[Darden School of Business alumnus] Todd Whiting, a 17-year veteran with NBCUniversal, has died. He was 45. Whiting died suddenly on Jan. 4 of cardiac arrest resulting from pneumonia and complications from COVID-19, his family said. Whiting left NBCUniversal in March and became self-employed after an 18-month stint as senior VP at Peacock TV. In that role, he oversaw about $600 million in content acquisitions for the launch of the streaming platform, including for series like “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” and the “Chicago” franchise.
Virginia-based, French composer Nicolas Laget – who holds a master’s degree in composition from UVA – releases his captivating new EP, ‘Dark’, out now on all streaming platforms. Inspired by the likes of Johann Johannson, Max Richter, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds, Nicolas draws from his combined influences to create his own unique brand of Neo-Classical compositions. Fusing modern classical with electronic beats, Nicolas thrives on being able to experiment with his music and the concepts and emotions he’s able to portray.
Life is pretty good these days for Chris Taylor. In addition to signing a four-year, $60 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers last month, the former star at Virginia Beach’s Cox High and the University of Virginia recently got engaged to his fiancée, Mary Keller. Now, Taylor hopes to make life a little better for some ailing children. On Sunday, Taylor’s CT3 Foundation is holding “Driving for Hope,” a charitable event at Topgolf in Virginia Beach.
An interview from a rowboat at sea - 'It’s almost claustrophobic because you’re surrounded by waves'
(Commentary) Former Hanover County resident and UVA graduate Isaac Mackey is a member of a three-person crew rowing approximately 3,000 miles across the Atlantic as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Rowing Challenge. I wrote about Mackey in a column published on New Year’s Day, based largely on a phone conversation with his mother, Carol Mackey. On Wednesday, I spoke with Isaac via his satellite phone as he took a break from rowing and I sat at my dining room table. Ain’t technology grand?
A University of Virginia student does not have to worry about his tuition after getting a present in his Christmas stocking. The Virginia Lottery says Brian Donohue, a mathematics major at UVA, got a winning Bank a Million lottery ticket for the holiday. He won the game's top prize of $1 million after taxes.
“Sometimes you can oversimplify things in politics, but I think midterms benefit from oversimplification,” said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Historically speaking, unless there's some sort of big outside circumstance or extraordinary circumstance, you would not expect an unpopular president’s party to do well in a midterm. And so I think what we could say from the vantage point of January is that Biden’s numbers need to get better or Democrats are in real danger of losing particularly the House and also the Senate...
"Transmission occurs with large droplets that you cough or sneeze out, and much smaller particles called aerosols can persist in the air," said Dr. Patrick Jackson, an infectious disease expert with the University of Virginia. According to the CDC, a person wearing a cloth mask standing within 6 feet of an unmasked individual with COVID can become infected within 20 minutes. For a person wearing an N95 mask in the same situation, it would take 2.5 hours to become infected.
(Commentary by K. Jane Muir, emergency department nurse, researcher, and family nurse practitioner student) What ails our nation’s nurses can be solved with changes in how they are paid, an infusion of cash to support them, and policies that link nurse burnout and attrition rates to hospitals’ bottom lines.
A number of sweeping group exhibitions also received funding, including “Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala” at the University of Virginia ($100,000).
(Press release) Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine, has received a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an automated HIV self-testing assay. Collaborators of the NIH grant include the University of Virginia and University of Pennsylvania.
Researchers with the University of Virginia are using advanced computer models to study treatments for a potentially deadly infection. C. difficile is a pathogen that affects hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. Managing these infections is difficult, because they can be antibiotic resistant.
Researchers are using an advanced computer modeling system to understand how a potentially deadly infection can cause problems for hospitalized patients. The University of Virginia researchers are looking at C. difficile by using a form of predictive computer modeling called GENREs.
Research from the University of Virginia suggests a link between high blood pressure medicine and kidney disease. The research suggests renin cells adapt and create smooth muscle cells that prevent blood from flowing to the kidneys. “We found that this problem appears in mice and rats, in monkeys, and now we have some evidence that this appears in humans,” Dr. Ariel Gomez said.
Chronic high blood pressure affects one billion people worldwide. Research out of the University of Virginia School of Medicine indicates long-term use of drugs used to treat high blood pressure, including ACE inhibitors, could cause kidney damage.
The long-term use of medications commonly prescribed treat high blood pressure may cause kidney damage, according to new research published in JCI Insight. The study's authors noted that medications such as ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers have all been associated with hardened kidney vessels, which can lead to permanent organ damage. “Our studies show that renin-producing cells are responsible for the damage,” co-author Dr. Maria Luisa Sequeira Lopez of the University of Virginia department of pediatrics, said. “We are now focusing on understanding how these cells, which are s...
New kidney research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is raising concerns that long-term use of drugs commonly prescribed to treat high-blood pressure and heart failure could be contributing to kidney damage, according to a news release.
The City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia are holding a climate action roundtable. The virtual event will be held on Jan. 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Those attending "Climate Action Together: A Roundtable Discussion About Local Implications of Climate Change on Our Community's Health, Safety, and Ecology" will get to "learn about specific challenges associated with extreme rainfall, heat waves, and seasonal changes from the perspectives of several public servants and about upcoming opportunities to participate in preparation for changes we expect to see," accord...
The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service announced Tuesday their Advancing Civics partnership to encourage collaboration among business and government leaders.
Before the pandemic, the University of Virginia launched the Africa Scholarship Cohort in partnership with nonprofit, Distance Education for Africa (DeAfrica), and Coursera to improve gender equity and economic impact by offering scholarships to over 34,000 learners across 54 nations in Africa.
(Press release) The Ag. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Prof. Andy Ofori-Birikorang, has called on former Mayor of Charlottesville, Mr. Dave Norris, to assist the University to forge academic collaborations with the University of Virginia.