While these days many peer-support programs are at least loosely affiliated with a college counseling center, most programs emerged from the grassroots, driven by students seeking an alternative to traditional therapy and its doctor-patient power dynamic. They include Project Rise, started in 2006 by Black students at the University of Virginia who “were feeling pressed to try to help themselves,” according to Michael Gerard Mason, the University’s associate dean of African American affairs.
According to a list embedded within the report, UVA ranks seventh in the nation for average salaries for full professors at public doctoral universities.
A boutique hotel is coming to the UVA Darden School of Business. “It’s going to serve our academic purposes at Darden, but also be an asset for the University and for the entire community of Charlottesville,” Darden Dean Scott Beardsley said Wednesday.
A five-story hotel is coming to UVA’s Darden School of Business next spring. The school will own the hotel but it will be operated by Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. The Kimpton will have 199 rooms including 12 suites, a botanical garden, two restaurants, a bar and a pub. It will also have a 6,000-square-foot ballroom to host 425 people.
(Commentary) In 2022, William Faulkner’s critique of Virginians as “snobs” – it was an effective lampoon because there was a grain of truth to it – might apply to the overwrought controversy at the University over an appearance there next Tuesday by former Vice President Mike Pence.
Laura Kolbe is a writer as well as a doctor and medical ethicist. Her debut poetry collection, Little Pharma, won this year’s Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize and was published in the Pitt Poetry Series in October 2021. She studied English and American literature at Harvard and the University of Cambridge before receiving her M.D. from the University of Virginia.
Times have changed since Ranzetta went to college. (He paid 75% of his own college costs.) “There’s never been more exhaustive detail out there to say if I get a B.A. in commerce from the University of Virginia, this is the salary from that school in the short-term and long-term,” he said. “When you’re talking about tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, you have to think about the return on investing.”
A documentary produced by interns at UVA’s Center for Politics has been recognized by a film festival that features political films from around the world. The documentary, called “Common Grounds?,” was named the Best Short Film at the March 2022 Political Feedback Festival.
A documentary produced by interns at UVA’s Center for Politics that delves into political divisions in society won Best Short Film at the March 2022 Political Feedback Festival, a film festival showcasing political films from around the world.
There is an indispensable next phase of successful packaging design: prototyping. Anyone who is versed in ‘design thinking’ recognizes that prototyping is an essential step of an agile, iterative design process. “In prototyping, you give your concepts detail, form and nuance – you bring them to life,” says Jeanne Liedtka, professor of business administration at University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, in her book “Designing for Growth.”
Media studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan is quoted describing Elon Musk’s relationship with Twitter.
(Podcast) Among the guests: Barbara Perry, University of Virginia Miller Center director of presidential studies, on the historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The side effects from the booster shots appear to be similar to those from the original series in this age group as well as in adults, Dr. Steven Zeichner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UVA Health, said.
As long as the virus poses a threat, letting down our guard is unwise, says Vivian Riefberg, a business professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business. “It is absolutely idiotic to say all of a sudden, it’s no longer raining, so I think I won’t have a roof over my head.” … There are other ways of looking at the pandemic’s impact on the economy. For instance, the U.S. gross domestic product is $2 trillion to $3 trillion smaller than it might have been had the pandemic not occurred, estimates Anton Korinek, a UVA economist.
On April 2, Charleston’s Emma Navarro won a match for her UVA tennis team. Three days later, she knocked off the No. 56 professional player in the world at the Credit One Charleston Open on Daniel Island. If that seems like a lot for a college sophomore, it is.
Meanwhile another study has found that many of the people who are missing out on the company match in their 401(k) – in other words, missing out on free money – are not doing so because they can’t afford the savings, but because they are confused by all their benefit options. The researchers proved this to be true because many people missing out on their company match were also overpaying for health insurance by choosing a suboptimal plan. “One-third of employees overpay for health insurance each year by $1,700 and simultaneously make no voluntary retirement contributions,” conclude Adam Leive...
While ultrasound technology may be best known for imaging, in recent years it’s been making its mark as a therapeutic option. Since Natasha Sheybani, a UVA biomedical engineer, started working in the field as a graduate student, she’s seen focused ultrasound take off as a method to help treat everything from neurological disorders to cancer.
The University of Virginia will be hosting a job fair promoting its apprenticeship program next week. The UVA Facilities Management Apprenticeship Program job fair will promote careers in skilled trades, including the program offering paid on-the-job training and technical education in carpentry, masonry, HVAC, plumbing and electrical. People who are interested in applying for a job in the skilled trades can attend the fair to meet with current apprentices, graduates and members of the UVA Facilities Management crew.
It was only a matter of time before the free speech debate was reinvigorated at the University of Virginia. Three years after the Miller Center’s decision to hire Trump administration official Marc Short sparked protests and faculty resignations from the center, the latest round of debate has been ignited by the impending arrival on Grounds of former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on April 12.
As speculation swirls over his potential 2024 presidential run, former Vice President Mike Pence will speak about his policy agenda for Republicans at the University of Virginia next week during an event hosted by a conservative group. Pence’s speech will focus on educational freedom, free speech and his “Freedom Agenda” platform, according to his political advocacy organization.