The University of Virginia has a lot to celebrate: The UVA School of Medicine and UVA School of Nursing are the best Virginia has to offer, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The University of Virginia has earned national recognition for its School of Medicine and School of Nursing programs. Both schools earned top rankings in the U.S. News and World Report's 2022-23 Best Graduate Schools guide.
The White Sox added a new outfielder, acquiring Adam Haseley from the Phillies for pitching prospect McKinley Moore, the club announced Tuesday. Haseley was the No. 8 overall pick in the 2017 draft out of the University of Virginia.
Former NFL defensive end Chris Long will drive the pace car prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday. As a standout star for the Virginia Cavaliers from 2005-07, Long has a strong connection to the area.
It seems obvious that one of the most lacking skills in America today is the ability to communicate across different generations, ideologies, and life experiences. [UVA alumnus] Garret Sawyer is a born communicator. He loves helping people, not only through his local job with Wayforth, a rapidly growing national company that assists seniors in transitioning from their homes into senior communities, including assisted or independent living, but also through his work in the community.
[UVA alumna] Deanna Van Buren increasingly felt called to use her talents to create true change in the world around her. Now, she designs restorative justice spaces that promote healing instead of punishment.
University of Virginia Professor Emeritus Dr. Judith White held a talk at the Center at Belvedere to discuss the possibility of the next pandemic. She emphasized the importance of being prepared during the event Monday, and how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped the scientific community.
Women over 50 should see their OB-GYN annually, says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Midlife Health Center at UVA Health. And they should make sure to see one who is knowledgeable about perimenopause and the menopausal transition.
UVA law professor Naomi Cahn said, "There's a lot of nitty gritty that is involved, in terms of transferring title to anything that is jointly held, or anything that the deceased person held in their own name."
Assistant professor of Hip Hop at the University of Virginia, A.D. Carson, said the scenario was being used to confirm biases held by some people and to push a false narrative. "You see a lot of people making comments about what it means that a black man assaulted another black man, after a black man made jokes at the expense of the disability of a black woman," Dr Carson said. "In the way that the stories are being presented – it's violence among black people at the Oscars, which were just accused of being so white very recently, and now that they have diversified, it's like airing black folk...
Around noon on Fridays, as a yoga class heats up at a recreation center in Boulder, Colorado, electricity flows in from a Nissan Leaf plugged in behind the facility, cutting the city’s utility bill by about $270 a month, or roughly what it costs to lease the car, Boulder official Matthew Lehrman says. The results of this experiment are making a potent point about the nation’s clean energy future, demonstrating vehicle-to-building power supply for controlling electricity costs and extending the reach of wind and solar power, according to UVA Engineering professor David Slutzky, founder and chie...
Bethany Teachman, a professor of psychology and director of clinical training at the University of Virginia, says the feelings arising from social media overuse or doomscrolling are normal. They also cultivate existing feelings which may have gone unaddressed. “We know that people who are anxious hold beliefs that the world is a dangerous, unpredictable place and believe they are vulnerable, so it makes sense that those beliefs would lead people to feel they need to constantly remain vigilant and monitor for signs of danger,” Teachman says. “If you find that your anxiety and sadness are stayin...
(By Gary W. Gallagher, John L. Nau III Professor of History Emeritus) Several European journalists and military officers wrote about their experiences with the Army of Northern Virginia. Almost all of them, it is important to acknowledge, adopted a very favorable stance toward Robert E. Lee and his soldiers.
(By Dr. Patrick Jackson, assistant professor of infectious diseases) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody drug Evusheld on Dec. 8, 2021. Infectious disease physician Patrick Jackson of the University of Virginia explains how it works, who’s eligible and why some patients are having difficulties accessing it.
(By Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley, associate professor of pediatrics) For some parents of young children, the wait for COVID-19 vaccines has been long and agonizing.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine is researching a natural way to battle blood loss. Dr. Stephen Abbott is leading a study that looks at how the brain controls blood pressure during a medical emergency. His research suggests a cluster of cells in the brain stem control that response.
(Blog) The retirement system provides the most help to those who need it the least. That was the conclusion from a January 2022 research paper titled “The Great American Retirement Fraud,” written by Michael Doran from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Over the next decade, the University of Virginia has pledged to support the development of 1,000 to 1,500 units of affordable housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. But UVA could do more to address the city’s housing crisis now, claimed Rich Gregory of The Alliance for Interfaith Ministries during the town hall. He suggested the school use empty dorm rooms to provide emergency housing.
A recent graduate at the University of Virginia whose parents call Northampton County home was the big winner at the Bush’s Baked Beans ‘Can Film Festival’ for a commercial he and a fellow student created for their annual contest.
Authorities say state police helped rush an anti-venom treatment to a Virginia hospital after a man was bitten Saturday by his pet African pit viper, one of the deadliest snakes in the world. “There’s a concern with the public owning these, especially venomous species, for this very reason,” said Dr. Christopher Holstege, director of UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, which wasn’t involved in this case.