In research to be published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, UCLA Anderson’s Sanford DeVoe and University of Virginia’s Jieun Pai provide evidence that, for higher-wage workers paid by the hour, giving up time to volunteer might be less enjoyable than for similarly paid workers on a salary or for hourly workers with low pay.
Having courage in the workplace may not seem like the most needed skill, but it is an asset and should be cultivated, according to UVA professor Jim Detert. “The benefits at the organizational level: [Staff are] just flat-out solving problems more quickly,” said Detert, the John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration. “They’re pursuing opportunities before they’re lost or a competitor takes them. There is also high employee engagement and commitment. That ranges from people making fewer mistakes, people working harder, people being more creative, to people engaging in organizational ci...
A new tracker will provide information on staff members of the Biden administration. UVA’s Miller Center has launched a database to track leadership positions in the administration.
UVA’s Darden School of Business plans to expand its presence in the Washington, D.C., area with its first part-time MBA offering. The new program, which will enroll 65 students in August of 2022, will be based in the school’s Rosslyn campus. Candidates can begin to apply for that first class as early as this coming August.
Prospective students and their families can once again get a look at the University of Virginia in person. This is the first time in 15 months that in-person college tours have been allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Virginia has updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidance for faculty and staff members in the Academic Division. According to a release, they will need to either provide proof of vaccination or agree to weekly prevalence testing requirements for the fall semester.
John Galloway remembers his time in a Virginia baseball uniform well. He is one of many alumni who are enjoying the program’s latest run to the College World Series. “Just saying that I used to play baseball at the University of Virginia, it gives you a sense of pride,” the Midlothian resident and Midlothian High School graduate said.
University of Virginia’s Dr. Mark Cohee is combining his love for cycling and medicine to reach a bigger goal. On Friday he will begin a 600-mile bike ride to raise awareness for the opioid epidemic.
Alex Walsh rode the tide of teenagers qualifying for their first Olympic Games. The 19-year-old Tennessean, who just finished her freshman year at UVA, won the 200-meter individual medley in 2:09.30, two-hundredths of a second ahead of UVA teammate Kate Douglass, also 19. … Paige Madden added another event to her Olympic program. Finishing third in the 200 free, the 22-year-old, who recently graduated from UVA, will swim in the 4x200 freestyle relay (in addition to the 400 freestyle).
[UVA alumna] Kathryn Budig isn't a fan of labels. She's one of the most renowned Vinyasa yoga teachers in the world, but she's been known to pepper burpees and jumping jacks into otherwise traditional flows. She preaches the beauty of sweat, grit, and strength, but will regularly wrap herself in the fluffiest fabrics and glammed-up fashions, as evidenced by her Instagram. So when you ask Budig - who married sports journalist and author Kate Fagan after divorcing her husband - to define her sexuality, she's not super stoked to do so.
The long wait finally ended Tuesday night for [UVA alumnus] Ernie Clement. After making his Major League Baseball debut Sunday when he served as a pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians in their 6-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners, Clement was in the starting lineup for the first time in the big leagues Tuesday, and he made it a memorable night. During the Indians 7-2 victory over the Orioles at Progressive Field, Clement recorded his first major league hit, a lined single up the middle in the fourth inning off Baltimore starter Matt Harvey.
For [UVA Law alumnus] David Leitch, the job of general counsel at Bank of America was a busy enough job before the Covid-19 pandemic. But, almost overnight, Leitch and his team had to grapple with the legal practicalities of most of the bank’s 200,000-plus workforce working remotely.
Deepfakes are becoming a big deal on the internet, and now a team of University of Virginia students are finding ways to detect them. Deepfakes are computer-generated edits of people that are made to look real. They can be misleading. UVA third-year Zach Yahn says his team’s technology can make a real difference in stopping potential misleading information from being spread.
Dr. Anita Clayton, Chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences with the University of Virginia School of Medicine, believes Zuranolone could be effective as a “short-course” for major depression therapy. “This will empower my patients to think differently about their depression and treatment and to rapidly return to their life,” Clayton said.
“Segregation laws kept Blacks off beaches,” explains Andrew W. Kahrl, professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. He is author of “The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South.” “The very idea of African Americans enjoying leisure spaces alongside whites was a challenge to Jim Crow because it implied equality.” Out of necessity, says Kahrl, “African American activists and businesspeople created their own beach communities.”
A Senate panel confronted Amazon and Google officials Tuesday over growing concerns that the Internet of Things gives tech giants an unfair competitive edge by creating a stranglehold on consumer data and access to smart home devices. The panel also heard from two academics, Matt Crawford, research fellow at UVA’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, and Jonathan Zittrain, professor of law and computer science at Harvard University, who warned of concentrated power and privacy consequences of giving tech firms too much intrusion into consumers' homes.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe discussed his new health care plan at the UVA Medical Center on Tuesday. His newly released plan strives to tackle rising costs and make health care more affordable and accessible for all Virginians. “I rolled out my plan, I came to see the folks who are delivering that care, and I want to know how we can take the University to the next level,” said McAuliffe. “This is the best medical facility in the entire world right here, but you gotta take it to the next level.”
UVA Children's has been ranked the top children's hospital in Virginia.
Eight children’s hospitals in Virginia received recognition Tuesday in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of the top pediatric facilities in the nation, regions and states. First in the state and seventh in the mid-Atlantic region is UVA Children’s, which was ranked nationally in five pediatric specialities: neonatology, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes, orthopedics and urology.
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, about 10 million people suffer from osteoporosis and another 44 million have low bone density. Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine are studying this silent, brittle-bone disease and may have found new insight to battle it.