Study co-authors J. Patrick Seder and Shigehiro Oishi, reporting in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, find that smile intensity from a single profile picture can predict how satisfied a person will be with their life nearly four years later.
Angeline Lillard, professor of psychology, says many of the media reports about her findings have been less than accurate.
UVa has purchased modems and software needed to send information from an electrocardiogram to the emergency room, while the ambulance is still en route.
"The STEMI Alert Plan energizes the emergency department, activates cardiologists and all the cardiac capability in the hospital so that they're aware that this patient is coming into the hospital, so we are waiting and ready for them," says William Brady, a professor of emergency medicine.
For the past few weeks, students and teachers at Henley Middle School in Crozet have been busy shopping, sorting, and packing meals for families who have a loved one as a patient at the University of Virginia hospital.
As the University of Virginia's current exhibition, "Variety, Archeology, and Ornament: Renaissance Architectural Prints from Column to Cornice," shows, Roman builders were much more imaginative than later architectural experts, like Palladio and Vignola, would have us believe.
A new study by Charles Lee and his colleagues at the University of Virginia's Perception Lab, with 41 recruited undergraduates, shows that the relationship between action and perception is more complex than previously thought.
Dr. Jeffrey Elias, Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at University of Virginia, recently presented data at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons on preliminary results for a clinical trial using MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat Essential Tremors (ET), a condition affecting 10 million Americans.
Charles Hamm
Charles Edward Hamm was born in Charlottesville, Va., on April 21, 1925. He studied music at the University of Virginia, and earned both a master’s degree in composition and a Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University.
Cleo Elaine Powell
Powell sworn in as justice on Virginia Supreme Court
Cleo Elaine Powell broke new ground Friday when she was formally sworn in as the first African-American woman on the 232-year-old Virginia Supreme Court. A native of Brunswick County, Powell, 54, graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982.
Tanya Denckla
Professor of food systems planning, School of Architecture
National Food Day Celebrated at The Haven
WVIR NBC-29 / Oct. 23
Jeff Goldsmith
Associate professor of public health sciences and president of Health Futures
Connected Health Symposium looks for answers to healthcare's troubling questions
Health Care IT News / Oct. 21
Jack Oakes
Assistant Dean for Career Development
MBAs Seek to Occupy Wall Street by Melissa Korn
Wall Street Journal / Oct. 21
Peter Rodriguez
Associate professor of economics at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business
Not Letting Go: C...
Previous studies have investigated the differences in the way men and women drive, but Dipan Bose and Jeff Crandall of the University of Virginia and Maria Segui-Gomez of Navarra University in Spain, found the male-centric design of safety measures is a major factor. The positioning of head restraints, for example, fails to take account of the size and strength of women’s necks. The study has been published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Researchers investigated 10 years of data on US car accidents and found that female drivers wearing seat belts were 47 per cent more likely to suffer more chest and spine injuries than strapped-in male drivers in comparable crashes.
Retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Webb spoke at Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Roughly three-quarters of employees got some sort of market increase, according to health system spokesman Peter Jump. The old system had 19 salary bands. The new system has more than 100 pay ranges. Health system officials are emphasizing that the new structure is "market-based."
As college advisers for the next two school years, Devin Underhill and Joseph Francois-Ashbrook will help local students register and prepare for the SATs, read over their essays and college applications, help the students create résumés and help them fill out scholarship applications, Underhill said.
Bob Gibson
Executive Director of the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership
Experts to explore both sides of uranium mining and milling
Smith Mountain Eagle/ Oct. 21
Gibson will moderate a panel on issues related to uranium mining.
Kyle Kondik
Political analyst, Center for Politics
House State of Play – Only 46 Truly Competitive Races?
Politico / Oct. 20
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Double Challenge For Freshman Legislator
Connection (Alexandria, Va.) / Oct. 20
Robert M. O'Neil
Professor of law emeritus and an authority on First Amendment issues,
The R Word
Inside Higher Ed / Oct. 20
talks about civil ...