In a recent conversation with Insider, Aynne Kokas — a media studies professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the book “Hollywood Made in China” — observed a “widespread tightening” of Chinese media and the movie industry. Kokas predicted that fewer Hollywood films would be approved in China in the years to come, and those that are would face stricter regulations. China currently has a 34-film quota on foreign releases.
Edward Murphy, an astronomy professor at the University of Virginia, recommends going out at 2:15 a.m. ET to see the Earth’s shadow start to creep into the full moon. He also recommends going back out at 4 a.m., when the shadow will almost cover the entire moon and be dark red.
Even with four years of efforts at reconciliation, many residents say some of the same issues that the rally exposed over race and history still plague the city. As the trial plays out, what began in Charlottesville as a battle over the Lee statue has helped amp up passions and differences shrouding the issues of the present. “It definitely continues to reverberate,” said Timothy Heaphy, a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia who led an independent review of the events and is the chief lawyer for the University of Virginia. “It brought to the surface a lot of issues that w...
Dr. Bill Petri at UVA Health is being honored on the national level. He won the 2021 Maxwell-Finland Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. This award goes to scientists who make strides in understanding and treating illnesses.
(Commentary) During the presidency of James Monroe, America’s fifth president, Congress proposed a “build back better” bill to expand the Cumberland Road. Even though the expansion would go through and benefit his home state of Virginia, Monroe cast his only veto against the bill. According to Monroe’s biography on the University of Virginia’s americanpresident.org: “Although Monroe personally supported the idea of internal improvements, he balked at the federal government’s role in ... a series of federally financed projects designed to improve and update the nation’s roads, bridges and canal...
A form of brain surgery that uses focused sound waves to treat Parkinson’s disease has earned approval from the Food and Drug Administration. According to a release, this comes after successful testing of focused ultrasound at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and other sites across the country.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an innovative incisionless surgery for debilitating Parkinson’s disease that offers an outpatient alternative to invasive deep-brain surgery. Insightec’s Exablate Neuro ultrasound device was successfully tested at UVA Health, which is now one of only 37 U.S. medical centers able to offer the procedure.
Fluvoxamine contains a protein called the sigma-1 receptor, which regulates the release of inflammatory molecules — including some that are believed to increase in people with severe cases of COVID, Scientific American explains . A 2019 study from the University of Virginia focused on mice with sepsis. Many who didn’t have the sigma-1 receptor developed inflammation and died, but many of the mice who received a shot of fluvoxamine survived.
On Oct. 26, the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia hosted a virtual Sustainability Abroad Panel discussion. It was an open discussion led by four panelists with input from the audience about their own experiences, perspectives and approaches. The College’s Global Education Special Programs Advisor Marina LaMastro and UVA’s Education Abroad Advisor Haley Spear were the discussion moderators. LaMastro started by explaining the collaboration between the College and UVA.
The University of Chicago Law School has the greatest percentage of recent alumni working at the 10 highest-grossing U.S. law firms, followed closely by the University of Virginia School of Law and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, according to a recent study tracking graduates’ outcomes.
Two of Virginia’s children’s hospitals are teaming to help children and families have convenient access to cardiac care. According to a release, the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University and UVA Children’s have developed a regional collaboration to provide heart surgery for children.
(Commentary by Kyle Kondik, political analyst at the UVA Center for Politics and the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball) One of the likely outcomes of the ongoing redistricting process would be the already-huge Republican edge in a region we’ll call the Greater South growing even larger. If the Republicans capitalize on this opportunity, it will continue what has been perhaps the most important story in House elections since the middle of the 20th century: The South’s transition from a heavily Democratic to a heavily Republican House delegation.
Many observers worry that deepfakes could become a major threat in politics, used to humiliate political figures and advocates like Martin or even make them appear to say things they never said. “What it could do to diplomacy and democracy – we’re holding our breath,” UVA professor of law Danielle Citron said.
Nashville-based musician Essy taught herself how to play piano at the age of 11, ultimately attending NYU’s summer program as well as attending the University of Virginia. Essy will be releasing her third EP this fall, and recently released her single, “No Prisoners,” which she describes as “a more ‘live sound’ combining modern synth mixed with ‘70s funk and ‘80s rock.”
For Abigail Henry, a ninth grade African American History teacher at Mastery Charter School — Shoemaker Campus in West Philadelphia, discussions about racial justice — about these and other incidents, historical and contemporary — are central to her work. Henry, who was born in London, has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, and master’s from University College London, recently received a Pulitzer Center grant to incorporate into her lessons The New York Times’ 1619 Project, developed by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.
(By Prince Verma, graduate student in chemical engineering) Recently, I visited Boston for a conference and attended a session on ‘how to network’. I learned a lot of things during the session but one thing stood out for me.
In 1920, a mysterious woman surfaced in a German mental hospital. claiming to be the duchess. She knew some facts about the family and suggested that amnesia was the cause of any errors in her recall. She moved to America and eventually married a former University of Virginia professor and settled in Virginia. For decades, Anna Anderson and her husband fought for her to be legally recognized as the long-lost royal. The legal battles were balanced with enough doubt to keep the guessing game going. Her case was fueled by high public interest and exposure, which ranged from novels to a ballet to ...
According to Brad Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, in a recent interview with Christianity Today, “Tough and traumatic times can change our priorities, our perspective, and our devotion to friends and family for the better when we face trials with a strong social network, the right perspective, or a deep faith. That may partly explain the remarkable finding that the share of married men and women ages 18-55 saying their marriage is in trouble declined from 40% in 2019 to 29% in 2020. …in the face of major collective trauma, …a lot of people becom...
(Commentary) Gatherings like COP26 are basically all we have when it comes to global cooperation. But I still think meetings like this, and the officials who attend them, frame the problem all wrong. A recent edition of the solutions-focused climate newsletter Hothouse quotes Peter Norton, an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, who teaches through the lens of climate issues. He believes coming up with climate solutions requires us to reprogram certain deeply-held beliefs about progress and innovation.
“There are lots of other problems that have emerged this summer. COVID hasn’t gone away, inflation, gas prices. The public is just in kind of a surly mood and the results from two weeks ago were not good for Democrats,” said Kyle Kondik, an analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, who pointed to Biden’s sharp drop in approval ratings after the messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which he called “a catalyst” for the changing political environment.