Staff members from the University of Virginia Medical Center loaded 400 boxes full of medical supplies to be sent to Winneba, Ghana. The supplies will be used by the hospitals, in need of things like syringes, drapes, and insertion kits. The supplies sent to Ghana will also help the environment in our area.
The Heatherwood Retirement Community in Northern Virginia looks like many other assisted living centers, but inside something surprising is going on. Administrator Susan Green says some of the 112 apartments are fitted with wireless sensors connected to a central computer to create what's called the Well Aware system. "The computer is looking for patterns. When Well Aware comes in, they set up the passive monitors, and they get what's called a baseline – for two weeks, they're just gathering data. We know that seniors kind of stay in the same routine, so if there's any deviation, it actually s...
New research indicates that the Southern Hemisphere is set to become dustier, as the South-African Kalahari Desert starts to erode. Ultimately, this additional airborne sand may breathe new life into ocean ecosystems. (The research comes from Paolo D'Odorico, Ernest H Ern Professor in Environmental Sciences.)
About 50 percent of marijuana users have tried synthetic cannabis, and 22 percent continued using these synthetic products after a federal ban was enacted in early 2011, a new survey shows. Dr. Erik Gunderson, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, presented the findings in Atlanta at the American Society of Addiction Medicine 43rd Annual Medical-Scientific Conference.
The University of Virginia Jazz Ensemble's spring concert will bring guest vibraphonist Warren Wolf and student vocalists Gracie Terzian, Adrianna Foster and Emily Voreas to the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday in Cabell Hall Auditorium.
The University Singers will team up with soloists and a full orchestra to present Mendelssohn's "Elijah" at 8 tonight in Cabell Hall Auditorium. The 1847 work is considered one of the greatest oratorios ever written.
Police will be just a push of a button away for University of Virginia students living off grounds. The Charlottesville and University of Virginia police are working together to install eight emergency phone boxes in areas like Wertland and 14th Street.
Removal of the magnolia trees at the Rotunda, part of the Rotunda restoration project, has been delayed until further evaluation by the National Park Service.
Children as young as 11 months of age show a natural affinity for animals and this attraction includes animals that are widely feared by adults, including snakes and spiders. These are the conclusions of a study published online in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. It was conducted by Vanessa LoBue from Rutgers University and Megan Bloom Pickard, Kathleen Sherman, Chrystal Axford and Judy S. DeLoache from the University of Virginia.
PayScale, an online salary, benefits and compensation information company, just released its 2012 ROI Rankings, a comparison of the average return on investment for over 1,200 American colleges and universities. Comparing tuition cost to salary return, four public schools take top honors with a yearly return on investment of 11.4 percent or more, including the University of Virginia.
Yoke San Reynolds, vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Virginia, will retire at the end of the year. Reynolds, 68, spent more than a decade helping to manage the university\'s finances. "She has been relentless in squeezing costs out," said university President Teresa A. Sullivan in a news release. "When you squeeze a dollar out from the operational side, that\'s a dollar you can use on the academic side."
The 78,000-square foot building of which the University of Virginia's College at Wise's Chancellor David Prior was so proud now bears his name. The David J. Prior Convocation Center was dedicated Wednesday on the college's campus in Wise, Va. Prior died Feb. 2 and soon after his death, students, faculty and college officials called for the naming of the arena in his memory.
Lebanon has not won an Olympic medal since 1980. But Lebanese-American swimmer Katya Bachrouche (College '11) hopes to change that at this year's London Games in July, where, as a dual citizen, she plans to compete for her ancestral homeland. [Bachrouche was captain of the women's swim team.]
Andrew Greene
Sustainability planner in the Office of the Architect
Sustainability innovations shared on local food, buildings, and autos
Charlottesville Tomorrow / April 26
Alex Johnson
Law professor
Rights to coveted Wales Alley debated in Virginia Supreme Court; Alexandria City Hall, Virtue at odds with Old Dominion Boat Club
Alexandria (Va.) Times / April 25
Kristen Jameson
Research associate in the Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
Bullying in girls can be subtle, but still requires response
Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 25
Kyle Kondik
Communications dire...
Their business plan called PureMadi aims to improve human health and local economy in a rural South African province. Their business helps the province build water filters out of materials that are available in their community.
On Thursday morning, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball team at the University of Virginia\'s Center for Politics will reveal a map that gives Obama 247 Electoral Votes and Romney 206. Some 270 are needed for victory.
David Germano, Professor of Tibetan Buddhist Studies visited the Newsplex to talk about plans for the Contemplative Sciences Center.
Keith Field (Architecture '79) was a builder who owned some of the most historic properties in downtown Mount Dora [Fla.]. … "He explained all the problems with maintaining them, all the extra work in keeping them historic," said former Mayor Melissa DeMarco. "I asked him why did he do it? He said, 'They're the only ones like it, and that makes them special.'" Field died April 15.
Thomas E. Barden (College '68, '75) curated a collection of letters John Steinbeck wrote from Vietnam. Barden, a Vietnam veteran, is an English professor and dean of the Honors College at the University of Toledo. "Steinbeck In Vietnam: Dispatches from the War" was published by the University of Virginia Press.
Features Amanda Kucik (College '02, religious studies) who has become associate rector at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Charlotte, N.C.