At the University of Virginia, which received substantial publicity when it disenrolled more than 200 students who did not comply with its vaccination requirements, the compliance rate among students was 97%, a rate that reflects the small number of exemptions that had been granted.
UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy will be hosting a new event later this month. The inaugural UVA Democracy Biennial will take place virtually on Sept. 24 and 25. According to a release, the goal is to offer understanding and practical solutions with regards to democracy and capitalism, social mobility and equity, and voting rights and political participation.
In the early years of the 20th century, the skyscraper captured the American imagination in a way that went far beyond its utility as a modern office space. In “Skyscraper Gothic,” a new exhibition at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, the influence of the iconic buildings on fine art, decorative arts and even toys and games is explored through paintings, prints and other artifacts.
Darden School of Business professor Toni Irving is the go-to person for integrating corporate strategy, ESG and organizational performance in ways that count. She teaches a course to MBA students on “getting in the room.” In a wide-ranging conversation, she revealed a powerful strategy anyone can use to more effectively get into the room where decisions are made.
UVA law professor Richard Schragger called the decisions “a pretty thorough vindication” of Northam’s case to pull down the monument. “It makes absolutely clear that monuments and memorials are government speech, and the government cannot bind itself in perpetuity” to any historical agreements, Schragger said.
When Jimmy Stanger was just 6 years old, his family adopted his sister from China. As he grew up, he continued to see his family serve and partner with organizations like the International Cooperating Ministries. It fostered in him a heart of giving, and he’s now using his platform as a professional golfer to help build churches in Colombia. Stanger, a former UVA golf star, is currently playing on the Korn Ferry Tour, just one level below the PGA Tour, and is donating $10 for every birdie he made in 2020, and will make in 2021 and beyond, through a new ministry he created called Birdies For Ho...
The man who led the UAE’s mission to Mars has been named among the world’s top 50 future leaders by the Project Management Institute, a global non-profit professionals association. Omran Sharaf, 37, project director of the Emirates Mars Mission, has been leading a team of engineers and scientists since 2014 to make the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission a success. Sharaf has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Virginia and a post-graduate degree in science and technology policy from South Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
I recently had the opportunity to interview author Anna Caritj about her debut novel “Leda and the Swan,” one of Deep South’s 2021 summer reads that takes us right into fall. In this thought-provoking piece of literary fiction, titular character Leda wakes the morning after a wild Halloween frat party with little recollection of what happened the night before. Why does her heart leap when she thinks about the guy she went home with? And might she have been the last person to glimpse her now-missing classmate, Charlotte, dressed as a swan before she disappeared into the night? Anna Caritj holds...
After stints as an industry analyst and security executive for different companies, [UVA Ph.D. graduate] Chenxi Wang is developing the next-generation of security companies and women executives in security.
You may recognize [UVA Law alumna] Courtney Carter. Perhaps you’ve seen her running around the Anacostia Trail or the National Mall — two of her favorite local running routes; you may know her from Instagram, where her handle @eatprayrundc has more than 11,500 followers; or you may know her through her work with diversity, equity and inclusion and her posts about it on sites like Women’s Running, Oiselle’s blog or her own website. She’s using her social media presence to show runners and people of color that they can accomplish amazing things. And Carter, who lives in D.C.’s Trinidad neighborh...
Lured by the beauty of their bucolic spaces and untrammeled scenery, the North Carolina mountains have long been a mecca and an inspiration for writers. Now another skilled young author has emerged with ties to the region. Though a native New Yorker, Palmer Smith spent 15 years at summer camp in Cashiers. The split between the North and South has shaped her perspective and identity. [Smith is currently a master’s student at UVA.]
The 1st Helicopter Squadron flew more than 50 cadets from the University of Virginia’s ROTC Detachment 890 here, Aug. 27, 2021. The flights provided the future Air Force leaders the opportunity to meet with active duty pilots and receive one-on-one mentorship on various aspects of the life and job of an Air Force officer.
(Audio and transcript) In this installment of “In the Pages,” Robert Goulder of Tax Notes and Ruth Mason of the University of Virginia School of Law discuss the reasoning behind the OECD/G-20’s two-pillar agreement compromise and debate whether a final agreement will be unanimously approved.
To complete the deal, Buenos Aires used a controversial strategy called “re-designation” to leave portions of two bonds out of the restructuring, allowing the rest of them to go through. Used in both Ecuador and Argentina’s debt workouts last year, re-designation is intended to help restructurings cross the finish line when a deal’s success is threatened by just a few small series of bonds. “The province’s offer didn’t seem designed to persuade people to enter a quick and consensual debt exchange,” said Mitu Gulati, a law professor at University of Virginia who writes about sovereign debt cont...
A four-in-one pill containing “ultra-low doses” of different medications can provide better blood pressure control than standard drug treatment, a new clinical trial from Australia shows. There were few serious side effects in the group that took the quadpill. “The side effects from any of these medications at the ultra-low dose would be exceedingly small. Side effects are almost always dose-related, and these are ultra-low doses,” said Dr. Robert Carey, dean emeritus of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and co-author of the American Heart Association’s blood pressure treatment gui...
In a scathing 2019 article in Tax Notes, a journal catering to tax professionals, University of Virginia law professor Michael Doran questioned whom Portman’s and Cardin’s efforts—along with successful bills like the SECURE Act of 2019—really serve. Portman-Cardin reforms enacted in 1996, 2001, and 2006, he wrote, all “promised to improve retirement income security for everyone, but instead they delivered expensive and unnecessary tax subsidies to higher-income families and a windfall to the financial services industry.”
“Senate Democrats have to be completely united to pass anything without Republican support,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “As of now, both Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have balked at the $3.5 trillion price tag for the Democrats-only spending package. They hold a lot of leverage here, because this cannot pass without both of their support.”
Cash also isn’t everything. There’s also institutional change to consider. Also: “It’s not just about where you’re going, but it’s also about owning up to where you have been, and how you may have contributed to a situation that exists right now, and that the wealth and prosperity of your business could be rooted in, is likely rooted in, some deep-seated inequities,” Laura Morgan Roberts, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, told us last year.
“COVID does not happen in isolation,” said Cameron Webb, a physician and University of Virginia professor working as a senior policy adviser for COVID-19 equity. Webb led the White House team that met Tuesday in an auditorium at Impact Church at Jacksonville on Arlington Expressway to talk about what he called “synergistic epidemics” of COVID-19 and food access problems such as food deserts.
Rabih Alameddine writes about topics many would rather forget. In his new book, “The Wrong End of the Telescope,” he tells the story of a transgender doctor attempting to care for people fleeing war-torn Syria. … In August, Alameddine moved cross-country to teach at the University of Virginia’s creative writing program [as the Kapnick writer-in-residence].