No one is sure who is really in charge. “There’s no investment. Tourism is dead. The political parties have no plan whatsoever. They may talk about ideology, but the bottom line is power,” said UVA political scientist Robert Fatton Jr., who was born and raised in Haiti.
(Commentary co-written by UVA sociology professor W. Bradford Wilcox) In trying to account for the falling fortunes of young men from disadvantaged backgrounds, the focus has tended to fall on factors such as poverty and racial and income segregation. These structural factors matter, but so too does an oft-neglected factor – missing fathers.
UVA is looking to ease a traffic headache at the intersection of Emmet Street and University Avenue. UVA architects have been trying to figure out a plan that anticipates potential development for that area, while also creating a framework for the future.
UVA’s Danielle Collins was named the ITA National Women’s Collegiate Player of the Year on Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of accolades for the U.Va. senior, who claimed the 2016 NCAA Women’s Singles Championship two weeks ago, marking her second NCAA singles title in the last three seasons. With the title, Collins earned a berth in the upcoming U.S. Open, which begins on Aug. 29.
Menopause messes with pH, too: When women stop producing estrogen, many experience vaginal dryness and thinning, which ends up killing off lactobacilli so pH starts to rise. In fact, postmenopausal women often have a pH in the range of 5 to 6, which is slightly higher than ideal, says Dr. JoAnn V. Pinkerton, executive director of the North American Menopause Society and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the UVA Health Center.
Some fear the parade could be unsafe. Doug Meyer, a sociologist and lecturer of women, gender and sexuality UVA, focuses on violence against LGBT people and the influence of race, class and gender on sexual orientation-based discrimination. Meyer said that while most LGBT people have to deal with homophobia, marginalized people in the community, such as people of color, transgender people and those with a lower income, are more likely to experience physical attacks.
“The ideal outcome would be for Western visitors to think the park was Chinese and the Chinese visitors to feel the park was Western,” says Elliott Weiss, a UVA business professor and author of a case study on the park.
This summer, anyone can enjoy a handful of Andy Warhol pieces of art for free in Charlottesville. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia is showing off a big gift it received from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
“Virginia is one of the jobs that has been circled on my wish list. As a young, aspiring coach, it’s one of those jobs, if you could get it, it would be a dream,” said Joanna “Jo” Hardin, named this week as UVA’s head softball coach.
On Tuesday, UVA Facilities Management hosted Girls Day, which gave 36 girls the opportunity to see behind the scenes at worksites and to talk with women about careers in a typically male-dominated field.
On Monday, 17 contestants for Miss District of Columbia 2016 began rehearsing for the annual pageant, scheduled for Sunday at Howard Theatre. Kayla Strong is a student at the University of Virginia. Her talent is vocal. Her pageant platform is “Human After All: Ending Violence Against Transgendered Women.”
"It's June, and I doubt this awful event will have any real impact come November. We move on quickly," Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics, said in an email. "Trump's backers will insist this proves him right about ISIS and the Muslim ban," Sabato added.
While "being out" is often characterized as an either/or situation, people have many reasons for not telling their parents they are LGBT, said Doug Meyer, a UVA sociology professor and author of “Violence against Queer People.” “A lot of people may be out to some people and not others," Meyer said. "For LGBT people, violence can sometimes come from family members, and homophobia."
"No system is foolproof," said David Martin, a UVA law professor who’s previously held posts at DHS and the State Department. "If we really wanted a foolproof system, we would shut down immigration entirely."
Most Democrats want to see Sanders treated with respect and dignity, said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. But Sabato also said the nomination battle is over and Sanders "has to cooperate.”
On a smaller scale, providers have been able to track the effectiveness of weaving remote patient care technology into their operations. The UVA Health System saw readmissions for Medicare patients with select conditions fall by 40 percent over two years with the use of Locus Health’s web-based technology.
William “Bill” Fulkerson will take the reins as chief operating officer of the University of Virginia Medical Center on Aug. 1. Fulkerson will take over for James Amato, who has served as interim COO since July.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Monday named four new members to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors and reappointed another. The new members include two major donors to a McAuliffe PAC, the wife of the former director of the Virginia Democratic Party and an ophthalmologist.
Mark T. Bowles of Goochland County, a partner with McGuireWoods, was reappointed to the U.Va. board. New members include Elizabeth M. Cranwell of Roanoke County, a public relations professional whose husband, C. Richard Cranwell, is a former state Democratic party chairman and a longtime member of the House of Delegates. Also appointed to the U.Va. board were Thomas A. DePasquale of Alexandria, a private investor; Babur Bari Lateef of Manassas, president of Advanced Ophthalmology; and James B. Murray Jr. of Keene, managing partner of Court Square Ventures and founder of the Presidential Precin...
Bridging such gaps in access and smoothing the transition from K-12 to college was the focus of last week’s “Our Students, Our Future,” a summit sponsored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia as part of a goal to make the state the best-educated in the nation by 2030. Parker spoke on a panel moderated by state Secretary of Education Anne Holton about the barriers first-generation students face and programs that help them understand their options, such as Upward Bound, GRASP and the University of Virginia’s Virginia College Advising Corps. Such programs ...