(Commentary by Christoher J. Ruhm, professor of public policy and economics) More than 840,000 Americans died from drug deaths in the past two decades, and 60 percent of those deaths involved opioids. One recent study estimated the societal costs of opioid use disorder and fatal opioid overdoses at over $1 trillion in 2017 alone.
Losing the doubles point finally caught up to the Virginia men’s tennis team. The Cavaliers dropped the doubles point in the ACC quarterfinals against Georgia Tech, but rallied back for a 4-3 win. The same situation played out in the ACC championship against North Carolina, with UVa winning 4-3 again. In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Stanford took the doubles point from Virginia (23-3), but the Cavaliers roared back for a 4-2 win. On Monday, No. 12 seed USC took the doubles point from fifth-seeded UVA, but the Trojans had enough singles firepower to close out a 4-2 win.
Christian Hlinka didn’t feel alone in the batter’s box Sunday afternoon. Hlinka stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with no outs and a runner on first. The game with Wake Forest was tied at 4, and Hlinka had the chance to give Virginia its first series sweep of the spring. Two months earlier, one of his closest friends, Sean Hanczaryk, died in a car crash. Hlinka wore an arm band with Hanczaryk’s initials and number Sunday — as he has in numerous games since Hanczaryk’s death — carrying his friend with him during each emotional at-bat.
The release says a further 17 sacred objects from Arrernte, Warlpiri and Warumungu language groups are set to be returned later this year from the Kluge-Ruhe collection of the University of Virginia.
Schools with significant class engagement and more disciplinary structure may protect students from the downstream effects of sexual harassment, such as depression, substance abuse and even suicide, according to trailblazing research from University of Virginia investigators inspired by the #MeToo movement.
The University of Virginia also plans to follow the new guidelines from the CDC and governor. In an email from President Jim Ryan last week, the university announced that vaccinated staff and students do not need to wear masks or any other face coverings but that the new guidelines would not apply to UVA Health.
When the MBA class of 2021 submitted their b-school applications, they knew they were taking on a challenge – but they had no idea they’d be doing it in a global pandemic. To celebrate this exciting step forward in their careers, here are their biggest takeaways from business school: “Change is slow and time is of the essence. Whether striving for personal growth or rooting out systemic inequality, the MBA is only two years and that is among its greatest limitations. We have to start now, from wherever we are and with a bias towards action, to create the people, organizations, and communities ...
Columbia University professor Malo A. Hutson will be making the move south to the University of Virginia this summer where he will join the School of Architecture as its dean effective July 1.
Columbia University professor Malo A. Hutson has been appointed as the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, effective July 1st.
A longtime dean at the University of Virginia will be leaving for a new job in New York. Allen Groves has been UVA’s dean of students for more than 14 years. According to a release, he will be serving as senior vice president of student experience at Syracuse University.
A longtime dean at the University of Virginia will be leaving for a new job in New York. Allen Groves has been UVA’s dean of students for more than 14 years. According to a release, he will be serving as senior vice president of student experience at Syracuse University.
Allen W. Groves has helped University of Virginia students react to difficult times in his 14 years as dean of students, including student murders, the unexpected firing of a school president, torch-lit Nazi attacks and a pandemic. Now he’s taking those lessons learned to Syracuse University as that school’s senior vice president for student experience.
Autonomous vehicle experts who reviewed the video footage of the 41-minute trip posted on YouTube by the Waymo passenger say it shows a series of gaffes by the Waymo self-driving technology. “The first one was understandable. The second was strange. The third one was jaw-dropping and the fourth one I threw up my hands,” said Noah Goodall, a UVA scientist who researches vehicle communication and automation.
A UVA Health medical team is making big strides in post-COVID-19 treatment, which helps many patients dealing with long-term symptom recovery
[UVA alumna] Val Ackerman’s crowning achievement is the WNBA. In the mid-1990s, the idea of a women’s professional basketball league inspired skepticism. A successful, sustainable women’s basketball league? Such a prospect provoked even more doubt. Yet, Ackerman successfully shepherded the WNBA into American sports culture.
Glenn R. Croshaw, a Virginia Beach circuit court judge and former representative in the Virginia House of Delegates, has died. Croshaw, 70, served in the House of Delegates from 1986 until 1999, when he lost a bid for re-election in that year’s statewide swing to the GOP. He worked as a lawyer at Willcox and Savage until he was elected a circuit court judge in Virginia Beach in 2011. He earned a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia after graduating from East Carolina University.
The No. 13 Virginia women’s tennis team saw its season come to an end on Sunday with a 4-1 loss to No. 3 Georgia in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 in Orlando.
The Virginia women’s lacrosse team’s season came to an end with a 13-8 loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
The No. 3 Virginia rowing team won all five grand finals to capture its 11th consecutive ACC championship Saturday on Lake Hartwell in Clemson, South Carolina.
Virginia men's lacrosse team rallies past Bryant in the fourth quarter to advance in NCAA Tournament
Trailing by goal at the end of the third quarter, its promising season being threatened by unseeded Bryant, the fourth-seeded Virginia men’s lacrosse team gathered in a circle on the field, called together by captain John Fox. Then, the Cavaliers (11-4) went out and played a dominant fourth quarter, rallying past Bryant for a 13-11 win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on a cold and rainy afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.