The U.S. is investigating Moise’s killing because the plot appears to have been at least partially financed and organized in Florida. “The U.S. seems to be moving seriously in the direction of at least finding what happened in Miami with the security agency, the Haitian Americans, the Colombians, and the people from Haiti,” said Robert Fatton, a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia.
The vaccine mandate in Virginia versus the rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court can be a little confusing. “I actually would say the vaccine mandate has not been lifted,” law professor Margaret Riley said. Riley teaches law at the University of Virginia. She says you have to look at both of the Supreme Court rulings from last last week.
Rich Schragger, professor of law at the University of Virginia, said that Youngkin’s posturing is likely an empty threat. Under the Virginia Constitution the governor does not have the power to force school districts to abide by an executive order, Schragger said. The most influence Youngkin has is appointing a Superintendent of Instruction and the Virginia Board of Education who supports the order.
(Commentary) Does the power to arrest need to be exercised? Or put simply, do we need to arrest? In a recent article on the issue, professor Rachel A. Harmon of the UVA School of Law wrote: “In a liberal society, government coercion that intrudes upon individual freedom must be justified. To be legitimate, our practice of arrest should be at least plausibly necessary to achieve important public aims, the costs of arrests should be broadly proportionate to the ends they serve, and the harms of arrests should be distributed fairly.”
New research suggests that using alternative means to promote interleukin 25 in patients with recurrent C. difficile infection could enhance the benefits of fecal transplants. C. difficile infection causes life-threatening diarrhea and often impacts patients in hospitals and nursing homes as a result of long-term antibiotic use, according to a press release from the UVA of Medicine.
Scientists from the UVA School of Medicine have developed a gene therapy to treat Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, and potentially prolong survival for people with the condition.
ACE inhibitors work by blocking angiotensin II, an enzyme that narrows blood vessels and raises blood pressure. A study by University of Virginia scientists suggests that in the long run, these blood pressure management drugs may be taking a toll on kidney health, eventually leading to irreversible organ damage.
“You can’t underestimate the degree to which our democratic crisis is changing the view of the rest of the world,” said Eric Edelman, a career Foreign Service officer who served in senior State and Defense Department positions under both Republican and Democratic administrations. “Dysfunctionality . . . violence . . . the assault on democratic institutions are spilling into the way in which the rest of the world is looking upon us,” Edelman said last week at a forum on Biden’s first-year foreign policy at UVA’s Miller Center.
1. University of Virginia. About the program: The 30-credit online master’s in electrical engineering at UVA does not require a research thesis. Prospective students can try an online class before applying.
(Commentary, video by W. Bradford Wilcox, sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project) Virginia just swore in its new governor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, and on this edition of “Family Matters,” we evaluate his come-from-behind victory and what role empowered parents of schoolchildren played in his campaign.
Spurred by the current anti-racist and Black Lives Matter movements, several universities – including UVA – have renewed or ignited their passion for addressing the question: How do you accurately and empathetically describe the lives of the enslaved individuals bound to a university or institution of higher learning?
You’re not alone if it feels like it’s almost inevitable at this point that COVID-19 will come knocking on your door. Along with pandemic fatigue, there’s this feeling that it’s a matter of when, not if, you’ll catch the virus, which experts say can not only take a psychological toll, but also may make people less likely to stay vigilant. “You hear a lot of people saying things like, ‘At some point, we will all have had it,’” Nicole Ruzek, a clinical psychologist and director of UVA Counseling and Psychological Services, said.
Jackson Matteo was the unquestioned leader of the offensive line during his senior season at the University of Virginia. After joining the program as a recruited walk-on, he eventually earned a scholarship, became a team captain and started 24 straight games for the Hoos. That commitment and dedication should serve him well in his new role as the head football coach at Woodberry Forest.
(Podcast) The physiological impacts of eating carbohydrate-containing foods are much more complex and individualized compared to dietary protein and fat, yet there is still no globally accepted way to define “carbohydrate quality.” Among the guests is Dr. Siddhartha Angadi, assistant professor and cardiovascular physiologist.
University of Virginia professor Cale Jaffe explained that should the pollution control board repeal the code, it would create an “administrative migraine” because the board is “the mechanism of how we manage our carbon trading program.” What’s more, Jaffe notes that between the Virginia Clean Economy Act and the Community Flood Preparedness Act (which included joining RGGI), utility companies are required to transition to carbon-free practices by 2050. “Repealing the regulation does not repeal the statute,” he said.
Cost debates aside, Virginia’s new governor might soon find turning regulations around in the commonwealth easier said than done, said Cale Jaffe, a UVA law professor and director for the school’s Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic. “The statutory language in the Virginia code authorized the state Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations to join RGGI, and the board has duly promulgated those regulations,” Jaffe said. “The only actor with authority to amend those regulations would be the board.”
In regard to government experience, I have conducted a related study of the top 100 Biden staff members for the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. In it, I calculated that a full 77% have prior executive-branch experience. That is an astoundingly high number and no doubt reflective of the president himself, an individual who possesses a lengthy career in the Senate and served as vice president.
Key proposals include House Bill 73, which among other amendments would get rid of offshore wind cost provisions seen by many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as overly favorable toward Dominion, as well as renewable buildout targets. One recent study of Virginia Clean Economy Act implementation by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service found that those targets could cost ratepayers more than $250 million per year by 2035 compared to a “least-cost” scenario.
The current retirement system doesn’t work, Michael Doran – a much-beloved but press-shy professor at the University of Virginia School of Law who also worked for the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department under two different administrations – argues in ‘The Great Retirement Fraud’ As claims go, it’s a bold one.
The UVA Biocomplexity Institute, in its weekly update, said residents should continue to practice good prevention, including indoor masking and getting vaccinated — and boosted when eligible. “Omicron is less severe than delta, but this surge is causing a large increase of hospitalizations, which could reach record levels in the coming weeks,” the UVA researchers said. “Vaccines and boosters remain very effective at protecting against hospitalization and death from the omicron variant.”