The medical costs of obesity in the United States are staggering -- $147 billion annually, according to the CDC. A new study, from the University of Virginia and the Urban Institute, put the price tag higher -- $200 billion a year.
A Charlottesville resident has been chosen as the first recipient of a scholarship honoring a University of Virginia dean known for increasing college access for low-income and minority students.
Daily Progress sports editor Jerry Ratcliffe had his annual sitdown chat with University of Virginia director of athletics Craig Littlepage to discuss various issues affecting the Cavaliers’ athletic program.
First in a two-part series.
A box with a small garden sits on the roof of the bus. Riding on a rear bench is a metal drum filled with vegetable oil. The vehicle is U.Va. art student Emily Nelson’s summer project. It’s a living education center explaining topics that include home food production, biofuels and using locally grown food.
The U.S. Forest Service is designating a system of motorized routes to provide recreational opportunities while still protecting America's natural resources. A study by U.Va.’s Institute for Environmental Negotiation found that given the high stakes perceived by forest users, related economic interests and cooperating agencies, conflict is natural and inevitable.
The University of Virginia is opening its doors to the community for special, once-a-week classes. Registration for the Community Enrichment Program is open.
As she leafed through the letters, Ladi Smith of Charlottesville saw one from the University of Virginia. She opened it and found out she had been selected as the inaugural John A. Blackburn Scholar. "My dad was there when I got the letter, it was a very special time...."
Vesla Weaver
political scientist
Analysis: White House beers a way to change topic
Associated Press / July 31
“…there is a partisan predisposition among some of those at the top of the journalism profession, despite their denials. Furthermore, some elite journalists do not step back from their bias but privately seek to re-make the world as they prefer it to be.”
University of Virginia researchers say implementing a Fat Tax could be effective, but it all depends on how much each fatty item is taxed. "The most important thing is that obesity is killing us. There are 100,000 people a year dying, and it's getting worse," says Dr. Arthur Garson, Jr.
Jack M. Gwaltney, M.D.
professor emeritus of internal medicine.
Stop a Cold in Just 12 Hours
San Francisco Chronicle / July 29
Ervin L. Jordan Jr.
associate professor, UVA library
Black scholars help Museum of the Confederacy
Charlotte News & Observer (AP) / July 30
Larry Sabato
director, Center for Politics
Pawlenty Lays Out His Vision For Future
CBS News / July 29
Virginia is in the midst of its worst summer job market since 1982; its unemployment rate inched up to 7.3 percent in June. Figures are typically lower in Charlottesville and economists point to the University of Virginia and robust employment in the healthcare sector as buffers against deeper unemployment.
A new garden is sprouting at the University of Virginia, thanks to the Community Garden Movement. Students and the community are reaping the benefits.
The University of Virginia's Curry School of Education has received $4 million from Philip Morris USA to establish the Center for Positive Youth Development.
Larry Sabato
Director, Center for Politics
Committee endorses Sotomayor bid
Boston Globe / July 28
Two Virginia schools have earned No. 1 spots in The Princeton Review’s latest rankings: Virginia Tech for best campus food, and Hampton University for “dorms like dungeons.”
Several other Virginia colleges also made the Review’s lists, including the University of Virginia: No. 9 for great financial aid.
If current trends continue, the nation's aging population will face a shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons by 2025, according to Dr. Irving Kron of the University of Virginia, in an article reported online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Ken Bernstein, one of many volunteers at the Remote Area Medical event in Wise County this past weekend, discusses the project, of which thousands of patients received health care from medical providers, including University of Virginia volunteers.
Taxes should be combined with other aggressive policy interventions, as well as community outreach programs, to bring down obesity rates by changing what people eat, according to a new report from the Urban Institute and the University of Virginia.
Celeste Doerwaldt
Recent graduate in French
Handley graduates channel energies into teaching corps
Winchester (Va.) Star / July 27