Psychologist Joseph P. Allen, who headed a study for the University of Virginia, says: “We tell parents to think of those arguments not as a nuisance but as a critical training ground.”
A team of researchers with the University of Virginia is looking into the possible benefits of Montessori schooling. Angeline Lillard is the director of UVA’s early development lab and one researcher on the study.
“Our study provides evidence that medically supervised ketogenic diets are safe and tolerable when studied over a six-month period, and convey clinical benefits to persons living with MS,” said study author Dr. J. Nicholas Brenton, director of the Pediatric MS & Related Disorders Clinic at the University of Virginia.
The program targets all fourth-graders in Jefferson County Schools and is funded through a grant from the Rural Arts Collective. The program will also introduce Jefferson County Schools to dramaturges – professional researchers in the theater industry from schools including the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia and Duke University. Free books to take home will be provided to students, as will access to field trips to Shepherd University.
“What these guidelines highlight … is how far away we’ve moved from ‘one-size-fits-all’ therapy, which usually meant whole brain therapy, to more effective and less toxic therapy personalized to the patient’s symptoms, brain imaging and underlying cancer type,” said Dr. David Schiff, the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Neurology, Neurological Surgery and Medicine and co-director of the Neuro-Oncology Center at the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia Health system and the health district are continuing to offer free drive-through community testing sites Monday through Friday.
The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act will provide $5.5 million in funding for mental health care for frontline workers in Virginia. The University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and George Mason University are the three major health systems in Virginia receiving funds from the bill.
University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business: Also in July, Darden School Foundation launched its Breakthrough Scholars Program for women and underrepresented minorities interested in private equity, venture capital or hedge fund careers. The merit-based, full-ride scholarship is worth up to $150,000.
Amherst County High School’s Future Center strives to expose students to various options for life after graduation. Abby Wallen works for the Virginia College Advising Corps, which is affiliated with the University of Virginia and a program Amherst County Public Schools is partnering with. She said college advising operates within the “living, breathing” program of the Future Center.
Del. Carrie Coyner, who’s a Republican, worked with two Democrats in the Senate – Louise Lucas and Jennifer McClellan – to craft the Virginia Early Literacy Act. It aims to ensure that all third graders can read well. To ensure passage, Coyner also worked with experts at the University of Virginia’s school of education and with the law school’s State and Local Government Clinic to research the best approach to early literacy and to lobby for the measure.
But it wasn’t just Vanderbilt. Whether anyone knew it or not, Cofer’s electronic wristband displays were also being worn by the University of Virginia, Clemson, N.C. State, Alabama, James Madison and out west at the University of Pacific.
Yelling is at the heart of Katz’s work as a performer and composer. Best known for her flute-guitar-vocals experiment Floom – the name is a portmanteau of “flute” and “doom” – she has leapt across the boundaries that divide classical, jazz and heavy metal. “God, I just feel like I’m so weird,” says Katz, who has an M.A. in critical and comparative studies in music from the University of Virginia. “Doing a metal set with flute…when people ask me, ‘What kind of music to you play?’ I get so boggled.”
College is an expensive part of life, but one organization at the University of Virginia is working to lessen that burden. UVA students who are a part of the Public Interest Research Group are working to change many things on Grounds.
International students from Ukraine at the University of Virginia are in Charlottesville studying while their friends and family back home are fighting to keep their freedom. “We say that Putin did one good thing,” student Varvara Iseieva said. “He united all the Ukrainians.”
Biden’s speech not likely to improve his poll numbers, analyst said. “As with most political speeches, those who back the speaker will like it, and those who do not, will not. Biden has weak numbers,” said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
The University of Virginia Center for Politics says the issues overseas take attention away from domestic problems and could paint Biden in a more favorable light. J. Miles Coleman of the UVA Center for Politics says that so far, Biden has done a good job of walking the “tightrope” of doing just enough but not too much.
Some hospitals have done a better job than others at mitigating the burnout that’s come with the two years of surging workloads. Those hospitals that have taken the time and expense to prevent burnout likely saved money, according to Jane Muir, a nurse researcher from the University of Virginia. For her doctoral research, she did an economic analysis of the costs of burnout to hospitals.
Legal experts say the actions are entirely symbolic and will have no effect on the outcome of any of the lawsuits. “I don’t think any judges are sitting there counting the number of attorneys general on one side or the other,” said Saikrishna Prakash, a professor at University of Virginia School of Law. “They’re looking at arguments and trying to come to a conclusion. The fact that Jason Miyares has changed the views of the attorney general’s office is not going to matter at all.”
There is a strong human tendency to add rather than to subtract – even when subtraction is an easier and better solution. Nature magazine recently published a paper with the headline – People Systematically Overlook Subtractive Changes. The study was carried out by Adams, Converse, Hales and Klotz at the University of Virginia.
The problem is that while mindfulness can help teachers deal with their high-pressure jobs, it doesn’t take away the cause of that pressure, said Patricia Jennings, a professor of education at the University of Virginia and the lead author of the study. “Mindfulness is not going to help with the kinds of structural problems that stretch teachers beyond their limits. Just telling a teacher to breathe when they haven’t had a break all day is not going to help at all.”