A group of Liberian academicians, historians and former government officials including diplomats have launched the Historical Society of Liberia. Some distinguished guests included … Allison James of the Center for Cultural Landscape, School of Architecture, University of Virginia and also the Lead for the Feasibility Study for the preservation of Providence Island.
If storm water infrastructure has always suffered from problems, researchers who study flooding say the effects of climate change are proving the need to update decades-old pipes — in a way that has become impossible to ignore. “All infrastructure is designed to have some level of risk,” said Jonathan L. Goodall, a water resources engineer at the University of Virginia. “We’re just taking on more risk unless the existing infrastructure can somehow be retrofitted, which is expensive to do.”
Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center, said it’s too early to determine whether and to what extent the Afghanistan exit will define Biden’s legacy, but argued that the current media environment could make it difficult for Biden to move beyond it. “He is stuck in an era in which it is more likely that presidents can’t rebound from military debacles because of 24/7 media and social media and the public and the press’s demand that presidents constantly come before the public and explain themselves,” Perry said.
Kyle Kondik, who tracks elections for the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said the far-right positioning of abortion laws being passed could further polarize voters on the issue. The “in-your-face nature” of the Texas law could turn out some voters who haven’t been motivated by the issue before, he said.
"The criticism is that when cases come before the court in an emergency posture, the court makes consequential decisions without a full airing of the legal issues and without applying consistent standards," said Rachel Bayefsky, a professor at University of Virginia School of Law. "The court’s handling of the Texas abortion case is bound to fuel this criticism."
“I think this is the end of the line for the plaintiffs,” said University of Virginia law professor Richard Schragger, who has followed the cases closely. He said the property owners’ lawsuit contains one contracts claim under the U.S. Constitution that could be a basis for an appeal, but he didn’t think it would succeed.
“This is a pretty complete vindication of the governor’s case,” said Richard Schragger, who teaches at the University of Virginia School of Law.
University of Virginia School of Law professor Caleb Nelson and University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Kermit Roosevelt explore the Supremacy Clause in a joint article found in the National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution. "The core message of the Supremacy Clause is simple: the Constitution and federal laws (of the types listed in the first part of the Clause) take priority over any conflicting rules of state law," Nelson and Roosevelt write.
A scientist at the University of Virginia has received funding for a project looking into the sleep/wake cycle and Alzheimer's disease. Ali Güler, an associate professor of biology, has gotten a 2021 research grant from the Alzheimer's Association. The grant awards $150,000 over three years and will allow Güler to study sleep and circadian disruptions that often preceded the onset of memory issues associated with Alzheimer's.
A new artificial intelligence technology for heart imaging can potentially improve care for patients, allowing doctors to examine their hearts for scar tissue while eliminating the need for contrast injections required for traditional cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. The team of researchers University of Virginia who developed the technology have reported the success of the approach.
An international research team at the University of Virginia University Hospital has developed an artificial intelligence technology to improve heart imaging. The Virtual Native Enhancement approach aims to replace traditional cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, which requires contrast injections.
New research has revealed that the Pfizer vaccine may not be as effective on older adults as it is on younger recipients. Researchers from the University of Virginia tested the blood of 167 people who received Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and found Pfizer recipients aged 50 and over had fewer antibodies in their system than those aged under 50. The researchers found no age-related difference in antibody levels for Moderna recipients, and say antibody levels overall were greater for Moderna recipients than Pfizer.
On Thursday, another JAMA study by University of Virginia researchers also found that Moderna’s vaccine resulted in higher antibody levels.
A new University of Virginia study looked at the body's antibody response to the Pfizer and the Moderna COVID vaccines. It included 167 UVA employees, 79 of whom had gotten the Pfizer vaccine while 88 got the Moderna one.
A new study out of the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows that antibody levels in recipients of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were slightly higher than recipients of the Pfizer vaccine. The difference was mostly noted in relatively older subjects.
Jesse Pritchard and his crew are bringing a new football season to life at the University of Virginia’s Scott Stadium. “I’m going to say we spend roughly 150 man hours a week painting for the games, prepping each football game week,” Pritchard said. He is the turf manager, overseeing a crew of four of the hardest working guys on UVA Grounds.
The University of Virginia has extended its masking policy until Oct. 1. According to a message sent to the UVA community on Thursday, public health officials are monitoring COVID-19 conditions in the Charlottesville area.
University of Virginia officials recommend football fans mask up for Saturday’s season opener and will require masks in indoor areas of the stadium in hopes of running an end-around COVID-19’s delta variant.
(Transcript) Movie star Zhao Wei, also known as Vicki Zhao, has seen her work disappear from the internet as China continues to tighten restrictions on figures with a lot of social influence. Among those interviewed is Aynne Kyokas, a UVA expert on Chinese media, who said, “I see this as part of a larger pressure campaign by the Chinese government to crack down on private entities that can wield a lot of social power.”
“Immigration (after 9/11) was no longer a question about migration or who we are as a country or about labor market competition. It was a security issue; we saw the ‘securitization’ of immigration,” UVA political professor David Leblang says. “That changed the nature of immigration enforcement quite dramatically.”