These institutions -- including U.Va. -- report meeting any gap in families' funding.
The University of Virginia Health System has discovered a mysterious protein that could stop the growth of cancer cells. The protein, called "SPARC", can also prevent bladder cancer cells from expanding to other organs.
“If (Rubio) does better than Bobby Jindal, which is not hard, he can call it a success,” said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato.
Students had the opportunity to interact with physicians, dentists and medical students, and hear their stories about how they overcame obstacles to pursue careers as health-care professionals. "I didn't have this type of exposure, but I do understand how important it is to have that mentorship," said Joseph Stringfellow, fourth-year medical student at the University of Virginia who gave a presentation about the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
Larry Sabato, the director of the Centre for Politics at the University of Virginia, said Obama still faces the reality of a Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Sabato noted that President George W Bush recognised the need for immigration reform but was unable to carry it through. “It’s always been the details that have sunk immigration reform,” he said. “In theory, just about everybody agreed that something needed to be done, and then the details took over. It really is a problem and you’re about to see this again. If we get any reform at all, it&rsqu...
Speaking Monday at the University of Virginia, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, asked the audience if they remembered the scene in the 1974 Mel Brooks spoof “Blazing Saddles,” in which the town’s new, black sheriff escapes a mob of unruly townspeople by taking himself hostage.
More than 3,400 clinical trials of new medicines were conducted in Virginia over the past 13 years, nearly half of them focused on chronic ailments, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, according to a new report by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Many hospitals already screen babies routinely, but not all do. Six hospitals in Virginia are involved in the pilot project during the first year. The medical adviser for the project is Dr. Paul Matherne, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia. The results will be used along with results of pilot projects in other states to help develop national screening standards.
A University of Virginia student is recovering from bacterial meningitis and almost 50 other students have been treated for the infection, an official said Monday.
Making time for home life and outside demands was the topic of the keynote speech by Dr. Megan Bray, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia, offered at Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Quadruplicity conference. … Also Monday, Erica Lloyd, Barbara Heritage, Dr. Dolly Garnecki and Brooke Jenkins were honored with the 4 Under 40 Award, honoring young, professional women who have made strides in their profession and are affecting the Charlottesville community positively. Heritage is the assistant director and curator of col...
Last year's debacle at the University of Virginia, in which the president was fired then unfired, brought higher education governance under scrutiny. One good idea floated to better connect boards to campuses is to place faculty and student representatives on governing boards. A General Assembly bill to do that is gasping its last breaths in a Senate subcommittee.
Silver is known for its antibacterial qualities, and has thus found its way into water filters created at institutions such as Stanford and McGill universities. Given that these filters are often used in developing nations, however, it would be nice if they could also contribute to the local economy – instead of being just one more thing that’s brought in from outside. Well, that’s just the idea behind the University of Virginia’s PureMadi filters and MadiDrops.
In some ways, Joe Harris is a different person now than when he left Chelan for the University of Virginia three years ago. In other ways, he’s exactly the same.
(Press release) Former United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove will deliver the keynote address at the University’s 168th commencement ceremony Monday, May 13.
Researchers have cataloged at least 101 rhinoviruses -- the viruses that cause most colds. At times, it seems there are almost as many myths surrounding all that sniffling and sneezing. "It's good to dispel these myths," says Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr., a cold researcher and professor emeritus. Here are some myths as common as the common cold.
"A lot of people just don't know that a lot of things count as dating violence," said University of Virginia student Emily Renda, who leads a peer education group called Sexual Assault Facts and Education (known as SAFE) that helps spark conversations about sexual assault and dating violence. … Experts say this breakdown of control in intimate relationships can start as early as middle school. "We know that it's a very high number for young people. Between the ages of 16 and 24 are when young people are at the highest risk for being in an abusive relationship,&quo...
Hundreds came out for a discussion on national debt at the University of Virginia on Monday. Senator Mark Warner spoke about the country's debt crisis and how it would eventually affect everyone in the room.
Mortimer Caplin (a 1937 graduate of the University and former member of the Board of Visitors), the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service who became the oldest director of a Standard & Poor’s 500 Index company, plans to step down from the board of Danaher Corp in May.
There are concrete downsides to following the president. The most obvious: no matter how charismatic a respondent may be, he or she is not the president. “There’s a tremendous handicap going in,” says veteran political watcher Larry Sabato, head of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “You’re there in the room by yourself ... You don’t have all the pomp and circumstance. You don’t have a made-to-order stand-and-applause crowd and all the symbols of the Republic.”
“Pope Benedict was seen as more progressive during the 1960s, but then he backtracked,” said Gerald P. Fogarty, a Jesuit priest and professor of religious studies and history at the University of Virginia. “I have a lot of sympathy for the pope in not knowing exactly what to say; even his own followers were divided.”