University of Virginia leaders have said they expect to announce plans in mid-June for their 24,000 students.
This is the third consecutive year UCF has placed second at the prestigious competition. The University of Virginia took first place.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors is set to decide whether to give new monikers to two buildings currently named after men with a “legacy of racial prejudice,” according to campus officials. If approved, the university would remove the names J.L.M. Curry and William H. Ruffner from the buildings’ official titles.
This week, two companies will work together to thank medical workers at both of the local hospitals. Zilog80 Visual Art and the AV Company will provide a luminous “Thank You” to the workers at UVA Health and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital.
This week, two companies will work together to thank medical workers at both of the local hospitals. Zilog80 Visual Art and the AV Company will provide a luminous “Thank You” to the workers at UVA Health and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital.
On Saturday, around 300 local residents were tested for COVID-19 without having to leave their vehicles. Testing for the virus was conducted as part of a collaboration between Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, UVA Health and the Virginia Department of Health at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church and The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.
(Commentary by William Petri, professor of medicine) All states have relaxed social distancing to some degree, but there are few consistent guidelines for people to know how to stay safe. A doctor who specializes in immunology tells what he will do.
Through his work as director of UVA Health’s intensive care unit, Dr. Taison Bell has witnessed the effects of COVID-19 firsthand while overseeing the treatment of critically ill patients infected with the virus. “I’ve never [seen] anything like this in my career,” said Bell, also an assistant professor of medicine.
The national SolSmart program is partnering with experts at UVA and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to help local governments across the state make it faster, easier, and more affordable to go solar.
As the 2020 recipient of the Templeton Prize, the NIH director and UVA alumnus joins a roster that includes Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu and Martin Rees.
As the COVID-19 pandemic crippled Virginia, the Local Food Hub’s Fresh Farmacy program partnered with UVA to expand its operations – and served twice as many people in one week last month than the program did in all of 2019.
Tax hikes could also be coming – which would also make it even harder to recover from the recession even after the economy starts to pick up again. “The problem is pretty obvious – raising taxes is going to make consumers less inclined to spend money,” said Raymond Scheppach, a UVA professor of public policy. “That will make it even harder to get the economy going again.”
Wearing a mask outside is now a new normal for millions of people. An art project at UVA Children’s hospital is using that “new normal” to bring a smile to those passing by.
(Commentary) What are some of the forces driving the split between those who prioritize the economy and those whose primary concern is the physical health of the population? W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, emailed in response to my inquiry: Progressives have grown more likely to embrace a culture of “safetyism” in recent years. This safetyism seeks to protect them and those who are deemed the most vulnerable members of our society from threats to their emotional and physical well-being.
The SolSmart program is adding new partners, joining up with experts at the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and the University of Virginia to help local Virginia governments go solar. Elizabeth Marshall at UVA will serve as a SolSmart Advisor.
(Commentary by Rob Solomon, assistant professor of clinical medicine) Already, we have found many telehealth benefits, the first being safety. Seeing patients while keeping them at home minimizes risk. That concern has always been present bringing the frail, elderly or otherwise immunocompromised into our waiting room filled with patients with infectious diseases including flu and other viruses.
(Commentary) It’s a bizarre claim in general, that a team of seven doctors would conspire to study the efficacy of an antimalarial drug to undermine the president politically. But it’s an even more ridiculous claim when you consider how the study was completed. The team of researchers from various institutions including the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia used data on every person admitted to a VA hospital with COVID-19 until April 11. They assessed whether the patients had been administered hydroxychloroquine, with or without the accompanying drug azithro...
The novel coronavirus, previously thought to primarily attack and affect the lungs, could have a potentially devastating effect on the nervous system, brain, kidneys and heart, according to new research. A recent paper by Dr. William Brady, a UVA professor of emergency medicine, and colleagues around the country examined early reports and studies of cardiovascular complications brought on by the novel coronavirus.
Education research firm Quacquarelli Symonds shared its first-ever ranking of the best colleges and universities in the United States with Business Insider. The University of Virginia is among the 50 best U.S. universities.
During the coronavirus pandemic, plenty of people are being asked to stay home. If you think you might need non-emergency medical attention and are without a primary care physician, UVA Health is making it easier to get help with a health care hotline.