Junk foods can lead to weight gain not simply because they are high in calories, but because they interrupt with people’s sleep patterns.
The University of Virginia is in the midst of a major library renovation – a project that posed a unique problem – what to do with the old card catalog. Four million cards had been in storage since UVA switched to an electronic system, but some scholars were not ready to toss the paper record.
It’s time to start thinking about tax season, and a local partnership wants to help low-income families get their taxes done correctly. Among the partners of Cville Tax Aid are the Madison House CASH Program, UVA Human Resources and the UVA Medical Center.
In 1819, Thomas Jefferson sketched plans for a planetarium on the dome of UVA’s Rotunda, but as costs for the new university grew, the idea for a star-covered dome was dropped. Now, 200 years later, Jefferson’s dream has been realized and the public is invited to see the stars inside.
UVA’s 2019 football season was one to remember for many reasons. The Cavaliers won the ACC Coastal Division crown by ending a 15-year losing streak to Virginia Tech. History was made there alone, being that it was the first time that UVA had won the division since the ACC went to a two-division format.
Some of Virginia’s best and brightest students converged on the UVA grounds to put their brains, and robots, to the test. UVA hosted the Charlottesville regional qualifier for the First Tech Challenge. Middle and high schoolers build robots to complete tasks and go head-to-head with other teams.
Inside UVA’s Slaughter Recreation Center, 33 middle- and high-school teams put their robots to the test, each hoping to qualify for the FIRST Tech Challenge state championship in February.
Mildred Robinson, UVA’s Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law, whose scholarship and community service have emphasized equity, will retire this spring after almost 35 years on the faculty.
On Jan. 1, Twitter flooded with resolutions to drink more water. But will more conscious hydration really make for a more productive 2020? “There’s no evidence that a little bit of dehydration really impacts anybody’s performance,” said Dr. Mitchell Rosner, a UVA kidney specialist who studies overhydration in athletes.
Conservatives have pushed one complaint above all other: The media is biased against them because it is overwhelmingly staffed by liberal journalists. A new study from a team that includes UVA’s John Holbein provides the strongest evidence ever that they’re half-right – but only the least important half.
(Commentary by Nicholas Sargen, a lecturer at UVA’s Darden School of Business) With the phase-one trade deal between the U.S. and China about to be signed, a key threat hanging over the global economy has diminished. After 18 months of wrangling about Chinese purchases of U.S. goods and opening of its markets, investors are hopeful that the current pause in the trade war will be maintained. But many trade experts are wary.
You might think that by the looks of a crash test dummy it would represent a wide range of drivers, but despite their blank faces and androgynous features, most dummies used in auto crash tests represent a very specific type of driver -- an average adult male, which UVA researchers say pose a safety risk to women.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial pancreas system that was based on research done at UVA. The new artificial pancreas system is more effective at controlling blood sugar for those with Type 1 diabetes than are existing treatments and could mean an end to finger-pricking for Type 1 patients who use the device.
The architecture profession may have always been "aware" of its impending impact on the environment. However, in the wake of sustainability initiatives, alternative building systems, and even changes in academic curriculum, what is the profession missing? Apparently, it's behavioral science, cross-disciplinary work and asking the question "Why?" A project formed by the journal (Nature Sustainability) and the University of Virginia's Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative had an international group of architects, designers and engineers work with behavioral scien...
According to a presentation given to UVA’s Board of Visitors, the school anticipates $7 million less from the state and at least a $31.9 million increase in costs, about half of which is related to staff and faculty pay increases.
Dr. Fern Hauck was nervous when she moved to Charlottesville more than 20 years ago to take a position at the UVA Medical Center. She worried that the area wouldn’t be as diverse as she was used to – but then she found out about the International Rescue Committee’s local refugee resettlement program.
Dr. Fern Hauck was nervous when she moved to Charlottesville more than 20 years ago to take a position at the UVA Medical Center. She worried that the area wouldn’t be as diverse as she was used to – but then she found out about the International Rescue Committee’s local refugee resettlement program.
UVA professor Benjamin Converse, a social psychologist who has studied goal-making, says people fail to consider obstacles life can throw their way when making new year’s resolutions, but his research also offers a bit of hope.
BRONCO MENDENHALL: Congratulations, first, to Dan Mullen and the Florida Gators on a hard-fought and competitive football game. I'm really proud of my team, the culture that we've established, the competitive spirit, the intensity and the camaraderie that's displayed from beginning to end. We're on a mission to just simply establish that you can have world-class academics and be at the top tier of college football, as well. That's what's happening at the University of Virginia. We were a few plays short today in our execution to win the game, but it was not because of a lack of belief or confi...
Can you keep the magic in Christmas without Santa? This UVA astrophysicist has a few ideas.