When the oily IFA was replaced with water or saline – substances easily processed by mice and men – the T-cells migrated to the tumors and began to destroy them. If these results hold up in humans, they could lead to a shift in the approach to making therapeutic cancer vaccines. Overwijk and collaborators at the University of Virginia expect to start a human clinical trial using saline or water-based cancer vaccines sometime this year.
University of Virginia's President Teresa Sullivan is reacting to a recent article citing lingering tension between her and Board of Visitors' Rector Helen Dragas.
Ruth Mason, Anthony J. Smits Professor of Global Commerce at the University of Connecticut, has accepted a lateral offer from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Mark Rodrigues, who started in Chaminade's monumental upset over Virginia in 1982, has been leading an effort to get the Silverswords into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for several years, without success yet. Mark shared this letter of support from Terry Holland, who was the Virginia coach at the time.
Developmentally disabled children often have higher rates of oral diseases because they have oral aversions or are unable to find dentists who are comfortable treating them, according to a new study in Pediatrics. Children with developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and craniofacial anomalies have a greater risk of developing dental disease, according to researchers at the University of Virginia.
People who snore a few times a week are at a greater risk of developing chronic bronchitis, The Daily Telegraph reported today. The study team included researchers from the U.Va. School of Medicine.
Lim also cited a study of 54 countries by University of Virginia psychologist Shigehiro Oishi which drew a link between higher progressivity in tax systems and greater subjective well-being of citizens. The study ranked Singapore in the lower half of tax progressivity while Singaporeans' life satisfaction ranked lower than several other developed countries.
Recently at one Virginia hospital, according to University of Virginia School of Nursing dean Dorrie Fontaine, a veteran operating-room nurse with 30 years' experience walked into her supervisor's office and quit after a surgeon screamed at her -- his usual reaction to unwelcome news -- when she told him that a routine count revealed that an instrument was missing. Hospital administrators shrugged off the episode, saying, "Well, that's the way he is."
(Commentary) You shouldn’t have needed tea leaves to see trouble brewing after the legislature refused to end the uneasy marriage of Teresa Sullivan and Helen Dragas.
A retired general who calls himself "the luckiest Marine in the whole wide world" is taking a small band of fellow survivors back to Iwo Jima this month for "a reunion of honor" with men they made war with 68 years ago. Lt. Gen. Larry Snowden, the senior American survivor of the battle that became a proud symbol of the Pacific war, emphasizes that his now-annual trek to the far side of the globe is no victory lap.
Researchers critical of the process say the tests could exclude children who have the potential to learn but haven't been exposed to early forms of literature or test-preparation tutoring. "The big difference is between potential talent and realized talent," said Carolyn Callahan, a professor of education at the University of Virginia who specializes in gifted education.
“The assumption at first was that Bolling would simply split the Republican vote and help McAuliffe, but now I think that’s seen as very simplistic,” said University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato. “Both of these candidates, McAuliffe and Cuccinelli, have big vulnerabilities … so for Bolling, the trick is going to be to pull [support] equally from both of them.”
Legendary journalist Bob Schieffer gave University of Virginia students a lesson in politics and news savviness Monday. Schieffer serves as the chief Washington correspondent for CBS news and moderates "Face the Nation."
Sequestration cuts will have a serious impact on research funding at the University of Virginia. UVA researchers are bracing for between $10 million and $11 million in federal cuts, which could impact as many as 200 jobs.
After Post article, U-Va. Faculty Senate tells Rector Helen Dragas “This kind of behavior must end.”
I wrote an article for Saturday’s paper about the working relationship between University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan and Board of Visitors Rector Helen Dragas, which several sources say has been growing increasingly tense. The U-Va. Faculty Senate formally responded to the article on Monday in a statement that said, in part: “Rector Dragas’s reported conduct does not embody the spirit of reconciliation and cooperation that we expected to follow the reinstatement of President Sullivan.”
(Commentary) In the Civil War, the federal debt rose 42 times to a then-astounding $2.8 billion. Repaying it became a “national obsession,” writes political scientist James Savage in his “Balanced Budgets & American Politics.” One English diplomat observed that most Americans “appear disposed to endure any amount of sacrifice rather than bequeath a portion of their debt to future generations.”
Dean of Admission Gregory W. Roberts was a live guest. He discussed the role of grade-point averages in the college admission process.
University of Virginia security followed planned procedure and “did its job” when fans stormed the John Paul Jones Arena floor Thursday after a basketball victory over Duke, athletic director Craig Littlepage said Friday.
Researchers are recruiting participants for an American Cancer Society research study called Cancer Prevention Study-3. The study will aim to examine genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors that cause or prevent cancer.
Hundreds of soon-to-be University of Virginia graduates and members of the public came out Friday for the Educators' Expo annual job and interview fair, held in Newcomb Ballroom inside Newcomb Hall, for a shot at a teaching job.