Saikrishna Prakash, a constitutional law scholar at the University of Virginia School of Law, said that he considers the lawsuit a stretch. He said the 27th Amendment was primarily focused on stopping lawmakers from giving themselves a pay raise that takes immediate effect. He said the House has authority to create rules for its own proceedings and to punish members for breaking rules. “Why are they doing this? The ultimate reason is political,” Mr. Prakash said. “They don’t like the mask rules and their constituents don’t like the rules and this was a way of drawing attention to what they tho...
When looking at a state-level map, counties like Fluvanna and Albemarle are listed in yellow as they are in moderate zones. But more counties in southern Virginia are red because of high transmission. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Patrick Jackson at UVA Health is worried about those red areas. He says vaccination is the best protection against transmission. ‘‘I mean you can see nationally that the areas that you see high and substantial transmission are areas that are generally lower vaccination,” said Jackson. “Probably below 40% of the population. So areas where there are high rates of v...
The CDC is again urging Americans to wear protective masks indoors – even if they’ve been vaccinated – in places where COVID is surging. While the state’s health department considers that announcement, Sandy Hausman spoke with an expert at UVA about what it means for Virginia. Thirty-eight counties in Virginia report high or substantial rates of COVID transmission. Many are in the southern part of the state, but Roanoke City, Buckingham, Greene, Louisa, Spotsylvania, Charles City and Chesterfield are also included. That’s why Dr. Taison Bell says area residents would be wise to resume we...
(Video) The Centers for Disease Control has updated its mask guidance as the Delta variant sends new COVID infections skyrocketing. Some vaccinated Americans are now being advised to mask up. Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, co-founder and medical director of Goodstock Consulting and an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia, discusses the pandemic’s fourth wave.
(Commentary co-written by William Antholis, director and CEO of UVA’s Miller Center) This summer, Americans are flocking to Greece. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken should take the hint and consider making a trip of their own. It would be as good for America as it would be for Greece. Two centuries after Greece declared its independence from Ottoman rule – inspired by the American Revolution – the United States could not find a better partner in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and renewing democracy across the globe.
(Commentary co-written by W. Bradford Wilcox, professor of socioly and director of the National Marriage Project) China’s cratering fertility rate led its leadership to reverse its anti-natalist course by introducing a two-child policy in 2016, but that policy has not boosted the births. … A more promising possibility for China is religion – understood as a set of values that endow ordinary life with transcendent value. Religion is strongly linked to fertility in countries across the globe. By placing a high value on family life and according status to men and women who sacrifice their own des...
Feeling stressed? Suffering from pandemic anxiety? Need a staycation? “Breathe with Me” offers a special respite. Inspired by dadirri, the Aboriginal practice of deep listening, “Breathe With Me,” an installation at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, invites visitors to slow down, attune to nature, and connect with the salubrious qualities well known to Indigenous people and now embraced by Western medicine.
In our quest to improve our lives, we tend to add to them. We add resolutions to our annual to-do list. We add recycling to the bin. We add information and ideas to solve problems. But what if, instead of adding to our increasingly busy lives, we subtract from them? This is the basis of a recent book by Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia professor of engineering and author of “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less.” Dr. Madhuri Karak of Rare’s Center for Behavior & the Environment recently sat down with Leidy for a Rare Conversation to discuss his new book, its implications for solving e...
Last spring, researchers at the University of Virginia published a study in the science journal Nature about our typical response as humans to any questions around improvement or advancement. Nature isn’t a news source often read by organizational executives, though perhaps it should be. The title of the paper alone should be a head turner for leaders: “People systematically overlook subtractive changes.”
A University of Virginia study finds families in the Charlottesville-area are having more babies this year than expected. This goes against the national trend where births are decreasing. “We have seen an impressive and consistent increase in the same interval this year with births between 191-209 between March and June of 2021. So a significant increase during this interval this year,” associate professor at UVA in obstetrics and gynecology Dr. Vanessa Gregg said. According to Gregg, in May of 2021 there were 199 births at UVA Medical Center. That’s about a 25% increase from last year.
The best paid MBA graduates are from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with an average starting salary of $179,111, according to GradReports by higher education data research company Optimal. Next highest was the $173,400 average earned by graduates of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia is changing its app available for students’ safety. UVA Police Sgt. Ben Rexrode says Guardian is replacing the Live Safe app that students had downloaded before. He says they’ve been able to upgrade much of their alert and emergency communication software, and this new app is compatible for more services.
The Americans’ medals Wednesday, then, came from not only from Katie Ledecky’s victory in the 1,500 freestyle, and not only from red-white-and-blue teammates – but from navy-blue-and-orange teammates. Abby Walsh is from Nashville and Kate Douglass is from Pelham, N.Y., but they swim together at the University of Virginia – and in Charlottesville, that was enough to promote a watch party at Scott Stadium.
Having one Olympian is a big deal for a university. Two is even bigger. Two in the same event, both who ended up on the same medal podium? Welcome to the University of Virginia’s world. Cavaliers swimmers Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass earned silver and bronze in the 200-meter individual medley on Tuesday, finishing just behind Japan’s Yui Ohashi.
Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass, silver and bronze medalists in the 200 IM, are just the next up in the long, continuous lineage of great American swimmers.
University of Virginia swimmers Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass both won medals for the United States in the 200-meter individual medley on Wednesday at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Walsh, a rising sophomore, won the silver medal with a time of 2:08.65. Douglass, a rising junior, came in just behind her teammate with a time of 2:09.04.
We asked top students from the top business programs – including Sameul R. Lisner and Jeannie Patrice Hirsch of UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce – to share the biggest lessons they’ll take into their careers. From embracing failure to deepening your network, here were the 15 biggest takeaways for the Class of 2021.
When the Indy Autonomous Challenge takes off later this year, all the race cars will look the same – and no one will be behind the wheel. The IAC is a university-led, self-driving car race taking place Oct. 23 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with $1.3 million in prizes on offer. More than 40 schools with 550 students from around the world entered the competition. As of late July, it’s down to 19 universities across 10 final teams – including UVA – totalling more than 200 students.
UVA has launched a new app, called “Guardian,” in the hope of making Grounds a safer place. The app will provide crime alerts and updates, as well as contact information for various safety organizations.
Henrico native and Freeman High School graduate Daniel Lynch earned the first win of his Major League Baseball career Sunday, pitching eight shutout innings as the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers, 6-1. Lynch, who pitched collegiately at the University of Virginia, struck out four and walked none, while allowing only five hits to stymie the Tigers, who had won seven of their previous nine games.