Bethany Teachman, a professor of psychology and director of clinical training at the University of Virginia, says the feelings arising from social media overuse or doomscrolling are normal. They also cultivate existing feelings which may have gone unaddressed. “We know that people who are anxious hold beliefs that the world is a dangerous, unpredictable place and believe they are vulnerable, so it makes sense that those beliefs would lead people to feel they need to constantly remain vigilant and monitor for signs of danger,” Teachman says. “If you find that your anxiety and sadness are stayin...
(By Gary W. Gallagher, John L. Nau III Professor of History Emeritus) Several European journalists and military officers wrote about their experiences with the Army of Northern Virginia. Almost all of them, it is important to acknowledge, adopted a very favorable stance toward Robert E. Lee and his soldiers.
(By Dr. Patrick Jackson, assistant professor of infectious diseases) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody drug Evusheld on Dec. 8, 2021. Infectious disease physician Patrick Jackson of the University of Virginia explains how it works, who’s eligible and why some patients are having difficulties accessing it.
(By Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, associate professor of pediatrics) For some parents of young children, the wait for COVID-19 vaccines has been long and agonizing.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine is researching a natural way to battle blood loss. Dr. Stephen Abbott is leading a study that looks at how the brain controls blood pressure during a medical emergency. His research suggests a cluster of cells in the brain stem control that response.
(Blog) The retirement system provides the most help to those who need it the least. That was the conclusion from a January 2022 research paper titled “The Great American Retirement Fraud,” written by Michael Doran from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Over the next decade, the University of Virginia has pledged to support the development of 1,000 to 1,500 units of affordable housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. But UVA could do more to address the city’s housing crisis now, claimed Rich Gregory of The Alliance for Interfaith Ministries during the town hall. He suggested the school use empty dorm rooms to provide emergency housing.
A recent graduate at the University of Virginia whose parents call Northampton County home was the big winner at the Bush’s Baked Beans ‘Can Film Festival’ for a commercial he and a fellow student created for their annual contest.
Authorities say state police helped rush an anti-venom treatment to a Virginia hospital after a man was bitten Saturday by his pet African pit viper, one of the deadliest snakes in the world. “There’s a concern with the public owning these, especially venomous species, for this very reason,” said Dr. Christopher Holstege, director of UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, which wasn’t involved in this case.
“Awards shows have a certain kind of organization and protocol. You’re supposed to act in a certain kind of way,” says Shilpa Davé, a media studies scholar at the University of Virginia. “We’re not used to seeing this in real time on these kinds of shows. We always see them in movies — we see them performing this, but not really doing it.”
The Yale Law Journal is thrilled to announce its inaugural Emerging Scholar of the Year: Payvand Ahdout. The Journal’s inaugural Emerging Scholar of the Year, Professor Ahdout, is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she teaches Federal Courts and a seminar on the Separation of Powers.
(Commentary co-written by Brad Wilcox, sociology professor and director of the national Marriage Project) This month is Women’s History Month — and it’s great to see coverage spotlighting the achievements of women in history and up to the present day. But in a month focused on women, the character and function of femininity in women’s lives has gone largely unexamined.
(By Gail Williams Wertz, professor emerita of pathology) I’d moved my laboratory to the University of Virginia in early 2005, and my husband and I bought a farm along the Rappahannock, one of Virginia’s most undeveloped rivers. We converted the farm from row crops to sustainable pasture and were surprised by how often we found projectile points or fragments of worked stone when putting a shovel in the ground. I learned that our neighboring farmers had large collections of Native American artifacts found while tilling their fields.
(Free registration required) If you are still hungering for more culture after visiting such esteemed destinations as the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia has you covered. There is a caveat though: They require going back to school (sort of). From the museum at Hampton University to The Fralin at the University of Virginia, these art museums are all located on college campuses with each boasting collections as impressive as big-name museums.
Head coach Brian O’Connor says even with the recent success, the season won’t be completely smooth sailing. “We’re not going to go 50-5 in the regular season, nobody does that in baseball. So at some point we’re going to get punched in the mouth and we’re going to have to figure out how we respond to that,” O’Connor said Monday.
Lars Tiffany restored Virginia lacrosse to its place as an elite program, winning back-to-back national titles. UVA hopes he keeps it there for years to come. Tiffany and the school agree to a contract extension that will keep him as the head of the Cavaliers through the 2026 season, the school announced Monday.
On Saturday, nurses from UVA's COVID Clinic got a behind-the-scenes look at the Wildlife Center of Virginia, which they say helped them get through the darkest days of the pandemic.
(Commentary) In a 2016 study titled “Is Kindergarten the New First Grade?” researchers from the University of Virginia used nationwide data to show that kindergarten had changed dramatically following the 2001 passage of No Child Left Behind, which enshrined standardized testing in public schools. With Bush decrying the “soft bigotry of low expectations,” testing mandates were framed as a tool to combat socioeconomic and racial inequality by forcibly raising schools’ requirements for so-called college and career readiness.
Lipid rafts, a component of the plasma membranes that surround all cells in the human body, are essential in regulating the membranes’ structure, among other functions. But they are hard to study because traditional biochemical methods tend to destroy them. Chuck Sanders, associate dean for research, professor of biochemistry and medicine and Aileen M. Lange & Annie Mary Lyle Chair for Cardiovascular Research, and his lab collaborated with corresponding author Anne Kenworthy at the University of Virginia School of Medicine to develop new techniques for discovering the small molecules that ...
A new study recently showed a cluster of cells in the brainstem that regulates the body's response to severe blood loss. The scientists' findings at the UVA School of Medicine could benefit initiatives to develop new treatments for traumatic injuries. The latest find pinpoints a collection of neurons driving a response that retains blood pressure during blood loss.