In Virginia, a new law mandates the state’s five public colleges provide “tangible benefits” for slave descendants. Cauline Yates, a descendant of one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves, said she hopes the law compels the flagship University of Virginia, which Jefferson founded, to provide academic scholarships and economic development projects for descendants. “It’s time for them to stand up and honor our ancestors,” said the 67-year-old Charlottesville resident, who works at the University and co-founded a group advocating for UVA's slave descendants. Brian Coy, a University spokesperson, said it'...
Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Airport Manager Melinda Crawford says air travel through Charlottesville will be strong as long at the University of Virginia, James Madison and Liberty Universities maintain normal calendars. “If you looked at our passenger traffic, you would see that we have peaks and valleys, and a lot of it is associated with the schools.”
UVA Health will offer COVID-19 vaccines for ages 12 through 15 beginning Friday, following the federal government’s authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for that age group.
The run on gas has not fueled changes to UVA’s plans to celebrate graduations over the next two weekends, but officials are watching the situation and preparing for possible disruptions. UVA spokesman Brian Coy said officials recommend anyone traveling to UVA monitor local conditions and make plans to ensure they have enough fuel.
Today The Narcotix shares its first official single, “John/Joseph” from the forthcoming EP Mommy Issues, which the band will self-release on June 11. Composers Esther Quansah (guitars, vocals) and Becky Foinchas (keys, vocals) met in an elementary school chorus class in the ghostly woodlands of Woodbridge, Virginia. The daughters of African immigrants (Quansah from Cote D’Ivoire and Foinchas from Cameroon), they soaked up influences as far-flung and varied as choral symphonies, African wedding music, and progressive math rock, distilling them through a unique lens. While attending the Universi...
(Podcast) Boy band One South Lark formed in high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Now, away from each other at college, they still display a strong connection to each other and the music they make together, reminding listeners of youthfully blissful times. (The band includes UVA student Grayson Worley, a guitarist.)
Published in both Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the ACC/AHA societal statement follows a predecessor from 2004 and was written based on discussions had during a virtual conference of 40 cardiologists, internists, associated health care professionals, and lay people held last fall. “It was perfect timing to convene this conference and to look at these areas,” conference co-chair Dr. C. Michael Valentine (University of Virginia), said. “It was also a perfect time to discuss the dramatic changes in the delivery of care that had occurred to our cardiovascular w...
Looking ahead to the general election in November, political analysts say Youngkin’s fundraising abilities will work to his advantage. J. Miles Coleman—an assistant editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics—accurately predicted that Youngkin was the likely winner given his sheer ability to outraise the other candidates. “At least in Charlottesville, he’s the only candidate I've got a mailer from,” Coleman said last Thursday. “So I have to think, will people who aren’t paying attention to politics at least know his name?”
UVA Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato says the former president hinders the nominee. “Trump’s enthusiastic endorsement of Youngkin, which will last in Democratic ads all the way to election eve, has made it much more difficult for Youngkin,” he said.
Larry Sabato, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, says Republicans are very focused on the midterms. “The way McCarthy and his pals look at it, lying is a small price to pay in order to take control of the House in 2022 – even if the lie undermines our entire democratic system and promotes the worst president in U.S. history,” he said. “Trump received 46-47% of the national vote in two elections, and of that, 35-40% is hardcore Trump. Turn the Trump base off, even a good part of it, and you lose. Plus, Trump himself would lead the parade to take down all of his enemies in the ...
The drive that people with autism bring to special interests is akin to a non-autistic person’s focus on personal relationships, says neuroscientist Kevin Pelphrey of UVA’s Brain Institute. “Looking at other people, looking at their faces, reading emotions — that’s something that for the vast majority of typically developing people, they’re born with it, and then they develop a high level of expertise and never stop adding to it throughout development,” Pelphrey says. This consuming focus on other people could conceivably fit the definition of a special interest, Pelphrey says, except that it’...
“Wait, What?” challenges the notion of constantly seeking the “right” answer, and instead encourages readers to raise good questions that give meaningful responses. Providing examples from various industries, James E. Ryan, the president of the University of Virginia, illustrates how inquiries can deepen connections and help individuals focus on life’s essential issues.
UVA researchers have found a part of the SARS2 spike protein that appears to persist among many of the variants. A vaccine that targets this part was able to protect pigs from both COVID-19 and another coronavirus that gives pigs diarrhea.
(Press release) Airbnb today announced new plans to donate a total of $1 million over the next five years to establish the Airbnb Melissa Christian Thomas Hunt Research Fund for Global Connection and Belonging at University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have narrowed down best practices for testing wastewater for COVID-19 in dorms. A collaboration among UVA Health and the university’s School of Medicine and School of Engineering found wastewater testing methods used in an eight-week study caught 96% of COVID-19 cases across two student dormitory complexes.
A new study has found that wastewater testing may be particularly useful to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in congregate living settings. According to a release, research involving the University of Virginia School of Medicine and School of Engineering found wastewater testing was an effective way to identify cases of the virus in nursing homes, college dorms and other such settings.
(Podcast) UVA Health’s Dr. Anita H. Clayton explores the wide and varied field of maternal mental health. Along with the effects of the pandemic, Clayton discusses pre-natal mental health care, new and emerging treatments for postpartum depression and psychosis, and how what she saw in a courtroom set her on a path to becoming a renowned expert on maternal wellness.
Harshita Bidasaria, admitted to this fall’s incoming MBA cohort at UVA’s Darden School of Business, says because the travel ban from the U.S. excludes students with F-1 visas at schools with a program start date later than Aug. 1, and Darden starts Aug. 2, she should qualify for a National Interest Exception. But Bidasaria says there is no guarantee she will be able to obtain a visa in time.
How the onetime professional lineman (and UVA alumnus) went from winning games in the trenches to painting contemporary Western art – and where he’s planning to put his stamp on Denver this year.
With a little over a month until the rescheduled Olympic Trials in Omaha, the countdown is on to one of the best spectacles in United States swimming. The TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis will be the last stop of the Pro Swim Series before everyone starts to taper down and gets ready for Olympic Trials with spots in Tokyo on the line. The women’s 200 I.M. is another point of intrigue for the upcoming Olympic Trials, as there are a number of contenders for the top-two spots in Omaha. Two of those contenders – Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass – hail from the University of Virginia and have been h...