia.
Peter D. Leary was named acting U.S. Attorney following the resignation of Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Raised in Watkinsville, Leary received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.
Despite the Pacers dropping their first two preseason games, point guard Malcolm Brogdon and head coach Nate Bjorkgren expressed optimism and talked of the improvements seen in the team after Thursday's practice. Brogdon, the fifth-year guard from the University of Virginia, offered his take on the team's expectations for the upcoming regular season.
By monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, an international team of scientists led by Cornell postdoctoral researcher Jake D. Turner, Philippe Zarka of the Observatoire de Paris - Paris Sciences et Lettres University and Jean-Mathias Griessmeier of the Université d’Orléans has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes –that could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system. Turner, who laid the groundwork for this research while earning his doctorate at the University of Virginia, received funding from the National Scien...
Biden, who has presented himself as a leader who can unify and heal the country, could establish a new model for the presidency in the post-Trump era, Sidney Milkis, a presidential scholar at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, told Politico last month.
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 64 Distinguished Members for outstanding contributions to the field. Engineering professor Anil Kumar Vullikanti is among the distinguished members for Outstanding Scientific Contributions to Computing.
The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by environmental economists from leading research institutions across the U.S., including Jay Shimshack of the University of Virginia.
(Commentary co-written by Corey Feist, CEO of UVA’s Physicians Group) The coronavirus pandemic has hit nearly every facet of people's lives, but especially Americans' mental health, including among frontline health care workers.
(Commentary by business administration professor R. Edward Freeman) There are many reasons for the ascendency of stakeholder-thinking in business. Some have even argued that “stakeholder capitalism” is the new narrative that better describes how businesses can be successful. While there has also been a great deal of skepticism around this proposed change in narrative, it is worth a more careful look at why the ideas of Milton Friedman seem to fall short in today’s world, on this occasion of the 50th anniversary of his essay “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits,” pu...
People of color have been hammered by the coronavirus, but achieving racial equity in the vaccine rollout may be easier said than done. An anesthesiologist and critical care physician at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Hilton, 38, was notified she'd be among the first in the nation to get a new, federally approved emergency vaccine to protect her against COVID-19. Soon after she received the notice, Hilton, who is Black, posted a video about it on YouTube, practically radiating optimism.
Daniel Cox, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and internal medicine is testing a new, wearable device that tracks blood sugar levels in real time as someone eats or is physically active.
Traveling south just past Charlottesville is the home of our third president, Thomas Jefferson. Located on top of a mountain is Monticello, which means little mountain in Italian, the centerpiece of the plantation. During his retirement, he became increasingly obsessed with higher learning institutions. Specifically, he was interested a place free of church influences where students could specialize in many new areas not offered at other universities. The realization of Jefferson’s dream was the University of Virginia that started admitting students in 1825.
A study by the University of Virginia School of Medicine found that the loss of lactobacillus caused by stress is directly related to early symptoms of depression. Increasing your yoghurt intake could help counteract these effects.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have published a study showing a promising approach to using drug repurposing to treat genetic diseases. Mingna Liu and Xiaorong Liu of the University of Virginia are among the paper’s authors.
In 2017, Dr. Brian Smith and the University of Virginia’s Engineering Department leadership team did something that would signify a radical shift from decades of long-accepted academic practices, and in doing so invite students to view their careers in an unprecedented light. They brought civil engineering and systems engineering together into one comprehensive department that is focused on advancing the complex engineering systems that support the quality of life for people and communities.
The Pro-Art Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael McNulty to the position of Executive Director beginning January 1, 2021. Michael McNulty, current chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, will continue to teach and direct in a limited role within the UVA Wise theater department while becoming only the fourth leader in the nonprofit’s 44-year history.
Don Green, Chief Executive Officer of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, has authored a new book, available for pre-order on Amazon and at other fine book retailers. Green served as president of his county’s Chamber of Commerce and president of the Foundation Board of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise—a position in which he still holds. Green is also a board member of the UVA/Wise Board of Trustees.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition has announced that the University of Virginia is among the collegiate institutions competing as finalists in the Class of 2021 program.