The idea of putting a pedestrian bridge over Richmond Road at Pantops in Albemarle County has been postponed for the moment. Their reason comes down to cash: it would cost a total of around $100,000 to study traffic patterns, and analyze the need for pedestrian bridges at that and other locations. Supervisors aren't giving up on the project yet. They are supporting a proposal for the University of Virginia School of Architecture's Urban and Environmental Planning class to complete the study for the county for free.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have started a study to determine whether a new, long-lasting drug can minimize the risk for ADHD drivers behind the wheel.
It will be tough for Bennett Sousa to top his first season of college baseball, in which his Virginia Cavaliers clinched the College World Series. “But we’re in a good spot this year.”
“The executive order is [one type of] action,” said Saikrishna Prakash, a UVA law professor. “They’re basically instructions about how he wants them to interpret federal law.”
A scientist at the University of Virginia has been given a prestigious research grant from the Alzheimer's Association. George S. Bloom, Ph.D., a professor of biology and cell biology, has been given a three-year, $450,000 Zenith Fellow Award.
Haiti President Michel Martelly issued a presidential order Wednesday officially scheduling the country’s postponed presidential and partial legislative runoffs for Jan. 24. “This [order] makes sense only if Célestin has agreed to participate in the second round,” said Robert Fatton, a Haiti analyst and political science professor at the University of Virginia. “If he has, one can only assume that he received guarantees that some of the key reforms recommended by the commission will be effected. Yet, it is difficult to see how these reforms can be implemented in barely ...
UVa Culpeper Hospital officially has a new operating partner and a new name for Culpeper's 70-bed facility that's a real mouthful — Novant Health UVa Health System Culpeper Medical Center. The University of Virginia Health System and Novant Health finalized the new partnership on Jan. 1 that will oversee UVa Culpeper Hospital under the new entity called Novant Health UVa Health System.
A device developed by University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers to automatically monitor and regulate blood-sugar levels in people with type 1 diabetes will undergo final testing in two clinical trials beginning early this year.
Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Virginia have started one of the largest-ever long-term studies to evaluate a so-called “artificial pancreas” system that could change the way Type 1 diabetes is treated.
Presidential campaign analysis by Larry J. Sabato, director of UVA's Center for Politics.
Research conducted by John Herr, a UVA professor of cell biology and biomedical engineering, found a miniscule filament involved in stabilizing sperm as they fuse to an egg. By blocking stabilization, a male birth-control pill may one day prevent fusion -- and pregnancy.
At a ribbon-cutting Wednesday, Hospice of the Piedmont and UVA Health System officials unveiled the new Center for Acute Hospice Care, a “cutting-edge, state-of-the art” 10-bed unit at the UVA Transitional Care Hospital on Ivy Road.
Few people knew the name of the shirtless man striding through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, every morning and night. So those who saw him near the University of Virginia campus or on the winding two-lane roads west of town called him the “Running Man.”
A University of Virginia student traveled all the way to Paris to participate in the global climate change negotiations this month. Second-year student Laura Cross is looking forward to seeing what comes of the international agreement and engaging fellow Virginians. Now back at home after four weeks overseas, she says she's ready to go to lawmakers with what she's learned.
"Amplify", "ladder up" and "ecosystem" are the business buzzwords that will barge their way into the boardroom this year, a language consultancy has predicted. Another word that is set to rise in prominence this year is "ladder up", a term used to connect one specific thing to a grand theme. For example, Kimberly Whitler, assistant professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, said: "Purchase decisions are more often emotional than rational – this is especially true in healthcare, where even routine decisions subcons...
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business' i.Lab is looking for applications for its 2016 Incubator program. The program is open to all UVa students, faculty and staff, and the local community for nonprofits and for-profit business ideas.
A new paper from UVA’s Shigehiro Oishi and Selin Kesebir of the London Business School finds inequality is a strong "moderating factor" in whether nations become happier when they grow economically.
"What may have a benefit in one population may not in another population," said UVA cardiologist Angela Taylor. "But studies with tea have been done in almost every ethnic background I can think of."
For Tina Fey, a career-changing job that she landed in the early 90s upon graduating from UVA barely paid anything. It was a gig at an improv and sketch comedy theater in Chicago called The Second City.
The school hosts two specific two-year Area Programs dedicated to these areas [poetry or prose] —unlike any institution I've come across—with a terrific faculty (Lisa Russ Spaar, all hail) to boot.