Hospitals would pay the proposed provider assessments in taxes on revenues, but it would result in a net benefit of almost $880 million over two years for private acute care hospitals, according to Finance Committee staff members. The benefits would include revenue from expanding Medicaid eligibility to people who currently receive uncompensated care and from raising the reimbursement rate for providers. Public hospitals, such as the VCU and UVA health systems, would not pay the assessments. Sen. Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover, contended that such hospitals would not share in the same benefits as pr...
21. He Recorded More Than 260 Hours Of Private White House Conversations. In the spring of 1962, Secret Service agent Robert Bouck installed secret recording devices in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House at the request of President Kennedy. Though the president never explained why he wanted to record his conversations, both Bouck and Evelyn Lincoln, JFK’s personal secretary, believed that his reason for doing this was to have a personal record of his time in the White House after he had left. The Miller Center at the University of Virginia has made many of the 260-plus hours o...
What would you do if faced with the threat of a global pandemic — and you were responsible for containing it? Brian Cauley, who just received his master’s degree in public administration from San Francisco State University, and a team of four other students from four different universities took part in a fast-paced, computer-based competitive game at San Jose State University to see which team could best halt the spread of a global pandemic. Cauley’s team came in first place, outcompeting 130 other teams. Each student on the winning team received a $1,500 check and a medal from the competition...
Charlottesville ranks No. 11. “One of the most visually-appealing downtowns in this ranking and the highest-rated amongst ACC towns, Charlottesville is ranked inside the Top 10 nationally in diversity, city access and arts & entertainment, according to AIER. If you're in town for a Virginia Cavaliers game, make a weekend out of it several historical landmarks just outside of the city, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.”
(Press release) The Top Universities for International Students range from private institutions, such as Columbia University in New York, American University in Washington, D.C. and California Institute of Technology, to public schools, including the University of Virginia, Mississippi State University and East Carolina University in North Carolina.
Most people should start screening tests for colon and rectal cancers at age 45, rather than waiting for age 50, as long recommended, the American Cancer Society said Wednesday. The shift by the cancer society is based on new information about the rise in colon and rectal cancer among younger adults, said Andrew Wolf, a UVA associate professor of medicine who led the group writing the new recommendations.
UVA demographer Hamilton Lombard sees something else in numbers. He says wealth inequality tends to be higher in urban areas, places like Richmond and Williamsburg. “So it’s interesting if you think about what the parties focus on. The Democrats have had a higher focus on income inequality, and that’s generally been more of a problem in places that vote more Democratic in Virginia. So that may be where some of the interest comes from.”
When we called up business ethicist Greg Fairchild from the University of Virginia this morning, we expected to have a wide-ranging conversation to get at Kai's question of a few weeks back: Are there market-based solutions to ensure better ethics? We didn't expect we'd have such a timely case study in Disney-owned ABC and "Roseanne."
James E. Ryan is off to a fast start as the new president of the University of Virginia, although he actually hasn’t begun the job.
Virginia’s season was never too far away from a potential turnaround, but in the end, that turnaround was just out of reach for the Cavaliers, whose season came to an official end on Thursday. UVA will miss out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Brian O’Connor’s 15 years as head coach.
Nathan Weathers, an ROTC cadet at the University of Virginia, assured the crowd that there would continue to be young people willing to lay down their lives for the United States. “Although we are all aware of millennial jokes and drama, I stand here before you today to assure you there are thousands of young people who are still willing to serve our great nation,” he said.
If New York City bars can ban “Make America Great Again” hats — as well as anyone who uses the word “literally” — Corner bars can probably ban townies. But could a litigious local make a federal case out of it? “The only plausible argument is that when you open yourself up to the public, you have to admit everyone who’s willing to take your services and to pay for them without being disruptive,” said George Rutherglen, a UVA law professor who has written widely on employment discrimination and civil rights. “But the bars have a good point in that there have been a lot of incidents there over t...
Larry J. Sabato, political analyst and director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said Garrett’s announcement was not necessarily a “slam dunk” for Democrats. Given the short time left before the June 12 filing deadline, Sabato said he suspects as many as a dozen people could throw their hats in the ring for the Republican nomination.
Over the past three years, Neal Goodloe, the criminal justice planner at OAR, has been working with UVA engineering students to help him capture long-term data. The group just reached the 30-month mark, with the goal being to understand the percentage of people filtering through the jail who fit the criteria for serious mental illness.
Researchers at Aga Khan University and the University of Virginia are collaborating on an innovative project that will harness the power of artificial intelligence to understand a particularly complex disorder of the intestine, environmental enteric dysfunction. EED, often referred to as a neglected disease of poverty, is widespread among children in low-income countries where the population is exposed to contaminated water and poor sanitation.
Professor Gregory B. Fairchild will be UVA’S first director of Northern Virginia operations.
The competing messages demonstrate just how far apart the two parties are. They’re not just talking about key issues differently; they’re touting completely different issues to motivate activists and win hotly contested primaries. “It sometimes feels like the two parties are talking to two different countries,” said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst with UVA’s Center for Politics.
(Commentary by Andrew W. Kahrl, associate professor of history and African-American studies) “Quality of life” laws serve as a potent instrument of racial segregation. They provide commercial establishments, law enforcement officers and everyday citizens with tools enabling them to police racial boundaries while at the same time claiming to simply be upholding the law.
NFL Player Turned Astronaut Leland Melvin Shares His 'Love Affair' with Earth in Nat Geo Documentary
Former NFL player turned NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, a standout college wide receiver who earned a master’s degree in materials science engineering from UVA, insists that playing football was perfect training for the rigors of space travel.
Gloria Graham began working in campus law enforcement while a college student, answering phones at a dispatch center at Indiana State University. Now UVA’s associate vice president for safety and security, Graham said she plans to address continued fallout from the August rallies and tackle the increasingly complex world of campus safety.