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.
(Book review by Michael L. Krieger, Ph.D. student in sociology) Ask around and many will tell you, there is something amiss about our contemporary dating and sexual culture, even if they can’t quite articulate what it is. Though we’re more sexually liberated, less constrained by biology or taboo than ever before – free to pursue our desires no matter how devious or unnatural they might have once appeared – very few of us seem to be getting what we want. But that’s because, according to Christine Emba, we don’t actually want what we think we want when it comes to sex.
We met up with Linda Greenhouse in Charlottesville, where she’s been spending time while teaching a course at UVA. (She’s also a professor at Yale Law School.) It was just a day before President Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer, and, over poke bowls, we spoke about the court’s current momentous term.
(Co-written by David Leblang, Ambassador Henry Taylor Professor of Politics; director of the Batten School’s Global Policy Center; and faculty fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs) Annual apprehensions of people from Guatemala arriving in family units at the U.S. southern border grew exponentially between 2012 and 2019 – from just 340 to a whopping 185,134. This increase happened before the pandemic, before the 2020 hurricanes that devastated parts of Central America, and before President Biden was elected. The underlying conditions driving migration predate these events and still exi...
(By Kimberly Whitler, professor of business administration) As a professor, a common question I get from students is: “What will an internship project look like and how can I best prepare?” To answer this question, I partnered with Nicole Croft, a second-year MBA student at UVA’s Darden School of Business, to understand: 1) the types of projects assigned to marketing-interested MBA students, and 2) the approaches interns used to tackle their assignments. Below is insight that Croft gained through her research.
Breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer are relatively common – yet within each of those are thousands of subtypes. Christoper Moskaluk, professor and chair of the UVA School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology, underscored the importance of collecting, processing, biobanking, and organizing tumor specimens from patients to help advance cancer research.
UVA environmental science professor Deborah Lawrence and her colleagues took data on trees from hundreds of studies, then used computer modeling to conclude that up to a third of the good forests do in slowing climate change comes – not from absorbing CO2 – but from doing other things.
Two fellows at UVA’s Miller Center and others will talk about free speech at institutions of higher education this week. This is one of several events that are planned at the Miller Center, including one that will be exploring social media and how it hurts or helps democracy.