In the case of Bailey, the Lanahans were given a monetary settlement, which was substantially impacted, Fierberg said, by a Colorado law capping noneconomic damages. The Lanahans directed the entire settlement to the Gordie Foundation, which has now joined with the University of Virginia to create the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The Gordie Center aims to reduce hazardous drinking and hazing through education.
A new group on UVA’s Grounds called the MAN Club, or Men Advancing Nursing, is changing perceptions and helping to bridge the gender gap in the nursing profession with a unique fundraiser.
The income tax was modest initially, but World War I moved it to the center of federal financing as Congress reduced tariff rates and international trade declined. The income tax was expanded to the masses during World War II, and the government sold it, in part, by giving taxpayers a “very clear sense of what they were funding,” said UVA history professor Brian Balogh.
As part of its effort to recruit and retain competitive faculty, UVA has created a $75 million, multi-year plan to support about 70 endowed professorships.
UVA alum Chris Long, in his 10th season in the NFL, is currently a playmaker on the high-flying Philadelphia Eagles. But with a simple, empathetic gesture of putting his hand on the shoulder of teammate Malcolm Jenkins during the national anthem earlier this season, he took a step into a spotlight that he had always avoided.
Blockchain technology is a relatively new concept. Conceptualized in 2008 by an anonymous person or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto, the technology was implemented in early 2009 with the inaugural mining of the first 50 bitcoins. The concept itself is rather complex, but Robert Parham, a professor at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce, summarizes cryptocurrency as an “immutable” form of currency that remembers each of its former transactions via the blockchain, which serves as a public ledger of sorts.
UVA historian Brian Balogh cohosts “Backstory,” the popular weekly history podcast. He agrees that the history profession is evolving to accommodate concerns about misinformation, though he also cautions that those who choose to sit out this battle are not somehow derelict of duty. “Not all of us are good at this kind of thing, just like not all of us are good at organizing archival collections, and not all of us are good at historiography,” he says. “Collectively, we need to try to distribute our strengths to ensure that we have all the bases covered.”
Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal legislation that keeps the internet equally accessible to all. A UVA law professor says the rollback of the rules, generally referred to as net neutrality, might have major impacts on the way people access the internet. Paul Mahoney said this means that ISPs could soon be able to force customers to pay extra to visit certain websites or access certain streaming services.
Four electric cars used by Danville under an energy project have now become a permanent part of the city’s fleet. Fermata Energy hopes to donate the four electric vehicles – 2015 or 2016 Nissan Leafs – and chargers to Danville as part of a requirement under a two-year research-and-development grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission. Fermata, founded by UVA engineering professor David Slutzky, received a $2 million Tobacco Commission grant in May 2014 to operate within the tobacco region’s footprint.
Researchers have known for some time that female athletes experience higher rates of concussion than their male counterparts, and also often suffer harsher symptoms and take longer to recover. But why women seem more vulnerable to such injuries has long remained a puzzle. “The findings are intriguing,” says UVA neuropsychologist Donna Broshek, who was not involved in the study. “Many theories have been put forth, including that – because of differences in cultural socialization – women are more likely to endorse symptoms.”
"The clear signal from the Trump administration that they were going to pull back on environmental policy throws it back at the states and says, 'OK, it's your game,'" said William Shobe, a UVA professor of public policy. "A number of states are responding, saying, 'OK, we're up to that and we're going to go ahead and implement policy.'"
As the Supreme Court digs into a momentous term, the justices have signaled an unusual interest in the First Amendment by agreeing to hear seven different cases exploring the contours of free speech. One reason for the sheer number of cases may have less to do with the individual issues and more to do with the interests and jurisprudence of Justice Kennedy, who plays a critical role on the court and often casts the deciding vote or crafts the final language of a key opinion, said Frederick Schauer, an expert at the UVA School of Law.
A study at the UVA School of Medicine looked into why the use of a particular treatment that is "best" for treating cervical cancer has been declining. The treatment is called brachytherapy, and it's a form of radiation therapy that delivers large doses of treatment in a targeted manner to combat the tumor.
In a UVA study, 30 adults with early cold symptoms were asked to list 10 objects they had touched in the last 18 hours. Researchers then tested these objects for evidence of the cold virus. Which ones came back positive? You guessed it. Every single salt and pepper shaker (as well as 41 percent of all surfaces tested overall).
An artificial pancreas that uses technology to reduce blood-sugar variation in people with diabetes is one of the inventions awarded grant money from the Virginia Research Investment Fund. The University of Virginia has been awarded nearly $256,000 for the artificial pancreas. It uses smartphones, insulin pumps and the online cloud to reduce variation in blood sugar.’
Perhaps, you know what Reddit is. Founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian at the University of Virginia, it’s a major news, entertainment and social networking website. Its community members can submit and share content. It serves as an online bulletin board system. What makes it so special is that users can vote on the content. They actually influence on what appears at the top of the site. It’s known as the “upvote” system.
UVA law professor Douglas Laycock, one of the nation’s leading authorities on religious liberty, said governments have generally been on safe ground when mixing religiously themed holiday symbols and secular holiday symbols, noting a compromise legal scholars derisively refer to as “the three-reindeer rule.”
UVA professor of practice Wyatt Andrews has covered almost every major news event in the last few decades. As an award-winning correspondent for CBS News, Andrews covered the Supreme Court, the White House, the State Department, Russia and Asia. He joined CBS19 News anchor Ric Young for a question-and-answer segment about four big stories of 2017.
The Peace Corps says Virginia and Charlottesville have climbed on its lists of top volunteer-producing states and metropolitan areas.
UVA’s College at Wise received $75,000 from American Electric Power on Monday to fund the school’s Girls’ Day in STEM-H program for the next three years. The Girls’ Day in STEM-H program gives sixth-grade girls the opportunity to attend science, technology, engineering and mathematics workshops. The sessions are designed show young girls that STEM-H careers are exciting and attainable.