(Commentary) The letter reflects a concern that “legitimate scientific criticism can be squelched by behaviors that go beyond scholarly debate,” says University of Virginia social scientist Brian Nosek, one of its authors. Threats like these are a “substantial threat to science as a social system,” adds Nosek, who has led a push for greater replicability in science.
Florida is emerging as a national battleground in the fight over congressional redistricting. Republicans and Democrats are organizing and raising money, hoping to influence the drawing of new district lines in the state. “The bottom line is most of us expect Republicans are going to not only draw a seat that’s favorable for a Republican candidate, but also modify other districts that are helpful to Republicans,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s Center on Politics.
(Video interview) The U.S. has vaccinated 40% of its population against the coronavirus. As Meg Oliver reports, the major strides in the nation's recovery come just in time for a holiday weekend. Dr. Taison Bell, a critical care and infectious disease physician and the medical ICU director at the University of Virginia, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest.
Annie Kim is a poet, lawyer and violinist. Her books are “Eros, Unbroken” (2020), winner of the 2019 Washington Prize and recently named as a finalist for the 2020 Foreword INDIES Poetry Book of the Year, and “Into the Cyclorama,” winner of the Michael Waters Poetry Prize (Southern Indiana Review Press, 2016). Kim works at the University of Virginia School of Law as the assistant dean for public service.
In 2010 Clay Mathematics Institute announced that Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician then at the St. Petersburg Department of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, had proved the conjecture and, along the way, had also solved the late mathematician William Thurston’s related geometrization conjecture. “The proof required new tools, which are themselves giving far-reaching applications in mathematics and physics,” says Ken Ono, a mathematician at the University of Virginia.
(Video) Wall Street's banking chiefs faced tough questions this week on how they are addressing diversity within their ranks and advocating for social justice. University of Virginia Professor of Business Administration Martin N. Davidson assesses progress made so far. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts in "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
Kyle Kondik, director of communications at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said Republican politicians in Congress opposed a commission for political reasons. “I would think that getting to the bottom of what happened that day is important to the future of the United States,” he said, “but most Republicans don’t seem to share that view. Likely because they feel it could hurt them from a political standpoint — their politicians fanned the flames, and their voters led the attack.”
Admissions officers call it “the Fauci effect.” Inspired by Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and the highly visible point person for the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response, prospective students have been flooding medical schools with applications. Dr. John J. Densmore, associate dean for admissions and student affairs at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, notes that “medical schools have always interviewed people in person. The switch to virtual made it much less expensive for applicants.” U.Va.’s School of Medicine saw a 35% ...
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(Written by John Rodden, retired professor) Seventy-five years ago this spring, George Orwell (1903-50) published the most famous political essay ever written — and also the widely anthologized essay of the twentieth century: “Politics and the English Language.” Millions of American students have encountered it in college freshman composition courses.
(Commentary) "These mRNA vaccines have been in the works for decades. It is really safe. We're only seeing severe allergic reactions in one in every 200,000 persons," said Dr. Ebony Hilton, practicing physician at the University of Virginia-Charlottesville, in our "Tuned In to NoCo" interview. "It is a really safe intervention and it's one that could keep you and your family alive."
Researchers have found that the last step of cell division is very important to the development of the human brain. According to a release, the researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine say this is crucial for the brain to reach its proper size and function.
UVA researchers found new gene information that may help identify a contributor to microcephaly, a birth defect that impacts the size of the brain.
Reductions in COVID-19 cases and increased vaccination rates have led University of Virginia Medical Center officials to ease restrictions on the number of visitors allowed to see patients, officials announced Friday.
Theraclion, an innovative company specialized in echotherapy treatment (using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound or HIFU), announces a phase-2 collaboration with the University of Virginia Cancer Center. This extends the investigation of combining HIFU with immunotherapy from late-stage to that of early-stage breast cancer.
Exercise is essential because it plays a vital role in building and maintaining strong muscles and bones. It also improves your mood and decreases feelings of depression, anxiety and stress. A 2020 research by the University of Virginia Health System in the United States indicates that regular exercise may reduce the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome, a significant cause of death in patients with the Covid-19 virus.
Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is in the important process of returning pieces of art owned by Indigenous Australians.
COVID-19 protocols are changing at the University of Virginia. According to a message sent to the UVA community on Thursday, this is to reflect changes recently announced by Governor Ralph Northam.
However, Bryan Lewis with the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute, has been modeling possible worst case scenarios for the Northam Administration since the beginning of the pandemic. Lewis said a surge is possible this summer, though the likelihood of that occurring is “low” based on current trends.
Bryan Lewis with the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute, has been modeling possible worst case scenarios for the Northam Administration since the beginning of the pandemic. Lewis said a surge is possible this summer, though the likelihood of that occurring is “low” based on current trends.