(Video) A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research study shows 34% of people who remain unvaccinated say they definitely will not get the COVID-19 shot. So how do we increase the vaccination rates? Dr. Ebony Hilton, a practicing physician and professor at the University of Virginia, joined Richard to answer that question.
“It has to be on an honor system at this point,” UVA law professor Margaret Riley said. She said it was unlikely that businesses would require proof of vaccination, especially while COVID-19 vaccines only have emergency use authorization. However, she said that businesses were within their rights to ask customers and employees to wear masks if exemptions were offered.
Naomi Cahn, a legal expert in reproductive technology at the University of Virginia, said the Supreme Court’s decision on the Mississippi case could be a turning point for reproductive rights. “We are all guessing, but we certainly think that the impact could be quite critical for the future of Roe v. Wade,” Cahn said. … Lois Shepherd, a UVA law professor, said Virginia and other states also have been cutting back on some requirements such as eliminating an ultrasound requirement and a waiting period before an abortion. “You are seeing more of a polarization in the states with how liberal or c...
UVA Dean of Students Allen Groves says although he is leaving Charlottesville in a few weeks, he’s not entirely done with the city.
The event also celebrated the upcoming return of a further 17 items belonging to a number of Indigenous nations, which are being held at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia in the United States. The collection is the only museum outside Australia dedicated to the exhibition and study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. “They’ve been very proactive about returning, particularly restricted items that largely just sit in storage, to the community,” Craig Ritchie, CEO of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, sai...
Demand for electricity is likely to balloon in Virginia over the next three decades as data centers flock to the state and electric vehicles increasingly replace traditional ones, a forecast from the University of Virginia’s Energy Transition Initiative recently found.
Researchers at the UVA Cancer Center just released a discovery that could boost treatment efforts for prostate cancer. The findings focus on how hormones called androgens act on our cells. It sheds light on how these hormones interact inside the cell affecting gene activity.
Adventures of Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian with daughter Olympia have won many hearts on social media. From making pancakes together to playing soccer and having conversations about the current investment market, the father-daughter duo continues to rock the internet. Recently, the three-year-old Olympia crashed her father’s commencement speech for the University of Virginia. Although Ohanian Sr. called it an unexpected help, it was not the first time her daughter sorted him out.
The University of Virginia’s School of Architecture recently announced that Malo André Hutson will take the helm as the school’s new dean.
Malo A. Hutson, a Columbia University professor and expert in community development, environmental justice and urban health, will take over as dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
Charlie Spivey is putting his UVA chemistry degree to good use, pairing some of what he learned with a passion for sustainability to create Homesteader, a gluten-free, carbon-neutral vodka that’s now available at select Lowcountry bars, restaurants and liquor stores.
In the 1910s, private car owners began picking up strangers in their horseless carriages and charging a small fee to transport them on their way, giving rise to the “jitney.” Street railway companies mounted furious opposition to these new competitors. “The jitney took all the high-profit, high-density trips, leaving the low-density, low-profit trips for the railways,” says Peter Norton, a UVA history professor who focuses on transportation.
According to UVA economist Leora Friedberg, “there are many factors” contributing to the labor shortage. Friedberg points to the range of health risks service workers must consider before taking on a job. “Some of it is related to government payments, but that part of it is largely going to be temporary,” she says. Friedberg also says child care is a big factor keeping people from returning to work.
A political consultant who now calls Chesapeake home will be back on “Jeopardy!” Tuesday night. Karen Farrell moved to Hampton Roads last year with her husband, Dan, a Navy judge advocate general. Karen Farrell, a Maryland native and Princeton graduate with a doctorate in foreign affairs from UVA, had her first run on the show last year while living in northern Virginia.
Sasheer Zamata’s having a blast playing Denise in “Home Economics,” a fresh representation of “social class” lived by millennials, who audiences don’t normally see portrayed on network television. “Home Economics” is about three adult siblings with diverse incomes living in San Francisco. BGN recently spoke with Zamata, a UVA alumna, via Zoom about her new role and the power of comedy to create social change.
Sasheer Zamata’s having a blast playing Denise in “Home Economics,” a fresh representation of “social class” lived by millennials, who audiences don’t normally see portrayed on network television. “Home Economics” is about three adult siblings with diverse incomes living in San Francisco. BGN recently spoke with Zamata, a UVA alumna, via Zoom about her new role and the power of comedy to create social change.
Lee Habeeb is showcasing compelling stories of the American people from his radio program’s headquarters in Oxford, Mississippi. The New Jersey native [and UVA Law graduate] built an immense national following of listeners. Whether his focus is best-selling author Stephen Ambrose, a memorial service of a lawman broadcast during National Police Week or a profile of the late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, his stories shine.
According to Brad Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, it makes sense that celibate couples would value a more expeditious wedding than their non-celibate counterparts. Overall, the number of couples waiting until marriage to have sex has declined in recent years, Wilcox said, and many who value celibacy or abstinence do so in response to modern dating culture and its dating apps, casual hookups, and indecisive singles. There are "folks who I think become disillusioned with the character of romantic relationships and sexual relationships today an...
Matt Olsen, Uber Technologies Inc.’s chief trust and security officer and a veteran of Washington’s national security circles, is expected to be nominated to serve as head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, according to people familiar with the matter. In addition to his job at Uber, he is also currently a lecturer at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
In the modern era, third parties have never been able to do more than act as a “spoiler” in presidential elections by siphoning off votes from one of the two major parties and have sent only a tiny number of lawmakers to the House or Senate in the past 70 years — never achieving significant levels of power. “The history of third-party movements in the United States is that usually, they end up just getting absorbed into one of the two major parties,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “That, or they’re essentially made ...