UVA has announced a $50 million gift from alumni Martha and Bruce Karsh to establish a nonpartisan institute dedicated to the study, teaching, and promotion of democracy. The gift will launch the Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, a $100 million initiative aimed at fostering participation and civil debate on issues of national importance; supporting and amplifying research, study, and discussion of the underpinnings of democracy; and engaging in public outreach.
UVA plans to invest $100 million in a new democracy institute, President Jim Ryan announced during Friday’s Board of Visitors meeting. The investment is made possible with a $50 million gift from alumni Martha and Bruce Karsh.
Albemarle County, in partnership with the Equity Center at the University of Virginia, is announcing the release of the “Albemarle County Equity Profile: Centering Equity in Evaluating Well-Bring & Quality of Life for Albemarle County Residents.” “The Equity Profile is a first step in a long journey, but it demonstrates a continued commitment to fully embrace our mission of enhancing well-being and quality of life for our community,” Albemarle Director of Equity & Inclusion Siri Russell said Monday.
For the first time, researchers from UVA and Toyota have described how human fat tissue behaves under forces typical of motor-vehicle crashes, closing a vulnerable gap in car safety research while offering a valuable resource for manufacturers seeking to make safer vehicles.
Reflecting on what our community has learned in the nearly 15 months since the first COVID-19 case was found in Charlottesville led us to conversations with two UVA Health doctors, Taison Bell and Kathy Bonham. When discussing 2020, the words that kept coming up were “uncertainty,” “fear” and “anxiety.” Now, they have some hope.
It’s been forty years since the last episode of the Muppet Show was broadcast, but the program featuring live celebrities and colorful puppets lives on through Disney’s streaming service, and a professor at the University of Virginia says it has things to teach us about race relations.
(Written by Muhammad Tayyab Safdar, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Politics and the East Asia Center) China has intensified its economic engagement with Pakistan by cultivating influential political elites. But the deeper story of Chinese inroads is the diversification of ties to local stakeholders, notably in the education, media, and energy sectors.
Researchers looking into the most common form of muscular dystrophy may have found a way to create new potential treatments. The researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are studying muscle loss in myotonic dystrophy type 1, which is the most common form of the condition.
Dr. Taison Bell, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the divisions of Infectious Disease and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Virginia, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will participate in a University of Virginia School of Law course examining his investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
I can’t think of a more fitting place for such an endeavor than this storied public university. It was founded by Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe — three U.S. presidents who hailed from Virginia — were all present when the cornerstone for UVA’s first building was laid in 1817.
After a grueling senior year filled with online learning, condensed sports seasons and COVID-19 protocols, a sense of normalcy returned to Monticello High School on Thursday morning as eight student-athletes took part in a long-awaited signing day. Will Trent, Athena Vanyo and Malachi Fields will compete close by at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia’s men’s lacrosse team defeated Maryland 17-16 on Monday, May 31, 2021, to capture their second straight NCAA National Championship. Maryland had been previously unbeaten this season.
The S.G. Whittle Johnston Memorial Award honors the memory of S.G. Whittle Johnston, professor at the University of Virginia, and carries a cash award of $1,000 dollars.
Investor Glenn Youngkin has out-fundraised any previous GOP gubernatorial candidate at this point in the campaign cycle, his campaign said Tuesday. Campaign finance reports published Wednesday show how the first-time candidate did it: dipping into his vast personal wealth. In a statement, McAuliffe boasted of his own $13 million haul since he launched his campaign. He claimed Youngkin was out to “buy the governor's office” using $75 million of his personal wealth. A spokesperson for Youngkin denied the accuracy of that ...
Ashutosh Giri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, is researching how to prevent heat buildup at the nanoscale to make electronic systems more efficient. Giri’s research, titled “Unraveling the Microscopic Dynamics of Coupled Energy States in Nanostructures,” is funded through the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Young Investigator Program. The three-year grant is for $526,000. Also working with Giri will be Patrick Hopkins, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Virginia.
It is usually kitchen table issues like the economy on the minds of voters at the ballot box, but University of Virginia’s Center for Politics director says that’s not true this time around.
As the economy heats up post-pandemic, consumer prices in April jumped 4.2% — the biggest jump since 2008. Where we go from here is disputed among economists who identify different inflation causes. University of Virginia economics professor Ed Burton has blamed Fed policy printing money, sparked in part by an overly generous American Rescue Plan Act.
Black women are currently three times more likely to die during pregnancy or immediately after. Jennifer Carroll Foy and Sen. Kaine could help reduce that. A 2016 study from the University of Virginia offers a perspective on the issue. In an interview with Dogwood last October, study leader Kelly Hoffman said long-held false beliefs were to blame for the way some doctors treat Black women.
According to a release, the documentary was produced entirely by student interns at the center and it explores the political climate through the eyes of students of differing political beliefs.