For years, scientists suspected that E. histolytica caused disease by poisoning and killing human cells before gobbling up the cellular corpses. But details of the lethal mechanism had been unclear. To learn more, a team led by Drs. Katherine S. Ralston and William A. Petri, Jr., of the University of Virginia used advanced microscopy to watch as live parasites and host cells interacted with each other. Results appeared in Nature on April 24, 2014.
Book review of "Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer" by Charles Marsh, professor of religious studies.This excellent new biography by Marsh does a service toward the Christian martyr’s entire life—from the blossoming of his religious fervor as a child (his family had no particular piety), to the fostering of his theological brilliance and growth as an international figure, to the subversive activities that would lead to his imprisonment in a concentration camp and eventual drumhead trial.
Larry Sabato is making an appearance in Central Pennsylvania Tuesday and will join us on Tuesday morning's Smart Talk.
Lawrence Kochard, CEO and CIO of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company (UVIMCO), discusses his management of U.Va.’s $6.4 billion endowment. In the fiscal year 2013, the endowment returned 13.4%. The fund boasted an annualized return of 11.8% for the 20-year period ending June 30, 2013.
Charlie Cook’s Political Report has switched its rating on his district from “Lean Republican” to “Lean Democratic,” for example. University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball newsletter has done the same thing.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center of Politics at the University of Virginia, said McAllister's problems remind him of Abscam in the 1970s when the FBI videotaped members of Congress accepting bags full of money from agents pretending to be Arab sheiks.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe stopped by U.Va. Monday to honor Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics, who is retiring his popular Introduction to American Politics class after 35 years.
The public-service action tank would be off to a strong start if it builds on the success of similar organizations. Architects of the action tank can learn from Harvard's Institute of Politics, The Sorensen Institute at the University of Virginia and the Institute for Public Affairs at West Virginia University.
Swaps shouldn’t count because they don’t confer voting power to the investor, said Andrew N. Vollmer, a law professor at the University of Virginia and former WilmerHale partner who worked on Pershing Square’s and Jana Partners’ communication to the SEC in 2011. If the SEC embarks on a rule change, it should consider the benefits of activist hedge funds, including claims that their involvement spurs higher stock prices and better management, according to Vollmer, who was the SEC’s deputy general counsel until 2009.
Former Gov. Gerald L. Baliles of Virginia, now director and CEO of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, spoke with Model General Assembly students during a banquet in Tazewell, Va.
The University of Virginia portion of the Historic Garden Week tour includes Pavilion Gardens, West Lawn Pavilion Homes, Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library and Morea Garden and Arboretum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Carr’s Hill from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Locally, the University of Virginia has also been testing drones to offer a supplement to weather balloons for atmospheric sounding measurements at low levels of the atmosphere, as discussed on the Smartdrones website and in the video below.
Dr. Janie Heath, associate dean and professor of nursing at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, and an expert on the effects of tobacco on smokers, offers this insight into the problem: "When we look at 95 percent of individuals that smoke cigarettes, they all started that initiation before age 21. So, there's the likelihood of these younger ones starting on electronic cigarettes, and wanting to have more and more of a hit."
By Robert F. Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business, adapted from his blog.Following a meeting at the White House attended by 13 deans of leading business schools, Bruner wonders: What are the opportunities and challenges around advancing women into positions of leadership in business? What should business schools do about them?
No. 8 University of Virginia Law School reported that 16.2% of its 2013 grads are working at school-funded fellowships. Schools say that the post-graduate programs they fund help ease graduates into a brutal legal job market and support lawyers interested in public interest law, which is much less lucrative than the private sector. "Law school is more expensive, and so it is becoming more of a financial sacrifice to go into public service," Paul Mahoney, dean of UVA Law, told Fortune.
As your pregnancy hormones ramp up, so does your bra size. "You can expect to gain about two pounds in your breasts due to increased fluid, tissue swelling, and early milk production," says James E. Ferguson II, M.D., professor and department chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.