Thousands of miles from home, working on a second degree at UVA Law and one of the top 10 discus throwers in the country, Ashley Anumba surprises herself sometimes. “It’s been a journey to say the least,” Anumba said, “Never knew I’d be in this spot, like two years ago prior to COVID. But, I mean, that’s just the way life goes right?”
Nearly 250 years ago, America’s founders declared that everyone has “unalienable rights.” What those rights are has been debated ever since. As the Supreme Court weighs the future of abortion rights, the nation’s divide has come into sharper focus, as growing political polarization plays out in the midterms. UVA politics professor Sidney Milkis joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.
“Certainly, the families who have fewer resources, have fewer options, who aren’t able to pay premium prices are going to be more at risk,” said Ann Kellams, a University of Virginia faculty pediatrician and board president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
(Podcast) “Keen On” features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political and technological issues being discussed in the news. In this episode, host Andrew Keen is joined by James Zimring, UVA pathology professor and co-author of “What Science Is and How It Really Works.”
The state slogan is “Virginia Is For Lovers.” But the NFL believes Virginia is for offensive tackles.
One deferred maintenance success story is that of the University of Virginia, which decreased its capital renewal backlog from a high of $196 million in 2009 to $134 million in 2016. Founded in 1819, UVA’s Grounds have more than 550 buildings, 70% of which are more than 30 years old; some facades and interiors date back more than a century.
“As there's more openness as the technology makes it easier for people to find out that their legal parents are not their genetic parents, there is increasing interest among donor-conceived people to have access to this information,” said University of Virginia family law expert Naomi Cahn.
Constitutional law professor Douglas Laycock at the University of Virginia said the sharing of the document, which lists five of the court’s conservative justices as agreeing with reversing both Roe and Casey, puts pressure on those justices.
“The rate of depression is extraordinarily higher in women than it is in men,” said Dr. Linda Gonder-Frederick, associate professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at UVA. Also, the menstrual cycle can actually impact their blood sugar by changing their body’s sensitivity to insulin, according to UVA’s Dr. Chiara Fabris.
Horton discusses the latest news on COVID in our community, a shortage in materials needed for imaging, and much more.
(Subscription may be required) At the most recent New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, Michael F. Suarez, the director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, said that these days, his students are skewing younger and less male than a decade ago, with nearly one-third attending on full scholarships.
According to a study published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, the population of 11 states, mostly in the West, will grow in excess of 20% by 2040. Meanwhile, nine, mostly Northeastern, states will be home to fewer people in 2040 than now.
Dr. Bill Petri has been studying the coronavirus with UVA Health since the beginning of the pandemic. He says this restriction is a sign of how carefully officials are following the safety of these vaccines.
The allergy was discovered in 2001 when Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, a professor at the University of Virginia, was working on a monoclonal antibody drug to treat cancer when he noticed it causing anaphylaxis in a few patients.
(Subscription may be required.) Back then, Twitter’s attitude was, “we don’t touch speech,” said University of Virginia law professor Danielle Citron, an expert on online harassment.
The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually for the past 46 years to honor the top female athletes in the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports, signifying “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.”
The National Cancer Institute named the UVA Cancer Center a comprehensive cancer center last year, one of only 52 such centers in the nation and the only one in the state.
“The Census Bureau is already moving in the right direction, and we’re hoping to help them get there by exploring some of the scientific issues that need to be addressed,” says Sallie Keller, a UVA statistician leading the team along with former Census Director Kenneth Prewitt.
The Lemon test “has been effectively dead for many years in the Supreme Court,” but never formally overruled since a majority of justices who think it’s no longer good law likely can’t agree on what should replace it, said University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock.
It was a critical test for former President Trump and his influence on the Republican Party. Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, joins John Yang to discuss.