Among the many messages of support, inspiration and comfort that have come Tony Bennett’s way since UVA’s stunning first-round NCAA tournament loss was a copy of a letter legendary college coach Clair Bee sent Bobby Knight after his Indiana team’s undefeated season ended prematurely, with a loss in the 1975 Elite Eight.
The University of Virginia on Friday imposed a four-year ban from campus on Richard Spencer and nine other people who participated in a white-supremacist march on the school’s grounds last year.
Dr. Robert Battle is a professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Virginia Health System and serves as a cardiologist for the University of Virginia, James Madison University and other schools in the area. He is also co-director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence and director of sports cardiology there. He began his career working with adults with congenital heart disease, but has expanded to work in pediatric cardiology, sports cardiology, and cardiovascular structural genetics.
“The Midwest is the most consistently competitive region of the United States, and it oscillates between the two parties,” said Kyle Kondik, who follows elections at UVA’s Center for Politics and wrote a book on Ohio politics. “Trump’s election may suggest a longer-term realignment toward Republicans given how white the Midwest is, but for the time being it remains hard to classify as being solidly in either camp.”
The stars will soon be making their way to Charlottesville. Preparations are underway for the 31st annual Virginia Film Festival, with its headquarters and box office opening up downtown. Jody Kielbasa, the director of the film festival, says this is Charlottesville’s largest cultural event.
Two local health care providers will receive funds from the state's new $6 million contraceptives initiative. The initiative, announced by Gov. Ralph Northam last week, will enable low-income women who don't have Medicaid or insurance to receive long-acting reversible contraceptives at no cost. It's a positive step for women's health in Virginia, said Christian Chisholm, medical director of obstetrics at the UVA Health System.
A team of U.S. computer scientists are receiving a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation to make machine learning more secure. The grant will be led by researchers at Pennsylvania State University and includes researchers at University of Virginia and four other institutions.
The University of Virginia plans to waive tuition for in-state students whose families earn less than $80,000 annually and have "typical assets" while students from families earning less than $30,000 annually would be eligible for free tuition and room and board, according to The Cavalier Daily, the student-run campus newspaper.
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine visited two groups he says are especially important to the mid-term elections on Nov. 6. Kaine was at UVA to congratulate the students who helped register more than 8,000 voters.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who is running for re-election in November, stopped by UVA on Wednesday to meet and greet students. Kaine thanked the University Democrats for registering 800 people around Grounds to vote.
Sen. Tim Kaine will launch a campaign swing aimed at energizing young voters and boosting youth turnout in advance of the Nov. 6 midterm elections. Kaine began the swing Wednesday by launching a canvassing event on the campus of the University of Virginia. Next Wednesday morning, Kaine will join college Democrats in the Lynchburg area for breakfast before concluding the swing back at the campus of the University of Virginia, where he will join students and supporters at a text bank in the evening.
On Tuesday, a daylong summit at the University of Virginia gathered education leaders, policymakers and researchers to discuss teacher retention in Virginia. The summit was hosted by the Office of the Secretary of Education.
More than 160 companies were at UVA for the internship and jobs fair on Wednesday.
"I'm particularly excited about this agent because it's a novel mechanism in antiviral action," said Frederick Hayden, a professor of medicine and pathology at the UVA School of Medicine who was among a group of researchers studying Xofluza in the U.S. and Japan. "We haven't had any new influenza drugs in term of how they work in inhibiting the virus in about 20 years."
Cities and towns across Virginia, including Charlottesville and Waynesboro, will get more help identifying and mitigating safety issues on its roadways. The Safety Circuit Rider Program is ready to fully deploy now that UVA’s Center for Transportation Studies has hired its first safety circuit rider.
Armando Varricchio, Italy’s ambassador to the United States, spoke to UVA students Wednesday about challenges and opportunities in Europe and here at home.
Armando Varricchio, Italy’s ambassador to the United States, spoke to UVA students Wednesday about challenges and opportunities in Europe and here at home.
Andrew Vollmer, who previously served as deputy general counsel at the S.E.C. and now teaches securities law at the UVA School of Law, said the agency would most likely be concerned by Mr. Katzman’s belief that his agreement with Goldman barred him from talking to regulators. “The S.E.C. sues companies that have what it claims to be over-broad confidentiality terms that prohibit an employee from disclosing misconduct to the S.E.C.,” Mr. Vollmer said.
Polls are showing a tighter than normal race for Virginia's Fifth Congressional District. Larry Sabato, the head of the UVA Center for Politics, said the race "leans Republican" in his Crystal Ball predictions.
Dr. Rafael Saenz, the pharmacy board chairman who serves as pharmacy administrator for the UVA Health System, said some of the applicants had agreements with Virginia Commonwealth University to conduct medical cannabis research. Saenz said he serves as assistant dean for the VCU’s pharmacy school’s satellite campus at UVA but that he was not affiliated with VCU’s cannabis research and felt he could remain “fair and impartial.”