The 35th annual Virginia Film Festival is set for this year. VAFF will take place from Nov. 2-6.
W. Bradford Wilcox, a University of Virginia sociologist and director of the National Marriage Project, concludes that “active conservative Protestants” who regularly attend church are 35% less likely to divorce than those with no affiliation.
A short-term ketogenic diet, which dramatically cuts carbohydrate consumption, is safe and results in significant improvements in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a small study in patients reported. “Our study provides evidence that a ketogenic diet is safe and beneficial, reducing some symptoms for people with MS, when used over a six-month period,” Dr. James Nicholas Brenton, a pediatric neurologist and MS specialist with UVA Health, said in a press release.
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine helped to develop a powerful and inclusive tool to help support genomic research. According to a release, this will boost efforts to develop more precise treatments for many diseases by leveraging a better representation of the genetic diversity of people from around the world.
The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law opposes the bill. Two of its directors sent a letter to senators saying current law balances the privacy of victims with the public’s right to access government records. The 2021 changes have been invaluable for the innocence project in investigating wrongful convictions, they wrote.
The HOOS Health Check app will no longer be used on UVA Grounds or in the University of Virginia Medical Center. The Hoos Health Check app asks questions about general wellness and records the responses. Students would stay away from class, and faculty from work, if necessary as a way to help lower chances of COVID-19 transmission. They were required to download the app and check in each morning.
University of Virginia Investment Management Co. adopted a new responsible investment framework that includes transitioning the University's $14.5 billion endowment to net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner.
Students at the University of Virginia voted overwhelmingly last week to change the punishment for an honor violation — expulsion — reversing a policy known as the “single sanction,” in place for 180 years. “This vote is truly historic and shows that together, anything is possible,” law student Christopher Benos told the student newspaper The Cavalier Daily. The new punishment — a two-semester suspension — represents “the largest change ever made to the Honor system,” according to the student paper.
Virginia student athletes will have another opportunity to capitalize on their name, image, and likeness through a new collective, Cavalier Futures. The new NIL collective officially launched on Tuesday morning. The Virginia non-stock corporation will provide an inclusive marketplace for UVA student athletes to capitalize on their name, image, and likeness. It will also allow prospective sponsors to engage with student-athletes in compliance with current and future university, NCAA, state, and federal policies.
(Commentary) The takeaway here is that Camp feels mildly criticized for giving voice to some of her more conservative takes on culture, which clash with the atmosphere of the liberal arts university she has attended for the past 4 years.
(Commentary) A piece from University of Virginia senior Emma Camp titled "I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead" ran in The New York Times this morning, and, if you've been following the cancel culture debate at all over the past few years, you likely know how it plays out.
(Commentary) In Christian terminology, a “confessor” is someone who has suffered for publicly defending the faith (as distinct from a “martyr,” who gives her life for the faith). I don’t know if Emma Camp has any religious beliefs, but the University of Virginia senior has certainly been a brave witness for free speech. A self-described liberal, Camp published a powerful op-ed in The New York Times denouncing the militant conformity and fear on her campus.
(Commentary) Emma Camp is just one voice at one school–the University of Virginia. I am sure campus progressives–students and especially faculty members–will dismiss her recent New York Times op-ed. When this post hits my Facebook page, I imagine a few academics will come out of the woodwork to say how their campuses are ideologically diverse. Or they will suggest that Camp is not representative. But if Camp is correct about the culture of UVA and other schools, she has identified a serious problem in the academy right now.
(Commentary) Liberals erupted on Twitter Monday after a self-described liberal college student spoke out about what she called the stifling of free speech on her university campus. In a Monday guest essay for The New York Times, University of Virginia senior Emma Camp wrote that while she expected her college experience to be filled with "rigorous intellectual discussion," she found that students have become fearful to speak their minds and engage in open debate.
A self-described liberal college student is speaking out on what she calls the stifling of free speech on her university campus, leading students to fear speaking their minds and engaging in open debate.
A University of Virginia student wrote an editorial in the New York Times that published Monday, triggering debate about intellectual conformity and self-censorship.
On Monday, it felt like everyone in higher ed had an opinion about a University of Virginia senior’s opinion essay in The New York Times. Emma Camp argues in her piece that students are censoring themselves in classes, on campuses, and online — and that the problem is pervasive. Camp’s essay kindled the latest flare-up in a contentious, seemingly endless debate over whether college students feel free to express their opinions.
When you think of spring break you probably think of parties on the beach, going on vacation, or just enjoying the time away from school. However, that doesn't apply to the Chi Alpha Service Group from the University of Virginia. This group made up of 23 students is using their spring break to volunteer right here in Guilford County.
We showed the case and video to J.H. "Rip" Verkerke, a law professor at the University of Virginia. "This seems utterly inconclusive to me. Concerning that fundamental legal question, which is whether the driver instigated or was a willing participant in the altercation," Verkerke, who heads the Department for Employment Labor Law Studies, said.
(Podcast) Nicol Turner Lee is joined by Renee Cummings, data activist in residence and criminologist at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science, and Lisa Rice, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance. Together, they conduct a deep dive into these difficult questions and offer insight on remedies to this pressing question of equitable AI.