(Press release) Twelve scientists leading the way in stroke research will be recognized for their exceptional achievements during the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022. The illustrious group includes four groundbreaking scientists who have devoted their careers to stroke research, seven authors of notable new research and one scientist recognized for outstanding mentorship. UVA’s honorees include Dr. Karen C. Johnston, who will receive the William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke; and Dr. Bradford (Brad) B. Worrall, who will receive the Strok...
(Transcript) HARRISON: J. Miles Coleman with the University of Virginia's Center for Politics says when redistricting started, many thought Republicans might essentially win the House before the election by controlling redistricting in Texas, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina. That's changed, he says.
J MILES COLEMAN: If Democrats lose the House later this year, it's probably going to have more to do with the national environment than how the lines were drawn.
Lynne has volunteered in Democratic circles, but Larry Sabato, founder of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said that does not make the teenager a legitimate target for hardball politics. "You can argue the fine points forever about whether somebody who's active in a party is fair game, but he's 17," Sabato said. "This was petty. It was mean and it was cheap. And Youngkin will pay a price for it."
According to Bradford Wilcox, a professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, it continues to be the norm for men to propose to women due to the symbolism of the act itself. "A man asking a woman to wed is a ritual that's very powerful...having him ask for her hand in marriage is a way of signaling to her, and his friends and family, that he's serious and ready for a future with her," Wilcox told The List. "Her fear might be that if she asks and he says yes, he's just going along to get along...getting that formal proposal from him is one w...
(Commentary by Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies) By the time I got to know Jason Epstein, he had already reinvented publishing at least twice—the high-quality midlist paperback and the high-end Library of America—and had helped launch one of the most influential instruments of American intellectual life, The New York Review of Books. Back on a winter’s day in 2003, Epstein wanted to meet me to wax prophetic about his new vision for American publishing.
(Editorial) The photo on the back page of the A section of Saturday’s Daily Progress was worth the proverbial thousand words. A near life-size head shot of a woman in medical garb stared out miserably over the mask and respirator hanging below her chin. The flesh of her cheekbones bore indentations from the apparatus. The ad did not identify the person in the photograph. She is one of several exhausted figures who appear in a public education campaign sponsored by the University of Virginia Medical Center and Augusta Health. The campaign literally pleads with people to get vaccinated against C...
Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to be successful in negotiations due to biases. A study by public policy expert Hannah Riley Bowles of the Harvard Kennedy School shows that women who try to negotiate “are penalized financially, are considered less hirable and less likable, and are less likely to be promoted” than men. A University of Virginia study led by organizational psychologist Morela Hernandez shows that racial prejudice plays out in similar ways, with Black people often getting worse deals.
Researchers working at the University of Virginia School of Nursing talk about the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms to refer to the neuropsychiatric symptoms in HD. The authors depict that whereas neuropsychiatric symptoms are frequent and derive significant adverse effects on a patient’s daily activities and social withdrawal, their impact on physical, cognitive and social functional status is poorly understood.
Significant bias has contributed to lower classroom observation scores for thousands of teachers in Tennessee over the last decade, a study published in late December found. Even when controlling for differences in professional qualification and student testing performance, male and African American teachers were rated lower than their female and white colleagues. The paper from Brendan Bartenan of UVA and Jason Grissom of Vanderbilt University is one of the first thorough examinations of classroom observation across an entire state.
Howard Blumenthal, a television and media producer who created the PBS series “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?,” has turned his attention to rethinking education for the 21st century and visited the Community Lab School last week. Blumenthal is partnering with the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development on the 21st Century Learning Project.
Everyone is talking about the HBO hit “Succession,” but how many people can say they took a law school course on it? A handful of lucky students at the University of Virginia School of Law, that’s who. The class was a short one-credit class offered before the spring semester started, focusing on scenarios portrayed on the show dealing with corporate law. … The Princeton Review’s Top Law School rankings for 2022 are out. University of Virginia School of Law took the top spot for Best Classroom Experience and Best Quality of Life. In fact, UVA’s School of Law takes the top spot on three lists an...
“You need a little bit of a sneer in there,” says Adrienne Wood, a UVA assistant professor of psychology who studies social signals like smiles and laughter. Researchers have identified three main smile subtypes, each with its own morphology and social functions: reward smiles, affiliation smiles and dominance smiles. Unlike the other two, a dominant smile is asymmetrical. “In other words,” Wood says, “it’s crooked.”
(Commentary co-written by W. Bradford Wilcox, sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project) It’s now marriage proposal season – the time between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day when nearly 40% of couples decide to get engaged. The holidays tend to put people in mind of marriage. So what’s the best age to put a ring on it?
Undergraduate admissions at the University of Virginia are seeing another record-breaking year. More than 50,000 UVA hopefuls submitted applications, up 6% from last year. Admissions say this increase is due to multiple reasons like the return of in-person tours and making SAT test scores optional.
Depending on your age, you may have heard the old question, “How are you going to keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paire (Paris)?” When it comes to Wichita native [and UVA alumna] Micah Watson, we offer a more interesting, but less perplexing question: Are we going to get Micah back to Wichita after the rest of the world sees just how talented she is? Well at least for a weekend, the talented playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter will return home for the Wichita debut of her awarding play “Canaan.” However, after that, the sky isn't even the limit for this talented young fi...
(Posdcast) Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears had to overcome multiple systemic barriers including racism and misogyny, but a personal setback – divorce – is something that profoundly shaped her. In this episode of Bouncing Back, Justice Sears shares with Rebecca Glatzer how she came to terms with her divorce and to accept that she could not control—or fix—everything in her life. Ms. Sears earned an advanced degree in appellate judicial studies from the UVA School of Law.
Dr. Danny Avula, the director of Richmond and Henrico County’s health districts and the state’s former COVID vaccine coordinator, has accepted Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointment to become commissioner of the state’s Department of Social Services, the health districts announced Friday. Avula received degrees in medicine and public health from Virginia Commonwealth University and Johns Hopkins University, and he completed his undergraduate education at the University of Virginia.
Ever since he was an assistant editor at the Mobile Press-Register, Steve Joynt has been a Mardi Gras connoisseur. “The idea of starting an annual Mardi Gras magazine rolled around in my head for a few years,” said Joynt, who runs the website with his wife, Nancy, a fellow UVA graduate. “By Jan. 6, 2012, I had the first Mobile Mask website up and running. I ‘covered’ Mardi Gras 2012, shooting as many photos as I could.”
A University of Virginia police officer has a big competition this weekend. Officer Percy Tassin is in Williamsburg for a body sculpting competition. He says it is a natural competition, which means no supplements. This is his fifth one.
J. Miles Coleman from the UVA Center for Politics said the special masters did a good job of drawing the lines. "Joe Biden won the state by 10 points, he won seven of the 11 districts on the new map," said Coleman. Governor Glenn Youngkin, who narrowly won the Virginia governor's race, would have carried six of the 11 new congressional districts.