Allergy researcher Thomas Platts-Mills of the University of Virginia has been studying alpha-gal since 2002 and was among the first to describe it in in the scientific literature. He says the increasing number of cases may also be explained in part by the sheer number of bites inflicted by this particular species.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit to eliminate remaining barriers to women in combat. The military has been opening more jobs to women, but they are still barred from being assigned to combat missions even though many continue to face fire in Afghanistan … “Once those [physical fitness standards] have been satisfied, that’s it ,” said U.Va. law professor Anne Coughlin. “Sex can’t be used as an additional proxy to keep women out or, by the way, to force men in.”
The University of Virginia is partnering with a Richmond based company, MeadWestvaco, to change the future of packaging adhesives. Dr. Louis Bloomfield, a professor of physics at UVa, describes the material as being the "molecular equivalent of Velcro."
Ever since Maryland decided to leave the ACC for the Big Ten last week, many have speculated what school might be next to leave the conference. Virginia’s name has come up frequently on message board threads, Twitter chatter and even a few published reports so much so that Athletic Director Craig Littlepage felt compelled to respond. On Tuesday evening, he released a statement re-affirming Virginia’s commitment to the ACC.
How and when can neuroscience really be applied to educational practice? Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, professor and director of graduate studies in psychology at the University of Virginia, explains.
The University of Virginia's Legacy Program helps students to become competitive applicants.
Irving Gottesman is being named today as the winner of the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. The award is worth $100,000. Gottesman's research explores the basis of schizophrenia and the way mental disorders are classified. He is Sherrell J. Aston professor of psychology emeritus at University of Virginia.
It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers — both University of Virginia engineering students — the culmination of months of designing and refining. On a sunny day last August, Steven Easter and Jonathan Turman stood in the middle of a verdant field at the Milton Airfield in Charlottesville, VA, and watched anxiously as their 6.5-foot-wingspan drone aircraft taxied toward takeoff position.
A study by Saras D. Sarasvathy of the University of Virginia‘s business school shows that serial entrepreneurs—people who have successfully started two or more companies—all followed the same approach. And if it has worked for them, it may very well work for you.
W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, told The New York Times, "Over-the-top proposals allow men to signal to a future wife, and to family and friends, that they are all in. They are ready to man up, forgo all others, and become a responsible husband."
Commentary by Ginger Moran, who edits the University of Virginia Women’s Center magazine, Iris, and is the center's associate director.
Biomedical engineering Ph.D. alumni Will Mauldin and Kevin Owen are co-founders of a Charlottesville startup that is developing technology that aims to put portable, affordable 3-D ultrasound bone imaging in the hands of health care professionals.
A new simulation of Pluto's upper atmosphere shows that it extends so far from the planet that stray molecules may be deposited on its largest moon, Charon. Justin Erwin is the lead author of the paper and a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia.
(Analysis) Often, the Supreme Court takes the advice of the U.S. Solicitor General when, seeking to preserve the Court’s energies and its authority, the SG urges the Court to pass up this case or that. ... Vance’s attorney at the lectern Monday, University of Virginia law professor Daniel R. Ortiz, had hardly begun when Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., tried out a hypothetical — one that had a point behind it, but that would not come out immediately.
Seven minutes of additional OR time hardly seems clinically significant on the individual patient level, noted David Jones, MD, of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, in an accompanying invited commentary.
Shopping from the comfort of your own home sounds appealing, but it does come with some dangers of its own. University of Virginia information security analyst Karen McDowell says only focusing on the best deals could put you at risk.
Some scientists are leaning into the idea that running and reading don't necessarily mix well. "When you do two things at once there is always a cost," says Daniel Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia who researches the impact of multi-tasking on the brain.
Rebecca Tippett, of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, said the drop was not unexpected. "We're coming out of a very long, protracted economic downturn," Tippett said. "Many Virginians have been struggling for a long time, and likely will continue to struggle. Because of that, a full recovery takes longer to show up in data."
Daniel Ortiz, a University of Virginia professor representing the plaintiff, said she and other complaining employees would always have to prove they were victims of severe harassment, and being forced to listen to country music would not qualify.
A statewide startup nonprofit group wants entrepreneurs to know that guidance, networking, fresh talent and potential investors are just a click away. Startup Virginia, founded in January by the Startup America Partnership, wants to strengthen the connections that allow startup companies to thrive. Dozens of University of Virginia students, successful entrepreneurs, investors and local business leaders gathered Monday at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration’s Innovation Laboratory for networking and a panel discussion over lunch about the resources available and the...