(Commentary by Aniko Bodroghkozy, media studies professor) A half century ago, a social change movement produced searing media imagery displaying the viciousness of unrestrained White supremacy with brutalized bodies and violent clashes. Those photos of civil rights struggles have become iconic. In the summer of 2017, another social change movement seeking to dismantle 50 years of racial and social justice gains came to Charlottesville. The resulting media imagery from the Unite the Right rally also showed emboldened White supremacy, violent confrontation, and victimized Black bodies.
(Subscription may be required) President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest stretches of his presidency, for a nearly two-hour private history lesson from a group of academics who raised alarms about the dire condition of democracy at home and abroad. The small group included University of Virginia historian Allida Black.
(Subscription may be required) Dr. Lawrence Rogers Burwell, 84, a trailblazing cardiologist, died July 28 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. In 1975, Burwell integrated the faculty of the UVA School of Medicine, becoming the first (and, for many years, the only) Black doctor at the University’s hospital. He was also the first Black member of the medical school faculty to receive tenure.
Jessica Stern, a postdoctoral researcher in psychology at the University of Virginia, advises prioritizing self-care, in the true sense of the word – sleeping, eating, drinking water, and, most importantly, being connected with others. “Emotional labor requires our whole being,” she says. “It asks us to be emotionally regulated ourselves, to have emotional intelligence about other people, and to have a lot of self-control.”
Even with most kids long back in the classroom, studies show they still haven’t caught up – an extreme case of what’s known as “learning loss.” “In the early grades in math, some of the declines we’re seeing in achievement are larger than what you saw after Hurricane Katrina,” said Jim Soland, an assistant professor in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development.
(Video) UVA religious studies professor Charles Marsh discusses his compelling spiritual memoir, “Evangelical Anxiety,” and opens up about his personal experiences with anxiety
(Subscription may be required) Attendees at the G9 Ventures Summer Summit had every reason to expect bleak conversation. Startup investments were slowing down. Consumers were spending less in anticipation of an economic downturn. At the center was [alumna] Amy Griffin, an early-stage startup investor with a network that spans the worlds of fashion, politics, tech and Hollywood. Since opening her firm, G9 Ventures, in 2017, she has become a force in the business world
Evan Nied is 18, a recent graduate of Kempsville High School. He’s also the founder of a nonprofit called Planting Shade that now has international reach. Nied is heading to UVA this fall as a Jefferson and Echols scholar.
Elizabeth Johnson made a compelling confession during a court examination: She said that another woman, Martha Carrier, "perswaded her to be a witch" and that Carrier told her she "Should be Saved if she would be a witch," according to a 1692 document digitized by the University of Virginia's Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive.
(Commentary) A group of athletes, already among the brightest and most engaged students on their respective campuses, gathered last month in Alabama to explore and absorb the history of our nation’s civil rights movement. “Going into college, I always thought of the ACC, Pac-12 and Big Ten as sporting associations, sporting conferences,” UVA football player Josh Rawlings said. “For them to do something like this ... means the world to the athletes. ... This is going to benefit us for the rest of our lives.”
The University of Virginia wished its most visible professor a happy birthday as he turned 70 Sunday. Toward that effort, the University created a 3-minute video featuring prominent TV pundits Tara Setmayer and Paul Begala.
(By Payton Turner, incoming first-year student) Imagine a business-class ticket to Europe, two round-trip tickets to Hawaii, numerous short domestic flights or a night of being pampered at a swanky resort. Now imagine those luxuries for free. Sounds great, doesn’t it? These things can be achieved on a budget, often with 100,000 points or less from various loyalty programs.
Marques Hagans’ love for the University of Virginia is unmistakable. It’s where he starred as a wide receiver and quarterback. It’s where he met his wife, former Cavaliers basketball player Lauren Swierczek, and it’s where he has stayed throughout the entirety of his coaching career.
UVA’s Darden School of Business is adding a course this fall on creating value in the metaverse. Students doing business in the metaverse will need to reconsider ideas about pricing and cost of production, says Anton Korinek, an economics professor who will co-teach the class.
The current Supreme Court is the most pro-business of all time. That's the clear message from an important new paper looking at court decisions between 1921 and 2020. The paper's authors – Lee Epstein, of Washington University in St. Louis, and Mitu Gulati, of the University of Virginia – collated their findings from the Washington University Supreme Court Database.
In a paper modestly titled “Noisy Retrospection,” Brigham Young’s Adam Dynes and UVA’s John Holbein took on an immense task: estimating how Democratic or Republican Party control affects objective outcomes on everything from the economy to education to crime.
(Subscription may be required) As he trotted from one drill to the next and greeted one player after another, Tony Elliott’s smile revealed his enthusiasm. The new UVA coach and the Cavaliers held their first preseason practice on Wednesday evening, marking the activation of training camp exactly a month from their Sept. 3 opener against Richmond.
Six months after their identities were revealed, the Bored Ape Yacht Club creators (including UVA alumni Greg Solano and Kerem Atalay) finally open up – and address the “evil” campaign against them.
“The baby boomers had to break down sexual barriers in the ’60s and ’70s, and they’re silently doing it now. There’s a notion that if you turn 55, 60, 70, sex goes away. But it doesn’t. People are living longer and they’re having sex longer,” said UVA religious studies professor John Portmann, author of the book “The Ethics of Sex and Alzheimer’s.”
UVA’s new dean of the School of Education and Human Development is making history. Stephanie Rowley is the first African-American and first woman to lead the school. She also earned her masters and doctorate at UVA. “I’ve just been so warmly welcomed and it feels great to be back,” the new dean said. “I feel like it’s a big deal in terms of representation, in terms of how people see the school and understand what we do.”