The question-of-the-week is: How do you avoid teacher burn-out? Response from Patricia Jennings: Jennings is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of social and emotional learning and mindfulness in education with a specific emphasis on teacher stress and how it impacts the social and emotional context of the classroom and student well-being and learning. She is an associate professor of education at UVA’s Curry School of Education.
Michigan State University is hiring the outgoing president of University of Virginia as an adviser to the school's board of trustees as it searches for a new president. Teresa Sullivan, an MSU alumna, is set to leave her post at UVA in July when her contract ends.
Teresa Sullivan, the outgoing president of University of Virginia, has been hired by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees to advise the board on its search for MSU's next president.
(Commentary by Chris Lu, a senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center) One of the best-known slogans in recent political history is: "It's the economy, stupid." This simple message helped propel Bill Clinton to the White House in 1992 and later sustained his popularity when he faced impeachment. Candidates over the past quarter century have harkened back to this catchphrase – as incumbents running when the economy is strong or as challengers when the economy is weak. This year, Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are banking on the strength of the U.S. economy to defy the history of big midte...
(Commentary) Hundreds of studies on eyewitness identification have been published in professional and academic journals. One study by University of Virginia Law School professor Brandon L. Garrett, found that eyewitness misidentifications contributed to wrongful convictions in 76 percent of the cases overturned by DNA evidence.
A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty liver disease and other metabolic diseases -- and possibly even turn back the clock on aging itself. The new finding from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests that fatty liver disease and other unwanted effects of aging may be the result of our cells' nuclei -- the compartment containing our DNA -- getting wrinkly. Those wrinkles appear to prevent our genes from functioning properly, the UVA researchers found.
Science is often a piecemeal process, with each small, new discovery adding another insight into the mysterious mechanisms behind how our bodies work. A new finding from the University of Virginia School of Medicine adds another piece to the puzzle of how cells in our body degrade with age. The potentially revolutionary breakthrough reveals how our cells can wrinkle with age, resulting in genes not being expressed properly. And the solution could be a novel cellular anti-wrinkle cream, delivered by custom-built viruses.
Psychologists at Harvard, the University of Virginia and the University of Washington created "Project Implicit" to develop Hidden Bias Tests—called Implicit Association Tests, or IATs, in the academic world—to measure unconscious bias.
Hospitals would pay the proposed provider assessments in taxes on revenues, but it would result in a net benefit of almost $880 million over two years for private acute care hospitals, according to Finance Committee staff members. The benefits would include revenue from expanding Medicaid eligibility to people who currently receive uncompensated care and from raising the reimbursement rate for providers. Public hospitals, such as the VCU and UVA health systems, would not pay the assessments. Sen. Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover, contended that such hospitals would not share in the same benefits as pr...
21. He Recorded More Than 260 Hours Of Private White House Conversations. In the spring of 1962, Secret Service agent Robert Bouck installed secret recording devices in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House at the request of President Kennedy. Though the president never explained why he wanted to record his conversations, both Bouck and Evelyn Lincoln, JFK’s personal secretary, believed that his reason for doing this was to have a personal record of his time in the White House after he had left. The Miller Center at the University of Virginia has made many of the 260-plus hours o...
What would you do if faced with the threat of a global pandemic — and you were responsible for containing it? Brian Cauley, who just received his master’s degree in public administration from San Francisco State University, and a team of four other students from four different universities took part in a fast-paced, computer-based competitive game at San Jose State University to see which team could best halt the spread of a global pandemic. Cauley’s team came in first place, outcompeting 130 other teams. Each student on the winning team received a $1,500 check and a medal from the competition...
Charlottesville ranks No. 11. “One of the most visually-appealing downtowns in this ranking and the highest-rated amongst ACC towns, Charlottesville is ranked inside the Top 10 nationally in diversity, city access and arts & entertainment, according to AIER. If you're in town for a Virginia Cavaliers game, make a weekend out of it several historical landmarks just outside of the city, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.”
(Press release) The Top Universities for International Students range from private institutions, such as Columbia University in New York, American University in Washington, D.C. and California Institute of Technology, to public schools, including the University of Virginia, Mississippi State University and East Carolina University in North Carolina.
Most people should start screening tests for colon and rectal cancers at age 45, rather than waiting for age 50, as long recommended, the American Cancer Society said Wednesday. The shift by the cancer society is based on new information about the rise in colon and rectal cancer among younger adults, said Andrew Wolf, a UVA associate professor of medicine who led the group writing the new recommendations.
UVA demographer Hamilton Lombard sees something else in numbers. He says wealth inequality tends to be higher in urban areas, places like Richmond and Williamsburg. “So it’s interesting if you think about what the parties focus on. The Democrats have had a higher focus on income inequality, and that’s generally been more of a problem in places that vote more Democratic in Virginia. So that may be where some of the interest comes from.”
When we called up business ethicist Greg Fairchild from the University of Virginia this morning, we expected to have a wide-ranging conversation to get at Kai's question of a few weeks back: Are there market-based solutions to ensure better ethics? We didn't expect we'd have such a timely case study in Disney-owned ABC and "Roseanne."
James E. Ryan is off to a fast start as the new president of the University of Virginia, although he actually hasn’t begun the job.
Virginia’s season was never too far away from a potential turnaround, but in the end, that turnaround was just out of reach for the Cavaliers, whose season came to an official end on Thursday. UVA will miss out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Brian O’Connor’s 15 years as head coach.
Nathan Weathers, an ROTC cadet at the University of Virginia, assured the crowd that there would continue to be young people willing to lay down their lives for the United States. “Although we are all aware of millennial jokes and drama, I stand here before you today to assure you there are thousands of young people who are still willing to serve our great nation,” he said.
If New York City bars can ban “Make America Great Again” hats — as well as anyone who uses the word “literally” — Corner bars can probably ban townies. But could a litigious local make a federal case out of it? “The only plausible argument is that when you open yourself up to the public, you have to admit everyone who’s willing to take your services and to pay for them without being disruptive,” said George Rutherglen, a UVA law professor who has written widely on employment discrimination and civil rights. “But the bars have a good point in that there have been a lot of incidents there over t...