Jack W. Chen, professor of Chinese literature at the University of Virginia, delivered a webinar Monday to discuss ghost poetry in the classical Chinese tradition. Chen’s webinar was one of the many lectures held and funded by the UT Humanities Center within their Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture Series.
A new consensus statement from the American Head and Neck Society Endocrine Surgery Section and International Thyroid Oncology Group focuses on a definition of advanced thyroid cancer and outlines strategies for mutation testing and targeted treatment. "This may be the first time that an expert group of physicians has attempted to define what advanced thyroid cancer is," said Dr. David Shonka, who is a coauthor of the consensus statement, which was published online in Head & Neck. He is an associate professor of otolaryngology/head and neck surgery at the University of Virginia.
The 10th anniversary celebration of the American Civil War Museum in Appomattox allowed guests to take a deep dive into history. On Sunday, historians and UVA professors Caroline Janney and Elizabeth Varon discussed “Appomattox and its Legacies” as the theme of the panel headlining the event. The day concluded a weekend of commemoration for the events from the final days of the Civil War, which took place in Appomattox.
“In the U.S., ever since the 1960s, public officials, and then public-figure plaintiffs, have been required to show, first of all, that what was said about them was false,” said Frederick Schauer, professor of law at the University of Virginia, referring to the standards established in the landmark New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts cases. “Second, that the person who said it knew it was false at the time of saying it. And third, that they have to show all of this with, as the Supreme Court put it, ‘convincing clarity,’ which is a more stringent standard of proof...
This is a generation that grew up with online video as a given part of their daily lives. These consumers are more diverse than their predecessors, in terms of race, gender identity and sexual orientation. These viewers demand material that reflects their values, and they’re good at spotting fakes and calling them out. “You’re seeing these forces at play where people just want realness,” said Anthony Palomba, an expert in audience behavior at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. “It is a very well informed, very engaged, very plugged-in generation, and a very hard one to sat...
Recently, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine gathered an interdisciplinary committee of scientists to assess the feasibility of altering the oceans to enhance carbon export. “There’s increasing interest from businesses [and] entrepreneurs in carbon dioxide removal,” Scott Doney, an oceanographer from the University of Virginia and chair of the committee, said during a seminar describing the committee’s recent report. The committee’s work could help turn this interest into action, but altering the way the oceans work is also worrisome. While enhancing carbon export co...
“I would probably be horrified if guests at my Seder pulled out their cellphones to access information from a Haggadah with QR codes, not because it was ‘against Jewish law’ but because I would feel it makes them less fully present as human beings,” said Vanessa Ochs, a rabbi and a professor in the religious studies department of the University of Virginia, who does a family Seder every year. “Especially after spending two years of having my iPad open at the Seder table so I can communicate with family,” she said, “I want this year to be a much more pristine experience.”
The bonds in question were issued under English law, which allows a borrower to defend itself by saying that an external force made it impossible to honour obligations, so the court may postpone the payment, said Mitu Gulati, professor of law at the University of Virginia. "So I think Russia is going to argue this but ... this is a war ... caused by Russia," said Gulati, also an expert on debt restructuring, adding: "This is not a completely implausible legal argument."
The legal ambiguity surrounding the bonds means the Kremlin could potentially launch legal proceedings at home, according to Mitu Gulati, a law professor at the University of Virginia, who described Russia’s argument that it has been thwarted from making payments by U.S. authorities as “not crazy.” “To the extent they litigate they will say ‘look, we want to pay, we just can’t, somebody is stopping us’,” Gulati said. “But here’s the rub: usually it’s supposed to be some kind of exogenous event to both parties [that is preventing payment] whereas investors would argue that’s not true. You have ...
In honor of Donate Life Month and the life-saving work of the University of Virginia Transplant Center, UVA Health has installed a pinwheel and butterfly garden outside the medical center. The more than 1,100 pinwheels are meant to spread awareness and celebrate the lives touched by organ donation and transplantation.
(With video) Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine conducted a study on mice by feeding them a probiotic bacteria found in live-culture yogurts called Lactobacillus. The team found that the rodents’ depression-like symptoms were largely reversed by consuming the yogurt.
(Podcast) Federal contractors like companies throughout the economy must live under the regulatory regimes established by federal agencies. But what about the use of contractors in the act of rulemaking itself? An activity you might have thought was inherently governmental. Not so fast. A study done for the Administrative Conference of the United States shows how much agencies do use contractors for this purpose. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got more from study co-author and University of Virginia professor, Dr. Rachel Augustine Potter.
T.S. Eliot’s slim book about moral and immoral fiction may surprise anyone who first comes upon a copy. After Strange Gods: A Primer of Modern Heresy consists of three lectures delivered at the University of Virginia in 1933. These present an uncompromising denunciation of liberalism— both the liberalism of the nineteenth century and that of the twentieth (the two differing little, in Eliot’s judgment); both liberalism in the Church and liberalism in the secular commonwealth. Fifteen hundred copies of the first edition were printed in New York; no later edition has been published in this count...
A new anti-hazing bill could soon be part of Virginia's state code, but at the University of Virginia, hazing prevention education has been underway for years thanks to the Gordie Center.
An upcoming speech by former vice president Mike Pence at the University of Virginia has reignited a debate over free speech on the Charlottesville campus.
As Chris Long was leading the NASCAR Cup Series field around Richmond Raceway last Sunday just before the green flag waived, pole winner Ryan Blaney wanted to let Long know he was just behind him. Long, a two-time Super Bowl winner and 11-year NFL veteran, who was the honorary pace car driver for the Toyota 400, got to experience firsthand the old saying, “rubbin’s racing.”
Edward Jones Investments Managing Partner Penny Pennington [a UVA alumna] turns to an array of colleagues and peers for guidance on how to lead.
Ralph Sampson, a UVA alumnus and NBA legend, is celebrating the grand opening of his new restaurant in Charlottesville. Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony featured UVA football coach Tony Elliot, the UVA men’s basketball team and more. Sampson hopes the restaurant will serve as a way to connect Charlottesville and UVA athletics.
On Sunday, Welcoming Greater Charlottesville partnered with the Islamic Society of Central Virginia to provide a community Iftar on the Downtown Mall. An Iftar is the meal that Muslims eat to break their fast every evening during Ramadan. The event was organized to demonstrate support for the community’s Muslims as well as educate the public on the holy month of Ramadan. UVA student Shahira Ali, one of the 35 Muslims invited to the event, says having the Iftar on the mall where everyone can see and partake is an important step to bring the entire Charlottesville community together.
The International and European Tax Moot Court competition attracts dozens of law student teams from schools around the world who sharpen their oral and written argument skills on tax issues with global implications. This year’s results: Winner: WU Vienna. Second Place: University of Virginia