The University of Virginia is working to get wrongfully convicted people out from behind bars. The UVA Law School teamed up with the Virginia chapter of the Innocence Project to raise money for the strenuous legal work it takes to overturn false convictions.
Former University of Virginia President Emeritus Robert O’Neil died Sunday at the age of 83 at his home in Washington, D.C. O’Neil served as the sixth president from 1985 to 1990, and taught at the School of Law until 2007.
Legal experts specializing in torts – civil wrongs that intentionally or accidentally cause injury – have kept a close eye on litigation surrounding the opioid epidemic. UVA Law vice dean Leslie Kendrick said the plethora of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies are “the most significant thing happening in the world of torts right now.”
Dozens of UVA law students and faculty members joined panelists Tuesday at Caplin Pavilion at a fundraiser for the Virginia Innocence Project Pro Bono Clinic to talk about injustices in the criminal system and wrongful convictions.
The findings make a compelling case that health care providers who see mid-life women should ask them about assault, harassment and other traumas, said UVA Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, executive director of The North American Menopause Society.
(Commentary by Jennifer L. Lawless, Commonwealth Professor of Politics) On Nov. 6, my eyes will be glued to the returns coming in from Texas' 23rd Congressional District. Three features of the race that pits Republican incumbent Will Hurd against Democratic newcomer Gina Jones make it especially important.
A recent FDA approval will allow the University of Virginia to test a new drug on stroke patients from inside an ambulance. TSC, or trans sodium crocetinate, could buy patients time as it alleviates oxygen deprivation and prevents significant cell death even before the ambulance reaches the hospital.
In a new study, Stanford University researcher Daniel Friedman and co-authors, including researchers from the University of Virginia, examined the neurophysiological basis of variation among colonies in how they regulate their collective foraging behavior.
University of Virginia students are taking to the Lawn to show support for sexual assault survivors and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
The University of Oxford in England was No. 1 in the Times Higher Education ranking, while Stanford University was the top U.S. institution at No. 3. The University of Virginia was ranked No. 107 in the report.
Andrew C. Wicks, Ruffin Professor of Business Administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business, said MoviePass’s an email to subscribers was "inappropriate and potentially bordering on bullying the customer."
Larry Sabato, a UVA politics expert, said Democrats were taking a relatively muted stance for several reasons, including the fact that they had not really had a chance to look at the details of the deal. He said they were also reluctant to draw attention away from Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee who has been accused of sexual assault.
A UVA student wrote: "The University of Virginia is the perfect combination of academic and social opportunities. UVA offers a wide range of great courses with good teachers and you're constantly pushed to do your best. The competitive atmosphere between students fosters hard work and diligence but does not go so far as to create a divide between students."
Eric Turkheimer, leader of the Genetics and Human Agency Project at the University of Virginia, wrote a critique of the paper in which he accused the authors of describing genetic effects that could just as well have been environmental. “There is nothing in the paper to push one’s thinking in either a genetic or environmental direction,” he concluded.
Antislavery and wartime abolition history is on view at UVA. Starting Tuesday, three documents from American history will be on display in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
In a survey of Virginia’s state licensed polygraphers carried out by University of Virginia researcher Vera Wilde in 2011, roughly 20 percent of respondents said they thought certain groups (for example, black people) tended to fail polygraphs more than others. In a U.S. Senate hearing in 1987, the attorney general for New York said, “The [polygraph] operator’s prejudices, moods and feelings can strongly influence and even determine the outcome of the test.”
Offering convenient care can also help attract new workers and cut down on time away from the job. But this shift means workers will have to change how they use the health care system. And companies, which don't see individual medical records, have to patiently wait for some potential benefits from their investment like a drop-in health care costs. "It is really, really hard to change behavior," said Carolyn Engelhard, an associate professor at the University of Virginia's medical school who studies health policy.
The biennial Shann Palmer Poetry Contest, named for the late Shann Palmer, a poet and active James River Writers board member, received 210 poems this year, submitted by 62 poets. Here, we present this year’s winning poem, “How to Meditate,” by Fred Everett Maus, an associate professor of music at the University of Virginia.
If you want to know how bad your semiannual cold could be, check the bacteria living in your nose. New University of Virginia research suggests bacteria inside noses could indicate severity of symptoms caused by one of the most common types of cold virus.
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found that lymphatic vessels surrounding the brain may play a crucial role in the development and progression of multiple sclerosis. The vessels may also play a key role in other neuro-inflammatory diseases and brain infections as well.