Before COVID-19 even had a name, Bill Petri was petrified – or at least very worried. With a doctorate in microbiology and also an M.D., Petri understood better than most laypeople what was about to happen. In his lab at the UVA School of Medicine, Petri and his graduate students began studying the new coronavirus.
Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced today that the team has signed [UVA alumnus] Braxton Key to a 10-day contract.
Train passengers were left with travel headaches after Monday’s winter storm. Many people were stranded after the severe weather left trees and debris on the tracks. “I accepted the fact that I was going to sit there and wait,” [UVA student] Eli Vollmer said. But Vollmer didn’t realize just how long he’d be waiting on his Amtrak train.
“In 2022 I have resolved to do more by doing less. My disordered focus on productivity for its own sake has caused me to bounce incessantly from one thing to the next, letting time fall like sand through my hands. In the hope of changing this trend, I have made a New Year’s resolution to set aside Sunday as a day of rest.” —Jack Power, University of Virginia, economics and political philosophy
(Transcript) Kyle Kondik, elections analyst and director of communications at UVA’s Center for Politics, discusses November’s midterm elections.
(Commentary) Not long ago, it was possible to talk about a common culture formed from “the best which has been thought and said,” as one famous formulation put it. In 1987, the University of Virginia’s E.D. Hirsch Jr. had a huge bestseller with “Cultural Literacy,” a list of some 5,000 names, dates, texts, works of art and so on, comprising that common culture. Then, the Internet happened.
The annual list of the most influential education scholars includes eight UVA fauclty members.
(Commentary co-written by W. Bradford Wilcox, sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project) West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin killed President Joe Biden’s signature “Build Back Better” package just before Christmas — at least for now. But a slimmer version of the bill may yet be resurrected in 2022, which very well could include federal support for child care and prekindergarten. There is still time for congressional leadership to go back to the drawing board, possibly by working to pass a fiscally sustainable and administratively simple child benefit as proposed by Utah Sen....
With no power comes no heat, and experts at the University of Virginia are warning about carbon monoxide poisoning from alternative heating devices.
Originally enacted in 1966, the University of Virginia attributes adoption of the 2% statewide retail sales and use tax and 1% local option sales tax, to a “public mood change to a desire for significant progress in public services and specifically to public education.” The primary purpose of the tax was for upgrading public education
Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have made a discovery linking lupus, a potentially debilitating autoimmune disorder, and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.
The list includes three UVA courses: “Introduction to Personal Branding,” “Marketing Anaytics” and “How ThingsWork: An Introduction to Physics.”
“Introduction to Personal Branding” is a free course offered by the University of Virginia on Coursera. It was designed to help learners understand personal branding and its elements, how to establish themselves on various social media platforms, the basics of digital security, reputation management, and brand maintenance.
The University of Virginia opened Newcomb Hall and Clemons Library during the day on Tuesday for people to use to get warm and charge devices.
The University of Virginia also offered Newcomb Hall (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Clemons Library (noon - 6 p.m.) for people to use to get warm and charge devices Tuesday.
That lukewarm reception has dismayed those across the political spectrum who advocate more generous aid to families. “I have been kind of surprised that this has not been as popular as many of us expected that it would be,” said Brad Wilcox, a UVA sociologist and senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative think tank.
The shift reflects not only the changing values of corporations but of investors, too, according to Yo-Jud Cheng, a UVA business professor. “You have large institutional investors, you’re thinking about retail investors, activist investors,” she said. “A lot of those groups are looking toward diversity on the boards of directors as a part of their decision process.”
(Audio and transcript) What does the letter “e” sound like as it’s being written down? Capital “A?” The word “steak?” Experimental musician Leah Reid, UVA professor of music, creates new music with the sounds of writing different letters and words.
Virginia is hiring Atlanta Falcons running backs coach Des Kitchings as its offensive coordinator on new head coach Tony Elliott’s staff, according to longtime UVA reporter Jerry Ratcliffe. Falcons head coach Arthur Smith confirmed the selection Monday.
Dr. Edward Scott, who has been the vice president and director of athletics at Morgan State University for the last five years, has been hired as deputy athletics director at the University of Virginia, as announced by Virginia athletics director Carla Williams on Monday evening.