he University of Virginia swimming and diving team had four swimmers advance to finals in their respective events on Tuesday night at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
A new development partnership aims to help a Spanish-language media and content company's employees. UVA and Univision Communications Inc. announced the partnership on Monday. According to a release, it will help the company expand employee access to higher education and develop its workforce.
Virginia Tech president Tim Sands and athletic director Whit Babcock were signatories on a letter sent to Gov. Ralph Northam dated May 19 urging him to issue an executive order that would allow in-state student-athletes to capitalize on their name, image and likeness. The Roanoke Times obtained a copy of the letter through a Freedom of Information Act request. University of Virginia athletic director Carla Williams, who is well-versed on the name, image and likeness topic as part of the NCAA federal and state legislation working group, helped compose the letter based on input she received from...
While prior White House experience is not uncommon for aides, the high number of top staff who served in the last Democratic administration is striking, said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center. "I think it shows that Biden really places an emphasis on prior experience," she said, "because if you talk to people who have worked in the White House, they will tell you that it's unlike any job they've ever had, that really nothing can prepare you for it, except for having worked in the White House before."
UVA history professor Philip D. Zelikow, the lawyer who led the inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, has quietly laid a foundation for a nonpartisan commission to investigate the coronavirus pandemic, with financial backing from four foundations and a paid staff that has already interviewed more than 200 public health experts, business leaders, elected officials, victims and their families.
(Podcast) Life becomes richer by subtracting things from it – something often overlooked. That’s according to Leidy Klotz, associate professor at the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and author of the book “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less.”
A 68-year-old restaurant on the University of Virginia Corner closed its doors for good at midnight on Saturday. College Inn confirmed the closure through a Facebook post. The owners say their lease is up and they're retiring, but they add that the restaurant could resurface somewhere else in the future. Reports from the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review say that Chipotle plans to take over the location.
Mobile native Paige Madden appears headed to Tokyo for the 2021 Summer Olympics. Madden finished second in the women’s 400-meter freestyle on Monday night at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, qualifying for one of two spots on Team USA alongside world-record holder Katie Ledecky. U.S. Olympic officials must still formally select the second-place finishers for the 26 available men’s and women’s spots for the Tokyo games, though mathematically Madden appears to be a lock to make the team. (Current UVA swimmer Paige Madden finished third.)
On this episode of the History As It Happens podcast, University of Virginia historian William Hitchcock discusses the complicated legacy of the liberation for the liberated: the people of France, Belgium and the Netherlands who suffered death and dislocation as Allied forces fought Hitler’s Wehrmacht on the beaches, through hedgerows, and house by house in cities and towns.
The VP delivered a brief speech on the Equality Act, which seeks to open more protections for LGBTQ people and ensure they receive fair treatment. … The legislation was not welcome by everyone; however, conservatives argue that it would hinder religious freedom, which generally does not agree with same-sex marriage. One of the bill’s opponents since its debut in 2019, Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia, believed that it does not entirely serve the purpose of reducing discrimination as it seems. “It protects the rights of one side, but attempts to destroy the rights ...
The American Families Plan includes tax credits worth $300 a month for children under 6 and $250 a month for those under 18, but the administration also proposes a cap on the cost of day care. Middle and low-income families would pay no more than 7% of their earnings. UVA sociologist Brad Wilcox says that unfairly favors one approach to caring for children. “Most American parents prefer to have their kids cared for at home either by a parent or a family member," he says. "In particular we see that Hispanics are the ones who are most likely to prefer that a parent or relative would care for the...
(Editorial) A national COVID commission could operate with financial support from private foundations and organizational aid from academia. Fortunately, this route is being pursued by a COVID commission planning group directed by Philip Zelikow. He served as the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, which delved into the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and evaluated preparedness and future safeguards. Now a University of Virginia history professor, Zelikow's involvement in planning a COVID commission bolsters confidence that the panel would attract the nation's best minds. And, that its...
(Commentary by Jim Detert, John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business) Having just published a book called “Choosing Courage” (HBR Press, 2021), you’d think I’d be in favor of encouraging courage within an organization. Certainly, I’m all for more courageous action when it’s ourselves we’re talking about. For leaders, especially those with significant control over an organization’s policies, practices and cultural norms, I suggest rethinking the “encourage courage” mantra. In a healthy or laudable organization, do employees need to routinely accept sig...
(Commentary by Dr. Ebony Hilton, UVA Health physician) Black and brown Americans are dying of COVID-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren’t planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41% of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn’t get a vaccine. Another 21% were undecided. Many respondents — no doubt reacting to the myths and misinformation they’ve seen online — expressed concerns about safety and side effects.
Charlottesville is home to this country’s only museum of art created by indigenous Australians. UVA’s Kluge-Ruhe has more than 2,100 paintings, ornaments and tools, but some of those objects are going home after decades in America.
As things begin to open back up, there’s still cause for caution. A new variant of COVID-19 is popping up in the U.S. and doctors are worried. This new variant, called the Delta variant, is more transmissible and can cause more severe infactions. Dr. Taison Bell with UVA Health says two-dose vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna are protective, something he says is all the more reason for people to get vaccinated.
“People may misinterpret that anger as a sign of guilt,” says Harvard Business School professor Leslie K. John, whose paper “Anger Damns the Innocent” is forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science. In a series of experiments, John and her colleagues—Katherine DeCelles of the University of Toronto, Gabrielle Adams of the University of Virginia, and Holly Howe of Duke University—found that anger can make a person come across as guilty even when they are not.
(Commentary) The lock-down reliever has stitches in his head from a recent weightlifting accident, while his battery mate is nursing a broken finger. The daring rookie outfielder is fast-tracking icon status, while the veteran shortstop never takes a game off. With considerable assistance from their teammates Monday, this captivating cast lifted Virginia baseball to its fifth, and most implausible, College World Series appearance. UVA 5, Dallas Baptist 2. On to Omaha.
After a two-year term as vice rector, Whittington W. Clement will succeed Jim Murray next month as rector of the University of Virginia and chairman of the Board of Visitors.
Pain can often cloud your judgment, especially under extreme duress, but not for Air Force Col. William A. Jones III. As a pilot in Vietnam, [the UVA alumnus] remained in control of his charred plane long enough to fly nearly 90 miles to relay information that would help save another pilot's life. For his valiant effort, despite his many injuries, he earned the Medal of Honor.