More than 40 pathogens — viruses, bacteria and parasites — cause diarrhea in children in developing countries. … Using P.C.R. technology to make accurate diagnoses on the spot would save lives, as it has in tuberculosis. It is worth the expense to accurately diagnose tuberculosis, which requires a six-month drug regimen, said Dr. Eric R. Houpt, a diagnostics expert at the University of Virginia Medical School.
The area development initiative is being touted as one of the “most ambitious re-urbanization projects on Earth”, and one University of Virginia professor is hoping to utilize wearable technology to measure its impact. Andrew Mondschein, a transportation planner and an assistant professor of urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, is hoping to explore the ways the development project in Tysons Corner can serve as potential model for future re-urbanization initiatives.
After attaching sensors behind 20 football players’ ears, the researchers had found that players experienced a much smaller average number of head hits during helmet-only practices than they did during shell practices and full-pad practices.
Wa-hoo-wa! Cheers are in order for the University of Virginia, because it has earned new bragging rights. The home of the Cavaliers was ranked number one on the list of 100 most beautiful college campuses in the United States.
Those who have just had the college experience are some of the best to guide their slightly younger peers toward higher education. This is the mission of the Virginia College Advising Corps, in which 19 recent University of Virginia graduates will spend the next year guiding high school students toward college.
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Marching Highland Cavaliers continued the college band’s tradition of giving a boost to the region’s high school music programs recently by donating several drums and accessories to Lee High School in Lee County.
Before Michael Bishop, who formerly filled the role of Beefcake the Mighty in the group, joined GWAR, he graduated from the University of Virginia with a Ph.D. in music, especially in the field of regional identity.
Indian-American Atul Keshap has been confirmed as ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, making him the second person of Indian decent to be posted to the region after Richard Rahul Verma, the U.S. ambassador to India. Keshap’s earlier assignments with the State Department included postings in Morocco and Guinea. Keshap received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Virginia.
Lawmakers approved the appointment of Gen. Mark Milley to be the new Army Chief of Staff, Adm. John Richardson to be the new Chief of Naval Operations and Lt. Gen. Robert Neller to be the new Marine Corps Commandant. Neller is a 1975 University of Virginia graduate and the current leader of Marine Forces Command. Over his 40-year infantry career, he has served as commander of Marine Corps Central Command and deputy commanding general for operations for I Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq.
Valerie Gregory spent Tuesday showing kids at E-C Glass High School how to make the college application process less frightening. She’s associate dean of admissions for University of Virginia.
Barbara Perry, co-chair of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia, said Mr. Rubio proved himself on the stage and offers a glimmer of hope to a party searching for a 21st century, millennial-appealing candidate.
University of Virginia psychologist Tim Wilson tells Business Insider that writing about your negative feelings as often as three times a week can help you let go of them for good.
“Smaller, relatively wealthy countries realize they’re not going to gain as much from the publicity,” said J. Gordon Hylton, a law professor at the University of Virginia who has studied sports law history. “The deck is now somewhat stacked in favor of countries who feel they have something to prove to the world.”
By School of Law professor Douglas Laycock.the Supreme Court interpreted the conscientious objector statute to protect all those whose conscientious objection was “spurred by deeply held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs.”
Brandon Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and author of “Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations,” said one challenge in these cases is “pinpointing who knew what during the relevant time period.”
“I think that the national press is going to start paying more attention. He’s an established candidate now,” said Kyle Kondik, an Ohio native now at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
“There’s no historic precedent for Republicans winning the White House without winning Ohio,” said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia, author of the forthcoming book “The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President.”
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said Walker “passed his first test” — in part by showing he could go through a two-hour debate without a major gaffe.
By Robert F. Turner, a University of Virginia professor who was chairman of the Jefferson-Hemings Scholars Commission and is editor of “The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy” (2011). Turner says the assumption that Thomas Jefferson was pro-slavery is not close to the truth.
The University of Virginia’s policy calls on the vice president of research to make the call in cases where it may not be clear-cut. According to the policy, U.Va.’s administration “normally will relinquish any claim to an invention or discovery which is judged by the Vice President for Research not to be the product of University research.”