“The NBA was one of the first American media companies that was able to start broadcasting on Chinese television,” says Aynne Kokas, a UVA professor who studies media in China. Broadcasting live at the time, she says, was unprecedented.
The Board of Visitors will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the UVA Medical Center emergency room on June 8 at 3 p.m., part of a three-day session for the board that oversees the University.
UVA scientists say they have identified several compounds that show promise in helping cells survive the effects of ionizing radiation, though more research is needed to see if they could actually work in humans.
The next president faces the daunting challenge of uniting a political system and a public mired in gridlock and stark ideological division. His or her term could deepen that divide or foster healing. Success won’t come easily.
The Southeastern Conference and ACC will feel right at home on the road to Omaha. Defending national champion Virginia was among six ACC schools chosen Sunday night as regional hosts for the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Miami and North Carolina State are the others.
Second-ranked Danielle Collins of UVA concluded her collegiate career with her second NCAA championship in women’s singles, besting top-ranked Hayley Carter of North Carolina in straight sets Monday at the Case Tennis Center on the University of Tulsa campus.
“McAuliffe is worried, not only about himself, but any potential impact on the presidential campaign because he has something personal tied in here,” said Geoffrey Skelley, an associate editor at the UVA Center for Politics’ newsletter. “He could be mentioned as a possible member of the cabinet if she wins.”
Haitians were last night preparing for trouble as an electoral verification commission was due to deliver the results of its month-long review of last year’s contested presidential and legislative elections. Robert Fatton, a Haitian-born politics professor at the University of Virginia and the author of “The Roots of Haitian Despotism,” said doubts and suspicions about the commission are an indication that Haiti’s electoral impasse might actually deepen further. “I think we are in for a bumpy ride,” Fatton said.
There are at least four key high-profile races to watch where explicitly pro-Sanders candidates have also been endorsed by the Vermont senator, according to Kyle Kondik, of the UVA Center for Politics.
For insight into the car-buying process and related issues, we asked a panel of leading experts – including Dorothy C. Kelly, lecturer in personal finance in UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce – to weigh in.
The Measuring College Learning project seeks to put faculty members in charge of determining how to measure learning in six academic disciplines. The project’s initial results are included in a newly released book co-written by Josipa Roksa, a UVA associate professor of sociology and education.
(By Syaru Shirley Lin, who teaches politics at the University of Virginia) When Tsai Ing-wen took office on May 20 as Taiwan’s first female president, most observers listened for what she would say about Taiwan’s relations with China. Instead, Ms. Tsai focused her inauguration speech on domestic matters, underscoring the new administration’s belief that in order to survive and prosper, Taiwan needs above all to focus on the problems it faces at home.
The average woman gets married at 27, and average man at 29 – both historic highs, according to UVA’s National Marriage Project.
In the scientific study “Lending A Hand,” neuroscientists from UVA and the University of Wisconsin studied the effect the simple act of a human touch has on people in stressful situations.
The bond issue also supports the creation of the UVA Center for Human Therapeutics, a research center focused on using medical research to create commercial drugs.
Did you know that Virginia has a state arboretum? The collection of 6,000 trees and shrubs is located just up Interstate 81 near Winchester. The property was donated to UVA in 1927.
The University of Virginia is looking to get ahead of the curve with its newest interdisciplinary research institute. The UVA Brain Institute will bring investigators from across Grounds to work on the most pressing issues in neurology.
The results of Haiti’s contested first-round presidential elections were such a disaster that the process should recommence at zero, the head of a five-member panel charged with reviewing the vote said Monday. “In the commission’s opinion, the elections were a complete disaster and are simply not salvageable,” said Robert Fatton, a Haiti political observer and UVA political science professor.
(By Jennifer Doleac, UVA assistant professor of public policy and economics) A popular policy aimed at helping ex-offenders find jobs doesn't help many ex-offenders, and actually decreases employment for black and Hispanic men who don't have criminal records. This is a classic case of unintended consequences.
Science tells us that playing “hard to get” may just get you got. Writing in the journal Psychological Science, Erin Whitchurch and Timothy Wilson of UVA explained how acting indifferently toward a woman can cause her to dwell on your behavior and subsequently develop feelings for you.