If you find yourself at a Taco Bell, consider ordering two of these black bean soft tacos for a meal that's not only packed with protein and fiber but also lower in sodium than other menu items, says Katherine Basbaum, a registered dietitian at the Heart and Vascular Center at the University of Virginia.
(Subscription required) In the summer of 2021, as COVID case numbers ebbed and vaccination rates shot up, Nicole Ruzek, the director of UVA’s Counseling and Psychological Services, saw the “writing on the wall”: When students returned to in-person classes in the fall, demand for in-person counseling services would rise again. UVA’s counseling center contracted with TimelyMD – the Texas-based telehealth company that runs TimelyCare – in the fall of 2021.
(Video) University of Virginia Political Science Chair Jennifer Lawless appeared on GoLocal LIVE where she discussed the politics of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – as well as the shifting political landscape in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin in Rhode Island.
What are the rights of homeowners, and what are the rights of an HOA’s board? Richard Schragger, a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law, said, “When they purchase a home, and in a homeowners association, they’re also signing on to a whole raft of rules that the homeowners association has adopted in their signing on to a governance structure.”
(Podcast) Kent Haines and Robert Q. Berry, associate dean of DEI and Samuel Braley Gray Professor of Mathematics Education in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development, cover a wide range of topics in their conversation today, from building math classrooms where students feel confident participating, to committing to DEI work in mathematics.
Community College of Baltimore County is a member of Universities Studying Slavery, a consortium of nearly 90 schools based at the University of Virginia. CCBC is one of only two community colleges in the project. “We thought, ‘What can we do so that this isn’t schools doing this one by one, siloed off on their own?’” said Kirt von Daacke, the managing director of Universities Studying Slavery.
Alan Taylor, the author of “American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850,” has been named the winner of the New-York Historical Society’s 2022 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize, awarded each year for the best work of American history or biography.
The station’s sports director, Jermaine Ferrell, caught up with University of Virginia Athletic Director Carla Williams.
UVA Health officials say the number of COVID cases in the University’s medical facilities continue to drop as the post-holiday surge created by the omicron variant continues to abate.
A discovery at the University of Virginia Cancer Center could lead to new treatment for small-cell lung cancer. The discovery came as researchers were investigating the role of the EP300 gene in the development of small-cell lung cancer in lab mice.
People from 39 states and 11 countries took part in a webinar Thursday from the University of Virginia discussing the life of Booker T. Washington.
(Press release) Culture of Respect is excited to announce the participants of Cohort 6 in the Culture of Respect Collective, an ambitious two-year program that brings together institutions of higher education dedicated to ending campus sexual violence and guides them through a rigorous process of self-assessment and targeted organizational change. This sixth cohort is comprised of 23 diverse institutions from across North America, including the University of Virginia.
(Commentary by UVA Alumnus Mike Kerrigan; subscription required) Fortune smiled on me in that Heathrow bookstore. Prominently displayed was a translation of Marcus Aurelius ’ “Meditations” by Gregory Hays. It seemed apt to reread because Mr. Hays taught at the University of Virginia, where I studied classics. On a long flight and a delayed layover, I tried to be a Stoic.
More than 20 million Americans will fight an eating disorder at some point in their life. “Raising awareness is the primary goal, along with improving care, so the more people that are on the lookout for eating disorders and the quicker people get care, the better outcomes we have,” said Dr. Julia Taylor, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
In a “hothouse of ambitious people,” Jackson’s colleague, Richard C. Schragger, said, she “stood out for her consideration of others … and her kind words to lots of people. She was clearly someone who could talk to anybody and definitely not an ideologue or someone who was pushing a particular agenda,” said Schragger, who teaches at the UVA School of Law. Fellow Harvard Law Review editor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, also now UVA law professor, said Jackson’s election to an editing post was proof that she “had a brilliant legal mind, but she is also someone who is humble and easy to work with.”
(Commentary) You may have read about legislation moving through the Virginia General Assembly regarding the future of Catawba Hospital. The bill would fund a study about reimagining that 112-year-old institution, and adding substance abuse treatment to the services it offers. It’s a bipartisan effort, sponsored by Dels. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, and Joe McNamara, R-Roanoke County. On Feb. 11, the measure got 99 votes in the House. It’s now being considered in the Senate. When and if that study happens, one of the items under consideration should be a way to appropriately recognize [UVA School of ...
Bestselling author David Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, have given $1 million to the Library of Virginia, the library announced this week. David Baldacci, who grew up in Henrico County, is a 1978 graduate of Henrico High who went to earn a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
(Podcast) Retired Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, a UVA alumnus and former chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, joined Aileen Black on “Leaders and Legends” to discuss leadership and the importance of empowering your team to do its best.
Erin McClelland, an alumna of the Saint Louis University field hockey team and the current University of Virginia field hockey team manager said, “Sports have taught me to be confident in my own strength and ability, and how important it is to uplift and support those around you whenever you can.”
Catherine Ward, a law school student at the University of Virginia who has studied the state constitution, says before the 1971 revisions to the state constitution, there hadn’t ever been language requiring staggered terms for education board appointments. “They had this emphasis – really, for the first time – on terms being staggered,” Ward said. “Most of the debate previously was really focused on who would be appointed, how many members there would be and what their tenure would be.”