[U.Va. Curry School of Education clinical psychologist] Meg Jay turns the notion "30s are the new 20s" on its head when she says your twenties are critical to defining your future. In her new book, "The Defining Decade," she uses case studies of her clients and draws upon the latest science and economics to explain why the 20s are one\\'s defining decade.
Given the amount of time they spend with patients, it's nurses more often than physicians who tend to a patient's pain. But few studies have shown how nurses can work with patients to best determine that degree of pain – and what effect standardizing these interactions has on keeping the hurt at bay while boosting patients' agency in, and satisfaction with, their pain management. That's the aim of a new project by University of Virginia School of Nursing master's students Blen Afework and Amy Lee.
By Daniel Willingham, psychology professor and guest contributor
... Teachers don't need to learn neuroscience — or better put, teachers shouldn't need to learn neuroscience — to be protected from charlatans. Teachers need to learn things that will directly help their practice. Charlatan protection ought to come from institutions: from schools of education, from district central offices, and (potentially) from institutions of teachers' own creation.
... The fashion world is holding a newfound appeal for a small but growing number of MBA students who are increasingly less enthralled with traditional consulting, Wall Street, and Fortune 500 jobs, and looking for employers where they can have more of a hands-on impact. ... The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business is witnessing a similar trend. The school’s fashion and retail club organized a job trek to New York this year to visit five fashion companies. Last year just three students went; this year 25 attended, says Jack Oakes, the school’s assistant dean for career developmen...
Should high school athletes and prospective military personnel be genetically tested to determine if they are at increased risk for dementia caused by repeated head injuries? The dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine [Dr. Steven T. DeKosky] and the director of Mount Sinai’s NFL Neurological Program are asking that question – and offering recommendations to clarify the ethical issues that accompany it. ... Increasing evidence suggests that repeated head injuries, whether from sports or the battlefield, can lead todementia in later life. But genetics play an important role as wel...
Dr. Howard Williams
1984 Medical School alumnus
Guy Rutherfurd
Law alumnus
Jessica Schwab
Curry School Speech Language Pathology alumna
Valerie Cooper
Religious Studies professor
Democratic faith see waning support for Obama
Pioneer Press / June 4
Sara Neher
Darden assistant dean of admissions
Q: What Is New and Scary? A: The Revised GMAT
Wall Street Journal / June 3
Meg Jay
Curry School clinical psychologist
Save a generation by hiring, thoughtfully mentoring young adults to internalize enduring principles
Deseret News / June 2
Douglas Laycock
Law professor
Approaches to religious liberty have developed over time
The Catholic Sun / June 1
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Romney, Ob...
By Keith A. Williams, assistant professor of physics
I was there when it happened. And for the record: I did object. I was but a teaching assistant; the decision was not mine. The decision was to replace the pendulums and other demonstration gizmos in the undergraduate physics teaching laboratory with computers and software. ... A steady torrent of fresh information has transformed the classroom. Gone or concealed in dust are most periodic tables, encyclopedias, and globes. All of that can now be called up on a screen. The whole apparatus of instruction has moved into the cloud. ... And so the...
By Jason Johnson, Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law, Nicholas E. Chimicles Research Professor in Business Law and Regulation at U.Va., and Jonathan Klick, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania
... A focus solely on climate change as a cause of wildland fire trends could seriously bias policy by causing too much attention to be focused on greenhouse gas mitigation and too little on changes in fire suppression policy, timber harvest, and land development that might be muchmore effective in reducing the frequency of large western wildfires. (“Fire Suppres...
... The awards are conducted by the Tayloe Murphy Center at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. The 2011 Resilience Award winners had average annual profit growth of 42 percent and employment growth of 20 percent during the past five years. These businesses survived natural disasters, big-box competition and the crippling recession. Their innovations include lighter-than-air cell technology and award-winning wines coaxed from coal-mined soil.
A recent report about universities’ banking partners is raising eyebrows at colleges that encourage students to bank with a particular company.
... Most Virginia schools do not have a particular banking partner for students, though most do partner with companies to offer affinity credit cards for alumni. The Bank of America is the partner of both the University of Mary Washington alumni association and the University of Virginia’s alumni association. ... Tom Faulders, the president of U.Va.’s alumni association, said fees generated by their card are shared equally among the university, the ath...
Local runners and walkers helped raise money for wounded vets returning from war overseas. More than 1,200 runners took part in the second annual, "4 the Wounded 5K" on Saturday morning. That's up from about 900 people who participated last year. The UVA Foundation and Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports hosted the run at the University of Virginia Research Park.
Almost 30 bikers are pedaling across the country to raise money for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in central Virginia. The TransAm Route of Bike the US for MS Tour started their cross country adventure three days ago in Yorktown, VA. Sunday afternoon, they stopped at the University of Virginia's James Q. Miller Multiple Sclerosis Clinic in the Fontaine Research Park, the clinic they're raising money for. As they rolled in, the group was excited to announce a major fundraising milestone. So far, the bikers, some diagnosed with MS, others who have loved ones that are, have raised m...
A spate of severe thunderstorms rocked the area Friday, causing power outages, fender benders and falling trees. ... University of Virginia climatologist Jerry Stenger said the storms moved in as a low-pressure system from the west. What made them so severe, Stenger said, was a cold front that followed them.
The planet Venus will pass in front of the sun for the last time in nearly 100 years, and the University of Virginia\'s astronomy officials are holding a gathering to view the event. U.Va. astronomers plan to host a transit of Venus viewing event on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to sunset at Darden Towe Park. Astronomer Edward Murphy says there will be several telescopes with solar-viewing filters on hand for people to watch the event, which will begin at 6:10 p.m.
TheTurkish, Kosen, who measures 8ft 3in is listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the tallest living man. He received treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Centre, [for] a disorder called cardioid-cardiomegaly, which is usually caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland. ... University officials claim that Kosen has stopped growing and responding very well to health. According to Dr. Jason Sheehan, the surgeon of the University of Virginia, the treatment will be noted in Guinness World Records.
Reading to children at a young age and at least once a day has long-term positive influences on student learning. A study recently made public late this week by the University of Virginia’s School of Education reinforces this idea in literacy. ... According to the University of Virginia’s academic findings, when parents or teachers read a book to children, 90% of kids more often to focus on the pictures alone, not the text itself. However, asking questions and having students find where on the page the answer could be located led to students actually learning while reading.
... In a recent article published in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia, researchers from the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville have performed a preliminary test using magnetized anesthetic fluid under the control of a weak magnetic field to control the spread of anesthetic medications. The lead author of the study, Robert H. Thiele, MD, and colleagues have built a mockup of the human spine using plastic tubing filled with fluid. ... What they found was that ... when a magnetic field was applied, the ferro-fluid could direct the medications either up or down the tu...