All participants in these research projects sign documents that outline how their data will be collected, de-identified and shared. This ‘informed consent’ process is supposed to let them weigh privacy and other risks before they sign up, and it is required by law in the U.S. and most other places. But these documents can be difficult to parse. “Even if you’re very well educated, [the language] is still probably not as clear as it could be,” says Kevin Pelphrey, a neuroscientist and autism researcher at the University of Virginia.
“Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy,” by Siva Vaidhyanathan. Vaidhyanathan is a professor of media studies at University of Virginia. His book “Antisocial Media” follows the growth of Facebook from campus project to sociopolitical behemoth. Vaidhyanathan unpacks how citizens and governments use Facebook today, and shares what he believes turned a well-intentioned group of engineers into a corporation managing an overly powerful platform that poses legitimate threats to democracy.
“Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy,” Siva Vaidhyanathan: Vaidhyanathan’s book is a powerful critique of Facebook and an indictment of how social media has fostered the deterioration of democratic culture around the world. Vaidhyanathan is a cultural historian and media scholar and is a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
Dr Bill Petri, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Virginia, said that while he can understand the argument that testing creates complacency, aggressive testing, contact tracing and quarantining remain the best methods for containing viral spread. “It’s not rocket science,” Petri said. “The way to get it under control is doing lots and lots of tests really rapidly. You get out and identify the person with the infection and you isolate them, then you find out every single person who was exposed to that person during the infectious period and you quarantine all of them.”
The University of Virginia Center for Telehealth is part of a new coalition that aims to shine the spotlight on consumer-facing mHealth and telehealth tools to mitigate health disparities. Shepherded by the Consumer Technology Association and Connected Health Initiative, the Health Equity and Access Leadership Coalition brings together a variety of organizations and companies in the digital health space. Its first project will focus on operational and policy recommendations for increasing the value of connected health technology in tackling disparities in the U.S. health system.
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The Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Concordia announced Eye Bank of Ethiopia as the winner of the P3 Impact Award at the 2020 Concordia Summit. The annual P3 Impact Award recognizes exemplary cross-sector collaborations that feature public, private, nonprofit, or non-governmental organizations addressing societal challenges.
The University of Virginia says its vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion and community partnerships is taking on an expanded role.
The University of Virginia reports four new cases of COVID-19 on Grounds, all of which are students. However, the number of active cases of the virus has dropped below 200.
The state’s largest universities were the most insulated from drastic changes in enrollment. The University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion all reported small increases in enrollment. James Madison University, which plans to reopen campus next week, reported a drop of less than 1%.
(Commentary co-written by Naomi Chan, professor of law) We study families, employment, corporations – and gender. We are tracking how the coronavirus pandemic is underscoring the disproportionate financial burden women bear when states slash their budgets in times of recession.
(By Dr. Irène Mathieu, assistant professor of pediatrics) This spring, after stay-at-home orders were announced and schools shut down across the nation, many families stopped going to their pediatrician. As a result, kids have fallen behind on important childhood vaccinations.
What happens in polls doesn’t always happen at the polls, and that’s why a University of Virginia politics prognosticator has teamed up with an international research firm ahead of the November presidential election.
(Commentary by Karen A. Lips, alumna) After interning in the summer of 2004 for my home state senator in Washington, D.C., I returned to the University of Virginia looking for a group of women who wanted to talk about the issues of the day and welcomed a more conservative perspective. There was a women’s club, a Women’s Studies department, and even a Women’s Center at UVA. But, because I am a conservative woman, my ideas were not fully welcome at the traditional women’s institutions on campus. I started the Network of enlightened Women, known as NeW, that fall as an intellectual home for conse...
Each year, Richmond Inno compiles a list of the area's most promising and notable entrepreneur and technologists who are 25 and under. … Yash Tekriwal, 24, co-founder, LifeSchool; senior associate, JJELLYFISH.
Getting guys open in the passing game is an inexact science. It’s not a one-size-fits-all formula. Bronco Mendenhall figured that out back in Utah.
You might not think that the University of Virginia men’s basketball team and a professional hockey team from Florida have very much in common, but you’d be surprised.
Clemson easily handled Wake Forest and The Citadel the first two weeks of the season, before getting this past weekend off. Up next, the Tigers are expected to get a tougher challenge from a Virginia squad that beat Duke 38-20 on Saturday.
After his Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars to win the Stanley Cup on Monday, Coach Jon Cooper arrived for his postgame news conference with a cap commemorating the University of Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2019 national title.
On Sept. 17, Uber said it has partnered with Hyderabad Metro Rail, Larsen & Toubro Metro, and the Telangana State Road Transport Corporations’ bus service in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad to help riders plan their transit journey end-to-end within its app. “The platforms provide a data-driven approach to knowing peak demand times and areas. This can help cities and governments better allocate public transportation to reduce crowding and serve the needs of residents,” Rajkumar Venkatesan, professor of business administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business, said.