U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has repeatedly expressed concern about that situation, which also affects state-licensed pot stores in Colorado. "You don't want just huge amounts of cash in these places," Holder said during an appearance at the University of Virginia in January. "They want to be able to use the banking system. There's a public safety component to this. Substantial amounts of cash, just kind of lying around with no place for it to be appropriately deposited, is something that would worry me, just from a law enforcement perspective." But the solutio...
People who spend much time in an American hospital may begin to feel like they’re surrounded by vampires. Blood testing is a key part of modern medicine, and patients may be subject to dozens of needle sticks over the course of a week. Now, a device developed by students at the University of Virginia could change all that.
SHUTi, short for Sleep Healthy Using the Internet, is an innovative 6-week program for adults with insomnia that can be completed entirely online from the privacy and comfort of home. ... “SHUTi has been scientifically validated in clinical research trials funded by the National Institutes of Health and conducted at the University of Virginia,” says BeHealth Solutions CEO Joe Jennings.
Imagine if, every time you pulled out your phone to snap a selfie, the results looked like they’d been taken by a professional. Well, researchers from MIT, Adobe and the University of Virginia think they’ve found the key to making that a reality: an algorithm that mimics certain styles of photograph and applies the effect on your own shots.
A group of volunteers brightened the day of patients at University of Virginia’s Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center Wednesday. The 4K for Cancer group is cycling across country and making pit stops at hospitals along the way. It's in an effort to raise money for young adults impacted by cancer.
Barry Johnson, senior associate dean of the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, said changing the next generation's view of manufacturing should start early, like during grades K-12. U.Va. is partaking in an initiative to get middle school students involved in engineering.
Twins offer an amazing opportunity to study the effects of genetics versus environment. University of Virginia professor Eric Turkheimer studies the genetics of complex human behavior. What role do individual genes play in our paths in life? (Video 2:31)
The reigning expert on the state constitution, University of Virginia law professor A.E. Dick Howard, told me in April he “would be puzzled to be told [the governor] had that power.” ... “If it’s perceived as saying, ‘We lost in the legislature, but we’re going to do it anyway,’ that wouldn’t play too well,” Howard said in the April interview.Howard’s views are particularly relevant today because Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) hired him last week at $500 an hour to advise him on constitutional issues regarding the budget and Med...
Another theory is Marshall was likely choosing a synonym for "Braves." Indian names had already proliferated throughout sports, chosen to reference hometowns or states, express patriotism or warrior-like strength, or touch on enthusiasm for American Indian athletes like Jim Thorpe, said J. Gordon Hylton, a law professor at Marquette University and University of Virginia and a sports historian.
Kyle Kondik, a staffer at the University of Virginia Center for Politics and the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a well-regarded political magazine, said the letter is about politics, pure and simple.
“My colleague at the University of Virginia, John Monahan, often quotes the statistic that if we remove the crime committed by people with mental illness from the U.S. crime rate, we would still be left with 96 percent of the crime we experience.”
Should the U.S. have some sort of more formal leadership training or licensing or academic requirement for anyone who runs for a federal office? Take a look at the list of five First Tier candidates for the 2016 presidential election, as determined by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics: former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
A freshman at The University of Virginia's College at Wise was one of three people killed in a car crash Tuesday on I-81 in Washington County. UVa-Wise on Wednesday confirmed that Abenezer D. Thewdros, of Arlington, Va., was a student, having enrolled at the college this spring with plans to major in computer science.
Cosgrove struggled in public schools in his hometown of Watertown, N.Y., and studied hard for D's in college French at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., his father's alma mater. He did so poorly on the standardized tests required for medical admission that he credits special circumstances for getting into the University of Virginia's medical school, the only one of 13 schools that accepted his application.At medical school, he was no academic performer, but he thrived in the clinical work.
For more than 50 years, coaches who thrive at Virginia rarely have job-hunted. That speaks to the quality of life, professional and personal, offered by the university and Charlottesville communities. ... if Bennett ever coaches elsewhere, I suspect it will be in the NBA.
After leading Virginia to the Sweet 16 and earning ACC coach of the year honors this past season, men’s basketball Coach Tony Bennett has been rewarded with a new contract. ...A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said Bennett asked for less money than he could have demanded based on the college basketball coaching market in order to obtain raises for his staff and upgrade the program’s budget. Two athletic department officials familiar with the situation confirmed Bennett rebuffed several NBA teams with head coaching openings that contacted him in recent months to gau...
A University of Virginia group led by Dr. Jeanita Richardson delivered donated books and teaching supplies to the Ivor Walters Primary School on the Caribbean island of Nevis.
Two brothers from central Virginia are helping solve the mystery of a World War II wedding dress discovered in the collection at the University of Virginia’s Health Sciences Library. First Lieutenant Hilda Franklin and Captain Richard Bell married in Italy just weeks after WWII ended. They were serving in the 8th Evacuation Hospital run by UVA. An anonymous donor sent the dress and their sons, Dick and Fraizer Bell, saw it for the first time Tuesday.
For decades, urban planners have preached mass transit as the key to economic mobility, but new studies show that improving access to cars may be the best way to help the poor. ...My hometown of Charlottesville, VA, is a great example. The 43,000-person, 10-square-mile city currently operates a $6 million bus system. Its daily ridership averages under 7,000, and runs along 10 routes. Like elsewhere, the system includes full-size buses, salaried drivers, a fancy central terminal, and a morning-through-night schedule. Also like other systems, it serves a city where most housing is suburban in st...