(Commentary by Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) Some of the responses to the news that Donald Trump Jr. met with a slew of Russians seem a tad unhinged.
Earlier this year, rapper A.D. Carson completed a 34-song album he called “Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes & Revolutions.” If that sounds like an unusual title for a hip-hop record, keep in mind that the album also served as Carson's doctoral dissertation. His unconventional project made headlines around the world, and UVA’s music department took notice.
The UVA Health System has worked to address racial disparities for minority women at the hospital. As part of its effort, the school is hosting its first Summer Medical Leadership Program.
When Pat Hogan, UVA’s COO and executive vice president, unveiled the plan for a renovated Birdwood Golf Course to a select group of state and community golf enthusiasts a few weeks ago, he simply stated the mission. “We believe this will be the finest team golf facility in the country for college golf,” Hogan said.
“From everything I can see, this would be a huge step backward,” said Christopher Ruhm, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia. “It would increase the number of uninsured, particularly people with pre-existing conditions.”
Lately it seems everyone is concerned about the state of the news media, tossing buzzwords around with abandon, among them “mainstream media,” “free press,” and “fake news.” Enter Christopher Ali and his intensely academic yet energetically written Media Localism: The Policies of Place (University of Illinois Press, 2017), in which the author, an assistant professor in the media studies department at the University of Virginia, elucidates exactly what we mean when we say local media, and what we stand to lose if it disappears. He covers broadcasting in the United States, the United K...
As Virginia considers ways to cut carbon emissions, including the possibility of joining a regional cap-and-trade system, Dominion Energy has outlined its terms for supporting such a move. About 60 stakeholders and interested observers attended the workshop in Richmond organized by William Shobe, an economist at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Center for Public Policy.
A new University of Virginia Children’s Hospital study finds infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children. Dr. Mark DeBoer said they found this when they were actually studying if children born small for gestational age had a higher likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease, and whether they had greater weight gain between kindergarten and 2nd grade. He says what they found, instead, is children with birthrates of 10-pounds or more had an 87-percent more likelihood of being overweight by 2nd grade — and an 89-percent better chance of obesity.
A high birth weight may put infants at increased risk of becoming obese as children, says a study.By identifying at-risk infants early, doctors could work with parents to prevent weight gain and the health problems it eventually brings. “We are hopeful that these data may help physicians and families make healthy lifestyle decisions for their young children to avoid later weight problems,” said researcher Mark DeBoer of the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in the US.
Overdoses are the leading cause of unintentional death in the United States, noted committee chair, Richard J. Bonnie, Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in a briefing. "The numbers are extraordinary, and unfortunately, it's still getting worse," said Dr Bonnie. He said the response to the epidemic will require a coordinated and sustained effort — with an emphasis on continued attention.
One of only 50 state legislators chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 200 nominees, Jefferson County Delegate Jill Upson, R, was nominated and selected to participate in the 2017 Emerging Leaders Program sponsored by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. The program was held in Charlottesville, Virginia, from Monday to Thursday, and Upson said the program has challenged legislators to engage in deep thinking.
“The idea is to present the city as it is today and then we incorporate design proposals so people can see their three-dimensional form,” said Dr. Guoping Huang of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture.
“The numbers are extraordinary and unfortunately it’s still getting worse,” said Richard J. Bonnie, chairman of the panel and director of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.
This growing group of aging Virginians could account for more than half the state’s total population growth, according to recent forecasts from the University of Virginia.
UVA researchers say they want parents to know the risks that could come with having a big baby.
Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may want to counsel parents of high birthweight babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings.
A Virginia lawmaker is proposing legislation that would rename two post offices for fallen military members from his district. The Daily Progress reports U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett introduced bills that would name a Palmyra post office in honor of Navy Gunner’s Mate Dakota Kyle Rigsby and another that would name the University of Virginia post office after Army Capt. Humayun Khan.
Brandon Rogers always wanted to be a doctor and always loved to sing. So when he got to the University of Virginia on a scholarship, he majored in religious studies and prepared to apply to medical school.
We’re surprisingly bad at budgeting our spending ourselves, said Jennifer Doleac, a UVA professor studying the economics of crime, so good policies can help us budget.
At the Global Innovators' Roundtable led by Darden School of Business professor Edward D. Hess, executives from companies including Capital One, IBM and Siemens discussed digital transformation and how it impacted their companies.