People of all different faiths in Albemarle County are coming together to condemn the terrorist attacks in Istanbul. The American Turkish Friendship Association hosted a fast-breaking Ramadan dinner Thursday night, condemning this latest act of terrorism. “I am deeply frustrated with the fact that these groups commit terror while dressing up these acts as religion. I think we should categorically condemn these ideologies,” said Osman Ozbulut, a UVA assistant professor.
Brandon L. Garrett, a professor at UVA School of Law, thinks that the majority got the statutory interpretation right, but that Sotomayor had laudable motivations. “It is certainly evidence of broad liberal and conservative agreement that criminal punishments and collateral consequences reach too far,” emails Garrett.
For stroke patients on the way to the hospital, the difference between life and death can come down to seconds. Thanks to a new technology at the UVA Health System, physicians can now treat patients in ambulances through video conferencing.
A telemedicine pilot program to help expand health care access to rural areas will be created by UVA and the Virginia Telehealth Network.
Students from across the country are in Charlottesville for a week to learn about the history of slavery and its after-effects. The program was designed by members of UVA’s President's Commission on Slavery.
In Virginia, a $153,082 grant to UVA will fund a system to provide access to care to 11 rural community care centers, including two mobile health units that will serve six counties.
Robert Emery, a psychologist, author, and director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at UVA, has for years advised divorced and unmarried parents to settle custody conflicts through mediation and to avoid litigation. Once you give judges power to craft a child’s schedule, he argues, they’re going to wield it.
“Today, roughly half of all Americans live in the 144 largest counties, while the other half occupies the remaining 2,998 counties,” Larry Sabato, a UVA political scientist, wrote on his blog in January. Obama won, Sabato noted, “even though he carried only 22 percent of all counties,” including 46 of the 50 most populous counties.
(Commentary) UVA sociologist James Davison Hunter pointed out that most Americans were unsure about exactly how character was essential to leadership, but there was little question that character is essential to leadership. “Character matters,” Hunter explained, “because without it trust, justice, freedom, community, and stability are probably impossible.”
Corporate America was already shifting jobs to lower-wage countries before NAFTA, UVA economics professor John McLaren said. China's shift to a more market-driven economy drew U.S. companies looking for cheap labor to manufacture their goods, from sweatshirts to iPhones. "These are trends that would have gone on," McLaren said.
Two-time All-American and reigning ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon is getting used to life in the NBA.
Katie Ledecky may well be the rock star of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, but a UVA swimmer certainly provided some ripples in the pool herself on Monday night. Leah Smith, a 21-year-old rising senior, chased Ledecky the entire way during the 800-meter final – gaining ground instead of fading at the end – in a manner no one in the world has done since perhaps the 2013 World Championships.
Leah Smith made a loud statement in the process of qualifying Monday night for the Olympic Games in Brazil, putting her on the brink of continuing a tradition of UVA athletes reaching the world's biggest stage for swimming.
Law professor Charles Barzun discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down a Texas law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and forced clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery.
Dr. James Nataro, physician-in-chief at UVA Children’s Hospital, discusses the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospital” guide.
Jennifer Doleac, assistant professor of public policy and economics, talks about her latest research on the “Ban the Box” and how its real-world application works against the intended purpose for job applicants with convictions on their record.
UVA law professor Brandon L. Garrett explains the U.S Supreme Court’s unanimous overturning of the corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Scientists have long known that certain motor milestones, such as crawling or walking, can help parents and clinicians track early childhood development. Now, it turns out that those milestones might be tied to a child's future development, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. "By and large, the study is only exploratory and descriptive," said Robert Pianta, dean of UVA’s Curry School of Education, who was not involved in the study. "No one – parents or pediatricians – should take these results as a sign that certain gross motor ...
People in Staunton who require dialysis no longer have as long of a trip to get their necessary treatments. The UVA Health System has opened its newest dialysis center on Route 11 in Staunton.
Dr. Michael D. Williams, a surgeon at the UVA Medical Center and an associate professor of surgery, will head the UVA Center for Health Policy. He will oversee a joint effort of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the School of Medicine and the public health sciences department to provide nonpartisan research and analysis to policymakers.