The weekly update from the University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute, released Dec. 10, reports a few takeaways from the last week’s COVID-19 data:
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(Commentary) What happens when a school becomes test optional? Perhaps not as much as you might expect. A Chronicle of Higher Education story provided some data from the University of Virginia that I found very revealing. For the class beginning last fall, 57% of applicants submitted test scores in spite of the fact that it was not required. I suspect these students thought they would do relatively well on the test, and, other things equal, it would enhance admissions prospects. It turns out 72% of those admitted were test-submitters. Doing the math, I calculated that those submitting test res...
(Commentary) Last year, the University of Virginia published a 10-year strategic plan. The first goal is to “[r]ecruit and support exceptionally talented, diverse, and service-oriented students…who have the potential to live lives of purpose, impact, and service.” The goal highlights the need to support “first-generation and underrepresented students, recognizing that creating economic and social opportunities is one of the highest callings for a public university.” UVA, along with institutions declaring similar aspirations, should aggressively recruit and admit enlisted veterans, who check ev...
More than 1,100 students who applied for early admission to the University of Virginia were admitted. According to a release, there were nearly 3,500 applications for the early decision admission process, in which applicants agree to accept their admission offer in exchange for early notification. These will be the first members of the Class of 2026.
Students at the University of Virginia are thrilled for the new head football coach to come on board.
Monday’s introductory press conference welcoming new Virginia football coach Tony Elliott quickly took on the look of a ‘Hoos Hoo of former Cavalier football alumni, no doubt a welcome sight for Virginia Athletics Director Carla Williams and Coach Elliott.
Tony Elliott made one thing clear on Monday, the Commonwealth is a priority for the University of Virginia. “We’re going to work. We’re going to make the state a priority,” said the new Virginia head coach. “We understand that the Commonwealth has a ton of talent. Now, not every individual will be the profile that we’re looking for, but we’re going to have relationships in the state, and I’m about relationships and recruiting.”
(Commentary) Tony Elliott’s résumé and reputation are impeccable. He’s young, energetic, organized and respected, and and his reviews are glowing, as you would expect of any coaching hire. In short, on paper, he’s exactly what the University of Virginia’s football program needs.
Tony Elliott appeared to impress many Virginia football fans in his introductory news conference as head football coach Monday in Charlottesville. Now he has to do the same thing with Cavalier recruits and the team’s current roster.
The Tony Elliott era of Virginia football has officially begun. Elliott was formally introduced as the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers football program in a press conference at Virginia’s outdoor turf practice field on Monday afternoon.
On this unseasonably comfortable mid-December afternoon, the sun warmed Virginia’s practice fields and the Cavaliers officially welcomed new coach Tony Elliott as they embarked on a fresh beginning and ended a shocking, twisting week-plus stretch searching for their next head man.
“Madrigalia,” by Lisa Russ Spaar (professor of English): Lisa Russ Spaar’s book of new and selected poems is a treasure. “America” by Fernando Valverde (visiting professor at UVA): “America” is a look at America from the perspective of a poet whose first language is Spanish (but who is bilingual).
It may be the season of goodwill toward all, but Santa has a naughty list for a reason. And this time of year is also a busy and lucrative season for scammers. Well-known supply chain problems are creating opportunities for scams this year, said Naomi R. Cahn, director of the Family Law Center at the UVA School of Law.
Most health regions in Virginia are now “in surge” or experiencing “slow growth.” This marks the first time any district has been “in surge” since the first week of October, according to the UVA Biocomplexity Institute’s weekly update released Friday.
Education was key for Sampson who wanted to graduate from college. Unbeknownst to the public, Sampson’s choice to pass up money for a college degree was a courageous step for him because he had dyslexia. That was the bigger victory for Ralph as he crossed the stage at UVA with a college degree in hand.
Erica Taylor has a pedigree seemingly built for orthopedic surgery. She comes from National Football League royalty – her father, Hall of Fame receiver Charley Taylor, played 13 seasons with Washington’s football team – and she has degrees from a top-notch biomedical engineering program at the University of Virginia and one of the nation’s best medical schools, Duke. Spending every other childhood Sunday seeing doctors in action on gridiron sidelines, she’d wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon since she was 15.
“Unfortunately, hepatitis C has continued to increase dramatically and does track along with the growth of substance use disorders,” said Dr. Rebecca Dillingham, director of UVA’s Center for Global Health Equity. As more experts worry that the ongoing pandemic is fueling an already critical drug crisis, providers and advocates across Virginia are pushing to expand the treatment of the virus. “I think we can say that the epidemic is not getting better and in fact we have a lot more work to do,” Dillingham said.
The new maps were intended to be objective and made so that no incumbent could be prioritized. J. Miles Coleman with the University of Virginia Center for Politics says big changes can be expected in the 2022 midterms. "This is the first time that Albemarle County has been split in 20 years.," he said. "Everyone in Charlottesville, or potentially everyone in the Charlottesville area, could be in a competitive district.”