(Editorial) Five years ago, we thought we’d seen a solution for substandard medical care at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. Although progress has been recorded — including through the efforts of a new medical director from UVA Health — a recent report still finds serious flaws.
The state already directly manages health care in facilities where it doesn’t rely on Armor. Officials took their first step away from the company in 2018 after settling a lawsuit that alleged poor medical care at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, where care had been overseen by the company. The state has since installed a doctor from University of Virginia as health director and, while the department is far from meeting the terms of the settlement, court-appointed monitors reported the state has made progress toward improving care.
At UVA Health, health leaders worked to establish a culture of data-driven decision-making with clinicians, with data science guides clinicians in finding opportunities for improvement, designing and implementing interventions, and evaluating impacts.
Schools and districts were making these purchasing decisions without sufficient data around which tools work where or why, says a new report, which is a collaboration between the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development and the EdTech Evidence Exchange.
With many employers welcoming their staff back to the office, it could be that you’re reuniting with colleagues for the first time in 18 months. But is it a joyful return to the ways of old, or do you detect a drop in creativity and energetic spark? Dating app Bumble gave its employees a week off, but you may need to take your own steps as you return to the office. Is a week’s holiday enough to sort things out? It will certainly confer immediate benefits, because recipients will feel understood and valued. It’s also likely to increase company loyalty: Bradford Wilcox at the University of Virgi...
A computer microchip feature that boosts a processor’s speed also could give away secrets, including passwords, to the right hacker, a University of Virginia engineering school research team has discovered.
If you thought infants seem to have minds of their own, you would not be wrong. A University of Virginia researcher has found that babies are born with connected neural pathways in their brains that give the tiny humans their own behavioral traits.
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a previously unknown repair process in the brain that they hope could be harnessed and enhanced to treat seizure-related brain injuries.
As general counsel around the country joined a call Friday for legal departments to include more people with disabilities, Sidley Austin associate Matt Simpson was unknowingly helping to make their point — by preparing to represent the U.S. in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo next month. Simpson, who was on the U.S. goalball team that won a silver medal in the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil, joined Sidley's white-collar litigation practice seven months ago and thought his Paralympics days were over. "But Sidley has been incredibly supportive" of his continuing on the team, said the University of Virg...
American Kristine O’Brien advanced with the United States to the final of the women’s eights at the Sea Forest Waterway on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The U.S. won its preliminary heat in a time of 6:08.69 and is now in position to win its fourth consecutive gold medal. O’Brien, a 2013 graduate from the University of Virginia, is competing in her first Olympics.
Slovenia played its first-ever Olympic basketball game against Argentina early Monday morning, and Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic ran wild to guide his country to an exhilarating 118-100 victory. While Doncic was the maestro behind Slovenia's success, University of Virginia product Mike Tobey put together an admirable performance of his own. Tobey, 26, led the team with 14 rebounds and finished with 11 points while making 63% of his buckets.
Paige Madden finished 3rd in her heat and had the seventh-fastest time to advance to 400-meter Freestyle Final in Tokyo. She placed seventh in the final 400-meter freestyle Sunday night. Madden recently led the University of Virginia to the NCAA championship, winning three individual NCAA titles.
Incoming University of Virginia freshman Emma Weyant won the silver medal in the 400 individual medal on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Over the course of five weeks at the Freedom School, nearly 60 students from third through eighth grade researched the juvenile justice system, took virtual field trips and worked on oral histories about someone who faced an injustice. The program is free and is hosted by UVA’s School of Education and Human Development.
More than 88% of students at the University of Virginia report being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and more than 86% of UVA employees report being fully vaccinated. All students who live, learn, or work in person at UVA must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The University of Virginia’s deadline to submit vaccine documentation was Friday, and by the afternoon more than 88% of students had sent in their forms. The university approved exemptions for 586 students. “University leaders are encouraged by the number of members of our community who have protected themselves and the people around them by getting vaccinated,” university spokesman Brian Coy said.
From shopping bags to knives, spoons and forks, all use-once-and-throw-away plastic items are being cut back or cut out completely at the University of Virginia. After more than three months of study, UVA officials have begun to implement a plan to roll back the use of plastics on Grounds, be it in dining halls, libraries, administrative offices, laboratories or classrooms.
Kurt Korte does not control the waves for the Olympic Games’ debut surfing competition. His job is to predict when the best ones will arrive. Korte, 38, grew up in Virginia Beach, and his first job was parking cars at a lot over the beach where he sometimes surfed. He gazed at the water and wondered why some days had no waves and other days had epic ones, even when the weather did not change. The curiosity spurred him to study environmental science at the University of Virginia.
UVA Health officials say high vaccination rates in the state, region and on Grounds should serve as a safeguard against yet another variant of the COVID-19 virus reportedly making its way across the United States.
Zach Messinger is now a professional baseball player. The former Castle High School and UVA standout signed with the New York Yankees on Thursday. Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reported Messinger had a signing bonus of $225,000.