If there were an award for the hardest-working stage director in America, Melissa Crespo would certainly make the short list of nominations. … Crespo began studying at Ithaca College before transferring to the University of Virginia, where she pursued a double major in drama and English. It was at UVA that Crespo was encouraged by mentors like Betsy Tucker to lean into directing, and where she was first given the chance to choose material that reflected the kind of work she wanted to bring to the stage.
She’s one of the youngest movers and shakers. At the age of 38, [UVA alumna] Dr. Koziba Malibala is a proven leader and entrepreneur. A mother of one from Matshelagabedi, Malibala’s passion for education has taken her around the globe, with stints in USA, Italy, India and Australia. As the founding director of KDM Global, a management consultancy in Francistown, the psychologist now has her mind set on the competitive world of retail.
After earning her associate’s degree, Charity Malia Dinko transferred to the University of Virginia in 2016. While taking classes for her minor in social entrepreneurship, Dinko realized she could start her own business, selling what millions of exploited Ghanian women were already making: shea butter. In 2018, Dinko launched Northshea, which pays women in Worikambo a living wage to produce shea butter. Since then, the company has lifted many out of poverty, as well as built a library in the village and sent school supplies to children there.
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, Dr. Donald John Innes Jr., beloved husband and father, died at the age of 70. Dr. Innes began his nearly 40 year career at the University of Virginia in 1977, where he served as professor of pathology, director of the Hematology Laboratory, associate dean for undergraduate medical education, and associate dean of curriculum for the School of Medicine.
“A clear indication of strength is a robust fundraising quarter. And here, it’s not the total cash-on-hand that matters most, but rather, the breadth of support,” said Jennifer Lawless at the University of Virginia. “Even if Foulkes can self-fund, voters want to see that they’re backing a winner. And lots of donations from a broad base of Rhode Islanders is one important cue. Being able to write yourself a large check? Not so much.”
“[U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly] could have unlimited amounts of money … but if the political environment is really bad for Democrats, as it might be, there may be no amount of money he could spend that saves himself,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. He calls the Arizona Senate race a toss-up.
David A. Chapman, professor and finance area coordinator, McIntire School of Commerce: “One of the songs that inspires me is ‘Golden Feather’ by Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble, featuring the lyrics, ‘Should I paint my face / Should I pierce my skin / Does this make me a pagan / Sweating out my sin,’ remind me of my younger conflict of being Native and Christian. Could I be both? Could I thank Mother Earth and Father Sky, while saying my prayers to God, the Creator of all? The song is especially uplifting when I’m homesick. The lines, ‘And when you find a golden feather / It means...
In Shelby County, it’s clear that something noteworthy is occurring, and it suggests that Tennessee’s largest school district – which serves nearly 110,000 students, most of whom are Black and economically disadvantaged – is taking steps to better serve a population that has long been underserved, said Valerie Adams-Bass, an assistant professor of education at the University of Virginia whose research focuses on Black children’s social and academic outcomes.
During his tenure on the Supreme Court, Breyer broke ranks with his liberal colleagues on key religious freedom cases. “Breyer was supportive of free exercise and opposed to establishment of religion,” said Douglas Laycock, a leading authority on religious freedom at the University of Virginia School of Law, as he ticked off his votes in favor of permitting or even requiring government aid to religious schools.
(Commentary by Alexa Rodríguez, Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Education and Human Development) I have no doubt about the importance of public schools in our community. Nonetheless, maintaining our schools open without providing the necessary precautions is reckless. It not only endangers our teachers, but also our children, those who are entrusted in our care.
A doctor with the University of Virginia School of Nursing is reminding everyone of a cancer prevention tool. Dr. Emma Mitchell says COVID-19 has kept people from getting an HPV shot. It prevents six different kinds of cancer, and experts say it works best when the doses are given early in life.
The University of Virginia Cancer Center today is now recognized as one of the nation’s 52 Comprehensive Cancer centers … and the only one one in Virginia.
Researchers at UVA Health studied four split groups of 7,000 people, including smokers and non-smokers, looking for a way to detect and monitor progressive lung diseases. Scientists found that immune cells called monocytes could be used to predict the causes of lung disease and how it progresses.
A recent study using a computer model of a 6-year-old child provides new insight into what makes an effective booster seat. One thing that seems to be important: adequate stiffness. The study, conducted jointly by the University of Virginia and IIHS, used PIPER, an open-source computer model of a 6-year-old human body, to investigate how different booster design characteristics and other variables affect the ability of a vehicle seat belt to protect a child during a crash.
Traveling with young kids requires a lot of gear – and patience. Using an inflatable booster seat is one way to lighten the load, but new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety questions if inflatable boosters are safe, specifically the BubbleBum and the Hiccapop UberBoost models. During the study, conducted jointly with the University of Virginia, researchers noticed that the dummy used in the test had a higher likelihood of sliding under the lap belt in a crash. The movement, called submarining, can cause abdominal or spinal injuries; IIHS said the risks of these types of i...
(Blog) Higher-ed folks talk often about the 36 million adults with “some college, no degree” as an opportunity for colleges – with payoffs for those individuals as well. But how does that equation change if returning to college isn’t necessarily in some people’s best financial interest? Or if their getting a degree isn’t so easily accomplished? Those questions have been top of mind for me since [UVA researcher] Ben Castleman told me about his team’s new research on the reasons many former college students don’t re-enroll.
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce will be holding its first-ever State of the Community event later this month. According to a release, this will be an opportunity for chamber members, business leaders and the public to hear from the executive leadership of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia. Speakers will be talking about the economic impact of their organizations on the community, aiming to build economic success and regional prosperity.
Despite the overall finding that public institutions generally provide a higher ROI, the report’s top 10 list reads almost like a typical “best colleges” ranking of private nonprofits, including Georgetown, Stanford, Hartford, Tufts, MIT, Princeton, Duke and Yale. The top public institutions on the list include Colorado School of Mines (30), Georgia Institute of Technology (47), University of Virginia (48), William & Mary (60) and University of California, Berkeley (63).
Despite the robust returns, the Endowment Index’s returns were just a little more than half of the median 27% return from endowments, according to Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service data. And several endowments easily surpassed this, including Washington University in St. Louis (65%), Duke University (55.9%), the University of Virginia (49%), Boston College (46%), Boston University (40%), the University of Kansas (37.1%), the University of Nebraska (32.3%), and Clemson University (31.3%).
The University of Virginia has decided to not disenroll students who have not gotten a COVID-19 booster shot. This comes after Attorney General Jason Miyares issued an opinion last week saying that universities do not have the legal authority to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for students as a condition of enrollment or in-person attendance.