(Co-written by Ben Castleman, associate professor of education and public policy) Policymakers are increasingly looking to workforce training for displaced workers as one solution to a faster economic recovery. Though workforce training recruitment often targets individuals who never attended college as a young adult, even individuals who already hold a postsecondary credential may need additional training to recover from current unemployment and to prepare for the post-COVID-19 economy.
UVA Health’s emergency department and in-patient bed tower offers an enhanced and dignified experience for patients and staff. The expansion connects patients and staff to the calming effects of nature, reduces environmental impact, allows for greater flexibility in use of space, and accommodates evolving medical technology and best practices. At the heart of the design approach are positive patient, family and staff experiences.
The University of Virginia was recently awarded a $718,000, three-year grant from the Nuclear Energy University Program to use corrosion science to help identify potential at-risk canisters used to store spent nuclear fuel.
Blindness due to age-related dry macular degeneration robs over 200 million people worldwide of being able to do the simplest tasks they used to take for granted, such as driving or playing with their grandkids. Currently, there is no approved treatment for AMD. A group of drugs used to treat HIV that block DNA synthesis in the cytoplasm can be repurposed to treat an advanced form of AMD called geographic atrophy, a new UVA study suggests.
There’s new hope for people suffering from vision loss or dry macular degeneration thanks to drugs used to treat HIV. “This is a huge unmet medical need. There are no approved treatments for dry macular degeneration in America or anywhere. We desperately need treatments for all these people who are potentially going blind from this disease,” Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor of ophthalmology and director of the Center for Advanced Vision Science at the University of Virginia, said.
The acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission took part in a discussion on telehealth connectivity. Jessica Rosenworcel held the virtual visit with UVA’s Karen S. Rheuban Center for Telehealth on Tuesday.
The Senior Statesmen of Virginia will hold a meeting on the health care challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic next week. The meeting will feature Dr. K. Craig Kent, the executive vice president for health affairs at UVA Health.
UVA President Jim Ryan will lead a conversation on equitable distance learning on Thursday.
A UVA alumnus and professor were able to receive funding for a STEM education program, Coding for Kids. The Jefferson Trust, which is part of the UVA Alumni Association, gave a $2,400 flash grant to the program.
(Commentary) When it comes to national figures who embody servant leadership, a small photo of [UVA alumnus] Aaron Walker should appear when people Google the phrase. Aaron’s role as founder and CEO of Camelback Ventures, a social venture organization that provides funding for Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders in early-stage funding, is an amazing one, but it doesn’t fully capture his service or his leadership.
Some people have a wall to display their awards and accolades. UVA alumnus Dr. L.D Britt, a professor and chairman of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School, needs a whole room.
When UVA’s Darden School of Business set a bold target in 2010 to become carbon neutral within a decade, it resolved to take an unusually hands-on approach to reduce emissions. “The easy way in trying to achieve neutrality is by buying offsets,” says Professor Michael Lenox, senior associate dean and author of an upcoming book on decarbonization. “We decided we wanted to do something a little more action-oriented.”
Former Department of Homeland Security cyber chief [and double Hoo] Suzanne Spaulding, a key official involved in the response to Russian interference efforts in 2016, is pushing hard for more to be done to combat disinformation and promote civics education as the nation reels from the fallout of the recent election.
If you’re a basketball fan of a certain era, then you’ll remember the name Olden Polynice. While the big Haitian never quite developed into a star player, he still spent 15 seasons in the NBA banging bodies in the paint and pulling down rebounds. If nothing else, [the former UVA star] proved to be a pretty tough customer. COVID-19, however, proved to be a different type of challenge.
Dr. Malik Spady knows she’s blessed to have had the advantages she did as a young girl. Her father (an attorney) and her mother (a registered nurse) provided well for the family, which allowed young Malik, who excelled at sports acrobatics, to travel the world competing in an activity she loved. Back home, she attended the prestigious Metairie Park Country Day School, eventually moving to UVA for an undergraduate degree and then earning her medical doctorate from the Medical College of Virginia.
The Virginia Law Review has named Tiffany Mickel, a second year student at the UVA School of Law, as its new editor-in-chief. Mickel will be the first African American to hold the position.
The new editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review, Tiffany Mickel, is the first Black person to hold the position, according to a news release from the University of Virginia.
UVA political scientist Larry Sabato told the New Yorker that Mr. Palladino oversaw “a very aggressive campaign to suppress information.”
UVA theologian Nichole Flores posted a wonderful thread about hearing a sermon at Mass that made her want to walk out, but she didn’t. She explains her decision, noting, “The disagreement made me pause, listen, and pray instead of needing to assert, fight, and win. Maybe it was because I am so acutely aware of my need for Jesus right now, and how much it exceeds my need to be right.”
“When you see a massive drop in the incarceration of juveniles from the day before to the day after the law passed, it’s just so much bigger in magnitude than most of the policy interventions that we study,” says Megan Stevenson, a UVA associate professor of law, who provided feedback on the paper. “It’s jaw dropping.”