In May, as the mask mandates were evolving across the U.S., Margaret Foster Riley, a professor of law at UVA School of Law, told VERIFY businesses can undertake precautions to protect employees and customers, as long as those precautions aren’t discriminatory.
Dr. Jeff Vergales, a pediatric cardiologist with the University of Virginia Medical Center, said that masking was most effective when everyone in a school building was wearing one but that it’s not the only mitigation strategy that works. Other strategies include social distancing and improving ventilation in school buildings.
(Commentary by A.D. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop) If more students were exposed to the critical practices they utilize, they’d be better equipped to engage in pressing conversations about race, identity, culture, class and the like, writes A.D. Carson.
Over the past few weeks, UVA Health has seen a steady increase in COVID-19 patients hospitalized due to the virus. “We have seen an increase over the past, I’d say, eight weeks,” said Dr. Reid Adams, CEO of UVA Medical Center. “We were running somewhere around eight to 10, we’re now running in the 15-20 range.” Like many parts of the country dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases, most of those hospitalized are not vaccinated.
Integrating psilocybin therapy as a tool in caring for patients has a long way to go. This is demonstrated in a study by researchers with the University of Virginia School of Nursing, who examined challenges in this field. “As discussions of psychedelics are generally not incorporated in traditional medical, pharmacy, chaplaincy, or nursing curricula, our study emphasizes the importance of educating both current and future health care professionals on the physical, psychological, and existential effects of psychedelics,” the authors wrote.
The bacteria that live in our gut feed on the dead cells of the gut itself, and then go on to infect us, according to research by the university of Ghent and the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology. The research, carried out in conjunction with the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the Sloan Kettering Institute, is published in the journal Nature.
(Commentary by Katherine Churchill, Ph.D. student in English) When David Lowery and A24’s “The Green Knight” hit theaters July 31, I, a medievalist scholar, was giddy with delight. The film is absolutely stunning, and it’s based on one of my favorite books: the 14th-century English poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” The plot of both the poem and the film begins when a mysterious figure, the Green Knight, bursts into King Arthur’s hall and demands that someone strike him with an axe. What can I say: medieval literature is weird.
This week, The Atlantic’s Julie Beck talks with Kappa Delta sorority sisters who attended the University of Virginia in the ’70 and ’80s. They’ve stayed close over the 40 years since graduation by hosting regular dinner parties – and they recently turned some of their favorite recipes into a cookbook. They discuss how the fun of ’70s Greek life morphed into a lifelong support network, and how they make time for play and friendship.
Did you know that the rate of infidelity in American marriage has not increased in 20 years, even though attitudes toward adultery have loosened in the past 40? More facts, in addition to tips for success, are included in the UVA National Marriage Project’s annual report.
Susan Ciufo-Bennett, who led Temple field hockey to 15 wins over her two seasons at the helm of the program, has resigned her position due to mental health and family reasons effective immediately. Michelle Vittese, a three-time All-American at UVA who has served as Ciufo-Bennett’s top assistant the past two seasons, has been elevated to interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
The Korean-American diplomat Julie Chung said goodbye this Tuesday to her position as Undersecretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. Her place will now be occupied by the Honduran Ricardo Zúñiga. Zúñiga is the son of a Honduran father and an American mother, his family has always been linked to the political class. He was born in the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, and has a degree in international relations from the University of Virginia.
U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated diplomat Mark Brzezinski to serve as his ambassador to Poland, the White House has announced. Brzezinski received a B.A. from Dartmouth College, a J.D. from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in political science from Oxford University.
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library will hold a virtual presentation focusing on managing stress and mental health during the pandemic. Dr. Bethany Teachman, a UVA professor of psychology, will speak on Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. for “It Has Been a Tough 17 Months: Managing Stress and Mental Health in a Pandemic.”
(Commentary) Scholar David Walsh, who has studied the history of the American right at the University of Virginia, told Beauchamp, “For most parts of the right, there was this idea that you could still redeem the country – that you could reverse these long-term trends by political organizing, electing conservatives to political office, etc. Today, there is this move away from even the trappings of the American democratic tradition – and I think that is linked to the broader sense that this country can no longer be redeemed.”
“I can see this in maybe a Republican mailer or two, but I don’t think it’s gonna be an overarching issue for the 2020 campaign for Congress,” said J. Miles Coleman, a political analyst at the University of Virginia.
“Cori Bush had to have some impact,” said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center. “The president and his staff had to wake up every morning thinking about how they were going to placate the left wing of the party. I think that any time the progressive wing pushes back, they take note of it in the White House.”
Jonathan Colmer, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Virginia, said on Twitter that Van Hollen’s bill is “not a mitigation tool,” but “it will help to pay for the investments needed to manage the effects of climate change.”
Melvyn Leffler, professor of history emeritus at the University of Virginia, explains that there are very clear differences in our current rivalry with China. He points out that the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union was clearly a phenomenon that stemmed from a desire to go to war but no will to follow through. Both sides competed for strategic assets around the world and even engaged in proxy wars to stem the spread of Communism or Capitalism respectively. Both sides wished to erase the other’s way of life and the only thing stopping an actual conflict was war exhaustion ...
Local health leaders hope to see vaccine approval for all children later this year, but until then encourage everyone who can get the shot to do their part. “You know because there’s an entire population of people 11 years old and younger who aren’t even eligible for the vaccine yet, so they don’t, they don’t have the choice to have that protection,” University of Virginia pharmacist Justin Vesser said.
As of now, the latest data shows that the Delta variant is causing the recent increase in cases and deaths. UVA Health pharmacist Justin Vesser said the only way out of the pandemic is by rolling up sleeves and working together, even if people are following CDC guidelines.