(Commentary) A new economic study concludes that in the big U.S. stimulus response to the Great Crash of 2008, politically connected firms got a disproportionate share of the funds that went to private companies and their spending’s effect on employment in their state was statistically indistinguishable from zero, compared with an average effect of 13 jobs saved per $1 million spent for other companies. This news will not shock students of the public choice theory of rent-seeking. What is more surprising is that the study was published by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and written by two board...
Across the country at the University of Virginia, another robot is undergoing tests to rid spaces of the coronavirus and other potentially deadly germs. This one, DINGO, looks more like a rolling giraffe. And it cleans with ultraviolet light instead of chemicals. It beams certain wavelengths known as UVC. This light shines out from the sides and bottom of the robot. Meanwhile, its giraffe-like neck twists and turns, beaming more germ-killing light onto the backs or tops of chairs, desks and other things in a room.
After receiving more than 1,300 requests for a test waiver from potential applicants, the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business is extending its test optional admissions policies into 2021-2022. Roughly 13% of its next entering cohort of MBAs this fall will have enrolled with an approved test waiver.
Nine colleges in the South are ranked among the top 20 public schools in the country in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Five of the region’s private schools are among the country’s top 25 schools of any kind. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the highest-ranked public school in the South. UNC is followed in the ranking of Southern public schools by the University of Virginia, ranked No. 51 among all colleges nationwide, which puts it at No. 10 among the country’s public schools.
The magnitude of Saturday’s Commencement continues to grow on Elsie Woodward. After all, it is the day her granddaughter Anna graduates from the University of Virginia. It’ll be the first of two shining moments that day for the Woodward family. In the evening, Elsie, 75, will graduate from William & Mary with a degree in kinesiology. Anna plans to be there throughout, from the traditional walk across campus before Commencement to the moment Elsie’s name is called and she walks across the stage at Zable Stadium.
(Audio) Much of this last year, we’ve been hearing that the goal for ending the COVID-19 pandemic is to reach “herd immunity.” But now many public health officials say that won’t happen. Still, we’re told it’s safe for vaccinated people to remove their masks in most places. So are we in the clear? Dr. William Petri, a UVA professor of medicine and immunology, gives some answers.
A team of engineers from UVA and the University of Texas at Austin developed a first-of-its-kind light-detecting device that rapidly amplifies weak signals bouncing off of faraway objects. In doing so, it could massively improve the vision of self-driving cars, robots and digital mapping technologies.
She came into town the same weekend that Nazis marched in downtown Charlottesville; helped the Cavalier football team beat Virginia Tech on its way to the Orange Bowl; took her third-year finals from her childhood bedroom; and won high honors in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. No doubt about it, Catherine Barton made the best of her four years at UVA.
Amadita Singh was born in Nepal and came to the U.S. in 9th grade. It was a struggle to adjust at first, but things have gotten better. Now, she’s graduating in the top 10 of her class and heading to the University of Virginia.
Rubio won’t be easy to beat. The two-term Senator has considerable sway with the state’s influential Latino population, which tilted Republican in the last election. “Part of the problem is erosion for Democrats in some places that are heavily Latino,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Rubio is not the kind of candidate who you would expect that would struggle with Latino voters,” he said. “Whether it’s Demings or somebody else, how are they going to assemble the kind of coalition you need to beat Rubio?”
(Audio) More than 100 million people worldwide have interacted with COVID-19 misinformation since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new study in PLOS One. We speak to Professor David Nemer, from the University of Virginia, to explain the impact of social media misinformation in Brazil. WhatsApp’s No. 1 market.
(Video) A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research study shows 34% of people who remain unvaccinated say they definitely will not get the COVID-19 shot. So how do we increase the vaccination rates? Dr. Ebony Hilton, a practicing physician and professor at the University of Virginia, joined Richard to answer that question.
“It has to be on an honor system at this point,” UVA law professor Margaret Riley said. She said it was unlikely that businesses would require proof of vaccination, especially while COVID-19 vaccines only have emergency use authorization. However, she said that businesses were within their rights to ask customers and employees to wear masks if exemptions were offered.
Naomi Cahn, a legal expert in reproductive technology at the University of Virginia, said the Supreme Court’s decision on the Mississippi case could be a turning point for reproductive rights. “We are all guessing, but we certainly think that the impact could be quite critical for the future of Roe v. Wade,” Cahn said. … Lois Shepherd, a UVA law professor, said Virginia and other states also have been cutting back on some requirements such as eliminating an ultrasound requirement and a waiting period before an abortion. “You are seeing more of a polarization in the states with how liberal or c...
UVA Dean of Students Allen Groves says although he is leaving Charlottesville in a few weeks, he’s not entirely done with the city.
The event also celebrated the upcoming return of a further 17 items belonging to a number of Indigenous nations, which are being held at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia in the United States. The collection is the only museum outside Australia dedicated to the exhibition and study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. “They’ve been very proactive about returning, particularly restricted items that largely just sit in storage, to the community,” Craig Ritchie, CEO of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, sai...
Demand for electricity is likely to balloon in Virginia over the next three decades as data centers flock to the state and electric vehicles increasingly replace traditional ones, a forecast from the University of Virginia’s Energy Transition Initiative recently found.
Researchers at the UVA Cancer Center just released a discovery that could boost treatment efforts for prostate cancer. The findings focus on how hormones called androgens act on our cells. It sheds light on how these hormones interact inside the cell affecting gene activity.
Adventures of Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian with daughter Olympia have won many hearts on social media. From making pancakes together to playing soccer and having conversations about the current investment market, the father-daughter duo continues to rock the internet. Recently, the three-year-old Olympia crashed her father’s commencement speech for the University of Virginia. Although Ohanian Sr. called it an unexpected help, it was not the first time her daughter sorted him out.
The University of Virginia’s School of Architecture recently announced that Malo André Hutson will take the helm as the school’s new dean.