“I think (Brennaman and Milbury) deserve to lose their jobs, and go back to school and get new friends. I don’t think they should be forgiven,” said Andrea Press, a University of Virginia media studies and sociology professor, who has authored a handful of books on feminism. “I can’t say I’m surprised about stereotypes of women uttered in the context of major league sports, but we should have moved way beyond those as well.”
“There’s less ticket-splitting than there used to be, and there are fewer instances of one party winning a district for the House that still votes for the other party” in the presidential election, said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball of UVA’s Center for Politics.
The University of Virginia’s Racial Equity Task Force today released its report outlining 12 key initiatives to improve racial equity at the University. The authors stated that “our report is a call to action for the University of Virginia to commit seriously to racial equity and implement a dozen concrete initiatives that are important to the University’s future. We believe strongly that this work requires significant investment in financial resources, leadership, and accountability, without which meaningful change will not occur.”
The main campus of University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 16,175 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates, excluding those who are only taking distance classes, make up 34.0% of the population. Undergrads who aren’t taking any distance classes as a share of the population: 31.9%
Things are looking a little more normal at the University of Virginia as students return to Grounds this weekend. Move-in began Sept. 4 and will be continuing in designated time slots throughout Labor Day weekend. As parents move their children in, many on Grounds for the first time, they say they’re excited for the new academic year, even if it won’t be what they expected.
The University of Virginia announced several expanded COVID-19 testing methods to monitor and prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the UVA and Charlottesville communities.
UVA students are getting involved in the upcoming elections in November, and they’re making waves on social media to do it. Grammy-nominated singer Maggie Rogers, actor Jack Black and UVA Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato are just three of the people who’ve shared videos from the Decency Project. It’s the work of a few UVA students trying to get their peers involved in politics.
(Commentary co-written by Aynne Kokas, media studies professor) Hollywood faces a fresh test in its bid to gain audiences in China without alienating film viewers elsewhere with the release on Friday of Disney’s much-hyped live-action remake of “Mulan.”
A.E. Dick Howard, a UVA professor of international law, says this statute must be read in light of the state constitution, which states the commonwealth’s executive power is vested in the governor, meaning it’s unlikely that the health commissioner would have the final word.
In-person classes at UVA begin Tuesday, more than six months after officials suspended classes and sent students home in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t think there are any obviously right ways to go about this,” UVA President Jim Ryan said. “I totally respect what the K-12 schools are doing, but we’ve chosen a different path, and part of the reason we did, honestly, is we knew that students would be back.”
(Commentary) “I think we underestimate Facebook’s power constantly,” Siva Vaidhyanathan, a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, said. “It’s really hard for human beings to picture in their head the actual size and influence of the platform. Something like one out of three people use the thing – it’s like nothing we’ve encountered in human history.”
(Audio) The chair of UVA Orthopedics joined the show to talk about how sports are returning during this pandemic.
Siva Vaidhyanathan, a Facebook expert at the University of Virginia, said the company again proved itself incapable of effectively snuffing out dangerous misinformation last week when it failed to remove postings by right-wing militia organizers urging supporters with rifles to converge on Kenosha, Wisconsin. “Facebook’s biggest problem has always been enforcement,” he said. “Even when it creates reasonable policies that seem well-meaning, it gets defeated by its own scale. So I am not optimistic that this will be terribly effective.”
With this new award, Vibrent Health has partnered with several academic and industry organizations that will contribute machine learning, technology innovation, research expertise and emerging cybersecurity approaches to the implementation of the digital health technology platform for All of Us. Partners include the University of Virginia,.
The University of Virginia is welcoming students back to campus, but as Sandy Hausman reports, administrators are warning of dire consequences if those students don’t follow public health guidelines.
The University of Virginia has cracked down on health policy violations with the help of an online portal that allows people to report social behaviors that could promote the spread of COVID-19.
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library is now offering better access to materials from the University of Virginia. This will make the University's collections available to the community through JMRL while the UVA Libraries remain closed to the public.
In-person classes are set to begin at the University of Virginia next week. Ahead of that, all students were asked to take a test to see if they had COVID-19. On Grounds, there have been 174 cases since Aug. 17, which is up 19 from Wednesday.
At the Charlottesville School Board’s final meeting before the 2020-21 school year begins, policies were finalized and committees were formed to keep students safe and prepared for the future of learning. The board also discussed how it will determine plans for the second quarter of the school year. A committee of parents, students, teachers, two board members, and representatives from the schools and the University of Virginia gets that responsibility.
The project is called “On These Grounds” and its first phase is being supported by a two-year, $550,000 grant the Mellon Foundation gave to three schools. Teams from the University of Virginia, Georgetown University and Michigan State University will be working together to develop an online model to help expand researchers’ understanding of the lives and experiences of the enslaved.