The University of Virginia studied the state’s threat assessment program in the 2014-15 school year, and found the vast majority of cases were not determined to be serious.
The Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust, known as CHEST, is now a National Science Foundation research center. Around 15 undergraduate and Ph.D. students are leading the center’s work. The students work with industry and government partners to understand which devices are at risk of cyberattacks.
Dennis Yang, professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business, said he has spoken with Chinese business executives who are bracing for a lengthy battle. "The business community has been prepared for more of a long-term fight," Yang said.
(Commentary by Peter Norton, associate professor in UVA’s Department of Engineering and Society) Among advocates of safe, sustainable, and bike-friendly mobility, the Netherlands has long been the success story to point to. But in English-speaking countries – especially the car-dominated United States – how useful is the Netherlands as an example to emulate?
Flu researchers jokingly say, "If you've seen one flu season, you've seen one flu season." The point being, of course, no two flu seasons are alike. "It's a difficult disease to provide very long-term predictions on, which is why it is an active area of research," UVA professor Dr. Bryan Lewis wrote.
(Commentary by Saikrishna Prakash, a senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs and James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law) We have seen this movie before, and I am fairly certain how it will end. Barring some potential massive revelation, President Trump will not be leaving the White House prior to January 2020.
Neuroscientists at the University of Virginia are now a step closer to finding a cure for multiple sclerosis. A new study reveals that cells that had typically been ignored could actually be one of the things causing MS.
Previously ignored cells are key contributors to multiple sclerosis, according to new research from the University of Virginia.
Universities can, for the most part, afford to share the pain, although endowments vary greatly. The University of Virginia, which announced a plan last year to waive tuition for in-state students whose families earn less than $80,000 annually and have “typical assets,” has an endowment of about $10 billion. That’s about $400,000 per student (graduate and undergraduate).
A new national research center is looking into how to ensure that electronic devices and systems of connected devices are designed to protect the interests of consumers and the communities that rely on them. The UVA School of Engineering is a founding partner of the Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust, or CHEST.
Psychologist Marisa Malone, a UVA graduate student, found that sixth- and seventh-graders who started at separate middle schools were less likely to pass tests than those who were still grouped with their elementary-school peers. The transition to a new school, she concludes, may be exacerbated by the disproportionately high rates of bullying and pervasively low self-esteem that occur in those intermediary years.
UVA’s Board of Visitors unanimously approved President Jim Ryan’s strategic plan to make UVA the best public school in the country by 2030. Now the administration has to figure out which initiatives to prioritize – such as increasing diversity – and how to fund them.
(Commentary co-written by Barie Carmichael, senior counselor at APCO Worldwide and a Batten Fellow at UVA’s Darden School of Business) The ramp speed of business-disrupting social issues has accelerated in 2019. Mother’s Day triggered a backlash for Nike’s policy of reducing pay for some sponsored female athletes while pregnant, extending the criticisms and litigation on its gender equity issues. And, in Silicon Valley the modus operandi for many has been to build scale and worry later about social impact. This has resulted in a public reckoning for companies like Palantir, which is facing mou...
The services provided through Medicaid waivers to children with the most severe disabilities vary wildly from state to state, researchers say, leaving many families to pick up the pieces. “It’s not just how much we’re spending to support these children and families,” said UVA nursing professor Jessica Keim-Malpass, who led the study. “It’s how well we’re supporting these children and families. By most accounts, we’re not doing it well.”
A population study by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service forecasts 53 of Virginia’s 133 cities and counties will lose population by 2040. Most of the declines will be in rural areas, and among the hardest hit will be Accomack County.
The population of Fredericksburg and the four counties that border the Rappahannock River in the region — Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford — have swollen by more than 50% since 2000, census figures show. That number is projected to grow another 30% by 2040, creating a sprawling metropolitan area of almost 500,000 people within a few dozen miles of the bucolic waterway, according to UVA demographers.
One course that would have made the list, Birdwood at the University of Virginia, is not included this year because it is closed while it undergoes a major renovation by Davis Love III’s design firm.
As more conservative states enact laws banning abortion after fetal heartbeats have been detected and implement prohibitions on surgical abortion procedures, the court is under increased pressure to consider the hot-button question of when life begins. “We will just see more and more. At some point, they are going to have to step in,” said Lois Shepherd, a law professor at the University of Virginia.
Elizabeth Ellcessor, a UVA assistant professor of media studies who researches access to digital media technologies and cultures, particularly with respect to disability and bodily difference, points out that mainstream representations of disability are few. “Creating content can be so important because so little mainstream content is made by or for disabled people,” she said.
(Commentary co-written by David W. Lehman, associate professor of commerce) Legal rules are in force to protect shareholders, employees and consumers from risk. Many of the most notorious corporate accidents and failures have resulted from noncompliance with these rules. Consider the examples of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Wells Fargo’s account scandal, and even Chipotle’s foodborne illness outbreaks.