More than 6,000 people have been offered admission to the University of Virginia as part of early action.
Sunday marked the start of a weeklong #Fight4Literacy initiative. Local businesses and restaurants are joining UVA men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers in the fight for literacy.
Sometimes it seems like cities were designed to kill birds. It doesn’t have to be this way, according to a new book, “The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats,” by Timothy Beatley. Citing new policies, building materials and DIY designs, Beatley, a UVA architecture professor, shows how urban environments can be tweaked to allow birds to live and thrive in human-centric spaces.
Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center, said it’s “prudent politically” for Biden to remain quiet on impeachment because the issue is already poised to “suck up all the oxygen” in Congress. She said Biden doesn’t need the same in the White House while he’s working on policy.
One hundred ninety-eight players were selected before legendary quarterback Tom Brady in the 2000 NFL Draft. Two of them, including linebacker Shannon Taylor, are from Roanoke. “Not a lot of people get to do what I’ve done, and I’m very appreciative,” Taylor said. Taylor starred at the University of Virginia before the San Diego Chargers selected him with the 184th pick that year. He said he learned about his selection from his friends before the Chargers gave him a call.
Herman Moore: Moore, who hails from Danville, Virginia, was drafted by the Lions in 1991 out of UVA. He stayed in the Motor City after his playing days, started the Tackle Life Foundation and has been growing his impressive business portfolio.
One of three children, Glover grew up in the segregated southeast. He graduated from Hampton University and attended medical school at UVA, making history there as well. “We started with three in my class. By the second year I was the only African American in my class,” he said. Glover was the only African American to graduate in his medical school class.
Walter Reed was born in Virginia in 1851. As the son of a Methodist minister, he was able to go to private school in Charlottesville, before matriculating at the University of Virginia. He finished his two-year medical course in one year and got his degree in 1869 when he was only 17. According to the National Museum of Medicine and Health, he is still the youngest student to ever graduate from the university’s medical school.
Before he inherited a disastrous vaccination rollout with little infrastructure and federal guidance to fix it, before he battled a supply shortfall that placed high-risk essential workers months from receiving vaccines, and before his face was among the most watched in Virginia, [UVA alumnus] Dr. Danny Avula went on vacation after nine months of working 100-hour weeks.
UVA project manager Brian Pinkston has announced his campaign for Charlottesville City Council, citing his business experience and ability to complement the talents of sitting councilors.
UVA men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett is also helping with this endeavor. He and his wife Laurel will match the second $5,000 donated.
Mary Gentile teaches ethical, empathetic leadership through her “Giving Voice to Values” curriculum as professor of practice at UVA’s Darden School of Business. “One of the major sources of depression, frustration and stress in the workplace is when our own values are out of alignment with what we think is expected of us,” she says.
Be authentic, rather than writing what you think an admissions committee wants to hear, says Dawna Clarke, executive director of admissions at UVA’s Darden School of Business. She recommends asking a friend, family member or co-worker who knows you well whether your responses sound like you. “The best essays are the ones in which we walk away and feel that we got to know you a bit better,” she adds.
(Video) Gustavo Pellon, a UVA professor originally from Cuba, teaches us about this unique country, tells a childhood story, and shares a poem
The exact mechanism of SIDS – what causes so many babies to die in their sleep – remains unclear. One theory is rebreathing. The idea is that babies end up with an object covering their face, creating a pocket of air, forcing them to repeatedly inhale the carbon dioxide they’re exhaling, depriving them of oxygen and causing carbon dioxide to build up in the body. “There hasn’t been any definitive evidence that that’s what’s going on, but it seems to makes sense,” says Dr. Rachel Moon, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Pediatrics and Division Head at the UVA School of Medicine ...
UVA law professor Richard Re explains the supremacy of the oath in democratic society: “In electing oath-bound officials, the people are choosing – today – to be governed by words from the past. And once an official takes the oath under conditions that allow for morally valid promising, she becomes morally ‘bound’ to a constitutional course of conduct. This means, for example, that an oath-bound official has a promissory obligation to enforce duly enacted statutes, even when … those statutes lack democratic or other inherent moral virtues.”
UVA professor Robert Fatton points out that another of the elements that has been most alarming in the Caribbean country is “the way the president consolidated power.” In January 2020, Moïse dissolved Parliament and has ruled Haiti by decree ever since.
UVA Political Science Chair Jennifer Lawless said that Senator Ted Cruz’ hold this week on Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s nomination for Commerce Secretary is “not a good thing” – but it also could just be Cruz posturing for another presidential run.
Jalane Schmidt, UVA associate professor of religious studies and anti-racism activist, takes me on a tour of Charlottesville’s historic quarter, the site of the August 2017 Unite the Right rally and violent clashes between white nationalists and their opponents.
For its first-ever Super Bowl ad, DoorDash went hard on nostalgia, enlisting Sesame Street Muppets including Cookie Monster and Big Bird to convey the message that DoorDash can deliver goods from local stores, not just restaurant delivery. “Hamilton” actor Daveed Diggs gave the ad some pizazz, singing a peppy version of the children’s song “People in Your Neighborhood,” that morphs into a rap. “It’s a nice example of how an ad can blend entertainment for different generations and product messaging effectively,” said Kim Whitler, a UVA marketing professor.